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Biology
Dillon J. Travis, Joshua R. Kohn
Summary: Most flowering plants rely on animal pollination, but the effects of different pollinators on plant fitness have not been fully understood. This study shows that non-native honeybees tend to visit more flowers on individual plants compared to native insect visitors, resulting in increased self-pollination. Offspring produced after honeybee pollination have similar fitness to those resulting from hand self-pollination but are less fit than those produced after pollination by native insects or cross-pollination. This study is the first to directly compare the fitness of offspring resulting from honeybee pollination with that of other floral visitors.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Asrat Hailu Dagne, Mekonnen Haile Beshah
Summary: Nurses and midwives face limited support and various barriers when implementing evidence-based practice, including lack of resources, training, time management, and motivation. Therefore, promoting the adoption of evidence-based practice and training to address the identified barriers are essential.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Hyunkyung Yoo, Younhee Cho, Sungkun Cho
Summary: The study aimed to explore the influence of past/current pain on self-reporting and pupillary responses to pain. The findings confirmed that subjective and physiological responses to pain can be altered by previous experiences of pain.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Nursing
Homeira Khoddam, Mahnaz Modanloo, Neda Mehrdad, Fatemeh Heydari, Razieh Talebi
Summary: This study used a qualitative conventional content analysis to explore the experiences of neonatal and NICU nurses in their participation in evidence-based changes in neonatal pain management practice. A purposive sample of nurses working in neonatal and NICUs was used, and data were collected through interviews, group discussions, and observations. Analysis of the data revealed four themes: 'being in a supportive and encouraging atmosphere', 'a journey from resistance to adherence', 'achieving multi-dimensional improvements', and 'facing obstructive challenges'.
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Neurosciences
Jennifer M. Bossert, Carlos A. Mejias-Aponte, Thomas Saunders, Lindsay Altidor, Michael Emery, Ida Fredriksson, Ashley Batista, Sarah M. Claypool, Kiera E. Caldwell, David J. Reiner, Jonathan J. Chow, Matthew Foltz, Vivek Kumar, Audrey Seasholtz, Elizabeth Hughes, Wanda Filipiak, Brandon K. Harvey, Christopher T. Richie, Francois Vautier, Juan L. Gomez, Michael Michaelides, Brigitte L. Kieffer, Stanley J. Watson, Huda Akil, Yavin Shaham
Summary: By introducing the Oprm1-Cre knock-in transgenic rat, this study investigated the role of the mu-opioid receptor (MOR) in heroin self-administration. The study found that heroin self-administration showed different patterns in male and female Oprm1-Cre rats. This research provides new strategies for understanding the involvement of MOR-expressing cells in opioid addiction, pain-related behaviors, and other opioid-mediated functions.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sana Raoof, Caleb J. Kennedy, D. A. Wallach, Asaf Bitton, Robert C. Green
Summary: Cancer screening through germline genetic sequencing and liquid biopsy can help with early cancer detection, but evaluating their impact on reducing cancer mortality will require rethinking the way clinical trials are conducted.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Seok-Min Hwang, Seok Kim, Suk-Hyun Hwang
Summary: Using Google search engine query data, we found seasonal trends in internet searches for plantar fasciitis and related symptoms in multiple countries. This seasonality is thought to be related to increased physical activity during the warmer months leading to a higher frequency of plantar fasciitis.
Article
Business
Xiao Yang, Ying Liu, Jichang Dong, Sirui Li
Summary: Live streaming social commerce is a booming branch of online retailing. This study investigates the heterogeneous effects of streamers' objective characteristics on the sales performance of experience products and search products in the context of live streaming social commerce. The results show that assortment depth and gender of the streamers have significant impacts on sales performance, especially when the streamer has high popularity.
JOURNAL OF RETAILING AND CONSUMER SERVICES
(2023)
Article
Anesthesiology
Sahaj Kang, Dimitri M. L. Van Ryckeghem, Johan W. S. Vlaeyen, Annick L. De Paepe, Geert Crombez
Summary: There is an ongoing debate about whether pain can be classically conditioned, and scarce evidence exists. Three experiments using virtual reality tasks found that pain can be conditionally conditioned under certain conditions. Participants reported more false alarms, experiencing pain when no stimulus was delivered, for the conditioned stimulus (CS+) compared to the other stimulus (CS-), indicating the presence of conditioned pain. There were differences in the experiments regarding the location of the stimulus and the information provided to the participants.
