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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ting Zeng, Xin Chen, Maria van de Lavoir, Rani Robeyns, Lu Zhao, María Del Mar Delgado-Povedano, Alexander L N van Nuijs, Lingyan Zhu, Adrian Covaci
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) remain controversial due to their high persistency and potential human toxicity. Although occupational exposure to PFAS has been widely investigated, the implications of PFAS occurrence in the general population remain to be unraveled. Considering that serum from most people contains PFAS, the aim of this study was to characterize the lipidomic profile in human serum from a general cohort (n = 40) with residual PFAS levels. The geometric means of ∑PFAS (11...
April 15, 2024: Science of the Total Environment
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Aileen Bergström, Margarita Mondaca, Ingeborg Nilsson, Susanne Guidetti, Lena Rosenberg
BACKGROUND: Phronesis is a way of knowing, implying wisdom, experiences, and reflections that guide our judgements. Phronesis, important for learning, is a neglected form of knowledge when applied to research. AIM: To examine how phronesis is conceptualised and practiced in three research projects. METHOD: Data from eight interviews with researchers involved in three research projects was generated. The interview material was analysed. A theoretical matrix of contemporary understanding of phronesis was applied to the material...
January 2024: Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
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Mathew Stewart, Eric Andrieux, James Blinkhorn, Maria Guagnin, Ricardo Fernandes, Nils Vanwezer, Amy Hatton, Mesfer Alqahtani, Iyad Zalmout, Richard Clark-Wilson, Yahya S A Al-Mufarreh, Mahmoud Al-Shanti, Badr Zahrani, Abdulaziz Al Omari, Faisal Al-Jibreen, Abdullah M Alsharekh, Eleanor M L Scerri, Nicole Boivin, Michael D Petraglia, Huw S Groucutt
Recent advances in interdisciplinary archaeological research in Arabia have focused on the evolution and historical development of regional human populations as well as the diverse patterns of cultural change, migration, and adaptations to environmental fluctuations. Obtaining a comprehensive understanding of cultural developments such as the emergence and lifeways of Neolithic groups has been hindered by the limited preservation of stratified archaeological assemblages and organic remains, a common challenge in arid environments...
2024: PloS One
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Paolo Forlin, Klaus Reicherter, Christopher M Gerrard, Ian Bailiff, Alberto García Porras
This paper discusses recent archaeological fieldwork conducted at El Castillejo, a medieval Islamic settlement in Los Guájares, Granada, southern Spain. Results from combined archaeological excavation and archaeoseismological assessment of standing structures suggest that the site was affected by a destructive earthquake during its occupation. Radiocarbon samples and OSL analysis point to a seismic event in the period CE 1224-1266. The earthquake occurred within an area marked by a 'seismological gap' in terms of historic seismicity and the causative fault has been tentatively identified in the Nigüelas-Padul Fault System which lies north of the settlement...
2024: PloS One
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Shuyu Ren, Fangfang Pan, Jie Jin
BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent type of dementia and represents 60-80% of dementia cases. AD affects over 32 million people globally, and 8.1% of affected females and 5.4% of affected males were older than 65 years. Cognitive rehabilitation focuses on helping patients develop individualized strategies to obtain or maintain optimal functioning. As of now, there is no complete and systematic meta-analysis on the effects of cognitive rehabilitation on cognitive functioning in AD patients...
2024: Frontiers in Neurology
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Yadolah Fakhri, Zahra Esfandiari, Fereshteh Mehri, Vahid Ranaei, Zahra Pilevar
The papers were searched in databases including PubMed, Scopus, Web of science, Embase, Science Direct until 21 September 2023 and meta-analysis of concentration of PTEs in honey was performed using random effects model based on country subgroups. The non-carcinogenic risk and carcinogenic risk were calculated by Target Hazard Quotient (THQ) and Cancer Risk (CR), respectively. The sort of PTEs in honey based on pooled concentration was Cu (1.10E + 02 µg/kg) > Ni (1.80E + 01 µg/kg) > Pb (2...
April 16, 2024: International Journal of Environmental Health Research
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Influencing factors on the time to CT in suspected pulmonary embolism: an explorative investigation.
Daniel Koehler, Ann-Kathrin Ozga, Isabel Molwitz, Farzad Shenas, Sarah Keller, Gerhard Adam, Jin Yamamura
Pulmonary embolism is a potentially fatal condition with increased mortality if anticoagulation is delayed. This study aimed to find influencing factors on the duration from requesting a computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography (CTPA) to performing a CTPA in suspected acute pulmonary embolism. In 1849 cases, automatically generated time data were extracted from the radiological information system. The impact of the distance to the scanner, case-related features (sector of patient care, triage), and workload (demand for CTs, performed CTs, available staff, hospital occupancy) were investigated retrospectively using multiple regression...
