Comparison of Heart Rate Variability and Heart Rate Recovery Indices in Healthy Young Adults after Submaximal Exercise with and without Music Intervention by Saravanan T, Prashanth K S

“…After completing the 6-minute walk test participants listened to a 5-minute veena rendition in Raaga Naata moderate tempo through a mobile phone and headset. During the music session HRV was recorded and HRRI was recalculated and analyzed.Results There were no significant differences seen in the HRV parameters in any of the study conditions. …”
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Cohort profile: maternal and child health and parenting practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ceará, Brazil: birth cohort study (Iracema-COVID) by Marcia C Castro, Márcia Maria Tavares Machado, Simone Farías-Antúnez, David Augusto Batista Sá Araújo, Ana Luiza Penna, Francisco Ariclene Oliveira, Camila Machado de Aquino, Antônio Silva Lima Neto, Geziel dos Santos de Sousa

“…Communication strategies for bonding, such as picture cards, pictures of mothers with their children and phone calls to the participants, will be used to minimise attrition. …”
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Barriers to Low-Vision Rehabilitation Services for Visually Impaired Patients in a Multidisciplinary Ophthalmology Outpatient Practice by Karima S. Khimani, Carissa R. Battle, Lauren Malaya, Aaleena Zaidi, Mary Schmitz-Brown, Huey-Ming Tzeng, Praveena K. Gupta

“…Patients who received LVR referrals to attend at least one LVR service visit from the eligible subjects were contacted for participation in phone interviews regarding their LVR experience. …”
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Identification of a Novel PPAR Signature for Predicting Prognosis, Immune Microenvironment, and Chemotherapy Response in Bladder Cancer by Ke Zhu, Wen Deng, Hui Deng, Xiaoqiang Liu, Gongxian Wang, Bin Fu

“…We constructed and validated the prognostic signature comprising of 4 PPAR-targeted genes (CPT1B, CALR, AHNAK, and FADS2), which was an independent prognostic biomarker in BLCA patients. …”
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Hydrological-hydraulic modelling to assess Nature-Based Solutions for flood risk mitigation in an urban area of Catania (Sicily, Italy) by L. Sciuto, F. Licciardello, E.R. Giuffrida, S. Barresi, V. Scavera, D. Verde, S. Barbagallo, G.L. Cirelli

“…To achieve the objective, a novel approach incorporating the integrated utilization of both hydraulic (HEC-RAS) and hydrological models (EPA SWMM), as well as images from traffic and mobile phone cameras, is implemented and validated. This approach is applied to a Sicilian hydrological urban catchment where health facilities providing essential services are situated. …”
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Propranolol for Treatment of Infantile Hemangioma: Efficacy and Effect on Pediatric Growth and Development by Rachel A. Giese, Merit Turner, Mario Cleves, J. Reed Gardner, Gresham T. Richter

“…Questionnaires regarding milestones, efficacy, and guardian satisfaction were performed, and a combination of both chart results and phone conducted surveys was tabulated. Serum from a small representative cohort of age-matched children with IH treated and not treated with propranolol was collected. …”
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Exploring Strategies to Improve Adherence to Immunization Schedule: A Study among Children Attending Maternal and Child Health Clinic at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya by Esther Cheptanui Muathe, Mary Kamau, Eve Rajula

“…The health system strategies that would improve adherence to immunization schedules were more flexible clinic hours, availability of vaccines on daily basis, phone call reminders by health care providers, and increasing awareness on the importance of both vaccinations and adherence to immunization schedule.…”
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Efficacy of Health Literacy Interventions for Caregivers of Individuals with Neurodevelopmental and Chronic Conditions: A Rapid Review by Thom Nevill, Jessica Keeley, Susan Hunt, Rachel Skoss, Olivia Lindly, Jenny Downs, Amanda Marie Blackmore

“…In these studies, 2232 caregivers received interventions through a wide range of media (online, group, written materials, one-to-one, video, phone, and text messages). Research designs were classified as Levels I (<i>n</i> = 8), II (<i>n</i> = 5), III (<i>n</i> = 2), and IV (<i>n</i> = 11), and the quality of evidence ranged from high to very low. …”
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Određivanje lomne žilavosti konstrukcijskih ljepila prilikom odljepljivanja u modu-I pomoću testa dvostruke konzole by Ivan Hlača, Marin Grbac, Leo Škec

“…Tijekom eksperimenta kontinuirano se mjeri pomak, sila i duljina pukotine. Koristeći ove podatke, lomna žilavost ljepila se može izračunati prema postupcima navedenim u odgovarajućem ISO standardu (BS ISO 25217: 2009). …”
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Prolonged nightly fasting in older adults with memory decline: A single-group pilot study exploring changes in cognitive function and cardiometabolic risk factors by Dara L. James, Linda K. Larkey, Molly Maxfield, SeungYong Han, Edward Ofori, Alex E. Mohr, Nanako A. Hawley, Kate Alperin, Erica Ahlich, David E. Vance, Dorothy D. Sears

