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Measuring Cerebral Blood Volume in the Auditory Cortex Using Vascular Space Occupancy
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2025
Position a human participant’s head within the head coil of a functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, system.Employ vascular space occupancy or VASO, a technique to measure changes in cerebral blood volume, or CBV, the blood volume within the brain.Begin by applying an inversion recovery pulse to suppress signals from blood, allowing only signals from the surrounding tissue within the region to be detected.Next, use MRI-compatible earbuds to deliver auditory stimuli.The stimuli reach...
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Collection and Extraction of Occupational Air Samples for Analysis of Fungal DNA
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2018
Determining the fungal diversity within an environment is a method utilized in occupational health studies to identify health hazards. This protocol describes DNA extraction from occupational air samples for amplification and sequencing of fungal ITS regions. This approach detects many fungal species that can be overlooked by traditional assessment methods.
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Methods to Investigate the Regulatory Role of Small RNAs and Ribosomal Occupancy of Plasmodium falciparum
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2015
Human microRNAs translocate from host erythrocytes to Plasmodium falciparum parasites. Here, the techniques used to transfect synthetic microRNAs into host erythrocytes and isolate all RNAs from P. falciparum are described. In addition, this paper will detail a method of polysome isolation in P. falciparum to determine the ribosomal occupancy and translational potential of parasite transcripts.
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Measuring Light-Switching Behavior Using an Occupancy and Light Data Logger
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2020
This article describes a procedure for using and deploying an occupancy and light data logger which allows collecting data about light-switching behavior of participants in field settings.
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Cognitive Function and Upper Limb Rehabilitation Training Post-Stroke Using a Digital Occupational Training System
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2023
The current protocol outlines how the VR-based digital occupational training system enhances the rehabilitation of patients with cognitive impairment and upper limb dysfunction following a stroke.
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The therapist considers physical, cognitive, emotional, and environmental factors together rather than focusing on a single impairment. This broader assessment helps connect identified barriers with the person’s desired daily activities and supports goal-directed planning. In clinical practice, the resulting priorities can address both individual skills and features of the surrounding environment that affect participation.
Goal-directed activities connect treatment with meaningful daily outcomes, such as greater participation in self-care, education, work, or community life. Skill training can target abilities needed for those activities, while adaptive equipment or environmental modifications can reduce barriers. This approach keeps intervention focused on function and independence rather than on isolated performance alone.
Skill training develops or supports the person’s ability to perform an activity, whereas adaptive equipment and environmental modifications change the conditions in which that activity occurs. Combining these approaches can address physical, cognitive, emotional, and environmental needs at the same time. The clinical value lies in promoting safer, more sustained engagement in everyday occupations.
Clinical intervention begins with evaluating the person’s needs across physical, cognitive, emotional, and environmental domains. The therapist then uses that information to establish goal-directed priorities and select appropriate strategies, which may include activity-based practice, skill training, adaptive equipment, or environmental changes. This sequence links assessment findings with practical improvements in daily participation and independence.
These strategies are relevant when barriers are not addressed fully through skill training alone. Adaptive equipment can support task performance, while environmental modifications can make daily activities more accessible or safer. An Occupational Therapist considers these options in relation to the person’s abilities, challenges, and intended activities, helping support participation in self-care, education, work, or community settings.
Occupational Therapists contribute across rehabilitation, mental health, pediatrics, geriatrics, and chronic disease care. Their work may support people affected by injury, illness, disability, or developmental challenges, with goals centered on daily participation and independence. Because the approach addresses functional, cognitive, emotional, and environmental factors, it can be adapted to varied ages, conditions, and care contexts.