April 16, 2024: Scientific Reports
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Jeavana Sritharan, Victoria H Arrandale, Tracy L Kirkham, Mamadou Dakouo, Jill S MacLeod, Paul A Demers
Although several occupational exposures have been linked to the risk of COPD; limited data exists on sex-specific differences. This study aimed to identify at-risk occupations and sex differences for COPD risk. Cases were identified in a large surveillance system established through the linkage of former compensation claimants' data (non-COPD claims) to physician visits, ambulatory care data, and hospital inpatient data (1983-2020). Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI) for occupation groups (occupation at time of claim), stratified by sex...
April 16, 2024: Scientific Reports
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François-Olivier Baudot
Benzodiazepines (BZDs) are drugs commonly used for treating insomnia and anxiety. Although they are known to induce cognitive and psychomotor impairments, their effect on the risk of causing accidents at work remains understudied. The objective of this study is to estimate this risk by differentiating between the recommended use and overuse of these drugs (i.e., uninterrupted use for four months). The data come from the French National Health Data System, which provide a population composed of French people who had at least one work accident (WA) from 2017 to 2019 (approximately 2...
2024: PloS One
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Karin F Hoth, Patrick Ten Eyck, Karisa K Harland, Anusha Krishnadasan, Robert M Rodriguez, Juan Carlos C Montoy, Linder H Wendt, William Mower, Kelli Wallace, Scott Santibañez, David A Talan, Nicholas M Mohr
OBJECTIVES: The COVID-19 pandemic placed health care personnel (HCP) at risk for stress, anxiety, burnout, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). To address this, hospitals developed programs to mitigate risk. The objectives of the current study were to measure the availability and use of these programs in a cohort of academic emergency departments (EDs) in the United States early in the pandemic and identify factors associated with program use. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey of ED HCP in 21 academic EDs in 15 states between June and September 2020...
2024: PloS One
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Soile Jungewelter, Helena Taskinen, Markku Sallmén, Marja-Liisa Lindbohm, Erkko Airo, Jouko Remes, Minna Huotilainen, Eira Jansson-Verkasalo
INTRODUCTION: Noise exposure during pregnancy may affect a child's auditory system, which may disturb fetal learning and language development. We examined the impact of occupational noise exposure during pregnancy on children's language acquisition at the age of one. METHODS: A cohort study was conducted among women working in the food industry, as kindergarten teachers, musicians, dental nurses, or pharmacists who had a child aged <1 year. The analyses covered 408 mother-child pairs...
2024: PloS One
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
James Phelan, Angukumar Thangamuthu, Srinivasagam Muthumeenal, Kirsteen Houston, Mark Everton, Sathyanarayana Gowda, Jufen Zhang, Rengarajan Subramanian
BACKGROUND: The role of Vitamin D in immune function is well reported with a growing evidence base linking low levels to poorer outcomes from infectious disease. Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency are prevalent worldwide with healthcare workers identified as a known at-risk group. Here we aim to investigate serum Vitamin D levels in a UK population of front line healthcare workers and to promote the occupational risk. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 639 volunteers was conducted to identify the prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency amongst a population of front-line health care workers in the UK...
2024: PloS One
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Naomi King, Elisa G Lewis, Tierney Kinnison, Alison Langridge, Claudia Civai, Stephen Anthony May, Jacqueline M Cardwell
BACKGROUND: Research has shown that veterinarians around the world are at high risk of mental health problems, but far less research has examined the mental health of veterinary nurses (VNs) and student veterinary nurses (SVNs). This scoping review aimed to map existing evidence on this topic and identify knowledge gaps. METHODS: Literature searches of MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PubMed, Web of Science and Google Scholar were conducted, and a structured screening and selection procedure was applied...
April 15, 2024: Veterinary Record
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Jiaxin Yang, Yamin Chen, Yusheng Tian, Xuting Li, Qiang Yu, Chongmei Huang, Zengyu Chen, Meng Ning, Sini Li, Jiaqing He, Jie Du, Bingqing Huang, Yamin Li
Mental health problems in nurses are prevalent and impairing. To date, no literature has comprehensively synthesised cohort evidence on mental health among nurses. This scoping review aimed to synthesise the existing literature on the risk factors and consequences of mental health problems in nurses. A systematic search was conducted on PubMed, EMBASE, Epistemonikos database, Web of Science, CINAHL, and PsycINFO from inception to March 2023. We identified 171 cohort studies from 16 countries, mostly (95.3%) from high-income economies...
