Author(s): Belayadi A; Vasilopoulos P;

We study spin transport through graphene-like substrates in the presence of one or several, locally induced spin-orbit coupling (SOC) terms resulting from periodically placed strips, on their top and decorated with a random distribution of impurities. Intrinsic SOC (ISOC), Rashba SOC (RSOC) and/or pseudo-spin-inversion-asymmetry coupling (PIAC) are cons ...

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Author(s): Gramlich D; Walker T;

Climate change has intensified water risk events, threatening water security for societies and ecosystems. Although current water risk models focus on geophysical and business-related effects, they do not quantify the monetary dimensions of water-related challenges and opportunities. This study aims to address this gap by exploring the objectives and di ...

Article GUID: 37224654

Author(s): Hayashi D; Carvalho SDL; Ribeiro PAB; Rodrigues RCM; São-João TM; Lavoie K; Bacon S; Cornélio ME;

Background: Ambivalence towards food and diet, which favours behavioural inertia, might be a barrier to adopting healthier eating behaviours. Measuring it can help researchers to better understand its relationship with behaviour change and design interventions aimed at resolving it. In this sco ...

Article GUID: 37226601

Author(s): Charoughchi S; Liu JT; Berteau-Rainville M; Hase H; Askari MS; Bhagat S; Forgione P; Salzmann I;

Molecular p-dopants designed to undergo electron transfer with organic semiconductors are typically planar molecules with high electron affinity. However, their planarity can promote the formation of ground-state charge transfer complexes with the semiconductor host and results in fractional in ...

Article GUID: 37220083

Author(s): Paetow LJ; Cue RI; Pauli BD; Marcogliese DJ;

Pesticides and pathogens adversely affect amphibian health, but their interactive effects are not well known. We assessed independent and combined effects of two agricultural herbicides and the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) on the growth, development and survival of larval American toads (Anaxyrus americanus). Wild-caught tadpoles ...

Article GUID: 37216860

Author(s): Greenlaw KM; Puschmann S; Coffey EBJ;

Hearing-in-noise perception is a challenging task that is critical to human function, but how the brain accomplishes it is not well understood. A candidate mechanism proposes that the neural representation of an attended auditory stream is enhanced relative to background sound via a combination of bottom-up and top-down mechanisms. To date, few studies ...

Article GUID: 37215227

Author(s): Wang YN; Heidl AJ; Angeles PM; Farnesi BC; Alberga AS; Cohen TR;

Objective: Adolescents who opt for metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) will use the internet to learn about the procedure. The objective of this study is to assess the suitability of electronic patient education materials (ePEM) of North American centers that perform adolescent bariatric surgery.
Methods: Canadia ...

Article GUID: 37214509

Author(s): Drouin-Rousseau S; Fernet C; Austin S; Fabi B; Morin AJS;

Purpose: Although human resource management (HRM) practices all seek to support and improve organizational functioning, the value ascribed to various HRM practices differs greatly among employees. Drawing on an exhaustive measure of HRM practices, this study proposed a new conceptualization and measure of HRM values, the HRM Values Scale (HRM-VS). Desi ...

Article GUID: 37213377

Author(s): Madge V; Fonov VS; Xiao Y; Zou L; Jackson C; Postuma RB; Dagher A; Fon EA; Collins DL;

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder affecting regions such as the substantia nigra (SN), red nucleus (RN) and locus coeruleus (LC). Processing MRI data from patients with PD requires anatomical structural references for spatial normalization and structural segmentation. Extending our previous work, we present multi-contr ...

Article GUID: 37213552

Author(s): Teel E; Alarie C; Swaine B; Cook NE; Iverson GL; Gagnon I;

Graded exertion testing (GXT) is an important tool for concussion management, as it is used to personalize post-concussion exercise prescription and return athletes to sport. However, most GXT requires expensive equipment and in-person supervision. Our objective was to assess the safety and feasibility of the Montreal Virtual Exertion (MOVE) protocol, a ...

Article GUID: 37212272

Author(s): Lempke LB; Teel EF; Lynall RC; Hoffman NL; Buckley TA; Eckner JT; McCrea MA; McAllister TW; Broglio SP; Schmidt JD;

Background: Growing evidence indicates early exercise may improve symptoms and reduce clinical recovery time after concussion, but research examining collegiate student-athletes is scarce. Objective: The aim of this study was to compare symptom recovery time, clinical recovery time, and persis ...

Article GUID: 37209368

Author(s): MacNeil S; Renaud J; Gouin JP;

Introduction: This study examined daily fluctuations in the unmet interpersonal needs of thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness in response to daily negative social interactions, as well as the moderating role of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) across adolescents at lower and higher risk for suicidal ideation. Methods: Fifty five adoles ...

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