A worldwide look into long COVID-19 management: an END-COVID survey by Mattia Nigro, Claudia Valenzuela, Francisco Arancibia, Mark Cohen, David C.L. Lam, Ryan C. Maves, Barbara Rath, Steven Q. Simpson, Yuanlin Song, Sotirios Tsiodras, James D. Chalmers, Stefano Aliberti

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Evaluating the effects of time-restricted eating on overweight and obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A randomized controlled trial study protocol. by Hui Liu, Fuliang Shangguan, Fen Liu, Yu Guo, Huixi Yu, Hanbing Li, Yinhua Su, Zhongyu Li

“…Secondary outcomes, encompassing alterations in sex hormones, metabolic parameters, body composition, sleep quality, quality of life, anxiety, and depression, will be evaluated monthly. …”
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Supervised and Unsupervised Screen Time and Its Association With Physical, Mental, and Social Health of School-Going Children in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Cross-Sectional Study by Shahria Hafiz Kakon, Tanjir Rashid Soron, Mohammad Sharif Hossain, Rashidul Haque, Fahmida Tofail

“…Data were collected through a semistructured questionnaire; anthropometry measurements; and the Bangla-validated Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) Scale, and Spencer Children Anxiety Scale (SCAS). …”
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A prospective study on association between comprehensive lifestyle scores and cognitive function changes in community-dwelling older adults in Tianjin city by Muya ZHANG, Xian CAI, Liping ZU, Huichao ZHAO, Tianyu WANG, Chenyu LI, Jing YUAN, Fei MA

“…A comprehensive lifestyle score was constructed based on overweight or obesity, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, diet, and sleep. Scores of 0 – 1 were defined as unhealthy lifestyle, 2 – 4 as average lifestyle, and 5 – 6 as healthy lifestyle. …”
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Awaking Blood Pressure Surge and Progression to Microalbuminuria in Type 2 Normotensive Diabetic Patients by Michelangela Barbieri, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Ilaria Fava, Celestino Sardu, Nicola Angelico, Pasquale Paolisso, Angela Abbatecola, Giuseppe Paolisso, Raffaele Marfella

“…The MBPS was calculated as follows: mean systolic BP during the 2 hours after awakening minus mean systolic BP during the 1 hour that included the lowest sleep BP. Results. After a mean follow-up of 6.5 years, microalbuminuria developed in 102 patients. …”
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Study on the Changes of Liver and Kidney Function-Related Indicators and Clinical Significance in Patients with OSAHS by Rongyue Liu, Xiangdong Kong

“…To study the changes of liver and kidney function-related indexes in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) and analyze their clinical significance. …”
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Risk Factors for Excessive Gestational Weight Gain in a Healthy, Nulliparous Cohort by Antonia Restall, Rennae S. Taylor, John M. D. Thompson, Deralie Flower, Gustaaf A. Dekker, Louise C. Kenny, Lucilla Poston, Lesley M. E. McCowan

“…Other factors independently associated with excessive GWG included recruitment in Ireland, younger maternal age, increasing maternal birthweight, cessation of smoking by 14–16 weeks, increased nightly sleep duration, high seafood diet, recent immigrant, limiting behaviour, and decreasing exercise by 14–16 weeks. …”
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Relationship between Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction and Clinical Features in Chinese Parkinson’s Disease Patients by Duo Xu, Shunchang Han, Jue Wang, Juan Feng

“…Patients in the PD-OAB group had an older age and age of onset, were at a more advanced Hoehn–Yahr stage, and had more severe motor symptoms and nonmotor symptoms, including worse cognition, and a greater incidence of REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD). A binary logistic regression analysis showed that a lower Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) score, higher H-Y stage, and RBD accompanied with a higher prevalence of OAB in PD patients. …”
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Psychological well-being, gender, and age-specific difference on objectively recorded smartphone screen time in Japanese adults: A regression and clustering analysis by Ryusei Nishi, Kenichiro Sagiyama, Hajime Suzuki, Marie Amitani, Haruka Amitani, Akihiro Asakawa

“…Objective: This study assesses the effects of age, gender, and subjective psychological factors (depression, social anxiety, sleep quality, stress perseverance, and loneliness) on smartphone usage. …”
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A Low Dose of Naloxone Added to Ropivacaine Prolongs Femoral Nerve Blockade: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Seung Cheol Lee, Jeong Ho Kim, So Ron Choi, Sang Yoong Park

