The association between physical activity and cognitive function in the elderly in rural areas of northern China.

Background: Physical activity plays an important role in cognitive function in older adults, and the threshold effect and saturation effect between physical activity and cognitive function are unclear.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the threshold effect and saturation effect between physical activity and cognitive function in the elderly.

Methods: The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was used to measure moderate-intensity physical activity and vigorous-intensity physical activity and total physical activity in older adults.

Remaining useful lifetime estimation for discrete power electronic devices using physics-informed neural network.

Estimation of Remaining Useful Lifetime (RUL) of discrete power electronics is important to enable predictive maintenance and ensure system safety. Conventional data-driven approaches using neural networks have been applied to address this challenge. However, due to ignoring the physical properties of the target RUL function, neural networks can result in unreasonable RUL estimates such as going upwards and wrong endings.

Health warning based on 3R ECG Sample's combined features and LSTM.

Most researches use the fixed-length sample to identify ECG abnormalities based on MIT ECG dataset, which leads to information loss. To address this problem, this paper proposes a method for ECG abnormality detection and health warning based on ECG Holter of PHIA and 3R-TSH-L method. The 3R-TSH-L method is implemented by:(1) getting 3R ECG samples using Pan-Tompkins method and using volatility to obtain high-quality raw ECG data; (2) extracting combination features including time-domain features, frequency domain features and time-frequency domain features; (3) using LSTM for classification, training and testing the algorithm based on the MIT-BIH dataset, and obtaining relatively optimal features as spliced normalized fusion features including kurtosis, skewness and RR interval time domain features, STFT-based sub-band spectrum features, and harmonic ratio features.

The Association of Calcium Signaling Pathway Gene Variants, Bone Mineral Density and Mild Cognitive Impairment in Elderly People.

The association of calcium signaling pathway gene variants, bone mineral density (BMD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is poorly understood so far. A total of 878 participants from Qingdao city were recruited in this study. According to the candidate gene selection method, 58 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in eight calcium signaling genes were selected.

The Chain-Mediating Effect of Obesity, Depressive Symptoms on the Association between Dietary Quality and Cardiovascular Disease Risk.

In order to explore the relationship between the Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2015) and cardiovascular disease (CVD), and the mediating role of obesity and depressive symptoms, we used the data from the 2011-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for further study. A total of 12,644 participants were included in the study. The HEI was derived using NHANES personal food data and USDA Food Pattern Equivalence Database (FPED) dietary data.

The chain mediating role of C-reactive protein and triglyceride-glucose index between lung function and cognitive function in a systemic low-grade inflammation state.

Objectives: This study examined whether serum C-reactive protein (CRP) level and triglyceride-glucose index (TyG) explained the association between lung function and subsequent cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults with a systemic low-grade inflammation state.

Design: A prospective cohort study.

Setting And Participants: The sample consisted of 1, 742 participants recruited from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA).

Sugar-sweetened beverages consumption is associated with worse cognitive functions in older adults: from the national health and nutrition examination survey and food patterns equivalents database.

This study aimed to investigate the association between sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) consumption (including individual SSB) and cognitive function from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and Food Patterns Equivalents Database (FPED) and whether it is age-dependent. Older adults aged 60 years old and over were included during the NHANES 2011-2014. SSB consumption was defined as the amount of added sugar obtained by connecting the NHANES and FPED.

The Relationship between Alternative Healthy Diet Index and Cognitive Function in the Older Adults: The Mediating Effect of Depressive Symptoms.

This study aimed to investigate the association between the alternative healthy eating index-2010 (AHEI-2010) with cognitive function and the mediating role of depressive symptoms in older adults using the data from the 2011-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The AHEI-2010 was calculated from NHANES individual food data and Food Patterns Equivalents Database (FPED) diet data. Cognitive function was assessed by the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's disease (CERAD, memory function indicator), Word Learning sub-test, digital symbol substitution test (DSST, processing speed indicator), animal fluency test (AFT, executive function indicator), and the comprehensive z-score (global cognition indicator).

Combined association of depressive symptoms and sugar-sweetened beverages consumption with low cognitive performance.

Background: The combined association of depressive symptoms and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) consumption with low cognitive performance is poorly understood so far.

Methods: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-2014 and Food Patterns Equivalents Database was used. Depressive symptoms were identified using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9.

Redundancy Reduction for Sensor Deployment in Prosthetic Socket: A Case Study.

The irregular pressure exerted by a prosthetic socket over the residual limb is one of the major factors that cause the discomfort of amputees using artificial limbs. By deploying the wearable sensors inside the socket, the interfacial pressure distribution can be studied to find the active regions and rectify the socket design. In this case study, a clustering-based analysis method is presented to evaluate the density and layout of these sensors, which aims to reduce the local redundancy of the sensor deployment.

The Mediation Role of the Risk of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Relationship between Lutein and Zeaxanthin and Cognitive Functions among Older Adults in the United States.

Background: Previous studies showed lutein and zeaxanthin (L and Z) may influence cognitive function by different mechanisms. Our study aimed to be the first to examine whether the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) mediated the possible association between the dietary intake of L and Z and cognitive function.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of participants aged 60 years or over in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2014.