Author(s): De Visscher A
An epidemiological model for COVID-19 was developed and implemented in MATLAB/GNU Octave for use by public health practitioners, policy makers, and the general public. The model distinguishes four stages in the disease: infected, sick, seriously sick, and better. The model was preliminarily parameterized based on observations of the spread of the disease. ...
Article GUID: 32836820
Author(s): Lahmiri S; Bekiros S;
The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously affected world economies. In this regard, it is expected that information level and sharing between equity, digital currency, and energy markets has been altered due to the pandemic outbreak. Specifically, the resulting twisted risk among markets is presumed to rise during the abnormal state of world economy. The purpos ...
Article GUID: 32834621
Author(s): Bi H, An C, Chen X, Owens E, Lee K
Spilled oil frequently reaches the shorelines and affects coastal biota and communities. The application of surface washing agents is an important shoreline cleanup technique that can help remove stranded oil from substrate surfaces with the advantages of high removal efficiency, low toxicity, and strong economic viability. In this study, the investigatio ...
Article GUID: 32829266
Author(s): Despland E
Traits of chemically-defended animals can change as an individual grows and matures, and both theoretical and empirical evidence favour a direction of change from crypsis to aposematism. This study examines the suite of traits involved in an unusual opposite shift from aposematism to crypsis in a neotropical toxic-plant-feeding Romaleid grasshopper, Chrom ...
Article GUID: 32817631
Author(s): Melliti E, Touati K, Van der Bruggen B, Elfil H
In reverse osmosis desalination, the concentrate is a saline solution that may become supersaturated. Heterogeneous nucleation of salts occurs at the membrane surface, resulting in the buildup of inorganic deposits on the membrane. The inorganic nucleation process, however, is complex in natural waters. Most studies focused primarily on single salt foulin ...
Article GUID: 32814139
Author(s): Bothe B, Tóth-Király I, Griffiths MD, Potenza MN, Orosz G, Demetrovics Z
There is much debate regarding whether pornography use has positive or negative associations with sexuality-related measures such as sexual functioning problems. The present study aimed to examine differential correlates between quantity (frequency of pornography use-FPU) and severity (problematic pornography use-PPU) of pornography use with respect to se ...
Article GUID: 32810799
Author(s): Tam BT, Murphy J, Khor N, Morais JA, Santosa S
Although childhood-onset obesity (CO) and adult-onset obesity (AO) are known to lead to distinctive clinical manifestations and disease risks, the fundamental differences between them are largely unclear. The aim of the current study is to investigate the fundamental differences between subcutaneous adipose tissue from CO and AO and identify metabolic dif ...
Article GUID: 32808657
Author(s): Pahayahay A; Khalili-Mahani N;
Background: Social and physical distancing in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has made screen-mediated information and communication technologies (media) indispensable. Whether an increase in screen use is a source of or a relief for stress remains to be seen. Objective: In the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 lockdowns, we inve ...
Article GUID: 32701459
Author(s): Badji A; de la Colina AN; Boshkovski T; Sabra D; Karakuzu A; Robitaille-Grou MC; Gros C; Joubert S; Bherer L; Lamarre-Cliche M; Stikov N; Gauthier CJ; Cohen-Adad J; Girouard H;
Background: Vascular risk factors such as arterial stiffness play an important role in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD), presumably due to the emergence of white matter lesions. However, the impact of arterial stiffness to white matter structure involved in the etiology of AD, includ ...
Article GUID: 32741837
Author(s): Bherer L; Gagnon C; Langeard A; Lussier M; Desjardins-Crépeau L; Berryman N; Bosquet L; Vu TTM; Fraser S; Li KZH; Kramer AF;
Background: Studies report benefits of physical exercise and cognitive training to enhance cognition in older adults. However, most studies did not compare these interventions to appropriate active controls. Moreover, physical exercise and cognitive training seem to involve different mechanisms o ...
Article GUID: 32803232
Author(s): Goldsmith K; Roux C; Cannon C;
People generally respond to resource scarcity through one of two pathways: scarcity-reduction or control-restoration. We draw from recent work on the solidity (versus liquidity) of consumption opportunities to offer a new lens through which to view how the two pathways that follow from resource scarcity relate to object attachment. In this review, we disc ...
Article GUID: 32801105
Author(s): Alberga AS, Edache IY, Forhan M, Russell-Mayhew S
Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2019 Jul 22;20:e116 Authors: Alberga AS, Edache IY, Forhan M, Russell-Mayhew S
Article GUID: 32800008
