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A Qualitative Assessment of an Innovative Suicide Prevention and Treatment Approach: Contextual-Conceptual Therapy

Mar 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-20-3242
Nitasha NagarajCorresponding author

Mental health and mental illness is a critical to a person’s overall health. In the United States alone, mental illness effects one in six adults. Furthermore, 40% of those individuals who die of suicide have been diagnosed with a mental health condition or illness. Yet, there is a paucity of resear…

The Fermi-Pasta-Ulam Quantum Recurrence in The Dynamics of an Elementary Physical Vacuum Cell and The Problem of its Polarization

Feb 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2642-3146.jec-20-3179
A. A Berezin.Corresponding author Independent researcher, Moscow, Russia

A model of a Quantum recurrence in the dynamics of an elementary physical vacuum cell within the framework of four coupled Shrodinger equations has been suggested. The model of an elementary vacuum cell shows that a Quantum recurrence which represents the dynamics of virtual transformations in the c…

Food Pyramid - The Principles of a Balanced Diet

Feb 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-20-3199
Monica BUTNARIUCorresponding author

The need to understand the relation of man to food, determines the existence of appropriate behavior as well as an attitude in accordance with the modalities that determine human development and evolution, under this structural aspect. A proper diet is the one that provides the amount of nutrients c…

Implementation of an Elemental Diet in Five Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder Presenting with Gastrointestinal Disease: A Brief Report

Feb 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-20-3181
Kelly BarnhillCorresponding author

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder characterized by impaired communication and social interaction. Children with ASD are frequently diagnosed with gastrointestinal (GI) issues, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), gastroesophageal reflux, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and…

Prevalence of Overconsumption of Salt and its Determinants – The Case of Southwestern Rural China

Feb 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-20-3162
Tony Ka chun YUNGCorresponding author

Aim Overconsumption of salt contributes to hypertension and increases the risks of cardiovascular diseases. Most studies that investigated salt intake by applying the Health belief model (HBM) have focused on urban settings. This study aims to identify the prevalence of salt overconsumption (>6 g pe…

Relationship Between the Immunodetection of Alpha-Smooth Muscle Actin and the Aggressiveness of Mammary Papillar Tumors in Female Dog

Dec 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-19-3101
Pamela Rodrigues Reina MoreiraCorresponding author

Papillary carcinoma is a mammary neoplasia of women and female dogs characterized by papillary fibrovascular projections lined by epithelial cells. Evaluation on the biology of these tumors can be done by immunohistochemistry through detection of alpha-smooth muscle actin protein in the papillary my…

MRI Study and Psychological Assessment in Children and Youth with Deviation Behaviour

Aug 2019
Irma KhachidzeCorresponding author

Objective Antisocial behavior (ASB) in children and youth is public health problem in Georgia. Nevertheless, there has been no systematic study the risk factors for ASB that could counteract on ASB development. To prevent ASB development and acceleration the understanding of biological (assessment o…

Self-Medication among Pregnant Women in Effutu and Agona West Municipalities of the Central Region of Ghana

Jul 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-19-2965
Fred Yao GbagboCorresponding author

Self-medication in pregnancy is a health concern in Ghana. We assessed the practice among 136 pregnant women in Effutu and Agona West Municipalities using facility-based, cross-sectional design and mixed method approach of data collection. Data analysis used SPSS and manual content analysis. Results…

Comparison of the Angular Compartment of Hip Flexion Before and After Training in 11 to 12-Year-old Soccer Players.

Jul 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2694-2283.jsem-19-2938
Jaime Hinzpeter CCorresponding author

An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is an important cause of rest in athletes. In most cases, ACL injuries do not require external contact and they are associated with biomechanical risk factors that increase ACL tension. The increase of the hip flexion angle (HF) is included within these. Th…

Effects of Involuntary Smoking and Vaping on the Cardiovascular System

Jun 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2690-0904.ijoe-19-2792
Manfred NeubergerCorresponding author

In deaths and diseases attributed to tobacco smoke cardiovascular events exceed cancer and respiratory diseases. Second hand smoke promotes the development of arteriosclerosis and can trigger acute changes of endothelial function and blood coagulability. Indoor smoking bans reduced coronary syndrome…

