Author(s): Liu C; Huang G; Song P; An C; Zhang P; Shen J; Ren S; Zhao K; Huang W; Xu Y; Zheng R;
Discharge of decentralized livestock wastewater without effective treatment has become a common problem in rural areas, threatening the regional water environment. A new microcurrent-assisted multi-soil-layering (MSL) system was developed for treating rural decentralized livestock wastewater. The results showed the highest removal rates of chemical oxygen ...
Article GUID: 34999101
Author(s): Ybarra M; Danieles PK; Barnett TA; Mathieu MÈ; Van Hulst A; Drouin O; Kakinami L; Bigras JL; Henderson M;
Objectives: Obesity is the most prevalent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in children. We developed a 2-year lifestyle intervention for youth at risk of CVD. We assessed changes in body mass index z-scores (zBMI) and key cardiometabolic risk factors, physical fitness, and capacity am ...
Article GUID: 34992701
Author(s): Benzouak T; Gunpat S; Briner EL; Thake J; Kisely S; Rao S;
Objective Rates of anxiety have increased during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, partially attributable to the experience of COVID-19 related concerns. It remains pivotal to determine the implications of such concerns on the severity of anxiety as they may represent opportune targets for public health preventative or therapeutic efforts. ...
Article GUID: 34987892
Author(s): Primavesi R; Burcheri A; Bigham BL; Coutin A; Lien K; Koh J; Kruse M; MacCormick H; Odorizzi S; Ng V; Poirier V; Primiani N; Smith S; Upadhye S; Wallner C; Morris J; Lim R;
Objectives: The CAEP 2021 2SLGBTQIA +i panel sought whether a gap exists within Canadian emergency medicine training pertaining to sexual and gender minority communities. This panel aimed to generate practical recommendations on improving emergency medicine education about sexual and gender minor ...
Article GUID: 34985648
Author(s): Kerri Z Delaney
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) affects males and females disproportionately. In midlife, more males have T2DM than females. The sex difference in T2DM prevalence is, in part, explained by differences in regional adipose tissue characteristics. With obesity, changes to regional adipokine and cytokine release increases the risk of T2DM in both males and fe ...
Article GUID: 34985183
Author(s): Enticott J; Gill JS; Bacon SL; Lavoie KL; Epstein DS; Dawadi S; Teede HJ; Boyle J;
Objective: To examine SARS-CoV-2 vaccine confidence, attitudes and intentions in Australian adults as part of the iCARE Study. Design and setting: Cross-sectional online survey conducted when free COVID-19 vaccinations first became available in Australia in February 2021. Participants: Total of 1166 Australians from general population aged 18-90 years ( ...
Article GUID: 34980631
Author(s): Kékedy-Nagy L; English L; Anari Z; Abolhassani M; Pollet BG; Popp J; Greenlee LF;
In this study, a suite of natural wastewater sources is tested to understand the effects of wastewater composition and source on electrochemically driven nitrogen and phosphorus nutrient removal. Kinetics, electrode behavior, and removal efficiency were evaluated during electrochemical precipitation, whereby a sacrificial magnesium (Mg) anode was used to ...
Article GUID: 34974342
Author(s): Najmeh Khalili-Mahani
The value of understanding patients' illness experience and social contexts for advancing medicine and clinical care is widely acknowledged. However, methodologies for rigorous and inclusive data gathering and integrative analysis of biomedical, cultural, and social factors are limited. In this paper, we propose a digital strategy for large-scale qual ...
Article GUID: 34975566
Author(s): Camilus NS; Lucas S; Wu C; Naccache R; Martic S;
Background: Globally, a number of individuals who live with Alzheimer's disease (AD), an incurable and debilitating disease, is increasing. Tau protein has a structural role, maintains integrity of microtubules and is one of the underlying causes of the tauopathies [1]. It is unfolded and highly soluble under physiological conditions. However, tau pro ...
Article GUID: 34971135
Author(s): Thaler L; Booij L; Burnham N; Kenny S; Oliverio S; Israel M; Steiger H;
Although treatment dropout is common among patients with eating disorders, very few studies have examined predictors of non-completion in day treatment. We investigated various potential predictors of dropout from adult day treatment. Participants were 295 adult patients with a diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa (restricting or binge-eating/purging subtype), B ...
Article GUID: 34971014
Author(s): Chauvin A; Phillips NA;
Objectives: Speech perception in noise is challenging, but evidence suggests that it may be facilitated by visual speech cues (e.g., lip movements) and supportive sentence context in native speakers. Comparatively few studies have investigated speech perception in noise in bilinguals, and little is known about the impact of visual speech cues and supporti ...
Article GUID: 34966162
Author(s): Dryburgh NSJ; Ponath E; Bukowski WM; Dirks MA;
This meta-analysis examined concurrent associations between aggression, withdrawal, assertion, and prosocial behavior and each of positive and negative friendship quality across studies with 22,657 children and adolescents (Mage = 11.71 years; 51.7% girls; 67.7% White). Studies were published between 1995 to 2021 and 32.4% were conducted outside of North ...
Article GUID: 34964484
