The Association of Having a Late Dinner or Bedtime Snack and Skipping Breakfast with Overweight in Japanese Women by Chika Okada, Hironori Imano, Isao Muraki, Keiko Yamada, Hiroyasu Iso

“…Results. Among the participants, 11% regularly had a late dinner, 22% had bedtime snacks, and 8% skipped breakfast. …”
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Prevalence of suicidal ideation and its associated factors among the geriatric population in Vyas Municipality, Tanahun District, Nepal: a cross-sectional study by Durga Shrestha, Hari Prasad Kaphle

“…Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among individuals aged 60 years and above in Vyas Municipality, Nepal. A total of 311 participants were selected using multistage sampling. …”
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Relationship Between Motion Sickness Susceptibility and Vestibular Test Results by Ozge GEDİK TOKER, Elif KURU, Sumeyye OZDEMIR, Betul RENCBER, Ege TAKAN, Serdar ARAZ, Meliha BASOZ BEHMEN, Nilufer BAL, Fadlullah AKSOY

“…According to the motion sickness susceptibility questionnaire-short form (MSSQ-SF), participants were divided into the motion sickness group (21+-1.38 years) and control group (20.5+-1.18 years). …”
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Optimizing Stroke Detection Using Evidential Networks and Uncertainty-Based Refinement by Faranak Akbarifar, Sean P. Dukelow, Albert Jin, Parvin Mousavi, Stephen H. Scott

“…Using deep learning methods, particularly an evidential network, we distinguished impaired participants from healthy controls while generating measures of prediction uncertainty. …”
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Association between internet use and depression among the middle-aged and elderly adults with multimorbidity in China: do gender differences exist? by Jiao Zhang, Jiao Zhang, Yuheng Jia, Lixin Hong, Yixin Zhang, Lihua Li, Kan Tian, Kan Tian

“…Meanwhile, propensity score matching (PSM) was used to test the robustness of the results.ResultsOverall, 49.8% of respondents had a risk of developing depression, and 14.9% of the participants used the Internet. Internet use (OR = 0.66, P = 0.002), type of devices (one type: OR = 0.69, P = .011;≥2 types: OR = 0.53, P = 0.03), frequency of Internet use (regularly: OR = 0.67, P = 0.005) were all inversely associated with depression. …”
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Quality Assessment of Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management and Surgical Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence by Mario Vásquez-Peralta, Alison Simancas-Racines, Juan Marcos Parise-Vasco, Camila Montesinos-Guevara, Daniel Simancas-Racines

“…The scores for each domain evaluated were as follows: scope and purpose (45.83%; SD: 22.69), stakeholder participation (30.56%; SD: 29.03), development (48.56%; SD: 30.42), presentation clarity (58.80%; SD: 22.25), applicability (24.04%; SD: 26.36), and editorial independence (44.87%; SD: 32.88). …”
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Comparative responses to a physical activity program in older adults by Carlos X. Torres-Ramos, Rachel E. Salyer, Isaura M. Castillo-Hernández, Ellen M. Evans

“…PA (accelerometer, questionnaires, and logs), muscle capacity (leg strength and power), LEPF [6-minute walk (6 MW), 8-foot up and go (UPGO), chair stands (CHAIR), transfer task (TRANSFER)], program engagement, and Facebook participation (attendance logs) were assessed. A two-way [Gender (G) x Time (T)] ANOVA and independent samples t-test were utilized to compare differences and significance of change. …”
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Vascular Neurology Nurse Practitioner Provision of Telemedicine Consultations by Bart M. Demaerschalk, Terri-Ellen J. Kiernan, STARR Investigators

“…Prospective stroke alert patients at participating hospitals underwent a two-way audio video telemedicine consultation with a VN-NP at a remotely located stroke center in partnership with a vascular neurologist. …”
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Under the world of AI-generated feedback on writing: mirroring motivation, foreign language peace of mind, trait emotional intelligence, and writing development by Shireen Jamal Mohammed, Maryam Waleed Khalid

“…The research employed a quasi-experimental design with two groups: an experimental group (EG) engaged in online writing development with AI-generated feedback and a control group (CG) participating in the same online writing development without AI-generated feedback. …”
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Comunicação interna em instituições públicas de ensino superior: canais e conteúdos by Maria Dionísia dos Santos, Andréa Cardoso Ventura

