A nested case-control study evaluating the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and immune-mediated inflammatory disease in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging by Charles N Bernstein, Ruth Ann Marrie, Julia O'Mahony

“…ACE, including childhood maltreatment (physical, emotional and sexual abuse, neglect) and household dysfunction, were queried using questions from the Childhood Experiences of Violence Questionnaire-Short Form and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health Wave III questionnaire.Primary and secondary outcome measures We first evaluated whether the association of maltreatment differed across diagnoses (IMID, diabetes, asthma, epilepsy, no chronic diseases). …”
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Efficacy of the Foodbot Factory digital curriculum-based nutrition education intervention in improving children’s nutrition knowledge, attitudes and behaviours in elementary school... by Wendy Lou, Michael Farkouh, JoAnne Arcand, Jacqueline Marie Brown, Saman Tahir, Beatriz Franco-Arellano, Ann LeSage, Janette Hughes, Bill Kapralos, Ellen Vogel, Claire Tugault-Lafleur

“…Outcomes will be assessed at baseline, immediately postintervention, and 4 weeks and 3 months postintervention using the Nutrition Attitudes and Knowledge questionnaire, the Block Kids Food Screener, a modified Family Nutrition and Physical Activity screener and an acceptability questionnaire. …”
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Evaluating the adoption of agile project management practices in Chinese technology companies: Risk management implications by Lei Cheng

“…It reinforced for me the need to have a real physical workspace designed in an agile way and supported by technology. …”
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How interventions to maintain services during the COVID-19 pandemic strengthened systems for delivery of maternal and child health services: a case-study of Wakiso District, Uganda by Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Neda Razaz, John M. Ssenkusu, Tobias Alfvén, Helena Lindgren

“…Future responses should also address the psychological and physical impacts suffered by health workers to maintain service delivery.…”
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Rehabilitation of An Analgesic Bracelet Based on Wrist-Ankle Acupuncture in Patients with Rotator Cuff Injury: A Randomized Trial by Wenjuan Song, Xin Wang, Jishen Zhou, Ping Shi, Wei Gu, Fanfu Fang

“…Both groups received conventional rehabilitation treatment including physical therapy, joint mobilization, interventional therapy, and family recovery training. …”
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A cross-sectional survey on the effects of ambient temperature and humidity on health outcomes in individuals with chronic respiratory disease by Samantha Mekhuri, Shirley Quach, Caroline Barakat, Winnie Sun, Mika L Nonoyama

“… # Objectives To describe the reported effects of temperature and humidity extremes on the health outcomes, health status and physical activity (PA) in individuals living with COPD…”
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Exploring the causal paths and longitudinal impact of telework on health: the TeleHealth survey–data linkage study protocol by Barbara Cagnie, Bas de Geus, Robby De Pauw, Eduardo Antonio Bracho Montes de Oca, Laura Int Panis, Mathieu Verbrugghe, Els De Waegeneer

“…This survey will mainly assess the effect of teleworking on mental (eg, depression and anxiety) and physical (eg, pain) health. Administrative data (eg, healthcare consumption contacts and socioeconomic status) will be extracted from Belgian administrative data sources (Statistics Belgium and the InterMutualistic Agency) for the same period. …”
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Jidoka-DT simulator programmed by hybridize XGboost-LSTM to evaluate helmets quality produced by Rice-Straw-alumina plastic dough to resist shocks and impenetrable by Ahmed M. Abed, Ahmed Fathy, Radwa A. El Behairy, Tamer S Gaafar

“…LSTM is used to determine the helmet weakness zones (WZ) and XGboost classifies product parts according to physical and mechanical property. The standard dough should have a density of between 1.16 and 1.4 g/cm3. …”
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Analysis of Illumination Generated by LED Matrices Distribution by P. S. Bogdan, E. G. Zaytseva, P. O. Baranov, A. I. Stepanenko

“…The aim of this work was to create a methodology for calculating the illumination created by LED matrices which does not require the use of specialized software products and is adapted to the possibility of varying the parameters of LEDs and illuminated rooms.The urgency of creating a room lighting system that simulates the conditions of natural lighting taking into account the need to change its spectral composition in time, in space taking into account the physical and psychological state of a person is substantiated. …”
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Atypical Sjögrenʼs Syndrome Initially Presenting as Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonitis followed by Immune Thrombocytopenia by Maham Mehmood, Abhishrut Jog, Masooma Niazi, Arlene Tieng, Giovanni Franchin

“…A 74-year-old man with hypertension was admitted with productive cough and fever. On physical examination, he had bilateral lower lung decreased breath sounds. …”
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Pondering Parotid Masses by Mark A Miller

