Two New Pseudoscorpion Species of the Coastal Genus L. Koch, 1873 (Garypidae) and an Updated Checklist of the Pseudoscorpiones of Taiwan.

Pseudoscorpions are predatory microarthropods that feed on even smaller animals, such as mites and springtails. While these organisms are generally considered terrestrial and live in the leaf litter or under barks or rocks, some pseudoscorpions live in the intertidal area, including species in the genera , , and in the family Garypidae. This study describes two new species of the genus L.

Wireless neuromodulation in vitro and in vivo by intrinsic TRPC-mediated magnetomechanical stimulation.

Various magnetic deep brain stimulation (DBS) methods have been developing rapidly in the last decade for minimizing the invasiveness of DBS. However, current magnetic DBS methods, such as magnetothermal and magnetomechanical stimulation, require overexpressing exogeneous ion channels in the central nervous system (CNS). It is unclear whether magnetomechanical stimulation can modulate non-transgenic CNS neurons or not.

Influence of Changes in Obesity Indicators on the Risk of Hypertension: A Cohort Study in Southern China.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to demonstrate the association between changes in different obesity indicators and the risk of incident hypertension by the age-group among community-dwelling residents in southern China.

Methods: A total of 6,959 non-hypertensive participants aged ≥18 years old were enrolled in this cohort study and completed questionnaire interviews and anthropometric measurements at baseline (2010) and follow-up (2017). A time-dependent covariate Cox proportional hazard model considered the changes in obesity indicators during the follow-up period and calculated the hazard ratios (HRs) to analyze the risk of incident hypertension according to different obesity indicators.

Interaction of lipid accumulation product and family history of hypertension on hypertension risk: a cross-sectional study in the Southern Chinese population.

Objectives: This study aimed at investigating the applicability of a novel index based on waist circumference (WC) and triglyceride (TG) which was named lipid accumulation product (LAP) in the Southern Chinese population, and compared the predictive effects of LAP and other obesity indicators on hypertension risk. Moreover, this study investigated the interactive effects of LAP and family history of hypertension.

Methods: A total number of 2079 of community-dwelling adults in Southern China were enrolled in this cross-sectional study.

The mediating effect of pain on the association between multimorbidity and disability and impaired physical performance among community-dwelling older adults in southern China.

Aim: To investigate the association between multimorbidity and disability and impaired physical performance, and to further evaluate the mediating effect of physical pain in this association.

Methods: 1321 community-dwelling older adults, who were over 60 years old in southern China, were regarded as participants in this cross-sectional study. Subjects completed a multi-instrument questionnaire including essential characteristics and physical function assessments.

The association between multimorbidity and health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional survey among community middle-aged and elderly residents in southern China.

Background: Multimorbidity is common among the middle-aged and elderly residents. And it is associated to the reduction of health-related quality of life (HRQoL), including physical and psychological dimensions. However, there are few studies that have paid attention to the HRQoL of residents with multimorbidity in China.

Associations between objectively assessed physical fitness levels and sleep quality in community-dwelling elderly people in South China.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore associations between objectively assessed physical fitness levels and sleep quality in community-dwelling elderly people in South China.

Methods: One thousand one hundred thirty-six (504 males and 632 females) community-dwelling adults aged ≥ 50 years old in Dongguan City, South China, were included in the cross-sectional study. All the participants were asked to complete all prepared multi-instrument questionnaire, including the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (Chinese version), for the assessment of the sleep quality and information regarding socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle, and physical health data.