BACKGROUND Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages worldwide and the effect on cognition appears to be task specific and vary by age. METHOD In cohort of 14,563 public service workers (35-74 years old) we assessed coffee consumption habits and examined cognitive function using standardized neuropsychological test battery. By linear regression and generalize linear regression with logarit...

Background: Menstrual cups have been available for decades, but their use in India is limited because of the popularity sanitary pads. are a safe and feasible alternative to more widely used napkins. Objective this study was assess menstrual cup awareness among female medical college students.Methods: A cross sectional conducted on 389 undergraduate students, which 355 students responded after ...

The aesthetic aspects of products have become crucial factors in achieving higher consumer satisfaction. This study deals with evaluation of commercial products according to the Kansei, which is an individual subjective impression reflecting the aesthetic appeal of products. To do so, we have proposed a three-phase group nonadditive multiattribute Kansei evaluation model. Particularly, a novel ...

Children aged 4 to 7 years (N = 120) played four rounds of a find-the-sticker game. For each round, an informant looked into two cups and made a claim about which cup held a sticker. At the end of each round, children guessed the sticker’s location, and then the sticker’s actual location was revealed. For three of the rounds, the informant accurately reported the sticker’s location. But critica...

In the literature addressing the determinants of TV audiences in sports, both the absolute and relative playing strength of the opponents play a prominent role. Regarding national team competitions, however, this study conjectures that patriotism matters as well. Analyzing the Swiss TV audience at 2 World Cups and 2 European Football Championships, this study finds strong evidence that TV ratin...

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BACKGROUND Laboratorial and epidemiological researches suggested that tea exhibited potential neuroprotective effect which may prevent cognitive impairment, but there were few data among the elderly aged 60 years and above in China. OBJECTIVE The objective was to explore the relationship between characteristics of tea consumption and cognitive impairment. DESIGN We analyzed the baseline dat...