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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Markus Kiefer, Verena Fruehauf, Thomas Kammer
Summary: By comparing subjective and objective awareness measurements under different stimulus features and contrast levels, researchers found a similar pattern of thresholds for both objective and subjective measurements of awareness. This suggests that objective performance measures and subjective ratings can provide similar information about the content of perceptual experiences.
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Economics
Raj Bridgelall
Summary: This research relates the subjective ratings of roughness from regular bus passengers to objective measures of roughness using smartphones. The findings show that passengers can distinguish extreme values of roughness but not intermediate values. Ratings are less distinguishable for smoother rides than for rougher rides. The experiments also reveal a phenomenon of roughness acclimation from regular users of a road segment.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Christopher Morse, Gladys Onambele-Pearson, Bryn Edwards, Sze Choong Wong, Matthew F. Jacques
Summary: Poor sleep quality is common in MD patients, with 25-81% reporting sleep impairment. Associations were found between sleep impairment and fatigue severity, highlighting the need for further research in this area.
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Urban Studies
Waishan Qiu, Wenjing Li, Xun Liu, Ziye Zhang, Xiaojiang Li, Xiaokai Huang
Summary: Recently, there has been a trend in housing price studies to use street view imagery and hedonic price models to infer the marginal price of streetscape. While most studies have taken an objective approach, this study argues for the importance of subjective perceptions in predicting housing prices. Using Shanghai as a case study, the authors found that subjective scores collectively explained equal price variance compared to objective measures, and subjective scores exhibited stronger strength individually. This study contributes to the understanding of subjective and objective measures of perceptions and environmental qualities, and provides guidance for assessing, designing, and managing street environments.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
A. Bellazzi, L. Danza, A. Devitofrancesco, M. Ghellere, F. Salamone
Summary: Innovative systems like Artificial Skylights (AS) have been developed to replicate natural light, with similarities and differences compared to daylight. Both AS and daylight offer positives like pleasantness and circadian stimuli, but also negatives like glare perception. Workstations receiving diffuse light from AS were found to be the most comfortable and efficient.
JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Katherine S. F. Damme, Richard P. Sloan, Matthew N. Bartels, Alara Ozsan, Luz H. Ospina, David Kimhy, Vijay A. Mittal
Summary: The study found that CHR youth's self-report items did not align with objective fitness indices, but specific exercise behaviors showed stronger correlations with objective fitness measurements. Exploratory analyses suggested that symptoms related to errors in self-perception, indicating the importance of considering unique population clinical characteristics when using self-report data.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Marta Garaulet, Barbara Vizmanos, Teresa Muela, Alejandra Betancourt-Nunez, Maria-angeles Bonmati-Carrion, Celine Vetter, Hassan S. Dashti, Richa Saxena, Frank A. J. L. Scheer
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between being an evening type and reporting emotional eating behaviors. The results showed that evening types had higher scores on emotional eating and were more likely to be emotional eaters. They also scored higher on disinhibition/overeating and food craving factors. A meta-analysis revealed that being an evening type was associated with a higher score on emotional eating. Furthermore, individuals with late dim-light melatonin onset showed higher scores on emotional eating.
Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Sophie S. Jang, Janet S. Choi, James H. Kim, Natalie Kim, Elisabeth H. Ference
Summary: The study found that the majority of participants correctly classified impairment of smell and taste, with older age associated with underreporting smell impairment. Persistent cold symptoms were linked to overreporting smell impairment. However, no factors were associated with under- or overreporting of taste impairment.
OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Wenxiu Gao, Yuting Qian, Hanzhe Chen, Zhenqian Zhong, Min Zhou, Fatemeh Aminpour
Summary: This study proposes an approach to assess sidewalk walkability by separating the influences of different features and quantifying context-based features. It integrates sidewalk quality with neighborhood walkability to assess overall sidewalk walkability.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2022)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Beatriz Arakawa Martins, Danielle Taylor, Helen Barrie, Jarrod Lange, Kareeann Sok Fun Kho, Renuka Visvanathan
Summary: The study found that frailty in older adults is associated with neighborhood characteristics such as residential density, traffic safety, green cover, and crime rate. Strategies to address frailty should consider the impact of the neighborhood environment.
ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS
(2021)
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Pediatrics
Sabrina Gmuca, Maitry Sonagra, Rui Xiao, Elizabeth Mendoza, Kimberly S. Miller, Nina H. Thomas, Jami F. Young, Pamela F. Weiss, David D. Sherry, Jeffrey S. Gerber
Summary: Adolescents with fibromyalgia predominantly experience subjective dyscognition but more than 1/3 also experience objective dyscognition. Subjective dyscognition is independently associated with functional disability and anxiety.
FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS
(2022)
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Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Huijun Wen, IpKin Anthony Wong, Seongseop (Sam) Kim, Frank Badu-Baiden, Kate Mingjie Ji
Summary: This study develops a multilevel framework that connects customer-to-customer interaction quality to brand attachment through customer experience, shedding new light on the effects of food traits and service on the experience creation process. The research reveals the cross-level moderated mediating effect of customer experience on customer emotional connection to a restaurant brand, contributing to the brand attachment literature.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Maria Dolores Hinchado, Eduardo Otero, Isabel Galvez, Leticia Martin-Cordero, Maria del Carmen Navarro, Eduardo Ortega
Summary: The aim of the study was to determine if the poor perceived sleep quality in FM patients could be corroborated by objective physiological determinations. The study found that FM patients reported poorer subjective sleep quality compared to the reference group, but there were no significant differences in objective determinations. The dysregulation of the stress response in FM patients may be associated with the delay in their resting circadian rhythm and difficulty falling asleep.
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Oncology
Michael Larsen, Fan He, Yuka Imamura Kawasawa, Arthur Berg, Alexandros N. Vgontzas, Duanping Liao, Edward O. Bixler, Julio Fernandez-Mendoza
Summary: The onset of puberty is associated with a shift in sleep timing, and genes and DNA methylation play a role in this shift. DNA methylation in genes related to circadian regulation, cardiometabolic disorders, and neuropsychiatric disorders is associated with sleep initiation in adolescents. These findings have implications for early detection and prevention of sleep disorders.
CLINICAL EPIGENETICS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Genoa R. Warner, Diana C. Pacyga, Rita S. Strakovsky, Rebecca Smith, Tamarra James-Todd, Paige L. Williams, Russ Hauser, Daryl D. Meling, Zhong Li, Jodi A. Flaws
Summary: The study revealed associations between phthalates and hot flashes in midlife women, suggesting a potential impact on hot flash risk. Factors such as menopause status, BMI, race/ethnicity, and depressive symptoms may influence these associations.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)