The present study assesses the influence of depression and anxiety on the effects of cognitive distracters in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Participants completed computerized versions of the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (c-SDMT) with (n = 51) and without (n = 51) auditory distracters. Based on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), 29 (28.4%) and 51 (50%) participants were cl...

Background. A randomized trial suggests that meditation and exercise may prevent acute respiratory infection (ARI). This paper explores potential mediating mechanisms. Methods. Community-recruited adults were randomly assigned to three nonblinded arms: 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (N = 51), moderate-intensity exercise (N = 51), or wait-list control (N = 52). Primary outcomes were A...

Alanine residues were substituted by site-directed mutagenesis at selected sites of the N- and C-terminal regions of the binary toxin (51- and 42-kDa peptides) of B. sphaericus 1593M, and the mutant toxins were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Bioassays with mosquito larvae, using binary toxins derived from individual mutants, showed that the substitution of alanine at some sites in bo...

I n the article by Bagur et al, “Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation With or Without Preimplantation Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” which published online June 13, 2016, and appeared in the June 2016 issue of the journal (J Am Heart Assoc. 2016;5: e003191 doi: 10.1161/JAHA.115.003191), the footnotes section of Table 1 contained errors. On page 4, the s...

The present study investigates the issue of computer-aided daylight evaluation in an office room with a light shelf and dropped translucent ceiling. In this type room, is admitted from two sources: (i) standard window wall (ii) via clerestory window, which illuminate plenum located above working space. transmitted through ceiling into room. based on data obtained simulation by DeLuminæ (DL-Ligh...