Author(s): Monticone M; Dover G; Massidda M; Giordano A; Franchignoni F;

The aim of this study was to translate, culturally adapt and validate an Italian version of the Athlete Fear Avoidance Questionnaire (AFAQ-I). We conducted a cross-sectional evaluation of the psychometric properties of the AFAQ-I in university athletes with musculoskeletal injuries, culturally adapting it in accordance with international standards. Psycho ...

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Author(s): Brodeur C; Belley É; Deschênes LM; Enriquez-Rosas A; Hubert M; Guimond A; Bilodeau J; Soucy JP; Macoir J;

Background: Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is a clinico-radiological syndrome characterized by a progressive decline in visuospatial/visuoperceptual processing. PCA is accompanied by the impairment of other cognitive functions, including language abilities. Methods: The present study focused o ...

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Author(s): Mustafa I; Kwok TH;

One major concern regarding multi-material additive manufacturing (MMAM) is the strength at the interface between materials. Based on the observation of how nature puts materials together, this paper hypothesizes that overlapping and interlacing materials with each other enhance the interface bonding strength. To test this hypothesis, this research develo ...

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Author(s): Raju D; Bathini S; Badilescu S; Ghosh A; Packirisamy M;

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are a group of communication organelles enclosed by a phospholipid bilayer, secreted by all types of cells. The size of these vesicles ranges from 30 to 1000 nm, and they contain a myriad of compounds such as RNA, DNA, proteins, and lipids from their origin cells, offering a good source of biomarkers. Exosomes (30 to 100 nm) a ...

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Author(s): He Y; Guo J; Song Y; Chen Z; Lu C; Han Y; Li H; Hou Y;

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Author(s): Bean BDM; Mulvihill CJ; Garge RK; Boutz DR; Rousseau O; Floyd BM; Cheney W; Gardner EC; Ellington AD; Marcotte EM; Gollihar JD; Whiteway M; Martin VJJ;

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is powerful for studying human G protein-coupled receptors as they can be coupled to its mating pathway. However, some receptors, including the mu opioid receptor, are non-functional, which may be due to the presence of the fungal sterol ergosterol instead of ch ...

Article GUID: 35610225

Author(s): Yan S; Wang LL; Birnkrant MJ; Zhai J; Miller SL;

The world has faced tremendous challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic since 2020, and effective clean air strategies that mitigate infectious risks indoors have become more essential. In this study, a novel approach based on the Wells-Riley model applied to a multizone building was proposed to simulate exposure to infectious doses in terms of "quanta". T ...

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Author(s): Khan MS; Alam KN; Dhruba AR; Zunair H; Mohammed N;

Melanoma is regarded as the most threatening among all skin cancers. There is a pressing need to build systems which can aid in the early detection of melanoma and enable timely treatment to patients. Recent methods are geared towards machine learning based systems where the task is posed as image recognition, tag dermoscopic images of skin lesions as mel ...

Article GUID: 35594685

Author(s): Breton E; Fotso Soh J; Booij L;

Obesity and eating disorders are conditions that involve eating behaviors and are sometimes comorbid. Current evidence supports alterations in immunoinflammatory processes in both obesity and eating disorders. A plausible hypothesis is that immunoinflammatory processes may be involved in the pathophysiology of obesity and eating disorders. The aim of this ...

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Author(s): Peter Seraganian

This commentary focuses upon the robustness of the Kamin Blocking Effect (KBE) that Maes et al., (2016), based upon 15 failures to replicate, have questioned. This challenge to KBE robustness has not gone unaddressed. Soto (2018) outlined conceptual as well as methodological issues that cast doubt on the validity of the Maes et al., (2016) critique. Despi ...

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Author(s): Zhao Z; Li J; Zhang X; Wang L; Wang J; Lin T;

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have been frequently detected in groundwater globally. With the phase-out of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanate (PFOA) due to their risk to the ecosystem and human population, various novel PFASs have been used as replacements and detected in groundwater. In order to summarize the c ...

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Author(s): Bouhamed O; Amayri M; Bouguila N;

Accurate and timely occupancy prediction has the potential to improve the efficiency of energy management systems in smart buildings. Occupancy prediction heavily depends on historical occupancy-related data collected from various sensor sources. Unfortunately, a major problem in that context is the difficulty to collect training data. This situation insp ...

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