Respiratory Failure due to Possible Donor-Derived Sporothrix schenckii Infection in a Lung Transplant Recipient by Nathan C. Bahr, Katherine Janssen, Joanne Billings, Gabriel Loor, Jaime S. Green

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Adrenocortical Production Is Associated with Higher Levels of Luteinizing Hormone in Nonobese Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Luciana Tock, Gláucia Carneiro, Andrea Z. Pereira, Sérgio Tufik, Maria Teresa Zanella

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Same-Day Regimen as an Alternative to Split Preparation for Colonoscopy: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis by Cristina Bucci, Fabiana Zingone, Pietro Schettino, Clelia Marmo, Riccardo Marmo

“…Compliance was high for both, although patients were more compliant with the split than with the same-day prep (89.7% for same-day vs. 96.6% for split regimen). Sleep disturbance was more frequent in the split group, while nausea and vomit were more frequent in the same-day group. …”
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Associations between the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease and dietary and lifestyle behavior among young Korean adults: a preliminary cross-sectional study by Soheun Shim, Jeong-Hwa Choi, Young-Ran Heo

“…The participants’ smoking, physical activity, sleep duration, and pillow height were not significantly different between the GERD phenotypes; however, the caution group consumed alcohol more frequently than the normal group (P < 0.001). …”
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Hubungan Kualitas Tidur dengan Tekanan Darah pada Pelajar Kelas 2 SMA Negeri 10 Padang by Mohd Luthfi B, Syaiful Azmi, Erkadius Erkadius

“…Penilaian kualitas tidur dengan menggunakan kuesioner Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) dan tekanan darah dengan menggunakan sphygmomanometer air raksa dan stetoskop. …”
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Job satisfaction and animal welfare at slaughter: A survey of Official Veterinarians in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland by Imogen O’Connor, Kelly Gouveia

“…While most OVs committed to their work they reported issues that may compromise job satisfaction, such as often experiencing loneliness at work, threatening situations and sleep disorders. Moreover, job satisfaction was often impacted by animal welfare incidents, and conflicts with food business operators were considered one of the greatest barriers to improving welfare at slaughter. …”
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The evolution of hospitals from Antiquity to the Renaissance by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…One would expect to find the origin of the hospital in the modern sense of the word in Greece, the birthplace of rational medicine in the 4th century BC, but the Hippocratic doctors paid house-calls, and the temples of Asclepius were visited for incubation sleep and magico-religious treatment. In Roman times the military and slave hospitals were built for a specialised group and not for the public, and were therefore not precursors of the modern hospital. …”
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Management of a Female Patient with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Somatoform Disorder by E. A. Trush, E. A. Poluektova, A. G. Beniashvili, O. S. Shifrin

“…A 41-yo female patient was admitted with complains of spastic lower abdomen pain, hard stool once every 1–2 days under laxative treatment (macrogol), bloating, anxiety, waiting for confirmation of a life threatening illness, internal stress, difficulty in falling asleep, shallow sleep. Has a long history of disease, characterized by the appearance of a variety of somatic symptoms (headache, tachycardia, joint pain, stool disorders, abdominal pain, etc.) during periods of emotional tension, lack of data suggesting organic disease. …”
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Nuclear Imaging to Detect Diaphragmatic Perforation as a Rare Complication of Microwave Ablation by Stephanie Cull, Gebran Khneizer, Abhishek Krishna, Razi Muzaffar, Sameer Gadani, Zafar Jamkhana

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Impact of Alzheimer’s Disease on Caregivers in the United States by Megan Vu, Rohan Mangal, Thor Stead, Carlos Lopez-Ortiz, Latha Ganti

“…Because of the increased levels of stress, 47% of participating caregivers sleep less; 43% feel more isolated from their family; and, 35.5% did not try to get help from others. …”
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Convolutional Neural Network for Seizure Detection of Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy by Fabio Pisano, Giuliana Sias, Alessandra Fanni, Barbara Cannas, António Dourado, Barbara Pisano, Cesar A. Teixeira