“…The time elapsed before the first analgesia request, the total amount of opioids consumed at 24 h postoperatively, the onset time of the sensory blockade, the visual analog pain scale (VAS) scores after arriving at the recovery room, after 6, 12, 18, and 24 h at rest and after 12, 18, and 24 h of activity, the quadricep strength before the FNB procedure and at 12 and 24 h postoperatively, the quality of sleep on the first night after surgery, the satisfaction score, and the incidence of postoperative complications were recorded. …”
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Brief Report: Precision Language and Deletion of the “S” Word by Ciara Lockstadt, MD, Mary M. Pasquinelli, DNP, Jill Feldman, MD, Jamie L. Studts, PhD, Jamie S. Ostroff, PhD, Li Liu, PhD, Ella A. Kazerooni, MD, Robert A. Smith, PhD, Lisa Carter-Bawa, PhD, Lawrence E. Feldman, MD

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Design of High Performance Hybrid Type Digital-Feedback Low Drop-Out Regulator Using SSCG Technique by Muhammad Asif, Imran Ali, Danial Khan, Muhammad Riaz Ur Rehman, Younggun Pu, Sang-Sun Yoo, Kang-Yoon Lee

“…The proposed hybrid DF-LDO uses arrays of PMOS transistors in coarse and fine mode whereas in retention mode, only one comparator and NMOS are active and digital controller goes into the sleep mode. This results in the reduction of the power consumption and improves the output voltage ripples. …”
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Application of the <italic>International Classification of Functioning，Disability and Health Rehabilitation Set</italic> in Rehabilitation of Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis in t... by YAO Dong, HE Yiqi, ZHANG Qin, LIU Changhua, LI Taibiao, YAO Caiming, WANG Xiangfeng, WANG Qinfeng, HU Hongjun

“…ICF-RS was used to evaluate the overall functional level, rehabilitation efficacy and rehabilitation treatment costs of the patients.ResultsThe main physical functional disorders of KOA patients were b280 pain sensation, b455 exercise tolerance, b130 energy and drive function, and b134 sleep function in sequence; the main activity functional disorders were d410 changing basic body postures, d455 moving around, and d415 maintaining a body posture; the main participation functional disorders were d850 paid employment and d920 recreation and leisure. …”
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Plain Language Summary of Publication: The ProLOGUE study investigating brodalumab in people with plaque psoriasis by Shinichi Imafuku, Chika Ohata, Masaru Honma, Hidehisa Saeki, Yoko Mizutani, Takuya Miyagi, Kenta Murotani, Yasumasa Kanai

“…Doctors reported the effects of brodalumab on the extent and severity of psoriasis, while study participants reported its effects on health-related quality of life, overall health status, psoriasis severity, itch, skin pain, anxiety and depressive symptoms, sleep, general activity, work productivity and income loss, and how satisfied they were with brodalumab as a treatment. …”
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BreathCarer: Informal carers of patients with chronic breathlessness: a mixed-methods systematic review of burden, needs, coping, and support interventions by Saskia Blütgen, Anne Pralong, Carolin Wilharm, Yvonne Eisenmann, Raymond Voltz, Steffen T. Simon

“…Carers bear substantial emotional burden due to uncertainty, sleep disturbances, and social isolation, which leads to severe psychological distress. …”
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Remote work transition amidst COVID-19: Impacts on presenteeism, absenteeism, and worker well-being-A scoping review. by Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia, Alexia M Haritos, Bao-Zhu Stephanie Long, Chantal Atikian, Luke A Fiorini, Basem Gohar, Aaron Howe, Yiyan Li, Ali Bani-Fatemi

“…These challenges include experiencing psychological distress, depression, anxiety, stress, sleep deprivation, musculoskeletal pain, difficulties concentrating at work for both women and working parents, struggles disconnecting after hours, and the inability to delineate between the work and home environment.…”
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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

“…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. ResultsA total of 120 participants met the inclusion criteria, and 27 were lost to follow-up for a total of 41 participants in the intervention group and 52 in the control group providing complete data. …”
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Multimedia: multimodal mediation analysis of microbiome data by Hanying Jiang, Xinran Miao, Margaret W. Thairu, Mara Beebe, Dan W. Grupe, Richard J. Davidson, Jo Handelsman, Kris Sankaran

“…The mediation analysis highlights shifts in taxa previously associated with depression that cannot be explained indirectly by diet or sleep behaviors alone. A gallery of examples and further documentation can be found at https://go.wisc.edu/830110.IMPORTANCEMicrobiome studies routinely gather complementary data to capture different aspects of a microbiome’s response to a change, such as the introduction of a therapeutic. …”
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Outcomes of Emergency Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Hans Huang, Christopher P. Kovach, Sean Bell, Mark Reisman, Gabriel Aldea, James M. McCabe, Danny Dvir, Creighton Don

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Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation over Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Parkinson’s Disease by Sheng Zhuang, Fu-Yu Wang, Xin Gu, Jia-Jing Wu, Cheng-Jie Mao, Hao Gui, Jing Chen, Chun-Feng Liu

“…Secondary outcomes were changes in UPDRS total score, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). …”
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