Neuroeconomically dissociable forms of mental accounting are altered in a mouse model of diabetes.

Those with diabetes mellitus are at high-risk of developing psychiatric disorders, especially mood disorders, yet the link between hyperglycemia and altered motivation has not been thoroughly explored. Here, we characterized value-based decision-making behavior of a streptozocin-induced diabetic mouse model on Restaurant Row, a naturalistic neuroeconomic foraging paradigm capable of behaviorally capturing multiple decision systems known to depend on dissociable neural circuits. Mice made self-paced choices on a daily limited time-budget, accepting or rejecting reward offers based on cost (delays cued by tone pitch) and subjective value (flavors), in a closed-economy system tested across months.

Assessing the Effect of Fatigue on Swallowing Function in Adults with Acute Stroke. A Pilot Study.

Objective: To determine if fatigue systematically effects the timing of swallowing events and to discuss underlying causes of fatigue other than peripheral neuromuscular fatigue.

Design: Pre-post within-subject repeated-measures design.

Setting: General acute care hospital and designated stroke center.

Dipolar wavevector interference induces a polar skyrmion lattice in strained BiFeO films.

Skyrmions can form regular arrangements, so-called skyrmion crystals (SkXs). A mode with multiple wavevectors q then describes the arrangement. While magnetic SkXs, which can emerge in the presence of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, are well established, polar skyrmion lattices are still elusive.

Meditation and guided imagery show reduction in chronic stress and increase in mental health-related quality of life for college students.

To explore the effects of guided imagery with progressive deep muscle relaxation (PDMR) and meditation programs on chronic stress perception and health related quality of life in college students. College students were recruited from a local private university in Northeast Pennsylvania. Participants were not concurrently enrolled in another weekly meditation class.

Battlefield Acupuncture Does Not Provide Additional Improvement in Pain When Combined With Standard Physical Therapy After Shoulder Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Introduction: Shoulder stabilization surgery is common among military personnel, causing severe acute postoperative pain that may contribute to the development of chronic pain, thereby reducing military readiness. Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA) has shown promise as a non-pharmaceutical intervention for acute postoperative pain. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of BFA combined with standard physical therapy on pain, self-reported mood, self-reported improvement, and medication use in patients after shoulder stabilization surgery.

The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy, Aerobic Fitness, and Traditional Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Injuries in Military Training: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Background: The United States military strives to prepare soldiers physically and mentally for war while preventing injury and attrition. Previous research has focused on physical injury risk factors but has not prospectively examined psychological risk factors.

Purpose: This study's purpose was to investigate whether self-efficacy is a risk factor for musculoskeletal injury in an initial military training environment and compare it to other known risk factors.

Ferroelectric Domain Wall Warp Memristor.

Domain walls are quasi-one-dimensional topological defects in ferroic materials, which can harbor emergent functionalities. In the case of ferroelectric domain wall (FEDW) devices, an exciting frontier has emerged: memristor-based information storage and processing approaches. Memristor solid-state FEDW devices presented thus far, however predominantly utilize a complex network of domain walls to achieve the desired regulation of density and charge state.

Planar network statistics for two-dimensional rupturing foams.

We conduct experiments on a class of two-dimensional semiwet foams generated through compressing a three-dimensional soap foam between two glass plates. To induce a spatially uniform rupturing process on foam boundaries, an additional plate is heated and placed on top of the unheated plates. For 30 separate foam samples, we record network statistics related to cell side numbers and areas as the foam coarsens over a half-minute.

The effects of telehealth running gait retraining on biomechanics, pain, and function in patients with lower extremity injuries: A randomized clinical trial.

Background: In-clinic gait retraining has been effective in modifying suspected biomechanical risk factors for running injury, but its feasibility is often limited by multiple clinic visits. This randomized clinical trial investigated the effects of a telehealth-based gait retraining intervention on running biomechanics, pain, and function in previously injured runners.

Methods: Twenty-three participants recovering from lower extremity injuries were randomized to a control or intervention group.

Muscle activity during multi-step descent.

Background: Previous step studies have shown mechanical variances across steps in descent; however, muscle activity differences have not been examined across steps in a staircase. The purpose of this study was to quantify differences in muscle activity during step descent between step strategies (step-over-step and step-match) and across steps.

Methods: Twenty-five individuals descended a seven-step staircase at self-selected pace (rise: 15.

Analysis of Ohio Nurses' Voting Behaviors 2020-2023.

This study provides baseline data for voting patterns and the political affiliation of licensed nurses (licensed practical nurses [LPNs], registered nurses [RNs], and advanced practice registered nurses [APRNs]) in Ohio for the November 2020, 2022, and 2023 general elections. Using two public databases (licensed nurses and registered voters), the findings for 73.7% of all licensed nurses registered to vote are reported, including 18,894 APRNs, 30,731 LPNs, and 137,353 RNs.

