Documenting how ground- and surface water systems respond to climate change is crucial understanding resources, particularly in the U.S. Great Lakes region, where drastic temperature precipitation changes are observed. This study presents baseflow index (BFI) trend analyses for 10 undisturbed watersheds Michigan using (1) multi-objective optimization (MOO) (2) modified Mann–Kendall (MK) tests c...

Despite being significantly correlated, there is evidence to suggest that the scales measuring Agreeableness from the Big Five Inventory (BFI) and the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) do not capture identical constructs. More specifically, NEO PI-R Agreeableness contains content related to "honesty and humility" that is not contained by the BFI. In a sample of undergraduates (N = 29...

Breastfeeding confers extensive and well-established benefits and is recognized as an extremely effective preventative health measure for both mothers and babies. Except in very few specific medical situations, breastfeeding should be universally encouraged for all mothers and infants. To improve worldwide breastfeeding initiation and duration rates, the WHO and UNICEF launched the Baby-Friendl...

In three studies, we tried to create a novel scale within the existing Big Five Inventory 2 (BFI-2) structure measure prosocial vs. antisocial personality traits, like Dark Triad and honesty-humility. While our new converged strongly with dark honesty-humility scales, failed establish sufficient discriminant validity vis-a-vis BFI-2 agreeableness domain. Instead, found that traits were best mea...

BACKGROUND Concern regarding the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of long-term survivors of thyroid cancer has risen due to the rapid increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer, which generally has an excellent prognosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the status of HRQOL in disease-free survivors of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) and to evaluate the important determinants...

BACKGROUND Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome (HPS) is a potentially life-threatening complication following carotid artery stenting (CAS) and carotid endoarterectomy (CEA). Early prediction and treatment of patients at risk for HPS are required in patients undergoing CAS because HPS occurs significantly earlier after CAS than CEA. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is often used for monitoring, a...

Introduction: The Big-Five Inventory-2 is a recently developed instrument for the measurement of personality factors and facets, with good psychometric properties cross-culturally. We examined validity this test, test-retest reliability, internal consistency in Mexican sample. also aimed to extract latent profiles order identify subgroups individuals based on traits. Method: recruited two-wave ...

PURPOSE Laxative-refractory opioid-induced constipation (OIC) is defined as OIC despite using 2 laxatives with a different mechanism of action (based on the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System level 4 term [contact laxatives, osmotically acting laxatives, softeners/emollients, enemas, and others]). OIC has a significant impact on the treatment and quality of life of patients w...

The BFI-2 has been known to be suboptimal in assessing HEXACO Honesty-Humility (H). Recently, Denissen, Soto, Geenen, John, and van Aken (2022) attempted improve the BFI-2's coverage of H by adding an Honesty facet Agreeableness scale. present research was conducted examine how well variance is accounted for this expanded results (N = 434) indicated that did not noticeably HEXACO-60 Honesty-Hum...

BACKGROUND Acinetobacter pittii is a nosocomial pathogen rarely involved in community-acquired infections. We report for the first time that A. pittii can be responsible for cavitary community-acquired pneumonia and study its virulence, and discuss its pathogenesis and treatment options. CASE PRESENTATION A 45-year-old woman with a history of smoking and systemic lupus was admitted to Nimes U...