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The mRNA content of plasma extracellular vesicles provides a window into molecular processes in the brain during cerebral malaria
(2024-08-16)
The impact of cerebral malaria on the transcriptional profiles of cerebral tissues is difficult to study using noninvasive approaches. We isolated plasma extracellular vesicles (EVs) from patients with cerebral malaria and ...
Profiling and assessing the risks of image- and performance-enhancing drugs use during the COVID-19 lockdown
(2024-06-19)
Background: Image and Performance-Enhancing Drugs (IPEDs) can enhance mental and physical capabilities and impact one’s overall health. Initially confined in sport environments, IPEDs use has become increasingly widespread ...
The power of past performance in multidimensional supplier evaluation and supplier selection: Debiasing anchoring bias and its knock-on effects
(2024-05-16)
This research examines how anchoring bias affects managers’ multi-dimensional evaluations of supplier performance, supplier selection, and the effectiveness of two debiasing techniques. We consider the supplier past ...
Action sequence learning, habits, and automaticity in obsessive-compulsive disorder
(2024-05-09)
This study investigates the goal/habit imbalance theory of compulsion in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), which postulates enhanced habit formation, increased automaticity, and impaired goal/habit arbitration. It ...
Predictive modelling of transport decisions and resources optimisation in pre-hospital setting using machine learning techniques
(2024-05-03)
Background: The global evolution of pre-hospital care systems faces dynamic challenges, particularly in multinational settings. Machine learning (ML) techniques enable the exploration of deeply embedded data patterns for ...
Seeing the impossible: the impact of watching magic on positive emotions, optimism, and wellbeing
(2024-04-30)
Watching a magic trick is a unique experience in which seemingly impossible events appear possible but without any suspension of disbelief. Unfortunately, relatively little work has examined the psychological impact of ...
Perceptions, behaviours and barriers towards exercise practices in inflammatory bowel disease
(2024-04-05)
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a chronic disease affecting the digestive tract, has a significant impact on health-related quality of life. Pharmaceutical treatment is typically adopted, yet exercise is increasingly ...
Assessing the role of biomarker feedback in a 12-week community weight management programme among overweight men: a pilot study
(2024-03-28)
Background The primary objective of this study was to examine the feasibility of recruitment, retention, and delivery of biomarker feedback among men partaking in Shape Up, a physical activity for health programme. ...
Psychosocial interventions for survivors of rape and sexual assault experienced during adulthood (Review)
(2023-10-05)
Background: Exposure to rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse has lifelong impacts for mental health and well-being. Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing ...
Epidemiological Determinants of Patient Non-Conveyance to the Hospital in an Emergency Medical Service Environment
(2023-07-20)
Background: The increasing prevalence of comorbidities worldwide has spurred the need for time-effective pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS). Some pre-hospital emergency calls requesting EMS result in patient ...