Author(s): Abraha HN; Gebre AK; Sim M; Smith C; Gilani SZ; Ilyas Z; Zarzour F; Schousboe JT; Lix LM; Binkley N; Reid S; Monchka BA; Kimelman D; Lewis JR; Leslie WD;

Background: Sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD), a measure of visceral adiposity, has been linked to major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). However, the relationship between SAD and abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), a marker of subclinical vascular disease, and whether they independently a ...

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Author(s): Bullinger J; Christner N; Urian R; Kellermann CM; Beaulieu S; Steinbeis N; Dunfield KA; Paulus M;

Empathy is vital for social development in early childhood. This study investigates the empathy-related behaviours of 362 German and Canadian children (49.72% girls) aged 3 to 6 years (M = 60.65 months; SD = 11.43 months), focusing on responses to emotional distress. Using latent profile analysis ...

Article GUID: 41888065

Author(s): Brooks M; El Chami R; Jourde HR; Savard MA; Coffey EBJ;

Introduction: Sleep quality is often thought to be a key determinant of cognitive performance, particularly in older adults who experience age-related changes in sleep architecture. However, the extent to which nightly variations in sleep quality impact next-day cognitive performance remains unclear-in part because it has only recently become practical to ...

Article GUID: 41878310

Author(s): Fortin M; Rosenstein B; Bertrand C; Vaillancourt N; Wright A; Montpetit C; Macedo L; Elliott J; Cook CE; Tousignant-Laflamme Y; Ma J; Pagé MG; Dover G; Dang-Vu TT; Weber MH;

Introduction: Exercise therapy is the most recommended treatment for chronic low back pain (LBP), with evidence supporting modest effects, likely due to the heterogeneity of patient presentations. Evidence suggests that matching individuals to the most appropriate exercise type could improve outc ...

Article GUID: 41876162

Author(s): McAnulty C; Lavoie P; Cyr S; Lavin P; Elkrief L; Richard-Devantoy S; Rizkallah E; Lespérance P; Gamin N; Lembke A; Jutras-Aswad D; Greenway K; Garel N;

Background: Alcohol use disorder and treatment-resistant depression (TRD) often co-occur, presenting a major clinical challenge with limited effective treatments. However, ketamine produces rapid antidepressant effects and has shown promise in reducing alcohol use, and acceptance and commitment t ...

Article GUID: 41857871

Author(s): Borzone Mas D; Scarabotti PA; Vaschetto PA; Alvarenga P; Vazquez M; Arim M;

Modularity and nestedness have been observed recurrently across different ecological networks, including food webs and occurrence networks. These patterns emerge from species-level processes, where interactions and occurrences are determined by niche-based and/or abundance-based mechanisms. Abundance-based processes promote nested networks with gradients ...

Article GUID: 41840807

Author(s): Brushett A; Seguin K; Wong L; McCarry-Taillefer C; Rosenbaum P; Packham T; Campbell W;

Children and youth with disabilities continue to face barriers to accessing quality education, despite education being a key social determinant of health. School-based rehabilitation services (SBRS) include occupational therapy (OT), physiotherapy (PT), and speech-language pathology (SLP) that are delivered within the school context to address these barri ...

Article GUID: 41835425

Author(s): Rahmatian A; Saleem H; Hejazi F; Nokken M; Bagchi A;

Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)-reinforced concrete beams are increasingly used in infrastructure, yet their flexural behavior under fatigue and harsh environmental conditions remains insufficiently studied. This study investigates the fatigue response and structural behavior of 12 glass-FRP (GFRP)-reinforced concrete beams under four environmental regimes ...

Article GUID: 41828174

Author(s): Kremin LV; Jardak A; Lew-Williams C; Byers-Heinlein K;

Bilingual children regularly hear sentences that contain words from both languages, also known as code-switching. Investigating how bilinguals process code-switching is a crucial component in understanding bilingual language acquisition, because young bilinguals experience processing costs and reduced comprehension when encountering code-switched nouns. S ...

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Author(s): Heers M; Afnan J; Braun C; Grova C; Altenmüller DM; Steinhoff BJ; Dümpelmann M; Demerath T; Urbach H; Ethofer S; Siegel M; Schulze-Bonhage A; Lerche H; Li Hegner Y;

Objective: Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) causes drug-resistant epilepsy requiring presurgical evaluation. Invasive electroencephalographic (EEG) studies demonstrate that sleep modulates epileptic activity, including interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs), fast oscillations (FOs) in the beta ( ...

Article GUID: 41804684

Author(s): Levenberg A; Trempe A; Lujan MA; Picorel R; Zazubovich V;

Nonphotochemical spectral hole burning (NPHB) experiments were performed on the modified LH2 complex from Rbl. acidophilus, in which some but not all B800 Bchl a molecules have been replaced with Chl a, with the initial goal of utilizing Chl a as a local thermometer. The focus of the work eventually shifted to exploring low-temperature protein dynamics. D ...

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