Reliability and responsiveness of a tissue hardness meter and algometer for measuring tissue hardness and pressure pain threshold in upper trapezius myofascial trigger points by Soukmisai Somphithak, Uraiwan Chatchawan, Atipong Pimdee, Wiraphong Sucharit

“…Following six physical therapy sessions, significant reductions in TH (mean: −7.86%; MCID: −7.43%; AUC: 0.97) and significant increases in PPT (mean: 0.20 kg/cm2; MCID: 0.21 kg/cm2; AUC: 0.86) were observed. …”
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Chronotherapeutic intervention targeting emotion regulation brain circuitry, symptoms, and suicide risk in adolescents and young adults with bipolar disorder: a pilot randomised tr... by Jihoon A Kim, Anjali Sankar, Rebecca Marks, Erin Carrubba, Bernadette Lecza, Susan Quatrano, Linda Spencer, R. Todd Constable, Brian Pittman, Eli R Lebowitz, Wendy K Silverman, Holly A Swartz, Hilary P Blumberg

“…Nineteen BE-SMART-DR and 16 BE-SMART-ER participants completed the intervention, with 11 and 13, respectively, having pre-intervention and post-intervention functional MRI data.Findings In addition to demonstrating feasibility, only BE-SMART-DR showed pre-treatment to post-treatment improvements in DR regularity (Cohen’s d=0.55; 95% CI [0.06, 1.03]), associated with reductions in left amygdala responses to emotional face stimuli (pFWE (family-wise error)-SVC (small volume correction)<0.05), difficulties in emotion regulation (d=0.75; 95% CI [0.23, 1.25]) and suicide risk (d=0.65; 95% CI [0.15, 1.14]). …”
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Design of a Micro-Plant Factory Using a Validated CFD Model by Xinxin Chen, Tengyuan Hou, Shulin Liu, Yongxiu Guo, Jianping Hu, Gaoming Xu, Guoxin Ma, Wei Liu

“…The accuracy of the CFD model for the micro-plant factory was validated with normalized root mean square error (NMSE) for cultivation layer heights of 250 mm, 300 mm, and 350 mm. …”
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Effects of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei K56 on perceived stress among pregraduate students: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial by Yiran Guan, Ruixin Zhu, Wen Zhao, Langrun Wang, Li You, Zhaozhong Zeng, Qiuyue Jiang, Zeyang Zhu, Jiayu Gou, Qi Zhang, Jie Guo, Keji Li, Liang Zhao, Yixuan Li, Pengjie Wang, Bing Fang, Weilian Hung, Jian He, Liwei Zhang, Ran Wang, Jingjing He

“…Furthermore, the K56 group exhibited superior reductions in both stress [−2.15 (0.38) vs. -0.96 (0.49), p = 0.035] and anxiety symptoms [−1.54 (0.32) vs. 0.53 (0.43), p = 0.003] via DASS compared with the placebo group. …”
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