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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537126/developing-accessible-speech-technology-with-users-with-dysarthric-speech
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Elizabeth Howarth, Geena Vabulas, Sean Connolly, Dawn Green, Sara Smolley
The Voiceitt app is designed for people with dysarthric speech, to support vocal communication and access to voice-driven technologies. Sixty-six participants were recruited to test the Voiceitt app and share feedback with developers. Most had physical, sensory, or cognitive impairments in addition to atypical speech. The project team liaised with individuals, their families and local support teams to provide access to the app and associated equipment. Testing was user-led, with participants asked to identify and test use cases most relevant to their daily lives over three months or more...
March 27, 2024: Assistive Technology: the Official Journal of RESNA
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537020/surface-treatments-of-the-zirconia-reinforced-lithium-disilicate-ceramic-in-the-adhesion-to-the-resin-cement
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mirko A R Aguilera, Américo C Bortolazzo, Lourenço Correr-Sobrinho, Rafael L X Consani
This study verified the effect of surface treatments of the zirconia-reinforced lithium disilicate ceramic bonded to resin cement. Ceramic blocks were divided according to treatments (n=10): FA+SRX (Fluoric acid + silane RX), FA+MDP (Fluoric acid + MDP), FA+SCF+MDP (Fluoric acid + silane CF + MDP), FA+MEP (Fluoric acid + MEP), and MEP (Self-etch primer). Resin cement cylinders were made in the ceramic blocks, photoactivated with 1,200 mW/cm² for 40s, stored in water at 37°C for 24h, and evaluated by the microshear strength test, optical failure descriptive analysis (%), surface characterization (SEM) and contact angle (Goniometer)...
2024: Brazilian Dental Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536809/enhanced-dietary-reconstruction-of-korean-prehistoric-populations-by-combining-%C3%AE-13c-and-%C3%AE-15n-amino-acids-of-bone-collagen
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kyungcheol Choy, Hee Young Yun, Benjamin T Fuller, Marcello A Mannino
Compound specific stable isotope analysis of amino acids (CSIA-AA) is a powerful tool for determining dietary behaviors in complex environments and improving dietary reconstructions. Here, we conducted CSIA-AA on human (n = 32) and animal (n = 13) remains from two prehistoric archaeological sites (Mumun, Imdang) to assess in more detail the dietary sources consumed by prehistoric Korean populations. Results of estimated trophic position (TP) using Δ15NGlx-Phe show that the Imdang individuals consumed aquatic resources, as well as terrestrial resources...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536519/social-excluder-s-face-reduces-gaze-triggered-attention-orienting
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jiajia Yang, Li Zhou, Zhonghua Hu
Social ostracism, a negative affective experience in interpersonal interactions, is thought to modulate the gaze-cueing effect (GCE). However, it is unclear whether the impact of social exclusion on the GCE is related to the identity of the cueing face. Therefore, the present study employed a two-phase paradigm to address this issue. In the first phase, two groups of participants were instructed to complete a Cyberball game with two virtual avatars to establish a binding relationship between a specific face's identity and the emotions of social exclusion or inclusion...
March 27, 2024: Psychological Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535743/does-playing-tennis-with-a-low-compression-ball-effect-psychophysiological-responses-and-match-characteristics-in-recreational-adult-players
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bulent Kilit, Ersan Arslan, Yusuf Soylu, Andrew M Lane
This study aimed to compare the effects of playing tennis using low-compression balls (Lc-Balls) and standard balls (St-Balls) on psychophysiological responses and match characteristics among recreational adult tennis players. Participants (N = 24; age: 20.5 ± 1.3 years) were randomly matched to play two singles matches over three sets: one match was played with a Lc-Ball and one match was played with a St-Ball, resulting in twenty-four matches. Heart-rate responses and match characteristics were assessed during each match...
March 13, 2024: Sports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535731/acute-hemodynamic-metabolic-and-hormonal-responses-to-a-boxing-exergame-with-and-without-blood-flow-restriction-in-non-athlete-young-individuals
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zohreh Karimi, Zeynabalsadat Mousavi, Michael Nordvall, Alexei Wong, Reza Bagheri, Frederic Dutheil
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to compare acute hemodynamic, metabolic (glucose and blood lactate concentrations), hormonal (growth hormone and normetanephrine), heart rate variability (HRV), and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) responses before and after bouts of a boxing exergame with and without blood flow restriction (BFR) in non-athlete young individuals. METHODS: Fourteen participants (age: 30 ± 10 y; BMI: 21 ± 3 kg.m-2 ) participated in two sessions of a 20 min boxing exergame...
February 23, 2024: Sports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535585/hunting-for-answers-assessing-brucella-spp-seroprevalence-and-risks-in-red-deer-and-wild-boar-in-central-portugal
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Humberto Pires, Luís Cardoso, Ana Patrícia Lopes, Maria da Conceição Fontes, Sérgio Santos-Silva, Manuela Matos, Cristina Pintado, Natália Roque, Leonardo Filipe Fonseca, Inês Morgado, Ana Sofia Dias, Luís Figueira, Ana Cristina Matos, João Rodrigo Mesquita, Ana Cláudia Coelho
Between 2016 and 2023, a cross-sectional study was conducted in the central region of Portugal in order to better understand the epidemiology and public health risks resulting from the handling and consumption of game animals infected with Brucella spp. The seroprevalence and risk factors for Brucella spp. seropositivity were evaluated. Antibodies against Brucella spp. were determined using a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Results showed that in the 650 serum samples collected from red deer ( n = 298) and wild boars ( n = 352) in Portugal, 21...