April 15, 2024: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
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Béla Eckhardt, Andrea Kaifie
BACKGROUND: Although several studies analyzed the impact of e-waste recycling on human health, most publications did not differ between e-waste workers and bystanders, such as residents. This could lead to an underestimation of health effects in workers. In addition, frequently reported surrogate findings do not properly reflect clinical significant health outcomes. The aim of this review was to analyze the direct health effects of informal e-waste recycling in informal e-waste workers...
April 15, 2024: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mason Fidino, Heather A Sander, Jesse S Lewis, Elizabeth W Lehrer, Kimberly Rivera, Maureen H Murray, Henry C Adams, Anna Kase, Andrea Flores, Theodore Stankowich, Christopher J Schell, Carmen M Salsbury, Adam T Rohnke, Mark J Jordan, Austin M Green, Ashley R Gramza, Amanda J Zellmer, Jacque Williamson, Thilina D Surasinghe, Hunter Storm, Kimberly L Sparks, Travis J Ryan, Katie R Remine, Mary E Pendergast, Kayleigh Mullen, Darren E Minier, Christopher R Middaugh, Amy L Mertl, Maureen R McClung, Robert A Long, Rachel N Larson, Michel T Kohl, Lavendar R Harris, Courtney T Hall, Jeffrey D Haight, David Drake, Alyssa M Davidge, Ann O Cheek, Christopher P Bloch, Elizabeth G Biro, Whitney J B Anthonysamy, Julia L Angstmann, Maximilian L Allen, Solny A Adalsteinsson, Anne G Short Gianotti, Jalene M LaMontagne, Tiziana A Gelmi-Candusso, Seth B Magle
While there is increasing recognition that social processes in cities like gentrification have ecological consequences, we lack nuanced understanding of the ways gentrification affects urban biodiversity. We analyzed a large camera trap dataset of mammals (>500 g) to evaluate how gentrification impacts species richness and community composition across 23 US cities. After controlling for the negative effect of impervious cover, gentrified parts of cities had the highest mammal species richness. Change in community composition was associated with gentrification in a few cities, which were mostly located along the West Coast...
April 23, 2024: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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Sanjay Rajagopalan, Armando Vergara-Martel, Jeffrey Zhong, Haitham Khraishah, Mikhail Kosiborod, Ian J Neeland, Jean-Eudes Dazard, Zhuo Chen, Thomas Munzel, Robert D Brook, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Peter Hovmand, Sadeer Al-Kindi
Urban environments contribute substantially to the rising burden of cardiometabolic diseases worldwide. Cities are complex adaptive systems that continually exchange resources, shaping exposures relevant to human health such as air pollution, noise, and chemical exposures. In addition, urban infrastructure and provisioning systems influence multiple domains of health risk, including behaviors, psychological stress, pollution, and nutrition through various pathways (eg, physical inactivity, air pollution, noise, heat stress, food systems, the availability of green space, and contaminant exposures)...
April 16, 2024: Circulation
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E Miller, E M Beckett, D Cheatham, C E Comerford, R C Lewis, C Krevanko, N Mandava, J S Pierce
It has long been recognized that amphibole minerals, such as cleavage fragments of tremolite and anthophyllite, may exist in some talc deposits. We reviewed the current state of the science regarding the factors influencing mesotheliogenic potency of cleavage fragments, with emphasis on those that may co-occur in talc deposits, including dimensional and structural characteristics, animal toxicology, and the most well-studied cohort exposed to talc-associated cleavage fragments. Based on our review, multiple lines of scientific evidence demonstrate that inhaled cleavage fragments associated with talc do not pose a mesothelioma hazard...
April 15, 2024: Toxicology and Industrial Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sri Andala, Hizir Sofyan, Kartini Hasballah, Marthoenis
Low adherence to anti-hypertensive medication is observed among individuals in Aceh, the westernmost province of Indonesia. Since uncontrolled hypertension has the potential to develop into a life-threatening disease, exploring medication adherence among this specific population is essential. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate knowledge and acceptance associated with medication adherence among hypertensive individuals in Aceh Province. A cross-sectional study was conducted from March to July 2023 on 534 respondents diagnosed with hypertension, who were selected using the random sampling method...
April 15, 2024: Heliyon
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Zeming Deng, Yuehong Qiu, Xueer Xiao, Can Jiao
INTRODUCTION: Homesickness is a result of migration, and is related to adjustment difficulties and health problems, as well as clinical disorders. The aim of this study was to measure and explore the homesickness of Chinese elderly. METHODS: A total of 355 non-local Chinese elderly in Shenzhen were recruited to measure demographic information and homesickness. and tested for reliability and validity. Patterns and influences of homesickness among Chinese elderly were explored through latent profile analysis and One-way ANOVA on the basis of EHQ...
2024: Psychology Research and Behavior Management
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