Publications by authors named "D Rahal"
College students use substances for varied reasons, including to cope with stress. The parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) regulates bodily functions to promote energy conservation (the 'rest and digest' response), and individuals differ in their physiological sensitivity to challenge. It remains unclear whether greater PNS responses (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/objectives: Dry eye disease (DED) is an exceedingly common diagnosis in patients, yet recent analyses have demonstrated patient education materials (PEMs) on DED to be of low quality and readability. Our study evaluated the utility and performance of three large language models (LLMs) in enhancing and generating new patient education materials (PEMs) on dry eye disease (DED).
Subjects/methods: We evaluated PEMs generated by ChatGPT-3.
Conflict and a lack of cohesive daily family relationships can negatively affect adolescent adjustment, although adolescents differ in how they respond (i.e., their emotional reactivity) to these daily experiences.
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- SUVmax is a commonly used but limited parameter in assessing malignant lung nodules, with other metrics like lean body mass-adjusted values potentially offering more reliability.
- A study of 567 patients with suspected lung tumors showed that 91% had primary lung tumors, predominantly adenocarcinomas, yet SUVmax struggled to differentiate between benign and malignant lesions effectively.
- Survival analysis indicated that while SUVmax correlated with factors like overall survival and tumor characteristics, it lacked independent prognostic value, raising doubts about its sole reliance in clinical settings.
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- * Among alcohol users, higher negative affect variability is linked to more frequent drinking, while both positive and negative variability are connected to drinking more intensely.
- * The study found no notable differences in affect variability between individuals who only use alcohol and those who also use cannabis, suggesting affect variability impacts alcohol use behavior universally.