Article
Biology
Oliver Siehler, Shuo Wang, Guy Bloch
Summary: Many animals benefit from synchronizing their daily activities with conspecifics, but the level of sociality does not necessarily correlate with social entrainment of circadian rhythms. Social cues can override light-dark cycles to entrain circadian clocks in honeybees, revealing remarkable sensitivity to social time-giving cues. Bees with weak oscillators can still be socially synchronized to a common phase of activity.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Catalina Christensen, Morten Alleso, Martin Rose, Claus Cornett
Summary: The analgesic potential of medicinal cannabis products derived from Cannabis sativa L. in treating chronic pains associated with cancer has gained increasing interest. Pilot trials have been established in several countries to ensure controlled distribution and investigate therapeutic potential. However, lack of research evidence on efficacy, safety, and dosing guidelines has made doctors hesitant to prescribe medicinal cannabis. This review aims to provide clinical research supporting the use of medicinal cannabis for analgesic purposes in cancer patients. Although high-quality randomized controlled trials are limited, observational studies and one pilot trial suggest potential analgesic effects with an acceptable safety profile.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Neurosciences
Jocelyn M. Powers, Gabriela Ioachim, Patrick W. Stroman
Summary: This study examined the integration of cognitive and emotional communication in brainstem regions involved in pain modulation by comparing data from previous studies on affective modulation of pain. The results indicate differences in functional connectivity in relation to emotional, autonomic, and pain processing before, during, and after noxious stimulation, providing insights into healthy pain processes and the cognitive and emotional appraisal of predictable noxious stimuli.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Martina Szopek, Valerin Stokanic, Gerald Radspieler, Thomas Schmickl
Summary: Social and environmental factors modulate and bias the collective thermotaxis of young honeybees, with the social factor playing a key role in collective decision-making. The mathematical model accurately captures aggregation patterns and predicts emergent swarm-intelligent behavior in dynamic environments. The model enables predictions of the effects of physical stimuli on macroscopic collective decision-making in honeybee colonies, impacting brood production and population growth.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Anesthesiology
Lisa Buckley, Michele Sterling, Rachel A. Elphinston
Summary: The impacts of COVID-19 and restrictions on chronic noncancer pain patients vary across countries, but recent research suggests that the pandemic may not have a significant effect on pain management as initially thought. A longitudinal study found that patients reported improvements in pain severity, interference, opioid misuse, and mental health symptoms over time. Factors such as current employment, older age, and higher pain self-efficacy predicted reductions in pain interference. The study highlights the negligible impact of COVID-19 on pain and mental health in the early stages of the pandemic.
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Psychiatry
Monika Kornacka, Michal S. Skorupski, Izabela Krejtz
Summary: This study aimed to test how self-reported control over task-unrelated thoughts (TUT) and task valence moderate the link between task difficulty and TUT intensity. The results showed that task difficulty and one's lower control over thoughts significantly increased TUT intensity. Task negative valence predicted TUT intensity and moderated the link between task difficulty and TUT intensity.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Characterization & Testing
P. M. Balasubramaniam, M. Srinivasan
JOURNAL OF TESTING AND EVALUATION
(2018)
Editorial Material
Psychology, Biological
Mandyam V. Srinivasan
LEARNING & BEHAVIOR
(2018)
Article
Entomology
J. Groening, D. Venini, M. V. Srinivasan
Review
Neurosciences
Douglas L. Altshuler, Mandyam V. Srinivasan
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2018)
Article
Ecology
N. Jayaprabha, S. Purusothaman, M. Srinivasan
REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2018)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Kiaran K. K. Lawson, Mandyam Srinivasan
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Debajyoti Karmaker, Julia Groening, Michael Wilson, Ingo Schiffner, Mandyam Srinivasan
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Madeleine-Marie Judd, Franciele Spinelli, Brooke Szucs, Naima Crisp, Julia Groening, Christy Collis, Beata Batorowicz, Dino Willox, Anna Richards
Summary: This article examines the experiences and perceptions of students and staff from an Australian university as they shifted their partnership practices online during the pandemic. It highlights the specific positive and negative impacts of online SSP for both groups, particularly focusing on accessibility and communication aspects. The study suggests a blended approach as SSP programs adapt for a post-COVID context.
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Kiaran K. K. Lawson, Mandyam V. Srinivasan
2018 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS AND BIOMIMETICS (ROBIO)
(2018)
Proceedings Paper
Automation & Control Systems
Timothy L. Molloy, Grace S. Garden, Tristan Perez, Ingo Schiffner, Debajyoti Karmaker, Mandyam V. Srinivasan
Article
Oceanography
Srinivasan Balakrishnan, Perumal Santhanam, Muthukumarasamy Srinivasan
INDIAN JOURNAL OF GEO-MARINE SCIENCES
(2018)
Article
Oceanography
Shuchi Bhatt, P. P. Dodia, M. Srinivasan
INDIAN JOURNAL OF GEO-MARINE SCIENCES
(2018)
Article
Oceanography
B. Shuchi, P. P. Dodia, M. Srinivasan
INDIAN JOURNAL OF GEO-MARINE SCIENCES
(2017)