Prospective pilot study of the Three Good Things positive psychology intervention in short-term stay hospitalised patients.

Background: The 'Three Good Things' (3GT) positive psychology protocol developed at Duke University has been shown to decrease depressive symptoms and emotional exhaustion in healthcare providers. Whether hospitalised patients may also benefit from the 3GT protocol has not previously been explored.

Objectives: To determine the impact and efficacy of the 3GT protocol with hospitalised patients experiencing serious/chronic illness.

Prospective pilot study of the Three Good Things positive psychology intervention in short-term stay hospitalised patients.

Background: The 'Three Good Things' (3GT) positive psychology protocol developed at Duke University has been shown to decrease depressive symptoms and emotional exhaustion in healthcare providers. Whether hospitalised patients may also benefit from the 3GT protocol has not previously been explored.

Objectives: To determine the impact and efficacy of the 3GT protocol with hospitalised patients experiencing serious/chronic illness.

Age-Related Changes in Malaria Clinical Phenotypes During Infancy Are Modified by Sickle Cell Trait.

Background: Infants are protected against Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Mechanisms that drive this protection remain unclear due to a poor understanding of malaria clinical phenotypes during infancy.

Methods: We enrolled a birth cohort of 678 infants in Busia, Uganda, an area of high malaria transmission.

Two-Site Internally Cooperative Mechanism for Enzyme Kinetics in a Hydrogel Forming Recombinant Protein.

A recombinant protein, ATCTA, consisting of three domains, α-helix (A), thrombin cleavage site (T), and water-soluble coil (C), forms hydrogels via the self-association of its flanking α-helices into tetrameric bundles, which act as cross-links for the hydrogel network. In the presence of thrombin, the hydrogel degrades due to the thrombin cleavage sites. To better understand the proteolysis reaction in ATCTA, we performed a series of kinetic experiments on the proteins ATC, CTA, CTATC, and ATCTA.

Development and validation of a novel pedometer algorithm to quantify extended characteristics of the locomotor behavior of dairy cows.

Behavior is one of the most important indicators for assessing cattle health and well-being. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a novel algorithm to monitor locomotor behavior of loose-housed dairy cows based on the output of the RumiWatch pedometer (ITIN+HOCH GmbH, Fütterungstechnik, Liestal, Switzerland). Data of locomotion were acquired by simultaneous pedometer measurements at a sampling rate of 10 Hz and video recordings for manual observation later.