Peripheral microvessel area better predicts the severity of coronary stenosis of acute myocardial infarction patients over pulse wave velocity.

Microvascular obstruction (MVO) is linked with adverse clinical outcome in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients, therefore, early prediction of MVO with non-invasive peripheral microcirculation is crucial in facilitating optimal treatment. Current study aims to analyze the significance of opisthenar microvessel area (OMA, measured using optical coherence tomography, OCT) in predicting coronary stenosis (Gensini score, GS) and short-term cardiac recovery of ACS patients and the results were compared to those of arterial stiffness parameters (Pulse Wave Velocity, PWV; Ankle-Brachial Index; ABI). Results showed that cardiac functional parameters (e.

Behavioral evidence for global consciousness transcending national parochialism.

While national parochialism is commonplace, individual differences explain more variance in it than cross-national differences. Global consciousness (GC), a multi-dimensional concept that includes identification with all humanity, cosmopolitan orientation, and global orientation, transcends national parochialism. Across six societies (N = 11,163), most notably the USA and China, individuals high in GC were more generous allocating funds to the other in a dictator game, cooperated more in a one-shot prisoner's dilemma, and differentiated less between the ingroup and outgroup on these actions.

Continuities and discontinuities in the cultural evolution of global consciousness.

Global consciousness (GC), encompassing cosmopolitan orientation, global orientations (i.e. openness to multicultural experiences) and identification with all humanity, is a relatively stable individual difference that is strongly associated with pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours, less ingroup favouritism and prejudice, and greater pandemic prevention safety behaviours.

Enlargement of opisthenar microcirculatory area predicts impaired heart function in severe acute coronary syndrome patients.

Background: Impaired microcirculation in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients manifests inadequate recovery and adverse clinical outcome. Here, we analyzed correlations between peripheral microcirculation and heart function in ACS patients.

Methods: Opisthenar microvessel area (OMA) were measured with optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA), cardiac functional indexes (echocardiograph) were assessed 48-72 h after therapeutic interventions.

Social-Emotional Development of Children in Asia: A Systematic Review.

There has been growing interest in the social-emotional development of children. However, the social-emotional development of children in Asia remains a knowledge gap. This systematic review identifies and summarizes existing studies on children's social-emotional development in Asia.

The effect of strategy game types on inhibition.

Past studies have shown evidence of transfer of learning in action video games, less so in other types, e.g. strategy games.

Improving Ion Selectivity of 1,4,7-Triazacyclononane-Based Receptor by Zinc Coordination: "Turn-On" Chemosensor for Br and Fe Ions.

Ion-responsive probes have gathered significant attention because of health and environmental factors, but there are few reports on the "turn-on" mechanism of Fe and sensitive detection of Br by fluorescence measurement. Herein, a green luminescence material, -5-acetyl-2-hydroxy-benzamide-1,4,7-triazacyclononane (btacn), was successfully synthesized for the first time and comprehensively characterized. As expected, btacn exhibits high sensitive, but nonspecific, extensive interaction with Cu, Co, Zn, Mn, and Fe ions.

Association of Stress, Mental Health, and Gene Polymorphisms with Cardiometabolic Risk in Chinese Malaysian Adults.

Gene-environment (G × E) interactions involving job stress and mental health on risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) are minimally explored. This study examined the association and G × E interaction effects of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 () gene polymorphisms (rs1870377, rs2071559) on cardiometabolic risk in Chinese Malaysian adults. Questionnaires: Job Stress Scale (JSS); Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21); and Rhode Island Stress and Coping Inventory (RISCI) were used to measure job stress, mental health, and coping with perceived stress.

Influencing preferences for different types of causal explanation of complex events.

Objective: We examined preferences for different forms of causal explanations for indeterminate situations. Background: Klein and Hoffman distinguished several forms of causal explanations for indeterminate, complex situations: single-cause explanations, lists of causes, and explanations that interrelate several causes. What governs our preferences for single-cause (simple) versus multiple- cause (complex) explanations?

Method: In three experiments, we examined the effect of target audience, explanatory context, participant nationality, and explanation type.

Psychometric properties of the coronary heart disease scale of the quality-of-life instruments for chronic diseases (QLICD-CHD): an application to Cantonese patients.

The purpose of this study was to validate the applicability of our proposed disease-specific questionnaire to Cantonese coronary heart disease (CHD) patients. During the investigation from August 2010 to March 2012, 1000 Cantonese inpatients were recruited. The reliability of the scale was judged by the internal consistency, and the content and construct validity were assessed by using Pearson correlation and confirmatory factor analysis, respectively.

[Identification of gene functional modules shared by cancers based on biclustering].

Pleiotropy is a common phenomenon in the genetics of cancers, which is rarely systematically evaluated. A novel idea for identifying shared gene functional modules using biclustering was proposed in this paper to explore the common molecular mechanisms among cancers and the relationships between different types of cancers. Gene expression datasets for 20 cancers were obtained.

Cultural differences in cognition: Rosetta Phase I.

Cultural differences in cognition are important during multinational commercial, military, and humanitarian operations. The Rosetta Project addresses definition and measurement of key cognitive dimensions. Six potential diagnostic measures related to Analytic-Holistic reasoning were assessed: the Exclusion Task, the Attribution Complexity Scale, the Syllogism Task, Categorization, the Framed Line Test, and the Facial Expression Task.

Guilt in young children: development, determinants, and relations with a broader system of standards.

In this comprehensive study of the early development of guilt, 106 children were observed in laboratory paradigms in which they were led to believe that they had damaged valuable objects, during two separate sessions at each of the assessments at 22, 33, and 45 months. The behavioral and affective components of guilt cohered significantly across the sessions, converged with each other, were stable across all the assessments, and corresponded modestly with maternal reports. Most components decreased with age, except for bodily tension, which increased.