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BACKGROUND: Prematurity significantly impacts neonatal health worldwide, necessitating effective interventions to improve outcomes for these vulnerable infants. While breastfeeding has emerged as a cornerstone of preterm care, its precise impact on neurodevelopment remains a subject of ongoing inquiry and debate. This…

This commentary responds to the important study by Ludwig et al. on using smartphone data and critical slowing down (CSD) to predict bipolar disorder (BD) relapse. While commending the study's methodological rigor, we highlight a key paradoxical finding: a decrease in activity variance preceding manic episodes, which c…

This paper investigates the genetic correlations between Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Gender Dysphoria (GD) using network science techniques applied to data from the National Institute of Health's All of Us research program. Despite extensive research on the genetic etiology of ASD and the phenotypic overlaps bet…

INTRODUCTION: Authoritarianism and populism are used regularly to describe the individuals responsible for anti-democratic action. These two constructs share some similarities with regard to how they hinder democracy and at times have been used interchangeably to describe such issues. However, authoritarians and populi…

INTRODUCTION: Although caregiving is a traditional female role, older men represent an increasing proportion of family caregivers. This study's aim was to describe lived experiences of men who engaged in later-life caregiving. METHOD: Streubert's phenomenological method, inclusive of unstructured interviews and respon…

This study evaluates the performance of two convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in a brain-machine interface (BMI) based on motor imagery (MI) by using a small dataset collected from five participants wearing a lower-limb exoskeleton. To address the issue of limited data availability, transfer learning was employed by…

BACKGROUND: Since the DSM-5 came into force, individuals previously diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome (AS) were newly labeled as having autism spectrum disorder (ASD), raising concerns about the exacerbation of stigma toward individuals with AS. OBJECTIVE: This study explored: (a) the self-labeling among people previ…

This grounded theory study aims to map, conceptualize, and theorize the emotional loss experienced by parents following their child's pediatric acquired brain injury (pABI). Data were obtained from 47 semi-structured interviews conducted with parents (72% mothers) at least 1 year following pABI. The study's theory of "…

OBJECTIVE: To develop a conceptual framework that explains how elderly people from different cultures experience aging, formulate concepts and assign values to the process of aging. METHOD: Qualitative research conducted with 33 elderly people in a municipality of the triple border. The data were collected between Feb…

Poor women in the Bolsa Família program are accused of having more children in order to enroll or remain in the program. In an ethnographic study (2012-2014), we analyzed reports by five beneficiaries of the program and found exactly the opposite. The women reported that they had gone to public health services in…

The current study's main goal was to examine whether affective instability is elevated among individuals suffering from avoidant personality disorder (APD) by comparing it to the affective instability found among individuals suffering from borderline personality disorder (BPD) as well that found among healthy controls.…

Potential negative sequelae for survivors of child sexual abuse is well documented. However, growing evidence suggests that some individuals who actively cope with traumatic events can progress from a negative trajectory toward positive psychological change, often termed posttraumatic growth. Current posttraumatic grow…

The study purpose was to examine the reflections of the lived experiences of nurses in shelters or temporary community medical clinics responding for the first time to a civilian disaster. The disaster-nursing literature echoes the need for development of disaster content in the nursing curriculum. However, little them…

This paper examines voluntary participation in community forest management, and characterizes how more participation may be induced. We implemented a survey of 571 respondents and conducted a case study in Central Java, Indonesia. The study's novelty lies in categorizing the degrees of participation into three levels a…

The authors use data from the Health and Retirement Study's Earnings Benefit File, which links Health and Retirement Study to Social Security Administration records, to estimate the impact of childhood health on earnings curves between the ages of 25 and 50 years. They also investigate the extent to which diminished ed…

Over the past 10 years, the field of health services and management research has seen renewed interest in the use of qualitative research methods. This article examines the volume and characteristics of qualitative research articles published in nine major health services and management journals between 1998 and 2008.…

OBJECTIVE: The study's objective was to determine if alterations to the utility of an existing electronic medical record (EMR) application resulted in an improvement in clinical operations. METHODS: We altered several templates within an existing EMR application to improve ease of documentation of clinical encounters.…

Previous investigations of electroencephalograms during relaxation have identified increases in slow wave band power, correlations between increased levels of alpha activity with lower levels of anxiety, and autonomic changes characterized by otherwise documented decreased sympathetic activity. This study was carried o…

This study aims to analyze the degree of knowledge adolescents have on STD/AIDS prevention, transmission, signs, and symptoms, and to contribute with the elaboration of educational actions in the University Extension Program called Corporality and Health Promotion. The research counted on 1,087 adolescents (40% females…

People with multiple chronic conditions account for a large and disproportionate share of total health care costs. One aspect of the high cost for such patients is a relatively high number of hospital admissions per year. This study aims to clarify how the rate of hospital readmissions and hospital cost per person in a…