Morning versus Nocturnal Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability Responses to Intensified Training in Recreational Runners by Olli-Pekka Nuuttila, Heikki Kyröläinen, Veli-Pekka Kokkonen, Arja Uusitalo

“…A total of 24 recreational runners performed a 3-week baseline period (BL) and a 2-week overload (OL) period (Lucia’s training impulse + 80%). …”
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Machine Learning for Movement Pattern Changes during Kinect-Based Mixed Reality Exercise Programs in Women with Possible Sarcopenia: Pilot Study by Yunho Sung, Ji-won Seo, Byunggul Lim, Shu Jiang, Xinxing Li, Parivash Jamrasi, So Young Ahn, Seohyun Ahn, Yuseon Kang, Hyejung Shin, Donghyun Kim, Dong Hyun Yoon, Wook Song

“…Participants with low KES scores were assigned to the possible sarcopenia group (PSG; n=7) and an 8-week exercise intervention was implemented. Healthy seniors with high KES scores were classified as the reference group (RG; n=4), and a 3-week exercise intervention was conducted. …”
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Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPD) of non-syndromic hearing loss (NSHL) for singleton and twin pregnancies in the first trimester by Huanyun Li, Shaojun Li, Zhenhua Zhao, Lingrong Kong, Xinyu Fu, Jingqi Zhu, Jun Feng, Weiqin Tang, Di Wu, Xiangdong Kong

“…Most (13/15) of pregnant women were diagnosed in the first trimester and the earliest gestation week was the 7th week. The twin pregnancy was a dichorionic diamniotic twin (DCDA). …”
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Exposure to Air Pollution Exacerbates Inflammation in Rats with Preexisting COPD by Jing Wang, Ya Li, Peng Zhao, Yange Tian, Xuefang Liu, Huihui He, Rui Jia, Brian G. Oliver, Jiansheng Li

“…Cardinal features of human COPD were induced in a rat model by repeated cigarette smoke inhalation and bacterial infection for 8 weeks. Then, from week 9 to week 16, some of these rats with COPD were subjected to real-time concentrated atmospheric PM2.5. …”
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A Data-Driven Approach to Engineering Instruction: Exploring Learning Styles, Study Habits, and Machine Learning by Lauren Genith Isaza Dominguez, Antonio Robles-Gomez, Rafael Pastor-Vargas

“…This study examined the impact of learning style and study habit alignment on the academic success of engineering students. Over a 16-week semester, 72 students from Process Engineering and Electronic Engineering programs at the Universidad de Los Llanos participated in this study. …”
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The degree of cross-linking of polyacrylic acid affects the fibrogenicity in rat lungs by Taisuke Tomonaga, Hiroto Izumi, Chinatsu Nishida, Kazuma Sato, Yuiko Nakamura, Toshiki Morimoto, Yasuyuki Higashi, Ke-Yong Wang, Hidenori Higashi, Takuma Kojima, Kazuo Sakurai, Jun-ichi Takeshita, Akihiro Moriyama, Kei Yamasaki, Kazuhiro Yatera, Yasuo Morimoto

“…Rats were sacrificed at 3 days, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months after exposure. …”
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The effect of mindfulness-based counselling on the anxiety levels and childbirth satisfaction among primiparous pregnant women: a randomized controlled trial by Rozhin Feli, Sousan Heydarpour, Kamran Yazdanbakhsh, Fatemeh Heydarpour

“…Conclusion The findings of this study suggest that mindfulness training for pregnant women can effectively reduce anxiety and enhance childbirth satisfaction. The 4-week Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting program for expectant mothers appears to be a well-received and effective intervention for improving maternal mental health. …”
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Clinical outcomes of a digital musculoskeletal women’s pelvic health program: an observational, longitudinal study with comparison group by Mindy Hong, Rachel Foster Kirk, Bijal Toprani, Cynthia Castro Sweet, Clare Pan, Jeffrey Krauss, Tamara Grisales

“…The intervention group’s pain scores decreased by 44.5% at 4 weeks and 53.6% at 12 weeks. The intervention group’s adjusted pain scores decreased from 42.0 (95% CI: [39.4, 44.7]) at baseline to 23.3 (95% CI: [20.5, 26.2]) at 4 weeks to 19.5 (95% CI: [16.7, 22.4]) at 12 weeks. …”
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Effect of Spine Nerves Muscle Stimulation Combined with Scalp Acupuncture on Shoulder-hand Syndrome after Early Stroke by Huazhong YANG, Yongsheng ZHOU, Haipeng JIA, Qingjun YANG, Lingjuan RAO

“…The control group was treated with scalp acupuncture(The scalp movement area was needled and the midline of the vertex, anterior and posterior oblique line of the parietal of the healthy side were located according to the brain functional area)combined with conventional physiotherapy(included passive joint activity, neural booster and neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy), 2 hours and 45 minutes per day, 5 days per week. The observation group was treated with spine nerves muscle stimulation combined with scalp acupuncture, 2 hours and 30 minutes per day, 5 days per week. …”
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Pharmacological Preconditioning Improves the Viability and Proangiogenic Paracrine Function of Hydrogel-Encapsulated Mesenchymal Stromal Cells by Francesco K. Touani, Melanie Borie, Feryel Azzi, Dominique Trudel, Nicolas Noiseux, Shant Der Sarkissian, Sophie Lerouge