“…Her most recent CD4 lymphocyte count was 336 cells/µL, with an HIV viral load of log102.6 copies/mL. Physical examination revealed a 4 cm fluid-filled mass in the left parotid gland. …”
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Introduction of mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise as a mode of assessment for postgraduate students in medicine for examination of sacroiliac joints by Anuj Singhal, Shankar Subramanian, Sonal Singh, Arun Kumar Yadav, Anup Hallapanavar, B Anjali

“…We found a statistically significant improvement in the domain of medical interviewing (P < 0.001), physical examination (P = 0.003), professionalism (P = 0.001), clinical judgment (P = 0.003), counseling skills (P < 0.001), and organizing efficiency (P < 0.001). …”
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Measuring the condition of Tehran Metropolitan based on Ubiquitous city indicators by Haniyeh Asadzadeh, Afshar Hatami, Farzaneh Sasanpour

“…The ubiquitous city is a future city in which physical spaces and electronic spaces are convergent. …”
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Dynamic changes and influencing factors of quality of life of empty nest elderly in cadre ward by Chao Ding, Guangjin Qu

“…[Results] After two years of follow-up, the patients’ quality of life scores in the psychological domain and social relationship domain decreased (P<0.05), and there was no significant difference in the physical domain and environmental domain (P>0.05).Univariate analysis showed that there were significant differences in psychological domain and social relationship domain among the elderly with different monthly income, sleep status, self-care ability, history of chronic diseases, family relationship and whether their children were filial (P<0.05).Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the high risk factors affecting the psychological domain included monthly income, sleep status, self-care ability, history of chronic diseases and whether the children were filial (P<0.05), the high risk factors affecting the social relationship domain included monthly income, sleep status and history of chronic diseases (P<0.05). …”
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Knowledge, Awareness, and Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students of Biomedical Faculties: A Cross-Sectional Study by Bruno Špiljak, Luka Šimunović, Ana Marija Miličević, Marko Granić, Lana Bergman, Jasminka Peršec

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on physical, mental, and social aspects of life worldwide. …”
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Recent advances in the application of Mendelian randomization to chronic kidney disease by Chaofan Wen, Lanlan Chen, Dan Jia, Ziqi Liu, Yidan Lin, Guan Liu, Shuo Zhang, Baoshan Gao

“…Surprisingly, variations in plasma glucose and glycated hemoglobin levels seem unaffected by genetically induced changes in the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), suggesting an independent pathway for renal function impairment.Results Furthermore, lifestyle factors such as physical activity and socioeconomic status emerge as significant influencers of CKD risk and kidney health. …”
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Work stress and caring intention among health care workers in Taiwan during the COVID-19 pandemic by Ken-Hui Fu, Hsiang-Fen Lai, Chia-Sui Weng, Wen-Hao Huang, Cheng-Chih Lin, Ying-Hui Wu

“…Results: The experience of caring for COVID-19 patients was significantly associated with eight stressors, including “frequent modification of infection control procedures,” “worrying about being negligent and endangering coworkers,” “worrying about lack of manpower,” “being without a properly fitted environment,” “protective gears being a drag in providing quality care,” “protective gears causing physical discomfort,” “worrying about inflicting COVID-19 on family” and “worrying about nosocomial spread.” …”
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Kinetic simulation of uranium migration in granite fissure media of beishan, gansu, China: A case study based on the Laplace transform and inverse transform methods by Xianzhe Duan, Cong Du, Nan Li, Jiaxin Duan, Zhenping Tang

“…In this study, the granite rock masses in Beishan, Gansu were selected to construct a physical and mathematical model of U-238 migration using the Laplace transform and inverse transform methods. …”
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Experiences and practices of people categorised as being ‘at risk’ based on age during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in the UK and Germany by Susannah Mayhew, Stephanie Drössler, Katharina Wabnitz

“…Inclusion criteria: to be at risk for a severe course of COVID-19 due to age ≥50 years (Germany) and ≥70 years (UK) based on official communication by the respective national public health authority.Exclusion criteria: any form of dementia, pre-existing mental health issues, congenital physical or mental disabilities, being resident in a care home, having a personal relationship to the principal investigator.Methods Semistructured in-depth interviews were conducted remotely. …”
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The impact of alcohol misuse in trauma patients: A scoping review protocol. by Chantae Garland, Nhayan Abdulla, Donghyun Lee, Rae Spiwak, Sarvesh Logsetty, Jordan Nantais

“…There is conflicting evidence on the impact of alcohol use at the time of physical trauma on severity of injury and hospital course. …”
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