The Impact of Cataract Surgery on Depression in Elderly Iranian Patients: A Case–Control Study by Kiumars Nowroozpoor Dailami, Mohammad Ali Heidari Gorji, Seyed Hamzeh Hoseini, Asadollah Farookhfar

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Impact of neighborhood safety on adolescent physical activity in Saudi Arabia: gender and socio-economic perspectives by Abdullah Addas, Abdullah Addas

“…Female adolescents were 20% more likely than male adolescents to report safety concerns (p < 0.05), while those residing in villas engaged in 15% more physical activity than their peers living in flats (p < 0.05).ConclusionsThese findings underscore the significant role of neighborhood safety in shaping adolescent health behaviors, particularly regarding traffic management and accessibility. …”
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Effects of a whole body compression garment on recovery after a heavy resistance by Ahmad Arbabı

“…Nutritional intakes, activity, and behavioral patterns (e.g., no pain medications, ice, or long showers over the 24 hours) were replicated 2 days before each test separated by 72 hours. …”
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Lipodystrophy among HIV-Infected Patients Attending Care and Treatment Clinics in Dar es Salaam by Marina Njelekela, Rose Mpembeni, Alfa Muhihi, Nzovu Ulenga, Eric Aris, Deodatus Kakoko

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Influence of Parent Stressors on Adolescent Obesity in African American Youth by Lauren Allport, MinKyoung Song, Cindy W. Leung, Kellye C. McGlumphy, Rebecca E. Hasson

“…These relationships remained significant when adjusting for behavioral and psychosocial covariates. There were no significant relationships observed between other parent stressors and adolescent BMI or waist circumference. …”
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The Deformation Mechanism of the Rings of Angular-Contact Ball Bearings During the Quenching and Tempering Process by Ruijie Gu, Yi Tong, Qiang Wang, Liaoyuan Chen, Ziyang Shang

“…Subsequently, the evolution of the stress, phase-transformation, and deformation behaviors of bearing rings during the quenching and tempering were studied in detail. …”
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A Facile Route to Fabricate CS/GO Composite Film for the Application of Therapeutic Contact Lenses by Pin Chen, Xin Wang, Jingyang Kong, Xiaohong Hu

“…Loaded drug amount in CS/GO composite film was a little larger than that in CS film, but without significant difference. The drug release behaviors from CS/GO composite film or CS film were investigated and revealed that the loaded drug could be controlled to release in the first hour. …”
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Impact of offensive-reward rules on young basketball players' performance during small-sided games. by Eduardo Abade, Bruno Figueira, Diogo Coutinho, Hugo Folgado, Catarina Moreira, Bruno Gonçalves

“…Conversely, the 3x3PASSES condition may be useful for promoting adaptive behaviors under a higher perception of effort. Thus, coaches should carefully choose the type of rewards when designing training tasks for youth basketball players.…”
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The impact of induced stress on reactive and proactive control in depression by Akihiro Masuyama

“…Although the balance between reactive and proactive control, as measured by the Proactive Behavioral Index (PBI), did not show significant changes, depressive individuals in the high-stress condition exhibited a significant decline in their ability to retain contextual information, as indicated by a reduction in the d’-context index. …”
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The Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Risk Factors among Secondary School Teachers in Bahir Dar City Administration, Northwest Ethiopia by Destaw Damtie, Ayehu Bereket, Denekew Bitew, Bizuayehu Kerisew

“…Two hundred twenty-two randomly selected teachers were interviewed, and data related to the demographic, behavioral, health, and dietary characteristics of the individuals were recorded. …”
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Refining Sparse Cell-ID Trajectory of Public Service Vehicles by Spatiotemporal Modelling by Kemin Zhu, Junli Liu, Xianfeng Song, Weifeng Wang, Hao Chen

