Author(s): Alberts NM; Stratton KL; Leisenring WM; Pizzo A; Lamoureux É; Alschuler K; Flynn J; Krull KR; Jibb LA; Nathan PC; Olgin JE; Stinson JN; Armstrong GT;

Purpose: Intolerance of uncertainty is central to many psychological disorders and may contribute to pain. Despite the uncertainty inherent in childhood cancer survivorship, little is known about intolerance of uncertainty in this population. This study aimed to characterize intolerance of uncert ...

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Author(s): Balbim GM; Boa Sorte Silva NC; Falck RS; Kramer AF; Voss MW; Liu-Ambrose T;

Introduction: The 24-hour activity cycle (24-HAC) includes physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior (SB), and sleep. The 24-HAC composition and brain health relationship in adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) remains underexplored. We examined associations between 24-HAC composition and gray matter (GM) volume. Methods: Cross-sectional study in ...

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Author(s): Osagie RO; Tufa I; Angarita-Fonseca A; Pagé MG; Lacasse A; Stone LS; Rainville P; Roy M; Tétreault P; Fortin M; Léonard G; Massé-Alarie H; Roy JS; Grant AV; Meloto CB;

Inconsistencies in the identification of predictors for the transition from acute low back pain (aLBP) to chronic LBP (cLBP) may be attributed to the varying definitions of aLBP used in different studies. We investigated how adopting different aLBP definitions affects the set of predictors and th ...

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Author(s): Bherer L; Vrinceanu T; Dupuy EG; Gayda M; Vincent T; Magnan PO; Mohammadi H; Gauthier C; Gagnon C; Duchesne S; Erickson KI; Gagnon D; Lesage F; Lupien S; Poirier J; Dubé MP; Thorin É; Juneau M; Breton J; Belleville S; Ferland G; Gaudreau ...

Background: Lifestyle factors like exercise and cognitive stimulation might help improve cognitive performance in older adults. However, studies investigating this, reported mixed results. Most of the data supporting the benefit of exercise comes from cross-sectional studies, cohort studies, or s ...

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Author(s): Jourde HR; Sobral M; Beltrame G; Coffey EBJ;

Sleep spindles are neural events unique to nonrapid eye movement sleep that play key roles in memory reactivation and consolidation. However, much of the evidence for their function remains correlational rather than causal. Closed-loop brain stimulation uses real-time monitoring of neural events (often via electroencephalography; EEG) to deliver precise a ...

Article GUID: 40626105

Author(s): Raheja Y; Singh V; Gaur VK; Sharma G; Tsang A; Chadha BS;

GH7 cellobiohydrolases (CBH1s) are essential for depolymerizing crystalline cellulose, yet the hypercellulolytic thermophile Rasamsonia emersonii secretes them only in low amounts, leaving a gap in its native enzyme cocktail. To see whether a cognate CBH1 could fill this gap and how it stacks up against the industrial workhorse strain Trichoderma reesei C ...

Article GUID: 40622460

Author(s): Sobral M; Jourde HR; Marjani Bajestani SE; Coffey EBJ; Beltrame G;

Personalized closed-loop brain stimulation, in which algorithms used to detect neural events adapt to a user's unique neural characteristics, may be crucial to enable optimized and consistent stimulation quality for both fundamental research and clinical applications. Precise stimulation of sleep spindles-transient patterns of brain activity that occu ...

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Author(s): Sharma S; Winner K; Pollock LJ; Thorson JT; Mäkinen J; Merow C; Pedersen EJ; Chefira KF; Portmann JM; Iannarilli F; Beery S; de Lutio R; Jetz W;

We lack the data needed to detect and understand biodiversity change for most species, despite some species having millions of observations. This unequal data coverage impedes conservation planning and our understanding of biodiversity patterns. The 'borrowing strength' approach leverages ...

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Author(s): Barbaux L; Perrault AA; Cross NE; Weiner OM; Es-Sounni M; Pomares FB; Tarelli L; McCarthy M; Maltezos A; Smith D; Gong K; O' Byrne J; Yue V; Desrosiers C; Clerc D; Andriamampionona F; Lussier D; Gilbert S; Tannenbaum C; Gouin JP; Da ...

Study objectives: Insomnia in older adults is associated with widespread benzodiazepine (BZD) and benzodiazepine receptor agonist (BZRA) use, despite evidence that chronic use disrupts sleep regulation and cognition. Little is known about BZD/BZRA effects on NREM slow oscillations (SO), spindles ...

Article GUID: 40570297

Author(s): Bouregbi I; Bensakhri Z; Zebsa R; Zouaimia A; Bensouilah S; Bouteraa O; Khelifa R; Ouakid ML; Mahdjoub H; Houhamdi M;

Understanding the impact of climate change on waterbirds, particularly those of conservation concern, is essential for their long-term management and effective conservation. In arid regions such as North Africa, wetlands of international importance have been affected by severe drought events, but ...

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Author(s): Grant N; Phillips N;

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and hearing loss (HL) have been separately associated with increased dementia risk. These highly co-occurring dementia risk factors are associated with aberrant functional brain connectivity. In individuals with HL aberrant functional connectivity has been associated with cognitive impairment. In individuals with MCI, aberr ...

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