“…The Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy (NFLE) is a form of epilepsy in which seizures occur predominantly during sleep. In other forms of epilepsy, the commonly used clinical approach mainly involves manual inspection of encephalography (EEG) signals, a laborious and time-consuming process which often requires the contribution of more than one experienced neurologist. …”
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Distribution and Characteristics of Bacteria Isolated from Cystic Fibrosis Patients with Pulmonary Exacerbation by Soroor Erfanimanesh, Mohammad Emaneini, Mohammad Reza Modaresi, Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi, Shahnaz Halimi, Reza Beigverdi, Vajiheh Sadat Nikbin, Fereshteh Jabalameli

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Transformation of body functions in the era of artificial intelligence by T. S. Martynenko, D. A. Starostina

“…The article outlines the main smart technologies (smart watches and fitness bracelets, smart rings, smart clothing, smart implants, sleep monitors, VR and AR technologies) and key aspects of people’s interaction with smart devices in the perspective of physiology, psychology, social interaction and work efficiency. …”
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Traditional Chinese Medicine characteristic nursing of a patient with facial rash caused by cetuximab (西妥昔单抗致颜面部皮疹1例的中医特色护理体会) by ZHUANG Biyun (庄碧云), HUANG Jinlan (黄金兰), NONG Qingling (农庆龙)

“…Based on the syndrome differentiation, TCM characteristic nursing interventions including TCM medication, auricular acupoint pressing, TCM spray, TCM aerosols were carried out, in combination of skin care, sleep guidance, nutrition support and emotion care, in order to relieve the skin rash and pain, improve the healing of skin damage and ensure the smooth progress of chemotherapy. …”
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La poétique de la pierre dans l'œuvre de Thomas Hardy : du livre de pierre au livre de vie by Annie Escuret

“…Tess feels « at home » only at the end, on the warm slab at Stonehenge, because the pagan tomb is the only place where she can find rest and sleep.In a word, Hardy uses stones to build up his own distinction between the figurative (which refers to the classical, mimetic aesthetic) and the figural (which refers to writing as play), between the Word made flesh (when the relation of meaning to the world is one of transcendence) and when the idea is never made carnally present at all (because a novel is first of all an event of writing). …”
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An EEG dataset for interictal epileptiform discharge with spatial distribution information by Nan Lin, Mengxuan Zheng, Lian Li, Peng Hu, Weifang Gao, Heyang Sun, Chang Xu, Gonglin Yuan, Zi Liang, Yisu Dong, Haibo He, Liying Cui, Qiang Lu

“…IEDs and states of consciousness (wake/sleep) were meticulously annotated by at least three EEG experts. …”
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Self-Rated Recovery and Mood Before and After Resistance Training and Muscle Microcurrent Application by Bernd A. C. Stößlein, Kim P. C. Kuypers

“…Frequency-specific microcurrent (microstimulation) might offer a solution here as it has been shown to improve physical injuries, mood state, and sleep. However, knowledge is lacking about the impact of microstimulation after RT on said parameters. …”
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Progression of Nonmotor Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease by Sex and Motor Laterality by Zimple Kurlawala, Paul H. Shadowen, Joseph D. McMillan, Levi J Beverly, Robert P. Friedland

“…PD males experienced significant worsening of sexual, urinary, sleep, and cognitive functions compared to PD females. …”
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Psychologic Resilience and Related Factors in the Euthymic Bipolar Patients by Ersin Uygun, Aylin Koseoglu, Suat Kucukgoncu, Sahap N. Erkoc

“…When the relationship between being physically active and psychological resilience was examined, it was found that there was a meaningful and a negative correlation between psychological resilience and having a sedentary life style (p: 0,02 and r: -0,35), and between psychological resilience and the time spent in sleep (p: 0,021 and r: -0,35). As a result, resilience is a factor that can be enhanced with different factors and it takes roles both in the process of the disorder to smoothen the course of the disorder and before the symptoms of the disorder appears. …”
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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

“…Participants were ≥ 40 years old with COPD or related chronic respiratory diseases (e.g., asthma, sleep apnea, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer) and residing in Canada for ≥ 1 year. …”
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