“…Assim sendo, este estudo busca analisar a prática da comunicação interna em uma determinada instituição de ensino superior, a fim de mapear as preferências dos funcionários em relação aos canais e conteúdos. …”
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Women’s Perspectives on Influencers to the Utilisation of Skilled Delivery Care: An Explorative Qualitative Study in North West Ethiopia by Biruhtesfa Bekele Shiferaw, Lebitsi Maud Modiba

“…In this study, two major themes and a number of subthemes emerged from the focus group discussions with the study participants. The factors that influenced or motivated women to give birth in health facility in their previous, current, and future pregnancies include access to ambulance transport service, prevention of mother to child HIV transmission service, referral service, women friendly service, and emergency obstetric services, good interpersonal care from health workers, and fear and experience of obstetric danger signs and complications. …”
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Validation of a face image assessment technology to study the dynamics of human functional states in the EEG resting-state paradigm by A. N. Savostyanov, E. G. Vergunov, A. E. Saprygin, D. A. Lebedkin

“…The article presents the results of a study aimed at finding covariates to account for the activity of implicit cognitive processes in conditions of functional rest of the subjects and during them being presented their own or someone else’s face in a joint analysis of EEG experiment data. …”
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Determinants of Familiarity and Experience with HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Primary Care Providers in Ontario, Canada by Jorge Martinez-Cajas, Beatriz Alvarado, Carmela Rapino, Emma Nagy, T. Hugh Guan, Nicholas Cofie, Nancy Dalgarno, Pilar Camargo, Bradley Stoner

“…Results: A total of 54 PCPs participated (6% response rate), comprising 80% physicians and 20% nurses. …”
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Optimal Control Strategy of Platform Load Oriented to Network and Load Cooperation by Xuesong Shao, Gaoying Cui, Xiao Chen, Xinrong Ji, Yongxian Yi

“…Considering the influence of weather, holidays, incentive mechanism, and other factors on the response of flexible load, the quantitative analysis method of flexible load resource regulation potential for regional power grid dispatching was studied, and the feasibility of flexible load resources directly participating in the load control system was analyzed. …”
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Change in exacerbation rate of COPD patients before and after COVID-19 infection by Joon Young Choi, Kyung Joo Kim, Chin Kook Rhee

“…We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from the national insurance reimbursement data of South Korea. Eligible participants included COPD patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between January and December 2020. …”
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The Effect of the Bamboozle Game on the Reading Ability of Seventh-Grade Students at SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Lubuklinggau by Anggara Ningsih, Iis Sujarwati

“…A total of 33 students participated, with purposive sampling selecting 10 students for detailed analysis. …”
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Effects of covid-19 on the livelihoods of rural women in Ethiopia by Samuel Tadesse Adisalem, Asrat Mulat Asegie

“…Thereby, a multistage sampling procedure was employed to randomly draw 263 rural women as study participants. Data were collected through interview schedules and key informant interviews. …”
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Incremental Load Respiratory Muscle Training Improves Respiratory Muscle Strength and Pulmonary Function in Children with Bronchiectasis by Xiaolong Chen, Shidong Hu, Xiaohui Jia, Bingbing Zeng

“…To explore the effect of respiratory muscle training on children with bronchiectasis. Methods. Participants underwent respiratory muscle training for 24 weeks. …”
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De novo assembly and analysis of the transcriptome of the Siberian wood frog Rana amurensis by D. N. Smirnov, S. V. Shekhovtsov, A. A. Shipova, G. R. Gazizova, E. I. Shagimardanova, N. A. Bulakhova, E. N. Meshcheryakova, T. V. Poluboyarova, E. E. Khrameeva, S. E. Peltek, D. I. Berman

“…A search for genes encoding receptors of the most important neurotransmitters, which may participate in the response to hypoxia, resulted in a set of expressed receptors of dopamine, serotonin, GABA, glutamate, acetylcholine, and norepinephrine. …”
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The relationships among positive coping style, psychological resilience, and fear of falling in older adults by Siqi Liu, Han Xiao, Peiyao Qi, Mi Song, Yuan Gao, Hongying Pi, Qingqing Su

“…There are 202 older adults from a tertiary hospital in Beijing, China, participated in this study. The general information questionnaire, the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire, the Chinese version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, and the Falls Efficacy Scale-International were utilized. …”
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