March 8, 2024: Pathogens
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535422/the-acute-effect-of-dynamic-vs-proprioceptive-neuromuscular-facilitation-stretching-on-sprint-and-jump-performance
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Nor Fazila Abd Malek, Ali Md Nadzalan, Kevin Tan, Abdul Muiz Nor Azmi, Rajkumar Krishnan Vasanthi, Ratko Pavlović, Dana Badau, Adela Badau
Participating in sports has been shown to promote overall wellness and, at the same time, reduce health risks. As more people are participating in sports, competitions have increased, and every aspect of the game has been focused by coaches and athletes in order to improve performance. One of these aspects is the warm-up session. The purpose of this study was to investigate the acute effect of a dynamic warm-up versus a proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) warm-up on the sprint and jump performance of recreationally active men...
February 28, 2024: Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535415/effect-of-covid-19-on-key-performance-indicators-of-spanish-professional-soccer-league
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
José Fernández-Cortés, Carlos D Gómez-Carmona, David Mancha-Triguero, Javier García-Rubio, Sergio J Ibáñez
The unprecedented COVID-19 health crisis severely disrupted global sports in 2020, prompting lengthy suspensions followed by resumed competitions under abnormal behind-closed-doors conditions without fans. These disruptions necessitated tactical adaptations by coaches and teams, attempting to still achieve successful outcomes. This study investigates the pandemic's impacts on performance metrics and indicators within Spanish professional soccer. Utilizing systematic notational analysis, 760 match cases from the 2019-2020 La Liga season were examined, comprising 27 matchdays from the pre-COVID context and 11 after resumption...
February 21, 2024: Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534909/validation-of-the-gaming-skills-questionnaire-in-adolescence-effects-of-gaming-skills-on-cognitive-and-affective-functioning
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Triantafyllia Zioga, Chrysanthi Nega, Petros Roussos, Panagiotis Kourtesis
Given the widespread popularity of videogames, research attempted to assess their effects on cognitive and affective abilities, especially in children and adolescents. Despite numerous correlational studies, robust evidence on the causal relationship between videogames and cognition remains scarce, hindered by the absence of a comprehensive assessment tool for gaming skills across various genres. In a sample of 347 adolescents, this study aimed to develop and validate the Gaming Skill Questionnaire (GSQ) and assess the impact of gaming skills in six different genres (sport, first-person shooters, role-playing games, action-adventure, strategy, and puzzle games) on cognitive and affective abilities of adolescents...
March 19, 2024: European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534896/no-end-in-sight-assessing-the-impact-of-internet-gaming-disorder-on-digital-eye-strain-symptoms-and-academic-success
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Georgios D Floros, Mikes N Glynatsis, Ioanna Mylona
BACKGROUND: Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has been associated with symptoms of Digital Eye Strain (DES) and poor academic performance among adolescent students. The purpose of this study is to assess whether a student's achievement of a specific academic goal within a short period of time can be directly predicted by symptoms of IGD and DES. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional survey of 140 high school graduates who received an examination of visual acuity as a pre-requisite for entering the written admission examinations of law enforcement and military academies...
February 27, 2024: European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534861/bio-inspired-neural-network-for-real-time-evasion-of-multi-robot-systems-in-dynamic-environments
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Junfei Li, Simon X Yang
In complex and dynamic environments, traditional pursuit-evasion studies may face challenges in offering effective solutions to sudden environmental changes. In this paper, a bio-inspired neural network (BINN) is proposed that approximates a pursuit-evasion game from a neurodynamic perspective instead of formulating the problem as a differential game. The BINN is topologically organized to represent the environment with only local connections. The dynamics of neural activity, characterized by the neurodynamic shunting model, enable the generation of real-time evasive trajectories with moving or sudden-change obstacles...
March 15, 2024: Biomimetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534580/beyond-traditional-medicine-evs-loaded-hydrogels-as-a-game-changer-in-disease-therapeutics
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REVIEW
Shutong Du, Xiaohu Zhou, Bo Zheng
Extracellular vesicles (EVs), especially exosomes, have shown great therapeutic potential in the treatment of diseases, as they can target cells or tissues. However, the therapeutic effect of EVs is limited due to the susceptibility of EVs to immune system clearance during transport in vivo. Hydrogels have become an ideal delivery platform for EVs due to their good biocompatibility and porous structure. This article reviews the preparation and application of EVs-loaded hydrogels as a cell-free therapy strategy in the treatment of diseases...
