Keeping Active with Texting after Stroke (KATS): a single-arm feasibility and acceptability study of a behavioural intervention to promote community-based physical activity after stroke rehabilitation.

Objectives: To test the feasibility and acceptability of a text-message-delivered behavioural intervention to promote and maintain physical activity and recovery after stroke rehabilitation.

Design: A single-arm acceptability and feasibility study.

Setting: Community rehabilitation services in two Health Board areas in Scotland.

Divergent Population Trends of Two Sympatric Auk Species in the Rapidly Warming Gulf of Maine.

Rapidly warming global temperatures are having a widespread influence on wildlife communities across taxa, with southern-edge populations often experiencing the greatest negative impacts. However, sympatric species may exhibit divergent demographic responses due to differences in life history strategies and niche separation. We used integrated population models to estimate abundance, survival, and productivity for Atlantic Puffins and Razorbills nesting at the southern edge of their breeding range in the rapidly warming Gulf of Maine.

Colour tuneability of heteroleptic iridium complexes through second-sphere coordination.

Novel H-bond-rich iridium(iii) complexes with different systems of cyclometalating ligands bearing the general formula [Ir(C^N)(N^N)] were synthesised, characterised and their photophysical properties determined. The incorporated guanidine moieties allow us to introduce a hydrogen-bonding array for the formation of self-assembled iridium-bound hydrogen-bonded systems. Through a series of experimental and computational studies we demonstrated the host-guest chemistry of these systems.

The complex effects of modern oncogenic environments on the fitness, evolution and conservation of wildlife species.

Growing evidence indicates that human activities are causing cancer rates to rise in both human and wildlife populations. This is due to the inability of ancestral anti-cancer defences to cope with modern environmental risks. The evolutionary mismatch between modern oncogenic risks and evolved cancer defences has far-reaching effects on various biological aspects at different timeframes, demanding a comprehensive study of the biology and evolutionary ecology of the affected species.

A confirmatory factor analysis of a revised motives for playing drinking games (MPDG-33) scale among university students in the United States.

Aim: Participating in a drinking game (DG) is common practice among university students and can increase students' risk for heavy drinking. Given the theoretical link between motivations to drink and alcohol use, careful consideration should be given to students' motivations to play DGs. In this study, we examined the factor structure, internal consistency, and concurrent validity of a revised version of the motives for playing drinking games (MPDG) scale, the MPDG-33.

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Assets-based feeding help Before and After birth (ABA-feed) for improving breastfeeding initiation and continuation: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (Version 3.0).

Introduction: Breastfeeding has health benefits for infants and mothers, yet the UK has low rates with marked social inequalities. The Assets-based feeding help Before and After birth (ABA) feasibility study demonstrated the acceptability of a proactive, assets-based, woman-centred peer support intervention, inclusive of all feeding types, to mothers, peer supporters and maternity services. The ABA-feed study aims to assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the ABA-feed intervention compared with usual care in first-time mothers in a full trial.

Changes in EEG alpha-band power during prehension indicates neural motor drive inhibition.

Changes in alpha band activity (8-12 Hz) indicate the downregulation of brain regions during cognitive tasks, reflecting real-time cognitive load. Despite this, its feasibility to be used in a more dynamic environment with ongoing motor corrections has not been studied. This research used electroencephalography (EEG) to explore how different brain regions are engaged during a simple grasp and lift task where unexpected changes to the object's weight or surface friction are introduced.

COVID-19 and tobacco products use among US adults, 2021 National Health Interview Survey.

Background: Smoking and vaping are linked to lung inflammation and lowered immune response.

Objective: Examine the prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, testing, symptoms, and vaccine uptake, and associations with tobacco product use.

Methods: Data came from the 2021 National Health Interview Survey.

Nursing students' experiences of a post-licensure practical nurse bridging program: a qualitative systematic review.

Objective: The objective of this systematic review was to synthesize qualitative evidence on students' experiences of a post-licensure practical nurse to registered nurse bridging program.

Introduction: A worldwide shortage of registered nurses has prompted governments and educational institutions to develop alternate pathways to nursing licensure. One strategy used to increase the supply of registered nurses is bridging programs.

The Curiosity Rover's Exploration of Glen Torridon, Gale Crater, Mars: An Overview of the Campaign and Scientific Results.

The Mars Science Laboratory rover, , explored the clay mineral-bearing Glen Torridon region for 1 Martian year between January 2019 and January 2021, including a short campaign onto the Greenheugh pediment. The Glen Torridon campaign sought to characterize the geology of the area, seek evidence of habitable environments, and document the onset of a potentially global climatic transition during the Hesperian era. roved 5 km in total throughout Glen Torridon, from the Vera Rubin ridge to the northern margin of the Greenheugh pediment.

WeWalk: walking with a buddy after stroke-a pilot study evaluating feasibility and acceptability of a person-centred dyadic behaviour change intervention.

