Sex differences in the association between repetitive negative thinking and neurofilament light by Yolanda Lau, Amit Bansal, Cassandre Palix, Harriet Demnitz-King, Miranka Wirth, Olga Klimecki, Gael Chetelat, Géraldine Poisnel, Natalie L. Marchant, The Medit-Ageing Research Group

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Is Tele-yoga Safe for Pregnant Women with First-trimester Uterine Artery Doppler Positive? A Feasibility Study by Reshma Jogdand, Satyapriya Maharana, Kasinath G Metri, B. S. Anuradha, R Nagarthan

“…The yoga module consisted of simple yoga postures, breathing techniques, and meditation. Enrollment, attrition, retention, adverse events, difficulties in practicing yoga, and subjective experience were assessed at the completion of 2 months. …”
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Mindfulness-based (non-contact) boxing therapy (MBBT) for depression and anxiety: A feasibility study. by Johny Bozdarov, Brett D M Jones, Madeha Umer, Daniel M Blumberger, Ishrat M Husain

“…MBBT is an instructor-led, manualized, non-contact boxing group-exercise program (delivered in 90 min sessions, twice a week, over 10 weeks) that blends principles of mindfulness, meditation and group therapy. The current study tested the acceptability and feasibility of delivering MBBT to adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).…”
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Furnishing Nature: Textile Materiality and the Victorian Home in Alfred Hayes’s The Vale of Arden and Other Poems (1895) by Stefanie John

“…The article argues that textile ecologies are central to Hayes’s negotiation of relationships between nature and artifice, enabling a distinctive fusion of traditional English pastoral and fin-de-siècle aestheticism. The eco-aesthetic meditations of Hayes’s poetry highlight conceptual links between nature and notions of the dwelling space (‘oikos’), and, at the same time, suggest that material culture, specifically the fin-de-siècle craze for beautiful objects and textures, furnished Victorian nature poetry.…”
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The black female body: Representation of the erotic in contemporary visual art in Africa by Tayler FRIAR

“…To accomplish this, it will present several fundamental arguments that feed into black feminist interrogations of the body including a meditation on body politics and gender being rewritten into the colonial paradigm. …”
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Climatic impacts on mortality in pre-industrial Sweden by T. T. Chen, T. T. Chen, R. Edvinsson, K. Modig, H. W. Linderholm, F. C. Ljungqvist, F. C. Ljungqvist, F. C. Ljungqvist

“…In historical times, the effect of climate on health and mortality was stronger than today, owing to factors such as poor housing and healthcare, along with the nutrition status that was meditated through climatic impacts on food production. …”
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Effect of a Yogic Breathing Technique on Immune Parameters among Healthcare Workers: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study by Archana Balasubramanian, Priyathersini Nagarajan, Mathangi Damal Chandrasekar, Kaviraja Udupa, Emmanuel Bhaskar, Divya Kanchibotla, Saumya Subramanian

“…Relaxation techniques such as yoga, pranayama, and meditation have great potential to promote health and prevent diseases. …”
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Machine and Deep Learning Models for Stress Detection Using Multimodal Physiological Data by Eman Abdelfattah, Shreehar Joshi, Shreekar Tiwari

“…This study employs machine learning and deep learning techniques on multimodal dataset from wearable sensors, focusing on processed metrics for the three-axis acceleration (ACC), electrocardiogram (ECG), blood volume pulse (BVP), body temperature (TEMP), respiration (RESP), electromyogram (EMG), and electrodermal activity (EDA) from the 15 subjects in the WESAD dataset to effectively classify four different states – baseline, stress, amusement, and meditation. Seven traditional machine learning algorithms – Logistic Regression, Gaussian Naïve Bayes Classifier, AdaBoost Classifier, XGB Classifier, Decision Trees Classifier, Extra Trees Classifier, and Random Forest Classifier and three widely used deep learning algorithms – Deep Neural Network, Convolutional Neural Network and Recurrent Neural Network were trained and tested on the dataset on two phases to predict the state of different subject at any given time. …”
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Yogic Practices as a Complementary Approach to Physical Fitness: An Intervention Study by Tarak Nath Pramanik, Aminur Rahaman, Gopal Chandra Saha, Anupam Roy, Punam Pradhan

“…The experimental group underwent a six-week yogic intervention, including asanas, pranayama, and meditation, conducted daily under the guidance of certified instructors. …”
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« Who’s there ? » by Jean-Pierre Richard

