Author(s): Arsalan Rahimabadi

Considering the reaction schemes (20) and (21) in Fornari et al., 2020, the fragmentation terms Fi (Eq. (22) in Fornari et al., 2020) are not correct. Thus, the fragmentation terms Fi (Eq. (12) in Fornari et al., 2020) are also incorrect when the reaction schemes (10) and (11) in Fornari et al., 2020 are taken into account. Here, the correct equations wil ...

Article GUID: 34843739

Author(s): Véronneau MH; Serbin LA; Kennedy-Turner K; Stack DM; Ledingham JE; Schwartzman AE;

Governments around the world are pressed to invest in postsecondary education. However, little research exists to document whether large-scale educational reforms aimed at increasing rates of postsecondary attendance benefit youth's developmental outcomes. This study tested whether an educational reform occurring in Québec, Canada, in the 1960s increa ...

Article GUID: 34843080

Author(s): Zaker A; Chen Z; Lee K; Hammouda SB;

Recovery of oil spilled on surface waters by the use of sorbents remains one of the primary oil spill response options available. To improve on this response measure, we have successfully fabricated an activated char (AC) sorbent material by pyrolysis of sewage sludge (SS), a readily available waste product generated across the world from wastewater treat ...

Article GUID: 34842051

Author(s): Doniec R; Wójcik S; Valverde R; Piaseczna N; Siecinski S; Duraj K; Tkacz E;

The pandemic declared in many countries in 2020 due to COVID-19 led to the freezing of economies and the introduction of distance learning in both schools and universities. This unusual situation has affected the mental state of citizens, which has the potential to lead to the development of post-traumatic stress and depression. This study aimed to assess ...

Article GUID: 34828557

Author(s): Raab ME; Maurizio SL; Capobianco JA; Prasad PN;

Emission bands from thermally coupled states in lanthanide-doped nanoparticles have been studied for ratiometric nanothermometry in biological applications. Unfortunately certain factors such as water absorption distort the intensity, limiting the accuracy of ratiometric nanothermometry. However, the decay time of such states does not suffer from such dis ...

Article GUID: 34813703

Author(s): Gilbert ML; Deroche MLD; Jiradejvong P; Chan Barrett K; Limb CJ;

Objectives: Variations in loudness are a fundamental component of the music listening experience. Cochlear implant (CI) processing, including amplitude compression, and a degraded auditory system may further degrade these loudness cues and decrease the enjoyment of music listening. This study aimed to identify optimal CI sound processor compression settin ...

Article GUID: 34812791

Author(s): Partanen M; Alberts NM; Conklin HM; Krull KR; Pui CH; Anghelescu DA; Jacola LM;

Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often experience treatment-related neurocognitive deficits and significant pain. Pain may exacerbate these cognitive impairments. This study examined neuropathic pain and neurocognitive outcomes in survivors of childhood ALL treated with contemporary therapy on a clinical trial (<a href="http: clini ...

Article GUID: 34813516

Author(s): Hayashi Neto D; Carvalho SDL; Ribeiro PAB; Lavoie KL; Bacon SL; Cornélio ME;

Objective: This scoping review aims to identify and understand the different tools and methods used in studies in the field of human eating behavior to assess, measure, or classify participants' ambivalence towards food and diet, as well as to identify which tools and methods are most frequently employed. Introduction: People's attitudes towards ...

Article GUID: 34812190

Author(s): Larue F; Tasbih T; Ribeiro PAB; Lavoie KL; Dolan E; Bacon SL;

Background: Electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) are widely used devices that were initially created to aid in smoking cessation. However, their acute physiological effects are unclear and there have been a number of E-cig and Vaping Acute Lung Injury (EVALI) events reported.
Research question: What are the immediate physi ...

Article GUID: 34808583

Author(s): Vahabisani A; An C;

Over the past decades, a large amount of petroleum pollutants has been released into the environment resulting from various activities related to petrochemicals. The discharge of wastewater with petrochemicals can pose considerable risk of harm to the human health and the environment. The use of adsorbents has received much consideration across the enviro ...

Article GUID: 34804763

Author(s): Predovan D; Berryman N; Lussier M; Comte F; Vu TTM; Villalpando JM; Bherer L;

Associations between cardiorespiratory fitness and brain health in healthy older adults have been reported using a variety of cardiorespiratory fitness estimates (CRFe). Using commonly used methods to determine CRF, we assessed the relationship between CRFe and executive function performance. Healthy older adults (n = 60, mean age 68 years, 77% women), un ...

Article GUID: 34803824

Author(s): Cerqueira RC; de Rivera OR; Jaeger JAG; Grilo C;

Roads pose an imminent threat to wildlife directly through mortality and changes in individual behavior, and also indirectly through modification of the amount and configuration of wildlife habitat. However, few studies have addressed how these mechanisms interact to determine species response to roads. We used structural equation modeling to assess direc ...

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