The present work was carried out to evaluate a possible association between two polymorphisms (rs1002149 and rs8191009) in the GSR gene coding for antioxidant enzyme, and DR in 804 unrelated Slovene subjects (Caucasians) with T2DM. No differences were observed in genotype distribution between the two groups for either polymorphism in the GSR gene. No significant differences in serum 8-OHdG leve...

Measurements of user experience (UX) in traditional humancomputer interaction studies mostly rely on task performance and self-report data. Recent research has showed that physiological measures are good indicators of cognitive involvement and emotional arousal and are suggested being used as a complementary measure of UX. This paper reports a preliminary study to examine the possibility of inc...

In recent years, installing photovoltaic (PV) systems has become a worldwide trend. The prediction of solar radiation is very important to PV systems for power generation. For the large power-plant installations, the power allocations and scheduling form PV systems becomes an important issue. This paper aims at estimating the GSR for different locations in Brazil. A total of 20 locations spread...

AIMS This study aimed to investigate the effects of nanomaterial (NM) exposure on DNA methylation. METHODS AND RESULTS Intra-tracheal administration of NM: gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) of 5-, 60- and 250-nm diameter; single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) at high dose of 2.5 mg/kg and low dose of 0.25 mg/kg for 48 h to BALB/c mice. Study showed deregu...

Group sparsity has drawn much attention in machine learning. However, existing work can handle only datasets with certain group structures, where each sample has a certain membership with one or more groups. This paper investigates the learning of sparse representations from datasets with uncertain group structures, where each sample has an uncertain membership with all groups in terms of a pro...

Biofeedback is a noninvasive behavioral treatment that enables a patient to gain volitional control over a physiological process. As a treatment for epilepsy, biofeedback interventions were explored from as early as the 1970s, concentrating on sensory motor rhythm (SMR) as a neurophysiologic parameter. Whereas SMR biofeedback aims to modulate frequency components of the electroencephalography (...

The purpose of the current study was to assess real-time physiological reactions to the threat of layoffs and to determine whether the use of an emotion-focused vs. problem-focused coping intervention would be more efficacious in attenuating these physiological reactions. A 2 (coping intervention) × 4 (within-subjects time points) mixed experimental design was used to test the hypotheses. Eight...

One-hundred and twenty-eight college students participated in an experiment designed to examine facilitatory and inhibitory effects of instructions on the GSR index of the orienting reflex. One aspect of the study examined effects of instructions on verbal differential semantic conditioning of the aSR and conventional differential semantic conditioning requiring discovery of the CS-US contingen...