On the Role of Cholecystokinin (CCK) in Fear and Anxiety: A Review and Research Proposal

May 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2644-1101.jhp-19-2766
Francesco CrespiCorresponding author

Cholecystokinin (CCK) is found in high concentrations in cortical and limbic structures including the amygdala of rodents, and evidence has been gathered supporting a role for CCK in the neurobiology of anxiety. A variety of animal models have been used to study a central state of fear or anxiety, s…

Examination of Maternal Assets and Breast Milk Expression

May 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2644-0105.jbfb-19-2752
Yeon K. BaiCorresponding author

The proportion of mothers in the workforce has increased over the past 40 years. Examination of factors associated with a working/student mother’s milk expression is needed to provide effective lactation support. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of maternal assets in the relationshi…

Concomitant in Vivo Voltammetric and Electrophysiological Analysis Indicate that Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ Affects Dopamine and then Serotonin Activities in Brain Substancia Nigra.

Apr 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2578-8590.ipj-19-2772
Francesco CrespiCorresponding author

Nociceptin/orphanin-FQ (NOCI) together with its receptor NOP are widely expressed in cortical and subcortical motor areas and it is known that NOCI acts as an anxiolytic attenuating the behavioral inhibition of animals acutely exposed to stressful/anxiogenic conditions. Influence of NOCI upon the do…

A Feasibility Study of A Home-Based Program to Promote Perceived Adequate Milk

Mar 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2381-862X.jwrh-19-2617
Natsuko K WoodCorresponding author

Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of a home-based educational skill building program to support exclusive breastfeeding for mothers in the early postpartum period. Specific aims were to: (1) evaluate the effectiveness of the study’s recruitment strategy, comparing t…

Neurobiological Differences Between Aggression and Agitation in Persons with Dementia

Feb 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-18-2554
Ladislav VolicerCorresponding author

Background Controversy exists about definition of agitation and especially about inclusion of aggression as a part of agitation in people with dementia. Methods Papers describing neurobiological indices related to behavioral symptoms of dementia were reviewed. Papers comparing indices in persons exh…

Effect of Neosaxitoxin on Epidural Anesthesia in Cats: a Promising Alternative to Conventional Anesthetics

Feb 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2578-8590.ipj-19-2623
Jaime HinzpeterCorresponding author

Neosaxitoxin (NeoSTX) is a specific high-affinity inhibitor of voltage-dependent sodium channels, which has shown excellent results as a local anesthetic in various pathologies and post-operative protocols, since it effect is long-lasting and have virtually no side effects.The aim of this study was…

Laboratory Studies on the Host Preference of Cotton Mealybug ‘Phenacoccussolenopsis’ Tinsely (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Khartoum State, Sudan

Feb 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-18-2576
Abubaker Haroun Mohamed AdamCorresponding author

Cotton mealybug (Phenacoccussolenopsis) is a serious devastating pest which goes on a wide array of plant families. The pest spread all over the world from cool to dry hot regions. The main objective of this study was to investigate the food preference and behavior of P. solenopsis Tinseley (Hemipte…

Retinal and Cortical Contributions to Excessive V1 Neuron Firing Rate Variability in Schizophrenia: A Computational Modeling Analysis

Jan 2019

Excessive variability in behavioral performance and neuronal activation is a common finding in studies of schizophrenia. Recent evidence suggests that this may be due to an imbalance in the ratio of excitation to inhibition in brain function, or E/I imbalance. We used computational modeling of visua…

The Temporal World in Caregivers of Cancer Survivors: Intertextual Analysis of their Experiences about the Perception of Time Compared with Excerpts from the Book "Einstein's Dreams

Jan 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2640-690X.jfm-19-2604
Rafael VargasCorresponding author

Purpose: The perception of time and its measurements depend on subjective constructs that vary according to changes in health. The evidence has shown that cancer diagnosis induces new relationships with time in patients and caregivers. The purpose of this study was to propose a multifaceted view abo…

Modeling of Talent Acquisition for Organizational Development

Jan 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2643-2811.jmbr-18-2539
Sadique ShaikhCorresponding author

In this work, we try to explain the concept of human talent with the help of some equations and models, which are not generated by any one previously. Here we also trying to explain ‘human talent is not resources it’s itself one of the great sources to find out all possible resources’. Because we ca…

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