“…Paired t-tests indicated an increase in cognitive function (Memory and Attention Phone Screener) (p = 0.02) with a medium effect size (Cohen’s d = 0.58) and a decrease in insomnia (Insomnia Severity Index) (p = 0.04) with a medium effect size (Cohen’s d = 0.52). …”
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DepRescribing inapprOpriate Proton Pump InhibiTors (DROPIT): study protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial in Swiss primary care by Stefan Neuner-Jehle, Katharina Tabea Jungo, Sven Streit, Sven Trelle, Nicolas Rodondi, Carole Elodie Aubert, Kristie Rebecca Weir, Enriqueta Vallejo-Yagüe, Samantha Chan, Marie Roumet, Pascal Juillerat, Sofia Carolina Zambrano Ramos, Jennifer Inauen, Angela Edith Schulthess-Lisibach, Renata Vidonscky Lüthold, Clémentine Tombez, Martina Zangger, Flurina Jenal, Yvonne Mattmann, Christof Bieri, Michaela Barbier

“…Data will be collected at baseline, 3-, 6-, 9- and 12-month follow-up time through online surveys or a phone call for both GPs and participants.Primary and secondary outcome measures The first co-primary endpoint is the effectiveness of the deprescribing intervention measured by the change of prescribed PPI dose. …”
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NGHIÊN CỨU LỰC KHỬ CỦA DỊCH CHIẾT QUẢ NHÀU ỨNG DỤNG LÀM CHẤT KHỬ TRONG TỔNG HỢP XANH VÀNG NANO by Dang Xuan Du, Thi Ngoc Thuy Nguyen, Thi Minh Man Tran, Duc Tien Trinh

“…Kết quả cho thấy thời gian 110 phút là phù hợp để chế tạo hệ keo vàng nano ở nhiệt độ phòng. Kích thước hạt thu được khoảng 17 nm, thế Zeta = -14,2 mV. …”
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Injury characteristics, mechanisms, and game circumstances in junior community-level Australian football by Indianna L. Franke, Andrea B. Mosler, Brooke E. Patterson, Kay M. Crossley, Patrick Clifton, Steven McPhail, Mark J. Scholes, Matthew G. King

“…Injured players were subsequently followed up with a phone call to undertake an injury surveillance survey. …”
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Recruitment Challenges and Strategies in a Technology-Based Intervention for Dementia Caregivers: Descriptive Study by Eunjung Ko, Ye Gao, Peng Wang, Lahiru Wijayasingha, Kathy D Wright, Kristina C Gordon, Hongning Wang, John A Stankovic, Karen M Rose

“…Caregivers were screened for eligibility by phone between January 2021 and September 2023. The recruitment rates, reasons for nonparticipation, and participant demographics were analyzed using descriptive statistics. …”
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Interdisciplinary collaboration across secondary and primary care to improve medication safety in the elderly (IMMENSE study): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Liv Mathiesen, Jeanette Schultz Johansen, Kjerstin Havnes, Kjell H. Halvorsen, Stine Haustreis, Lillann Wilsgård Skaue, Elena Kamycheva, Kirsten K. Viktil, Anne Gerd Granås, Beate H. Garcia

“…The intervention comprises five steps mainly performed by pharmacists: (1) medication reconciliation at admission, (2) medication review during hospital stay, (3) patient counselling about the use of medicines, (4) a comprehensible and patient-friendly medication list with explanations in discharge summary and (5) postdischarge phone calls to the primary care level. The primary outcome is the difference between intervention and control patients in the rate of emergency medical visits (acute readmissions and visits to emergency department) 12 months after discharge. …”
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Identifying Factors Influencing Urban Bus Drivers’ Distraction: A Qualitative Study in Tehran, Iran by Fatemeh Sadat Mirnajafi Zadeh, Mojtaba Khosravi Danesh, Ali Nahvi, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Mohammad Javad SheikhMozafari, Adel Mazloumi

“…The participants very limitedly expressed using mobile phone while driving as a main distractor to their driving. …”
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Phusis, proto-embrayage et bruits du corps by Denis Bertrand

“…On analyse les phénomènes d’irruption soudaine et inopinée du corps en amont du logos et de ses opérations énonciatives, en introduisant le concept de proto-embrayage, en développant la distinction aristotélicienne entre le sens intentionnel (phonè semantikhè) et celui qui ne relève d’aucune assomption énonciative (le non-sujet somatique pourtant pris dans les rets du sujet). …”
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Design and Simulation of a Semi–Automatic Paver Block Making Machine. by Wamani, Samuel

“…These are discovered to be most appropriate for places like sidewalks, narrow streets, and road reconstructions for things like installing phone lines, installing subterranean plumbing, and so forth. …”
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Detection Methods for Asparagine and Glutamine Contents in Fruits and Vegetables and Recommendations for Dietary Intake of Fruits and Vegetables in Patients with Urea Cycle Disorde... by YE Xinyu, LI Ziying, TANG Shujun, SUN Liping, ZHAO Yunxia, XIAO Weimin, GU Yaping, KUANG Huiying, CHEN Xin, YANG Guowu, HUANG Yali

“…After enzymatic hydrolysis with Pronase E, samples were treated with butylated hydroxyanisole as an antioxidant. …”
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Does High Medial Elbow Stress During Pitching Compromise the Dynamic Stabilizers of The Elbow? by Malachy P. McHugh, Michael J. Mullaney

“…# Background The flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU) and flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) are thought to provide dynamic stability to the medial elbow, with a lesser contribution from the pronator teres (PT). # Hypothesis/Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine if baseball pitchers with higher valgus elbow torque experience greater FCU and FDS strength loss…”
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