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People with mobility impairments (MIs; use assistive devices to ambulate) have twice the smoking prevalence versus the general population. A Facebook intervention could improve reach to smokers with MIs, but use and patterns of use are unknown. The study examined (a) Facebook use and relationship with Facebook-based social support and (b) whether Facebook use differs by motivation to quit smoking. Participants (N = 510; 56.3% female, mean age = 42.4 years) were recruited via a recruitment company to complete a one-time online survey assessing motivation to quit within 30 days, Facebook use (Facebook Activities Scale), reasons for use (Facebook Motives Scale), attitudes (Facebook Intensity Scale), and social support (Facebook Measure of Social Support). Paeoniflorin The vast majority said that Facebook is part of their daily routine (92.9%), 83% checked Facebook >once a day, and 69% spent >30 min/day on Facebook. Facebook was used to connect with similar others (68.4%), participate in groups (72.9%), decrease loneliness (69.2%), and obtain health information (62.5%); 88% said that they would join a Facebook program to help them quit smoking. link2 A greater number of Facebook friends (rs = .18-.22, p less then .001) and greater Facebook use (rs = .20 to rs = .59; p less then .001) were correlated with greater perceived social and emotional support. Those motivated to quit posted more frequently (odds ratio [OR] = 1.56, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.10, 2.22) and were more likely to indicate that they would join a Facebook group for smoking cessation (OR = 4.15, 95% CI = 2.05, 8.38) than those not motivated. Facebook could circumvent disability and environmental barriers to accessing cessation among this health disparity population.
The primary aim of this study was to examine dose-response relationships between sound pressure levels (SPLs) and K-complex occurrence probability for wind farm and road traffic noise. A secondary aim was to compare K-complex dose-responses to manually scored EEG arousals and awakenings.

Twenty-five participants underwent polysomnography recordings and noise exposure during sleep in a laboratory. Wind farm and road traffic noise recordings of 20-sec duration were played in random order at 6 SPLs between 33 - 48 dBA during established N2 or deeper sleep. Noise periods were separated with periods of 23 dBA background noise. K-complexes were scored using a validated algorithm. K-complex occurrence probability was compared between noise types controlling for noise SPL, subjective noise sensitivity and measured hearing acuity.

Noise-induced K-complexes were observed in N2 sleep at SPLs as low as 33 dBA (Odds ratio, 33dBA vs 23 dBA, mean (95% confidence interval); 1.75 (1.16, 2.66)) and increased with SPL. EEG arousals and awakenings were only associated with noise above 39 dBA in N2 sleep. K-complexes were 2 times more likely to occur in response to noise than EEG arousals or awakenings. Subjective noise sensitivity and hearing acuity were associated with K-complex occurrence, but not arousal or awakening. Noise type did not detectably influence K-complexes, EEG arousals or awakening responses.

These findings support that K-complexes are a sensitive marker of sensory processing of environmental noise during sleep and that increased hearing acuity and decreased self-reported noise sensitivity increase K-complex probability.
These findings support that K-complexes are a sensitive marker of sensory processing of environmental noise during sleep and that increased hearing acuity and decreased self-reported noise sensitivity increase K-complex probability.The aim of this clinical report is to describe a maxillary full-arch implant supported restoration with immediate loading performed by means of an entirely digital workflow with photogrammetric system and intraoral scanning. A female patient with an edentulous maxillary arch attended the dental clinic seeking a maxillary fixed restoration. After treatment planning, six implants were placed using a surgical splint fabricated digitally by intraoral scanning of her previous removable prosthesis. Multi-unit abutments were fitted and two digital impressions were taken, one with a photogrammetric system for determining implant positions, and the other with an intraoral scanner for soft tissue registration. The acrylic resin structure of the immediate prosthesis was milled and placed within 8 hours of implant surgery. This provisional structure fitted correctly and provided adequate esthetics and function. Radiographic and clinical follow-up after 24 months observed adequate implant evolution.
Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) is associated with hypocretin neuron loss. However, there are still unexplained phenotypic NT1 features. We investigated the associations between clinical and sleep phenotypic characteristics, the NT1-associated P2RY11 polymorphism rs2305795, and P2Y11 protein levels in T lymphocytes in patients with NT1, their first-degree relatives and unrelated controls.

The P2RY11 SNP was genotyped in 100 patients (90/100 H1N1-(Pandemrix TM)-vaccinated), 119 related and 123 non-related controls. CD4 and CD8 T lymphocyte P2Y11 protein levels were quantified using flow cytometry in 167 patients and relatives. Symptoms and sleep recording parameters were also collected.

