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Mindful eating may help people with high blood pressure stick to heart-healthy diet, study reveals
03 Nov 2023 — Practicing mindfulness focused on healthy eating helped study participants with elevated blood pressure adhere better to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. Though this diet is known to lower blood pressure, adherence is typically low. During an eight-week program, 201 participants were divided into a “usual care” control group…
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How the New York of Robert Moses shaped my father’s health
My father rollerskated on the Cross-Bronx Expressway before it opened to car traffic. Born in 1953, he would have been seven or eight when New York City’s massive thoroughfare reached the peak of its construction, facilitated by the destruction of many tight-knit Bronx neighbourhoods. He didn’t live in East Tremont or Spuyten Duyvil, which were…
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Why some streaming companies are leaning into adverts and raising prices
Consumers ditched cable so they didn’t have to see commercials. Now, the adverts they hoped to escape are returning to streaming media. How did we get here? When streaming services initially hit the market, part of their allure was eliminating the advert experience. Many consumers ditched linear television so they could watch programmes uninterrupted, subscribing…
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Area tennis players begin PIAA state play today
<!– SHOW ARTICLE –> HERSHEY — Hollidaysburg senior Megan Ferris and freshman Crosby Denis will begin play in the PIAA Class 3A Girls Doubles Tennis Championships at 10 a.m. Friday. Ferris and Denis, the District 6 champions, will face Spring-Ford seniors Mia Matriccino and Evelyn Mejia, District 1’s third seed, in the first round at…
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Food Truck Tracker: Here’s What Food Trucks in the Area are Doing
(WYDaily Media) HISTORIC TRIANGLE — Several food trucks from the Historic Triangle continue to serve culinary creations throughout the community. From breweries, distilleries, and vineyards, here’s where you can find local food truck operators the weekend of Nov. 3–5. We want to hear from you! Do you have a food truck or know of one…
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Platoon dispersion model in the mixed traffic environment
Abstract To describe the phenomenon of platoon dispersion in the mixed traffic environment and provide a theoretical basis for signal timing optimization in the mixed traffic environment. Based on Robertson’s platoon dispersion model, this paper fully considers the characteristics of mixed traffic conditions, and models the platoon dispersion in the mixed traffic environment. Firstly, considering…
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High-volume evacuation mitigates viral aerosol spread in dental procedures
Abstract Dental healthcare personnel (DHCP) are subjected to microbe-containing aerosols and splatters in their everyday work. Safer work conditions must be developed to ensure the functioning of the healthcare system. By simulating dental procedures, we aimed to compare the virus-containing aerosol generation of four common dental instruments, and high-volume evacuation (HVE) in their mitigation. Moreover,…
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Hydropower station scheduling with ship arrival prediction and energy storage
Abstract Effectiveness improvement in power generation and navigation for grid-connected hydropower stations have emerged as a significant concern due to the challenges such as discrepancies between declared and actual ship arrival times, as well as unstable power generation. To address these issues, this paper proposes a multi-objective real-time scheduling model. The proposed model incorporates energy…
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Plasma essential fatty acid on hospital admission is a marker of COVID-19 disease severity
Abstract It is important for allocation of resources to predict those COVID patients at high risk of dying or organ failure. Early signals to initiate cellular events of host immunity can be derived from essential fatty acid metabolites preceding the cascade of proinflammatory signals. Much research has focused on understanding later proinflammatory responses. We assessed…
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WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis: module 6: tuberculosis and comorbidities: mental health conditions
Overview Addressing comorbidities and risk factors for tuberculosis (TB) is a crucial component of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s End TB Strategy. This WHO Operational Handbook on Tuberculosis, Module 6: Tuberculosis and Comorbidities aims to support countries in scaling up people-centred care, based on the latest WHO recommendations on TB and key comorbidities, and drawing…