February 21, 2024: Gels
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534456/how-mitochondrial-signaling-games-may-shape-and-stabilize-the-nuclear-mitochondrial-symbiosis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Will Casey, Thiviya Kumaran, Steven E Massey, Bud Mishra
The eukaryotic lineage has enjoyed a long-term "stable" mutualism between nucleus and mitochondrion, since mitochondrial endosymbiosis began about 2 billion years ago. This mostly cooperative interaction has provided the basis for eukaryotic expansion and diversification, which has profoundly altered the forms of life on Earth. While we ignore the exact biochemical details of how the alpha-proteobacterial ancestor of mitochondria entered into endosymbiosis with a proto-eukaryote, in more general terms, we present a signaling games perspective of how the cooperative relationship became established, and has been maintained...
March 15, 2024: Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533835/a-meta-analysis-of-electronic-media-use-and-sleep-quality-an-updated-systematic-review
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Xiaoning Han, Enze Zhou, Dong Liu
BACKGROUND: This paper explores the widely discussed relationship between electronic media use and sleep quality, indicating negative effects due to various factors. However, existing meta-analyses on the topic have some limitations. OBJECTIVE: The study aims to analyze and compare the impacts of different digital media types, such as smartphones, online games, and social media, on sleep quality. METHODS: Adhering to PRISMA guidelines, the study performed a systematic meta-analysis of literature across multiple databases, including Web of Science, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, and Google Scholar, from January 2018 to October 2023...
March 26, 2024: Journal of Medical Internet Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533812/copper-cu-metabolism-in-domestic-herbivores-as-guide-to-criteria-for-predicting-the-cu-nutritional-status-of-wild-ruminants-in-southern-africa
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
J B J van Ryssen, G F Bath
In southern Africa game farming has become an effective way of using underutilised resources and a valuable method of preserving and increasing wildlife numbers. However, little is known about the mineral requirements of wild animal species or the assessment of the mineral nutritional status of these species. To establish criteria for estimating the copper (Cu) nutritional status of wildlife, current knowledge about Cu metabolism and criteria for domestic animals has been used. Since the Cu metabolism of ruminants differs substantially from that of non-ruminants, Cu metabolism in domestic species such as cattle and sheep representing wild ruminants, and pigs and horses as non-ruminant species, has been scrutinised to propose criteria for wild bovids in southern Africa...
March 26, 2024: Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533741/the-lived-experiences-of-play-and-the-perspectives-of-disabled-children-and-their-parents-surrounding-brain-computer-interfaces
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Carina Siu, Manar Aoude, John Andersen, Kim D Adams
Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) offer promise to the play of children with significant physical impairments, as BCI technology can enable disabled children to control computer devices, toys, and robots using only their brain signals. However, there is little research on the unique needs of disabled children when it comes to BCI-enabled play. Thus, this paper explored the lived experiences of play for children with significant physical impairments and examined how BCI could potentially be implemented into disabled children's play experiences by applying a social model of childhood disability...
March 27, 2024: Disability and Rehabilitation. Assistive Technology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533621/revolutionizing-eye-care-the-game-changing-applications-of-nano-antioxidants-in-ophthalmology
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REVIEW
Yuhang Cheng, Shundong Cai, Han Wu, Jintao Pan, Min Su, Xingyuan Wei, Jinfa Ye, Lang Ke, Gang Liu, Chengchao Chu
Since the theory of free radical-induced aging was proposed in 1956, it has been constantly proven that reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by oxidative stress play a vital role in the occurrence and progression of eye diseases. However, the inherent limitations of traditional drug therapy hindered the development of ophthalmic disease treatment. In recent years, great achievements have been made in the research of nanomedicine, which promotes the rapid development of safe theranostics in ophthalmology. In this review, we focus on the applications of antioxidant nanomedicine in the treatment of ophthalmology...
March 27, 2024: Nanoscale
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533483/the-neurocomputational-signature-of-decision-making-for-unfair-offers-in-females-under-acute-psychological-stress
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Guangya Wang, Jun Tang, Zhouqian Yin, Siyu Yu, Xindi Shi, Xiurong Hao, Zhudele Zhao, Yafeng Pan, Shijia Li
Stress is a crucial factor affecting social decision-making. However, its impacts on the behavioral and neural processes of females' unfairness decision-making remain unclear. Combining computational modeling and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), this study attempted to illuminate the neurocomputational signature of unfairness decision-making in females. We also considered the effect of trait stress coping styles. Forty-four healthy young females (20.98 ± 2.89 years) were randomly assigned to the stress group ( n = 21) and the control group ( n = 23)...
May 2024: Neurobiology of Stress
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533221/promoting-mental-health-in-children-and-adolescents-through-digital-technology-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis
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Tianjiao Chen, Jingyi Ou, Gege Li, Heng Luo
BACKGROUND: The increasing prevalence of mental health issues among children and adolescents has prompted a growing number of researchers and practitioners to explore digital technology interventions, which offer convenience, diversity, and proven effectiveness in addressing such problems. However, the existing literature reveals a significant gap in comprehensive reviews that consolidate findings and discuss the potential of digital technologies in enhancing mental health. METHODS: To clarify the latest research progress on digital technology to promote mental health in the past decade (2013-2023), we conducted two studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis...
2024: Frontiers in Psychology
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