The stress experienced by parents at the time of diagnosis and hospitalization for their infant’s congenital heart defect (CHD) is well recognized by healthcare professionals. Increased parenting stress has been negatively correlated with development in low birthweight infants. The primary purpose of this study was to explore the parenting stress as experienced by parents of infants with CHD du...

Abstract Ocean warming is transforming the world’s coral reefs, which are governed by growth of marine calcifiers, most notably branching corals. Critical to skeletal corals’ regulation their internal chemistry promote calcification. Here we investigate effects temperature and light on calcifying fluid (using boron isotope systematics), calcification rates, metabolic rates photo-physiology Acro...

A rating procedure for respiratory disability has been developed; it entails measuring the symptom-limited maximal oxygen uptake or estimating the maximal uptake from the results of a submaximal exercise test and other relevant variables. The derivation assumes a linear scale of disability between the limits 0% and 100% which are defined. The percentage disability of 157 men with respiratory li...

Extensive research confirms that abiotic stressors like predation risk can profoundly affect animal condition. However, there is a lack of experimental assessing the suite physiological responses to risk. We increased in free-living plateau pikas ( Ochotona curzoniae ) by simulating natural chases using model predator (UAV: unmanned aerial vehicle) and monitored behavior, physiology, reproducti...

Adding a physiological representation to a cognitive architecture offers an attractive approach to modeling the effects of stress on cognition. We introduce ACT-R/Φ, an extended version of the ACT-R cognitive architecture that includes an integrative model of physiology. The extension allows the representation of how physiology and cognition interact. This substrate was used to represent potent...

loss of arable land and irrigation water quality was evident in many parts of the country in recent years, and certainly this non-living stress will be one of the main challenges various crop will be confronted. soil and water salinities’ effects on agricultural production can be studied from different aspects. physiological disturbances in nutrients’ absorption are one of the main disadvantage...

People with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) often have a comorbid history of stress and negative affect. Although the verbal-cognitive and (peripheral) physiological stress systems have shown a great degree of independence, at the same time it is claimed that chronic stress and negative affect can result in a disregulated physiological stress system, which may lead to MUS. Previous studies...

There is an increasing global concern about the availability of water for agricultural use. Drought stress negatively impacts plant physiology and crop productivity. Soybean (Glycine max) is one of the important oilseed crops, and its productivity is often reduced by drought. In this study, a commercial extract of Ascophyllum nodosum (ANE) was evaluated for its potential to alleviate drought st...

There is a growing scientific interest in the psychophysiological functioning of children living in low-socioeconomic status (SES) contexts, though this research is complicated by knowledge that physiology-behavior relations often operate differently in these environments among adults. Importantly, such research is made more difficult because SES may be a proxy for a wide range of risk factors ...