“…While a cell-id trajectory was routinely reorganized by International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), it potentially allows to analyze transportation behaviors and social interaction of total population, with a full temporal coverage at low cost. …”
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The Effect of Face-to-Face Education and Educational Booklet on Heart Health Indexes of the Hospitalized Patients with Myocardial Infarction by Safar Ali Esmaeili Vardanjani, Laleh Fanisaberi, Firozeh Alirezaee Shahraki, Ahmad Khalilzadeh, Abdolazim Tavakoli Vardanjani, Fatemeh Ghani Dehkordi

“…He also compared the behaviors in the two groups after being educated. The data was analyzed by SPSS software, version 15 (This product is licensed to FeFDBi, ABiComputer, 1337), and the two groups were compared by using appropriate statistical tests. …”
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LoVE4MUM Mobile App to Prevent Postpartum Depression: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Siti Sabrina Kamarudin, Idayu Badilla Idris, Shalisah Sharip, Norfazilah Ahmad

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Leveraging on Virtual Engagement for Maternal Understanding & Mood-enhancement (LoVE4MUM) mobile app, which was developed based on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy and psychoeducation and serves as an intervention to prevent postpartum depression. …”
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Student perspectives of equity, diversity, and inclusion in the curriculum of a UK medical school—A mixed-methods study by Amirmohammad Heidari, Shravani Joshi, Mohamed H. Ahmed, Ibrahim Mahmoud, Jacqueline O’Dowd, Joanne Selway, Oladipo Phillips, Mohamed H. Taha

“…Notably, first-year students showed a heightened understanding of social science terms, especially “ethnicity,” and 67% of female students demonstrated a deeper comprehension of sociocultural factors influencing health behaviors. Across demographics, there was consistent recognition of these factors impacting patient care. …”
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Ketogenic metabolic therapy for schizoaffective disorder: a retrospective case series of psychotic symptom remission and mood recovery by Nicole Laurent, Erin L. Bellamy, Katherine A. Tague, Donika Hristova, Ally Houston

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Exercise-Induced Adaptations to the Mouse Striatal Adenosine System by Ella E. Bauer, Trevor J. Buhr, Carter H. Reed, Peter J. Clark

“…These findings may have implications for cognitive and behavioral processes, as well as motor and psychiatric diseases that involve the striatum.…”
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Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire – Translation and Validation in a South Indian Language by Betsy Baby, Sandhya Pushpagiri, P Ravi Prasad Varma, LS Saritha, SJ Dhiya, Shoba S Meera, M Rekha, Manju Mohan, Soumya Sundaram

“…Background and Objectives: Broad Autism Phenotype (BAP) refers to specific behaviors or minor deficits in social/communication skills not meeting the diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). …”
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Understanding the influence of hydrogen on BCC iron grain boundaries using the kinetic activation relaxation technique (k-ART) by Aynour Khosravi, Jun Song, Normand Mousseau

“…The results further indicate that the $\Sigma 3$ GB exhibits higher stability in its pure form compared to the $\Sigma 37$ GB, with notable differences in energy barriers and diffusion behaviors. Moreover, with detailed information about the evolution landscape around the GB, we find that the saturation of a GB with hydrogen both stabilizes the GB by shifting barriers associated with Fe diffusion to higher energies and reducing the number of diffusion events. …”
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Learning-induced sensory plasticity of mouse olfactory epithelium by A. V. Romashchenko, Р. Е. Kireeva, M. В. Sharapova, Т. A. Zapara, A. S. Ratushnyak

“…Traditionally, studies of the neurobiology of learning and memory focus on the circuitry that interfaces between sensory inputs and behavioral outputs, such as the amygdala and cerebellum. …”
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Eat a little and save a little: A qualitative exploration of acceptability of a potential savings intervention to reduce HIV risk among female sex workers in Western Kenya. by Sophie Otticha, Jane Moraa, Jacob Onyango, Olivia Okumu, Marylyn Ochillo, Judith Ayallo, Phillip Owiti, Lillian Ouma, Nancy Ounda, Tobias Odwar, Shantana Carol Ogot, Kawango Agot

“…Thematic analysis identified themes related to financial burden, loaning, saving and spending, sources of income, HIV risk behaviors in the context of sex work, and acceptability of the proposed saving intervention to reduce HIV risk.…”
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