Background: Evidence for benefits of physical activity after stroke is unequivocal. However, many people with stroke are inactive, spending > 80% of waking hours sedentary even when they have physical capacity for activity, indicating barriers to physical activity participation that are not physical. WeWalk is a 12-week person-centred dyadic behaviour change intervention in which a person with stroke (PWS) and a walking buddy form a dyad to work together to support the PWS to increase their physical activity by walking outdoors.

The plastomes of and evolved dissimilar architectures after the loss of photosynthesis.

The loss of photosynthesis in land plants and algae is typically associated with parasitism but can also occur in free-living species, including chlamydomonadalean green algae. The plastid genomes (ptDNAs) of colorless chlamydomonadaleans are surprisingly diverse in architecture, including highly expanded forms ( and ) as well as outright genome loss ( species). Here, we explore the ptDNAs of (SAG 62-27; formerly known as ) and (SAG 62-1c), each representing independent losses of photosynthesis within the Chlamydophyceae.

Psychological consequences and the related factors among COVID-19 survivors in southeastern Iran.

Introduction: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a new viral disease that has spread rapidly worldwide since December 2019 and there is no effective treatment for it. The current study aimed to investigate the psychological consequences and related factors among COVID-19 survivors.

Methods: This descriptive analytical study was conducted on 152 patients with COVID-19 referred to referral hospitals in southeastern Iran in 2020.

Distance decay 2.0 - A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities.

Aim: Understanding the variation in community composition and species abundances (i.e., β-diversity) is at the heart of community ecology.

Central Metabolism and Growth Rate Impacts on Hydrogen and Carbon Isotope Fractionation During Amino Acid Synthesis in .

Compound specific stable isotope analysis (CSIA) of amino acids from bacterial biomass is a newly emerging powerful tool for exploring central carbon metabolism pathways and fluxes. By comparing isotopic values and fractionations relative to water and growth substrate, the impact of variable flow path for metabolites through different central metabolic pathways, perturbations of these paths, and their resultant consequences on intracellular pools and resultant biomass may be elucidated. Here, we explore the effects that central carbon metabolism and growth rate can have on stable hydrogen (δH) and carbon (δC) compound specific isotopic values of amino acids, and whether diagnostic isotopic fingerprints are revealed by these paired analyses.

Orbital and In-Situ Investigation of Periodic Bedrock Ridges in Glen Torridon, Gale Crater, Mars.

Gale crater, the field site for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, contains a diverse and extensive record of aeolian deposition and erosion. This study focuses on a series of regularly spaced, curvilinear, and sometimes branching bedrock ridges that occur within the Glen Torridon region on the lower northwest flank of Aeolis Mons, the central mound within Gale crater. During Curiosity's exploration of Glen Torridon between sols ∼2300-3080, the rover drove through this field of ridges, providing the opportunity for in situ observation of these features.

Examining the role of sex on the benefits of muscle-strengthening activities for people living with obesity: A cross-sectional study.

Aims: To investigate the correlations between meeting the muscle-strengthening activities guideline, body fat %, and mortality for individuals living with obesity and to explore if these correlations are moderated by sex.

Methods: Data from 3915 adults ‎(51.9% women; 48.

We Walk: a person-centred, dyadic behaviour change intervention to promote physical activity through outdoor walking after stroke-an intervention development study.

Objectives: To develop We Walk, a theoretically informed, 12-week person-centred dyadic behaviour change intervention to increase physical activity (PA) in community-dwelling people with stroke (PWS) through outdoor walking.

Design: Three-phase intervention development study. Phase 1: we reviewed literature on barriers and facilitators to PA after stroke and mapped them to the Behaviour Change Wheel and Theoretical Domains Framework to define intervention components.

3D hollow-structured hydrogels with editable macrostructure, function, and mechanical properties induced by segmented adjustments.

Currently, it is challenging to prepare uniform hollow-structured hydrogels with tailorable comprehensive properties. Herein, making full use of the different gelation routes of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), we propose a distinctive two-stage method for preparing hollow-structured hydrogels, which is to arrange the microstructure of the hydrogel through segmented adjustment. The mechanical properties, macrostructure, and functions of the obtained hollow hydrogel can be easily designed and edited.

Hospital-based patient navigation programmes for patients who experience injury-related trauma and their caregivers: a scoping review protocol.

Introduction: Patients who experience injury-related trauma tend to have complex care needs and often require support from many different care providers. Many patients experience gaps in care while in the hospital and during transitions in care. Providing access to integrated care can improve outcomes for these patients.

Detecting COVID-19-Related Fake News Using Feature Extraction.

Since its emergence in December 2019, there have been numerous posts and news regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in social media, traditional print, and electronic media. These sources have information from both trusted and non-trusted medical sources. Furthermore, the news from these media are spread rapidly.