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"It would Never have Happened Without the Pandemic": Understanding the Lived Experience of Individuals who Increased Their Online Gambling Participation

Author(s): Savard AC; Kairouz S; Nadeau-Tremblay J; Brodeur M; Ferland F; French M; Morvannou A; Blanchette-Martin N; Dufour M; VanMourik V; Monson E;

The gambling landscape was profoundly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an increase in online gambling participation. This growth raises concerns about the potential harms associated with online gambling. This qualitative study aims to understand the lived experiences of gamblers whos ...

Article GUID: 39115755


On the salient limitations of the methods of assembly theory and their classification of molecular biosignatures

Author(s): Uthamacumaran A; Abrahão FS; Kiani NA; Zenil H;

We demonstrate that the assembly pathway method underlying assembly theory (AT) is an encoding scheme widely used by popular statistical compression algorithms. We show that in all cases (synthetic or natural) AT performs similarly to other simple coding schemes and underperforms compared to system-related indexes based upon algorithmic probability that t ...

Article GUID: 39112510


Proof-of-concept testing of a mobile application-delivered mindfulness exercise for emotional eaters: RAIN delivered as a step-by-step image sequence

Author(s): Carrière K; Siemers N; Thapar S; Knäuper B;

Background: Over fifty percent of individuals with overweight and obesity are emotional eaters. Emotional eating can be theorized as a conditioned response to eat for reasons that are not associated with physiological hunger. We conducted this proof-of-concept study to gather evidence that a mobile app that delivers a common non-meditative mindfulness exe ...

Article GUID: 39114459


Holographic direct sound printing

Author(s): Derayatifar M; Habibi M; Bhat R; Packirisamy M;

Direct sound printing (DSP), an alternative additive manufacturing process driven by sonochemical polymerization, has traditionally been confined to a single acoustic focal region, resulting in a voxel-by-voxel printing approach. To overcome this limitation, we introduce holographic direct sound printing (HDSP), where acoustic holograms, storing cross-sec ...

Article GUID: 39107289


Synthesis, Characterization and Photophysical Properties of a New Family of Rare-earth Cluster-based Metal-organic Frameworks

Author(s): Bicalho HA; Copeman C; Barbosa HP; Donnarumma PR; Davis Z; Quezada-Novoa V; Velazquez-Garcia JJ; Liu N; Hemmer E; Howarth AJ;

In this work, nine new rare-earth metal-organic frameworks (RE-MOFs, where RE = Lu(III), Yb(III), Tm(III), Er(III), Ho(III), Dy(III), Tb(III), Gd(III), and Eu(III)) isostructural to Zr-MOF-808 are synthesized, characterized, and studied regarding their photophysical properties. Materials with hig ...

Article GUID: 39105655


Robustness and evolvability: Revisited, redefined and applied

Author(s): Kharma N; Bédard-Couture R;

Building on and extending existing definitions of robustness and evolvability, we propose and utilize new formal definitions, with matching measures, of robustness and evolvability of systems with genotypes and corresponding phenotypes. We explain and show how these measures are more general and more representative of the concepts they stand for, than the ...

Article GUID: 39098381


The long shadow of accumulating adverse childhood experiences on mental health in the United Arab Emirates: implications for policy and practice

Author(s): Murphy A; England D; Elbarazi I; Horen N; Long T; Ismail-Allouche Z; Arafat C;

Introduction: This study investigates the cumulative effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on adult depression, anxiety, and stress in Abu Dhabi, controlling for demographic factors, lifestyle, and known health and mental health diagnoses. Methods: Utilizing a cross-sectional design and self-report measures, the research aims to fill a critical ...

Article GUID: 39100953


Editorial: World mental health day 2022: key drivers of risk to mental health services and innovative solutions

Author(s): Shen N; Jilka S; Sawchuk K;

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Article GUID: 39100959


Validating a Pragmatic Measure of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Delivery: Therapist Reports of EBP Strategy Delivery and Associations with Child Outcome Trajectories

Author(s): Lau AS; Lind T; Cox J; Motamedi M; Lui JHL; Chlebowski C; Flores A; Diaz D; Roesch S; Brookman-Frazee L;

Pragmatic measures of evidence-based practice (EBP) implementation can support and evaluate implementation efforts. We examined the predictive validity of therapist reports of EBP strategy delivery for children's mental health outcomes. Data were obtained from 1,380 sessions with 248 children ...

Article GUID: 39096408


Cortical-subcortical interactions underlie processing of auditory predictions measured with 7T fMRI

Author(s): Ara A; Provias V; Sitek K; Coffey EBJ; Zatorre RJ;

Perception integrates both sensory inputs and internal models of the environment. In the auditory domain, predictions play a critical role because of the temporal nature of sounds. However, the precise contribution of cortical and subcortical structures in these processes and their interaction remain unclear. It is also unclear whether these brain interac ...

Article GUID: 39087881


Expanding a Behavioral View on Digital Health Access: Drivers and Strategies to Promote Equity

Author(s): Kepper MM; Fowler LA; Kusters IS; Davis JW; Baqer M; Sagui-Henson S; Xiao Y; Tarfa A; Yi JC; Gibson B; Heron KE; Alberts NM; Burgermaster M; Njie-Carr VP; Klesges LM;

The potential and threat of digital tools to achieve health equity has been highlighted for over a decade, but the success of achieving equitable access to health technologies remains challenging. Our paper addresses renewed concerns regarding equity in digital health access that were deepened du ...

Article GUID: 39088246


The perceived social support of parents having bipolar disorder impacts their children's mental health: a 10-year longitudinal study

Author(s): Trespalacios F; Boyle A; Serravalle L; Hodgins S; Ellenbogen MA;

Background: The offspring of parents with bipolar disorder (OBD) are at higher risk of developing psychopathology than the offspring of parents with no affective disorder (control). In addition to genetic predisposition, childhood adversity and a stressful family environment are important risk factors for the OBD. Protective factors in parents, such as so ...

Article GUID: 39066987


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