Author(s): Sarpong R; Nazemi A; AghaKouchak A;

Snow water is key to water supply in cold regions and beyond. Here we introduce Snow Water Availability that quantifies water stored in the snow-covered portion of an area. By integrating a plausible set of available gridded datasets for snow depth, density, and cover fraction, we form four estimates of Snow Water Availability at the 25 × 25 km2 across Ca ...

Article GUID: 41675434

Author(s): Smith-Turchyn J; Sinclair S; O' Loughlin E; Innes A; Richardson J; Pillips S; Beauchamp M; Thabane L; Wrosch C; Sabiston CM;

Purpose: To determine the feasibility and effectiveness of two forms of social support (peer and peer plus virtual professional support) on quality of life, feelings of support, and exercise levels in older adult survivors of cancer. Methods: We conducted a pilot randomized controlled trial. Par ...

Article GUID: 41673350

Author(s): Whyte J; Towers A; Boily M; Rosenthall L; Rivaz H; Kilgour RD;

Background: Skeletal muscle thickness, echo intensity, and quality are important morphological properties; however, little is known how these variables compare between the affected and unaffected forearms in breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL). Methods: Using B-mode ultrasound, we recorded the raw radiofrequency data of the affected and unaffected fo ...

Article GUID: 41674486

Author(s): Mehrabi F; Pomeroy ML; Hoogendijk EO; Cudjoe TKM; Oremus M; Bandeen-Roche K; Oga-Omenka C;

Ageing populations face increasing burdens from frailty and social isolation, which are two inter-related public health challenges that increase the risk of dementia, hospitalisation, and mortality. Despite health systems' potential to intervene, the co-occurrence of frailty and social isolat ...

Article GUID: 41662853

Author(s): Boucher VG; Haight BL; Léger C; Deslauriers F; Bacon SL; Lavoie KL; Puterman EM;

Article GUID: 41663862

Author(s): Eng-Michell J; Yi B; Tan X; Garashchuk S; Zazubovich V;

Light-induced and spontaneously occurring (in the dark) spectral shifts can be observed in a wide variety of systems where pigments are embedded in a somewhat amorphous environment, for instance, organic glasses, polymers, and proteins. They are observed directly in single-molecule spectroscopy experiments and serve as the basis for nonphotochemical spect ...

Article GUID: 41662623

Author(s): Yang Z; Li K; Ramandi SG; Brassard P; Khellaf A; Trinh VQ; Zhang J; Chen L; Rowsell C; Varma S; Plataniotis K; Hosseini MS;

Computational pathology (CPath) leverages histopathology images to enhance diagnostic precision and reproducibility in clinical pathology. However, publicly available datasets for CPath that are annotated with extensive histological tissue type (HTT) taxonomies at a granular level remain scarce d ...

Article GUID: 41658283

Author(s): Parker A; Dalla Bella S; Penhune VB; Young L; Grenet D; Li KZH;

Rhythmic auditory cueing (RAC) improves spatiotemporal gait parameters in older adults, often using isochronous rhythmic cues (i.e., with constant inter-beat-intervals). However, healthy gait contains fractal-like variability, (i.e., with persistent long-range correlations; LRC) which is disturbed when walking to isochronous cues. Embedding auditory cues ...

Article GUID: 41661338

Author(s): Fawcett EJ; Morris Q; Lahey C; Corran C; Krause S; Bishop OC; Rash JA; Carter J; Fawcett JM;

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a heterogeneous condition often characterized in relation to major symptom dimensions, including contamination, symmetry/exactness, religious, aggressive, sexual, hoarding/saving, somatic, and miscellaneous. Aggressive obsessions, defined as intrusive though ...

Article GUID: 41650656

Author(s): Wang Z; Chen Z; Zhang B; Feng Q; Chen Z; Lee K; An C;

The widespread use of plastics and their improper disposal have released a large number of micro- and nano-plastics (MNPs) into various environmental media. Although the release of MNPs from individual plastic products has been widely reported, there is a lack of a holistic assessment framework to determine the overall release of plastic products to soil, ...

Article GUID: 41649405

Author(s): Noor S; Despland E; Montoro Girona M; Work T;

Wood processing, mining, and recreational infrastructures facilitate the transport and establishment of woodboring insects. Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) are woodborers that typically develop in stressed or dead trees and are inadvertently transported in wood products, creating opportunities for exotic species to invade and expand their rang ...

Article GUID: 41638151

Author(s): Burcheri AJ; Galvin CR; Piché N; Frett MJ; Alschuler K; Alberts NM;

Introduction: Healthcare provider pain knowledge is critical in surgical settings, where effective pain management plays a key role in the prevention of chronic postsurgical pain. Despite this, little is known about the pain training and knowledge of surgical residents. Objective: To comprehensively assess Canadian surgery residents' knowledge and at ...

Article GUID: 41635476