Author(s): Rasoulivalajoozi M; Cucuzzella C; Farhoudi M;
The interaction between users and mobility aids, including emotional attachment and functional expectations, influences their perceptions and decisions on acceptance and continued use during rehabilitation. Tracking interactions during rehabilitation helps identify key intervention points, leading to effective therapeutic relationships and user-centered m ...
Article GUID: 40233653
Author(s): Pellerin S; Houzé B; Bedetti C; Phillips N; Brambati SM;
BackgroundMild cognitive impairment (MCI), a prodromal stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD) for many individuals, is accompanied by widespread connected speech (CS) changes (e.g., shorter CS samples, mention of fewer semantic content units, lower syntactic complexity). Nevertheless, findings on CS in MCI are heterogeneous. This heterogeneity, combined wi ...
Article GUID: 40232260
Author(s): Germé K; Persad D; Petit-Robinson J; Amir S; Pfaus JG;
Rationale: Male rats trained to associate a neutral odor (almond) with nonreceptive females during their initial sexual experiences develop a conditioned sexual inhibition (CSI) toward the female bearing the olfactory cue when given a choice in a final copulatory preference test between two receptive females (one unscented and one scented) in an open fiel ...
Article GUID: 40232387
Author(s): Zong W; Zhou J; Gardner MPH; Zhang Z; Costa KM; Schoenbaum G;
Both the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and the hippocampus (HC) are implicated in the formation of cognitive maps and their generalization into schemas. However, how these areas interact in supporting this function remains unclear, with some proposals supporting a serial model in which the OFC draws on task representations created by the HC to extract key be ...
Article GUID: 40229506
Author(s): Liu M; Arseneau-Bruneau I; Farrés Franch M; Latorre ME; Samuels J; Issa E; Payumo A; Rahman N; Loureiro N; Leung TCM; Nave KM; von Handorf KM; Hoddinott JD; Coffey EBJ; Grahn J; Zatorre RJ;
This study investigates the interactions between musicianship and two auditory cognitive processes: auditory working memory (AWM) and stream segregation. The primary hypothesis is that AWM could mediate a relationship between musical training and enhanced stream segregation capabilities. Two grou ...
Article GUID: 40226491
Author(s): Wilson S; Mesli N; Mehak A; Racine SE;
Objectives: Uncertainty regarding the self and fear of self have been independently identified as relevant to both obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and eating disorders (EDs). The present study aimed to examine self-ambivalence (an indicator of uncertainty regarding the self often characterized by conflicting self-beliefs) as a potential transdiagnosti ...
Article GUID: 40227164
Author(s): Matinfar S; Dehghani S; Salehi M; Sommersperger M; Navab N; Faridpooya K; Fairhurst M; Navab N;
Medical imaging maps tissue characteristics into image intensity values, enhancing human perception. However, comprehending this data, especially in high-stakes scenarios such as surgery, is prone to errors. Additionally, current multimodal methods do not fully leverage this valuable data in thei ...
Article GUID: 40222195
Author(s): Hanley J; Ventura Sanchez G; Goswami P; Mayell S; McLaughlin J; Hennebry J;
BackgroundMigrant workers in Canada work in the most dangerous industries, with documented difficulties with occupational health and safety (OHS) and workers' compensation (WC). Little is known, however, about migrant workers' experiences with "return-to-work", the ultimate objective of WC for those who recover from their illness or inju ...
Article GUID: 40223307
Author(s): Wang Z; Huang G; Chen Z; An C;
With the rapid growth of electric vehicle adoption, the demand for lithium-ion batteries has surged, highlighting the importance of understanding the associated risks, particularly in non-application stages such as transportation, storage, assembly, and disposal. This review explores the types and causes of lithium-ion battery accidents, categorizing them ...
Article GUID: 40223134
Author(s): Lahmiri S; Bekiros S;
Background/Objectives: Cardiac arrhythmia (ARR) and congestive heart failure (CHF) are heart diseases that can cause dysfunction of other body organs and possibly death. This paper describes a fast and accurate detection system to distinguish between ARR and normal sinus (NS), and between CHF and NS. Methods: the proposed automatic detection system uses t ...
Article GUID: 40218199
Author(s): Kallel S; Amayri M; Bouguila N;
Efficient energy management relies on uncovering meaningful consumption patterns from large-scale electricity load demand profiles. With the widespread adoption of sensor technologies such as smart meters and IoT-based monitoring systems, granular and real-time electricity usage data have become available, enabling deeper insights into consumption behavio ...
Article GUID: 40218540
Author(s): Wang X; Sedaghati R; Rakheja S; Shangguan W;
Rubber materials can endure substantial deformation while avoiding permanent damage or rupture, making them highly suitable for applications in the automotive industry and other sectors, particularly for noise and vibration reduction. However, rubber experiences degradation over time as defects or cracks appear and propagate under fluctuating loads. There ...
Article GUID: 40219307