“…Moreover, celastrol-treated cells, but not vehicle-treated cells, led to a significant increase of neovessel density in the peri-implant region after one week in vivo compared to the control (blank hydrogel). …”
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Using Sequence Mining to Predict Complex Systems: A Case Study in Influenza Epidemics by Theyazn H. H. Aldhyani, Manish R. Joshi, Shahab A. AlMaaytah, Ahmed Abdullah Alqarni, Nizar Alsharif

“…The influenza-like illness data was collected from January 4, 2009 (week 1), to December 27, 2015 (week 52), stretching across a total time span of 312 weeks. …”
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Metabolic Effects of Testosterone Hormone Therapy in Normal and Orchiectomized Male Rats: From Indirect Calorimetry to Lipolytic Enzymes by Mahmoud Mustafa Ali Abulmeaty, Ali Madi Almajwal, Mohamed Farouk ElSadek, Mohamed Y Berika, Suhail Razak

“…After one week, FI and wt were automatically recorded, indirect calorimetry parameters were measured, and blood samples were collected to measure T, ghrelin, insulin, growth hormone (GH), glucose, hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL), adipocyte triglyceride lipase (ATGL), free fatty acids (FFA), and lipid profiles. …”
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Occupational stress and its correlates among healthcare workers of a tertiary level teaching hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study by Pranil Man Singh Pradhan, Suchana Thapa

“…Multiple linear regression revealed associations with employment duration over 1 year (β=0.174, p=0.001), rotating shift (β=−0.106, p=0.006), night shifts (β=0.251, p<0.001), working hours of 48 hours or more per week (β=0.175, p=0.001), lack of support from other staff (β=0.130, p=0.010) and low-wealth quintile (β=0.161, p=0.006).Conclusion Occupational stress is associated with employment duration, night shift, rotating shift, working hours, support mechanisms and socioeconomic profile among healthcare workers. …”
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Testing the effect of ecolabels on the environmental impact of food purchases in worksite cafeterias: a randomised controlled trial by Madison Luick, Cristina Stewart, Michael Clark, Paul Bateman, Elizabeth Biggs, Brian Cook, Melissa Little, Gina M. Wren, Susan A. Jebb, Rachel Pechey

“…The mean weekly environmental impact scores of hot meal options over the full 12-week trial period were assessed using hierarchical mixed effects models. …”
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Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave combined with Rehabilitation Training on Patients with Chondromalacia Patellae by Yanna ZHU, Yupeng LIU, Xiaoyi FAN, Chunling LIU, Hui YU, Xin QI, Shunji SHEN

“…The control group were given routine rehabilitation training, five times a week, continuous treatment for eight weeks. The shock wave group was treated with extracorporeal shock wave therapy. …”
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The Effectiveness of Advanced Platelet-Rich Fibrin in comparison with Leukocyte-Platelet-Rich Fibrin on Outcome after Dentoalveolar Surgery by Alaa Z. Makki, Anoud M. Alsulami, Arwa S. Almatrafi, Moroj Z. Sindi, Shahinaz N. Sembawa

“…The Landry Wound Healing Index (LWHI) was used after 1 and 2 weeks of extraction to evaluate the extraction site. …”
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Comparison of Clinico-radiologic Outcome of Direct Palatal Vault Plating as against CAD/ CAM-assisted Patient-specific Palatal Splint in Patients with Palatal Fractures of Maxilla:... by Rozina Vishnani, Nitin Bhola

“…Clinical outcomes, including fracture stability and occlusion, will be assessed intraoperatively and at one week, one month, third month and 6-month follow-up. …”
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Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as treatment of childhood-trauma related post-traumatic stress disorder (Ch-PTSD) in adults: eff... by Martine Daniëls, Marie-Louise Meewisse, Annet Nugter, Sophie A. Rameckers, Eva Fassbinder, Arnoud Arntz

“…The SMI was collected at waitlist, pre-treatment, mid-treatment, posttreatment, and 8-week and 1-year follow-up.Results: For both treatments, patients reported large reductions in the Maladaptive Schema Modes and improvements in the Adaptive Schema Modes (Cohen’s d = .94–1.18) from pre-treatment to posttreatment, 8-week follow-up, and 1-year follow-up. …”
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Who is engaging with lateral flow testing for COVID-19 in the UK? The COVID-19 Rapid Survey of Adherence to Interventions and Responses (CORSAIR) study by Nicola T Fear, Susan Michie, Richard Amlot, G James Rubin, Louise E Smith, Henry WW Potts

“…Uptake was higher in people who reported cardinal COVID-19 symptoms in the last week (aOR=1.89, 95% CI 1.34 to 2.66). People who had heard more about LFTs (aOR=2.28, 95% CI 2.06 to 2.51) and knew they were eligible to receive regular LFTs (aOR=2.98, 95% CI 2.35 to 3.78) were also more likely to have tested. …”
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Molecular Characterization of the Onset and Progression of Colitis in Inoculated Interleukin-10 Gene-Deficient Mice: A Role for PPARα by Bianca Knoch, Matthew P. G. Barnett, Janine Cooney, Warren C. McNabb, Diane Barraclough, William Laing, Shuotun Zhu, Zaneta A. Park, Paul MacLean, Scott O. Knowles, Nicole C. Roy

“…Actin cytoskeleton dynamics, innate immunity, and apoptosis-linked gene and protein expression data suggested a delayed remodeling process in 12-week-old Il10-/- mice. Gene expression changes in 12-week-old Il10-/- mice were related to PPARα signaling likely to control colitis, but how PPARα activation might regulate intestinal IL10 production remains to be determined.…”
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