Migratory birds have a distinct haemosporidian community and are temporally decoupled from vector abundance at a stopover site.

Migratory animals likely play an important role in the geographic spread of parasites. In fact, a common assumption is that parasites are potentially transmitted by migratory animals at temporary stopover sites along migratory routes, yet very few studies have assessed whether transmission at stopover sites can or does occur. We investigated the potential for a group of vector-transmitted parasites, the avian haemosporidians, to be transmitted during migratory stopover periods at Rushton Woods Preserve in Pennsylvania, USA.

A principal-weighted penalized regression model and its application in economic modeling.

This paper introduces a novel Principal-Weighted Penalized (PWP) regression model, designed for dimensionality reduction in large datasets without sacrificing essential information. This new model retains the favorable features of the principal component analysis (PCA) technique and penalized regression models. It weighs the variables in a large data set based on their contributions to principal components identified by PCA, enhancing its capacity to uncover crucial hidden variables.

Soft robots and soft bodies: biological insights into the structure and function of fluidic soft robots.

Over the last two decades, robotics engineering has witnessed rapid growth in the exploration and development of soft robots. Soft robots are made of deformable materials with mechanical properties or other features that resemble biological structures. These robots are often inspired by living organisms or mimic their locomotion, such as crawling and swimming.

Complete genome sequence of type strain LMG 26424, a prosthecate bacterium isolated from the red alga .

is a dimorphic, prosthecate member of the family , order Caulobacterales, in the class Alphaproteobacteria, originally isolated from the red alga . Here we report the complete genome of type strain LMG 26424 (0 C-2-2) obtained by sequencing with Oxford Nanopore technology.

Complete genome sequence of marine prosthecate bacterium type strain JCM 15585.

is a dimorphic, prosthecate member of the family , order Caulobacterales, in the class Alphaproteobacteria. Here, we report the genome of type strain JCM 15585 (JC2236), sequenced with Oxford Nanopore Technology.

Complete genome sequence of type strain LMG 27140, a prosthecate bacterium isolated from an abyssal hydrothermal vent.

is a dimorphic, prosthecate member of the family , order Caulobacterales, in the class Alphaproteobacteria, originally isolated from an abyssal hydrothermal vent. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of type strain LMG 27140 (MCS33) obtained using Oxford Nanopore technology.

Mechanical properties of freestanding few-layer graphene/boron nitride/polymer heterostacks investigated with local and non-local techniques.

van der Waals two-dimensional materials and heterostructures combined with polymer films continue to attract research attention to elucidate their functionality and potential applications. This study presents the fabrication and mechanical testing of 2D material heterostacks, consisting of few-layer boron nitride and graphene heterostructures synthesized chemical vapor deposition, capped with a polymethyl methacrylate layer and suspended across ∼200 μm wide trenches using a combined wet-dry transfer method. The mechanical characterization of the heterostacks was performed using two independent approaches: (a) non-local testing with a custom-built tensile testing platform and (b) local load-displacement testing employing atomic force microscopy probes, complemented by finite element simulations.

Citizen science: Development of a low-cost magnetometer system for a coordinated space weather monitoring.

As part of Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) Personal Space Weather Station (PSWS) project, a low-cost, commercial off-the-shelf magnetometer has been developed to provide quantitative and qualitative measurements of the geospace environment from the ground for both scientific and operational purposes at a cost that will allow for crowd-sourced data contributions. The PSWS magnetometers employ a magneto-inductive sensor technology to record three-axis magnetic field variations with a field resolution of 3 nT at a 1 Hz sample rate. The measurement range of the sensor is nT) and is valid over a temperature range of -40 °C to +85 °C.

For preschoolers, word knowledge falls on a continuum: A novel framework for capturing the incremental process of word learning.

In gaining word knowledge, children's semantic representations are initially imprecise before becoming gradually refined. We developed and tested a framework for a digital receptive vocabulary assessment that captured varied levels of representation as children learn words. At pre-test and post-test, children selected one of four images to match a word's meaning: a correct target, a conceptually-related foil, a thematically-related foil, and a phonologically-similar foil.

Call to action: Blueprint for change in acute and critical care nursing.

Herein, we propose a blueprint for action to completely measure and recognize the care provided by acute and critical care nurses to be incorporated into policy that shapes and supports practice. We address the nature of nurses' work by identifying nine practice domains, hospital practice environment assumptions, and expected outcomes. Nurses' work, as a cross-system process, needs to be included in hospital-based core measures to fully reflect nurses' impact on patient care.

Are Psychological Variables and Time Since Surgery Related to Rotator Cuff Strength and Functional Performance in Cadets After Shoulder Stabilization Surgery?

Background: Traumatic shoulder instability is a common injury in the general population and the military. Surgical stabilization surgery reduces recurrence rates compared with nonsurgical management. Time since surgery is generally the primary measure of return to sport.