“…A l’inverse, Fatheralong impose d’abord une longue « méditation » sur la notion de « race », rejetée par l’auteur, avant d’invoquer le cas particulier d’un père et de ses fils.Toutefois cette différence dans l’approche — psychologique et raciale chez Gaines, philosophique et non-raciale chez Wideman — ne se révèle être, à l’examen des textes, qu’un mouvement apparent, à la surface des mots. …”
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Psychological impact and coping mechanisms among sudanese medical students: a study on anxiety, depression, behavioral, and cognitive changes post COVID-19 lockdown and ongoing con... by Ali Awadallah Saeed, Ahmad Mohammad Al Zamel, Abrar Abdu Abass, Aisha Ahmed Mohammed, Fidaaldeen Adil Abdallh, Hiba Elhadi Ali, Nooralain Mohammed Hassan, Raad Mohammed Osman, Toga Abdelmutaal Mohammed, Azza Osman Yousif, Lamya Bashir Eisa

“…Coping strategies included nicotine, sleeping aids, socializing, exercise, venting, meditation, and journaling.…”
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Living through the psychological consequences of COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review of effective mitigating interventions by Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Angkana Lekagul, Chawisa Suradom, Peeraya Piancharoen, Anamika Chattong

“…Most interventions for anxiety and stress were mindfulness and meditation based.Conclusions Results from RCT studies (11%, 78.6%) were effective in mitigating psychological consequences from COVID-19 pandemic when applied to healthcare workers, patients with COVID-19 and general population. …”
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Vicarious trauma, coping strategies and nurses' health outcomes: An exploratory study by Ilenia Piras, Vanessa Usai, Paolo Contu, Maura Galletta

“…A moderation analysis showed that positive coping strategies such as physical activity, reading/music, and yoga/meditation showed to be protective in reducing the effect of vicarious traumas on the nurses' mental health problems. …”
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Рrospects for the development of retreat tourism in Ukraine by Irina Shamara, Hanna Haponenko, Olena Yevtushenko, Tymur Vygovskyi

“…Thus, a phenomenon has appeared in society that has become to some extent a "spiritual" trend and is the root of all world spiritual and physical practices, which includes various types of meditation - this is "retreat tourism", which implies a combination of various spiritual and physical practices in places remote from society, as a rule, where means of communication are not used. …”
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Finding Ways to Lift Barriers to Care for Chronic Pain Patients: Outcomes of Using Internet-Based Self-Management Activities to Reduce Pain and Improve Quality of Life by Kevin Rod

“…Patients were encouraged to visit two Internet sites (a blog and Twitter postings) for educational postings written by the author about exercise, nutrition, mindfulness meditation, disease management methods, evidence-based supplements, daily relaxation exercises, and overall self-management methods 15 minutes per day for six months. …”
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Treating Children\'s Diseases in Iran: A Systematic Review by Pouran Varvani Farahani, Candan Ozturk

“…These studies examined a variety of CAM interventions, including mind-body techniques (e.g. music therapy, meditation), manipulative methods (e.g. massage, cupping therapy), and physiologically based therapies (e.g. herbal medicine, aromatherapy). …”
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Exploring the perceptual experiences of nurses regarding the care of patients with COVID-19: A mixed methodological approach by Vaishali S. Jadhav, Arunima Sreeletha, Natasha Mahajan

“…Coping mechanisms involved communicating with loved ones, receiving support from colleagues, and engaging in activities such as listening to music, meditation, prayer, exercise, and yoga. The study found no significant association between nurses’ perceptual experiences and selected demographic variables. …”
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Effect of Yoga on Blood Pressure in Prehypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Janhavi Sandeep Khandekar, Vanamala Lakshmi Vasavi, Vijay Pratap Singh, Stephen Rajan Samuel, S. G. Sudhan, Bidita Khandelwal

“…The main protocol of yoga therapy included postures, breathing exercises, and different meditation techniques. A significant reduction in secondary outcomes was observed, except for HDL values in lipid profile which showed a gradual increase in yoga group in comparison with alternative therapy. …”
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On the fence: Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among sexually Minoritized men who use substances in the United States by Renessa S. Williams, Acklynn M. Byamugisha, Leah Davis-Ewart, Omar R. Valentin, Samantha E. Dilworth, Christian Grov, Adam W. Carrico

“…Vaccine hesitancy partially meditated the direct effects of methamphetamine use on vaccine uptake (OR = 0.40; CI: 0.26–0.61]). …”
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A Mobile App–Based Gratitude Intervention’s Effect on Mental Well-Being in University Students: Randomized Controlled Trial by Chloë Fuller, Silvia Marin-Dragu, Ravishankar Subramani Iyer, Sandra Melanie Meier

“…The gratitude intervention app prompted users to complete daily gratitude exercises on the app including a gratitude journal, a gratitude photo book, an imagine exercise, a speech exercise, and meditation. Participants in the control group used only the mobile sensing app, which passively collected smartphone sensory data on mobility, screen time, sleep, and social interactions. …”
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