Holiday Weight Change in a US College Student Sample: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.

Objective: The November through January holiday period is often thought to produce weight gain, coined "holiday weight gain." While this trend has been documented among early to midlife adults, it is less certain whether college students experience similar levels of weight gain during this period, as they undergo lifestyle changes (e.g.

Correlation of Two-Minute and Six-Minute Walk Tests With Spirometric Indices in Patients With Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease at a Selected Tertiary Care Hospital in Puducherry.

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive respiratory condition characterised by airflow limitation and reduced exercise capacity. The Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) and Two-Minute Walk Test (2MWT) are commonly used to assess functional exercise capacity in COPD patients. This study aims to evaluate the correlation between the distance covered in the 2MWT and 6MWT with spirometric indices (such as Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV₁), Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), and FEV₁/FVC) in COPD patients.

Leveraging a Global Partnership to Address COVID-19-Related Mental Health Challenges.

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected nurses globally. As frontline workers, nurses faced increased responsibilities amid challenges such as isolation, infection risks, family obligations and disrupted social support systems. Coping with these challenges was associated with adverse mental health outcomes.

Neuromyelitis Optica Presenting as Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgia-Trigeminal Neuralgia (Tic) Overlap.

A 32-year-old lady presented with acute paroxysmal facial pain in the V1-V2 distribution, lower cranial nerve dysfunction, and mild long-tract neurological signs. Paroxysmal facial pain with features of trigeminal autonomic cephalgia (TAC) and trigeminal neuralgia (TN) (Tic) was the unique presentation in this case, explained by involvement of the somatotopically arranged spinal trigeminal nucleus. She had two attacks of area postrema syndrome (APS) preceding the current symptoms, evaluated as a gastroenterological disorder, causing a delay in imaging and AQP4-seropositive diagnosis of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD).

Bio-Hash Secured Hardware e-Health Record System.

Dual securing strategy for all-hardware e-Health Record System is designed and developed for improved security and reduced Hardware Execution Time (HET). A compact novel Hashed Minutiae Random Fusion (HMRF) logic enables to achieve high irreversibility and increased non-reconstruction capability of the bio-template based Bio-Hash key. AES encryption of the patient's health data during Write mode and decryption during View mode are seamlessly performed through the lively generated key, yielding low HET through optimized slack.