Author(s): Calvo N; Phillips N; Bialystok E; Einstein G;

Introduction: The relationship between biological sex, considered a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), and bilingualism, a resilience factor, is unclear. We assessed this relationship in 335 individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in a Canadian cohort. Methods: We used univariate analysis and structural equation modelling to study the ...

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Author(s): Velchovska N; Khelifa R;

As global food systems face mounting sustainability pressures, insects are gaining attention as a promising alternative protein source. Yet, entomophagy remains culturally unfamiliar or stigmatized in many Western countries, including Canada. This study investigates attitudes toward insect consumption among 252 adult visitors to the Montreal Insectarium, ...

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Author(s): Vaillancourt N; Montpetit C; Rosenstein B; Fortin M;

Background: Anxiety, depression, and pain-related fears are highly prevalent among individuals with chronic low back pain (CLBP). While aquatic therapy is a promising treatment modality for CLBP, its effects on psychological factors remain poorly understood. Objective: To compare the effects of aquatic therapy (AT) versus standard care (SC) on psychologi ...

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Author(s): Su Y; Wang Z; Fu H; Yang A; Chen X; An C;

The 2023 wildfires caused serious riks to air quality and public health across various provinces in Canada, particularly during the period from May to June. This study aims to systematically evaluate the impact of the May-June wildfire events on air pollution in Canada using satellite Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) data, along with the Hybrid Single-Particle ...

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Author(s): Spiegler P; Harirpoush A; Xiao Y;

Crucial in disease analysis and surgical planning, manual segmentation of volumetric medical scans (e.g. MRI, CT) is laborious, error-prone, and challenging to master, while fully automatic algorithms can benefit from user feedback. Therefore, with the complementary power of the latest radiological AI foundation models and virtual reality (VR)'s intui ...

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Author(s): Iuliano SG; Gagnon IJ; Iverson GL; Cook NE; Zemek R; Teel EF;

This secondary analysis examined the association between preexisting mental health conditions and clinical recovery trajectories in adolescents with concussion. Adolescents (13-17; n = 1238) completed clinical assessments (Post-Concussion Symptom Inventory [PCSI] =48 hours postinjury; PCSI/ Pediatric Quality of Life [PedsQL] for 3 months) and were categor ...

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Author(s): Wang B; Zhao H; Hu X; Shen Y; Li N;

In this study, an innovative adaptive sliding mode fault-tolerant control approach is developed for an over-actuated vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with the capability to suppress overestimation of adaptive parameters. This method is designed to effectively address model uncertainties and actuator faults witho ...

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Author(s): Hollett KB; Morin AJS; Carrese-Chacra E; Cohen TR; Carbonneau N; Berthiaume MM; Felice E; Gouin JP;

Socioecological models of health view romantic relationships as micro-social systems in which spouses influence one another's health-related thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Although prior work suggests spousal interdependence in eating behaviors, the degree of interdependence may vary as a ...

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Author(s): Algallal HE; Laplante I; Casale D; Najafipashaki S; Pomerleau A; Paquette T; Samaha AN;

Rationale: Cocaine addiction is marked by high relapse rates, often triggered by drug-associated cues in the environment. These can be conditioned stimuli (CSs), which occur after drug intake and signal drug delivery, and discriminative stimuli (DSs), which signal that seeking responses will produce drug, before any such responses have been initiated (i.e ...

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Author(s): Won Kang JR; Kim YJ; Skead K; Soave D; Evans J; Bruat V; Harwood MP; Morris Q; Matovu E; Mulindwa J; Noyes H; McLeod A; Hazelhurst S; Lombard Z; Ramsay M; Fave MJ; Awadalla P;

Clonal hematopoiesis, through the age-associated accumulation of somatic mutations in blood, is strongly associated with hematological malignancies and other chronic diseases. These mutations have largely been characterized in individuals of European ancestry or environments, and consequently, it ...

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Author(s): Su Y; Chen X; Guo J; Yang A;

Aerosols serve as crucial indicators of air pollution assessment, and exert significant effects on climate change, ecological environment, and human health. However, the relationship between energy consumption, a significant contributor to air pollution, and aerosols in different economic development zones in China remains understudied. This paper employs ...

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