Accelerated construction of stress relief music datasets using CNN and the Mel-scaled spectrogram.

Listening to music is a crucial tool for relieving stress and promoting relaxation. However, the limited options available for stress-relief music do not cater to individual preferences, compromising its effectiveness. Traditional methods of curating stress-relief music rely heavily on measuring biological responses, which is time-consuming, expensive, and requires specialized measurement devices.

Effects of anxiety-related psychological states on music-induced analgesia in cold pressor pain responses.

Context: The analgesic effect of music has long been reported.

Objective: To assess how anxiety-related psychological states affect the analgesic effect of music using the cold pressor task (CPT).

Design: A 3-period × 3-sequence crossover design was adopted; three conditions were used: "no sound," "music-listening," and "news-listening.

The impact of Pain-related emotions on migraine.

The response to pain is highly individual and can be influenced by complex emotional perception. This study aims to investigate the status of the pain-related emotional response, and the influence on headache characteristics and disability in migraine. We studied the pain-related emotional response in 145 consecutive migraine patients using the Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale (PASS), the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS), and the Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire (PSQ) and compared them with 106 healthy controls.

The analgesic effect of music on cold pressor pain responses: The influence of anxiety and attitude toward pain.

Objective: The analgesic effect of music has been recognized for pain relief, but individual differences and adjuvant methods are poorly understood. This study employed a cold-pressor task (CPT) to observe the effects of music (without considering personal preferences) on pain experience and how this is affected by individuals' general (and pain-specific) anxiety symptomology.

Methods: Fifty participants were each presented with three conditions (randomized into different orders): music-listening, news-listening, and no sound (control).

Circadian variations in the clinical presentation of headaches among migraineurs: A study using a smartphone headache diary.

Unlabelled: Migraines occur within certain time frames. Nevertheless, information regarding circadian variation in the clinical presentation of migraine is limited. We investigated circadian variations in the clinical presentation of migraine using a smartphone headache diary (SHD).

Crossover clinical trial of pain relief in cataract surgery.

Purpose: To determine the effects of intra-operative Korean traditional music on pain experienced by Korean patients undergoing sequential bilateral cataract surgery.

Methods: This was a two-sequence, two-period, and two-treatment crossover study. Fifty-two patients with cataracts were divided into two groups by block randomization, and bilateral cataract surgery was performed.

Analysis of Trigger Factors in Episodic Migraineurs Using a Smartphone Headache Diary Applications.

Background: Various stimuli can trigger migraines in susceptible individuals. We examined migraine trigger factors by using a smartphone headache diary application.

Method: Episodic migraineurs who agreed to participate in our study downloaded smartphone headache diary application, which was designed to capture the details regarding headache trigger factors and characteristics for 3 months.

Microbial communities in the upper respiratory tract of patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Respiratory infections are well-known triggers of chronic respiratory diseases. Recently, culture-independent tools have indicated that lower airway microbiota may contribute to pathophysiologic processes associated with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the relationship between upper airway microbiota and chronic respiratory diseases remains unclear.

Missing data analysis in drug-naïve Alzheimer's disease with behavioral and psychological symptoms.

Purpose: To clarify the effects of missing values due to behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia (BPSD) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients on the neuropsychological tests, this study describes the pattern of missing values due to BPSD, and its influence on tests.

Materials And Methods: Drug-naïve probable AD patients (n=127) with BPSD and without BPSD (n=32) were assessed with Seoul Neuropsychological Screening Battery including measures of memory, intelligence, and executive functioning. Moreover, patients were rated on Korean Neuropsychiatry Inventory (K-NPI).

Characterization of the fungal microbiota (mycobiome) in healthy and dandruff-afflicted human scalps.

The human scalp harbors a vast community of microbial mutualists, the composition of which is difficult to elucidate as many of the microorganisms are not culturable using current culture techniques. Dandruff, a common scalp disorder, is known as a causative factor of a mild seborrheic dermatitis as well as pityriasis versicolor, seborrheic dermatitis, and atopic dermatitis. Lipophilic yeast Malassezia is widely accepted to play a role in dandruff, but relatively few comprehensive studies have been reported.

Bioequivalence trials with the incomplete 3 x 3 crossover design.

In bioequivalence trials, one often considers two or more generic products with the original one. The 3 x 3 crossover design can be adopted to evaluate the two generic candidates with a brand name drug, rather than conducting two separate 2 x 2 crossover trials. Dropouts, however, are more likely to occur due to various administrative reasons when we consider a higher order crossover design.

Average bioequivalence for two-sequence two-period crossover design with incomplete data.

A statistical procedure for analyzing a two-sequence two-period crossover design in bioequivalence trials is discussed when some observations at the second period are missing. The maximum likelihood estimators of the parameters in the average bioequivalence model are obtained under missing at random and a modified two one-sided test is proposed. The performances of the discussed test are compared using Monte Carlo simulations.