Anxiety & Stress

Depression and alcohol use disorder at antiretroviral therapy initiation led to disengagement from care in South Africa.

We sought to assess mental health at the time of antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and subsequent retention in care over a six-month follow-up period. A total of 136 people living with HIV in South Africa were administered surveys measuring demographic information and mental health indicators at the time of ART initiation. Follow-up was completed via chart abstraction to assess for six-month...

In vitro effects of virgin microplastics on fish head-kidney leucocyte activities.

Microplastics are well-documented pollutants in the marine environment that result from production or fragmentation of larger plastic items. The knowledge about the direct effects of microplastics on immunity, including fish, is still very limited. We investigated the in vitro effects of microplastics [polyvinylchloride (PVC) and polyethylene (PE)] on gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) and European...

Personalized Multitask Learning for Predicting Tomorrow's Mood, Stress, and Health.

While accurately predicting mood and wellbeing could have a number of important clinical benefits, traditional machine learning (ML) methods frequentl...

Role of serotonin in the intestinal mucosal epithelium barrier in weaning mice undergoing stress-induced diarrhea.

Stress-induced diarrhea is a frequent and challenging threat to humans and domestic animals. Serotonin (5-HT) has been shown to be involved in the pat...

Biomarker and shear stress in secondary pediatric pulmonary hypertension.

Background/aim: Endothelial dysfunction, tissue damage, inflammation, and microthrombosis are involved in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension (...

Estimation of stress distribution in ferromagnetic tensile specimens using low cost eddy current stress measurement system and BP neural network.

Estimation of the stress distribution in ferromagnetic components is very important for evaluating the working status of mechanical equipment and impl...

Effect of abiotic and biotic stress factors analysis using machine learning methods in zebrafish.

In order to understand the mechanisms underlying stress responses, meta-analysis of transcriptome is made to identify differentially expressed genes (...

Production Standard and Stability of Compounded Del Nido Cardioplegia Solution.

The del Nido cardioplegia solution (dNCS) was originally developed for pediatric cardiac surgery, being now also used for adult patients. Hospital ph...

Towards multilevel mental stress assessment using SVM with ECOC: an EEG approach.

Mental stress has been identified as one of the major contributing factors that leads to various diseases such as heart attack, depression, and stroke...

Construction of environmental risk score beyond standard linear models using machine learning methods: application to metal mixtures, oxidative stress and cardiovascular disease in NHANES.

BACKGROUND: There is growing concern of health effects of exposure to pollutant mixtures. We initially proposed an Environmental Risk Score (ERS) as a...

Examining Thematic Similarity, Difference, and Membership in Three Online Mental Health Communities from Reddit: A Text Mining and Visualization Approach.

OBJECTIVES: Social media, including online health communities, have become popular platforms for individuals to discuss health challenges and exchange...

Machine learning techniques for the optimization of joint replacements: Application to a short-stem hip implant.

Today, different implant designs exist in the market; however, there is not a clear understanding of which are the best implant design parameters to a...

Using Machine Learning to Define the Association between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and All-Cause Mortality (from the Henry Ford Exercise Testing Project).

Previous studies have demonstrated that cardiorespiratory fitness is a strong marker of cardiovascular health. Machine learning (ML) can enhance the p...

Effects of aronia extract on lifespan and age-related oxidative stress in .

The effects of aronia extract (AE) supplementation on the lifespan and age-associated oxidative stress was investigated in the fruit fly . Supplementa...

Monitoring stress with a wrist device using context.

Being able to detect stress as it occurs can greatly contribute to dealing with its negative health and economic consequences. However, detecting stre...

Development of a novel stability indicating RP-HPLC method for quantification of Connexin43 mimetic peptide and determination of its degradation kinetics in biological fluids.

Connexin43 mimetic peptide (Cx43MP) has been intensively investigated for its therapeutic effect in the management of inflammatory eye conditions, spi...

Allium cepa root tip assay in assessment of toxicity of magnesium oxide nanoparticles and microparticles.

Allium cepa bioassay had been used from decades for the assessment of toxicants and their harmful effects on environment as well as human health. Magn...

Altered Pituitary Gland Structure and Function in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

OBJECTIVES: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis response to stressors, but links to neur...

Artificial neural network-based model enhances risk stratification and reduces non-invasive cardiac stress imaging compared to Diamond-Forrester and Morise risk assessment models: A prospective study.

BACKGROUND: Coronary artery disease (CAD) accounts for more than half of all cardiovascular events. Stress testing remains the cornerstone for non-inv...

How are you feeling?: A personalized methodology for predicting mental states from temporally observable physical and behavioral information.

It is believed that anomalous mental states such as stress and anxiety not only cause suffering for the individuals, but also lead to tragedies in som...