12 The TICS items briefly assess orientation, concentration, memory, naming, comprehension, calculation, reasoning, judgment, and distal limb praxis.
The 13-item TICS-M includes 4 sections (orientation; recent and delayed recall; attention and calculation; semantic memory, comprehension, and language).
"Dementia" is defined as a "clinical syndrome due to disease of the brain, usually of a progressive nature, which leads to disturbances of multiple higher cortical functions, including memory, thinking, orientation, comprehension, calculation, learning capacity, language, and judgment".
AD is a degenerative brain syndrome characterized by a progressive decline in memory, thinking, comprehension, calculation, language, learning capacity, and judgment sufficient to impair personal activities of daily living.
In the current study dementia was defined as a syndrome caused by disease of the brain, usually of a chronic or progressive nature, in which there is disturbance of multiple higher cortical functions, including memory, thinking, orientation, comprehension, calculation, learning capacity, language and judgment [ 13].
The authors consider a very conventional setup in order to define by a theoretical analysis a mathematical model of the Coanda adhesion and define a preliminary model, which could be suitable for simple engineering calculations and preliminary comprehension of the model by elementary equations.
A major factor in Davies' award, according to the Templeton group, was "his contention that humankind's ability to understand math and science--which in turn allows for comprehension and calculation of the physical universe--evidences purpose and design to human existence.
The MMSE test included questions for the following categories: orientation to time, orientation to place, repetition and registration, attention and calculation, recall, naming, repetition, comprehension, reading, writing, and drawing.
Each subject was asked a series of questions from eleven categories; orientation to time, orientation to place, registration, attention and calculation, recall, naming, repetition, comprehension, reading, writing and drawing.