We found an association between NT1 and the rs2305795 A allele (OR= 2, 95% CI (1.3, 3.0), p= 0.001). T lymphocyte P2Y11 protein levels were significantly lower in patients and relatives homozygous for the rs2305795 risk A allele (CD4 p= 0.012; CD8 p= 0.007). The nocturnal sleep fragmentation index was significantly negatively corction in sleep-wake stabilisation that affects the severity of NT1.
Cooked cured ham is a ready-to-eat food that is popular among consumers. Stored temperature has a key effect on the quality and shelf life of ham. link3 In this work, the quality changes and shelf-life prediction of cooked cured ham stored at different temperatures were investigated. Sensory evaluation, physical and chemical indicators, and aerobic plate count were determined. Results showed that high storage temperature of cooked ham accelerates quality deterioration. Partial least squares (PLS) regression analysis based on the variable importance for projection identified nine important variables for predicting the shelf life of cooked cured ham. Compared with either PLS or back-propagation artificial neural network, the hybrid PLS-back-propagation artificial neural network model better predicts the shelf life of cooked cured ham by using the nine variables. This study provides a theoretical basis and data support for the quality control of cooked cured ham and a new idea for research on the shelf-life prediction of cooked cured ham.
Canopy light interception determines the amount of energy captured by a crop, and is thus critical to modelling crop growth and yield, and may substantially contribute to the prediction uncertainty of crop growth models (CGMs). We thus analyzed the canopy light interception models of the 26 wheat (Triticum aestivum) CGMs used by the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement project (AgMIP). Twenty-one CGMs assume that the light extinction coefficient (K) is constant, varying from 0.37 to 0.80 depending on the model. The other models take into account the illumination conditions and assume either that all green surfaces in the canopy have the same inclination angle (θ) or that θ distribution follows a spherical distribution. These assumptions have not yet been evaluated due to a lack of experimental data. Therefore, we conducted a field experiment with five cultivars with contrasting leaf stature sown at normal and double row spacing, and analyzed θ distribution in the canopies from 3-dimensional canopy reconstructions. In all the canopies, θ distribution was well represented by an ellipsoidal distribution. We thus carried out an intercomparison between the light interception models of the AgMIP-Wheat CGMs ensemble and a physically based K model with ellipsoidal leaf angle distribution and canopy clumping (KCell). Results showed that the (KCell) model outperformed current approaches under most illumination conditions and that the uncertainty in simulated wheat growth and final grain yield due to light models could be as high as 45%. Therefore, our results call for an overhaul of light interception models in CGMs.
To examine the association of maternal bone markers [sclerostin, soluble receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (sRANKL), osteocalcin, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3] with fetal intra-abdominal and subcutaneous adipose tissue deposition and birthweight during normal pregnancy.

One hundred pregnant women (aged 30.4 ± 5.6 years, mean ± SD) with prepregnancy body mass index = 24.1 ± 4.6 kg/m2 were seen prospectively during each trimester. At each visit they were submitted to anthropometric measurements, a fasting blood sampling, a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test, and a fetal ultrasonogram. At birth, neonates had birth weight measurement.

In the second trimester, maternal sclerostin concentrations correlated positively with fetal abdominal circumference and birth weight; maternal sRANKL concentrations correlated positively with fetal abdominal subcutaneous fat thickness, sagittal abdominal diameter, and abdominal circumference. Fetuses born to mothers with greater (>254 ng/mL), compared to fetuses born to mothers with lower (≤254ng/mL), sRANKL concentrations had greater abdominal circumference, sagittal diameter, and abdominal subcutaneous fat thickness. Maternal serum sclerostin concentrations were the best positive predictors of birth weight. In the third trimester maternal sclerostin concentrations correlated positively with fetal sagittal abdominal diameter; maternal sRANKL concentrations positively correlated with fetal abdominal circumference and fetal abdominal sagittal diameter.

Maternal bone markers sclerostin and sRANKL may relate to fetal intra-abdominal adipose tissue deposition through as yet unknown direct or indirect mechanisms, thus contributing to birthweight.
Maternal bone markers sclerostin and sRANKL may relate to fetal intra-abdominal adipose tissue deposition through as yet unknown direct or indirect mechanisms, thus contributing to birthweight.The quinoa pest Copitarsia incommoda (Walker, Lepidoptera Noctuidae) is a cause of significant damage, and it is thus critical for Andean countries to have access to phenological models to maintain production and food safety. These models are key components in pest control strategies in the context of global warming and in the development of sustainable production integrating agroecological concepts. Phenological models are mainly based on outlining the relationship between temperature and development rate. In this study, we investigated the combined effect of protein content within the diet (artificial diet; artificial diet with -20% protein; artificial diet with +20% protein; natural quinoa diet) and temperature (12, 16.9, 19.5, 22.7, 24.6°C) as drivers of the development rate. Our study supports the literature, since temperature was found to be the main driver of the development rate. It highlights the significant role played by protein content and its interaction with temperature (significant effects of temperature, diet, and diettemperature on development time using GLMs for all foraging life stages).
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