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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 15, Issue 8

August 2018 - 231 articles

Cover Story: Office workers will often sit for prolonged periods, accumulating considerable amounts of sitting over a working day. Recent research suggests there may be negative implications from too much sitting, including musculoskeletal discomfort and decrement in cognitive function; however, there is little evidence to clarify the acute impact of prolonged sitting. Therefore, this laboratory study with 20 participants aimed to assess the impact of 2 hours of uninterrupted sitting on bodily discomfort, cognitive function (problem solving and sustained attention), muscle fatigue, pelvic movement, and mental state. Discomfort increased over time for all body areas, while for cognitive function there was no clear detriment. Mental state deteriorated over time. These results suggest that sitting should be interrupted before 120 minutes to avoid deterioration in discomfort and mental state. View the paper here.
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Articles (231)

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,357 Views
10 Pages

Postpartum Depression and Subsequent Autoimmune Diseases in Taiwan

  • Chien-Yu Lin,
  • Cheng-Kai Li,
  • Jui-Ming Liu,
  • Ren-Jun Hsu,
  • Heng-Chang Chuang and
  • Fung-Wei Chang

Postpartum depression (PPD) is one of the most common examples of postnatal morbidity, but the subsequent risks of autoimmune diseases in patients with PPD have yet to be fully investigated. This nationwide population-based study utilized data of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,100 Views
13 Pages

6 Hz Active Anticonvulsant Fluorinated N-Benzamide Enaminones and Their Inhibitory Neuronal Activity

  • Isis J. Amaye,
  • Thomas Heinbockel,
  • Julia Woods,
  • Zejun Wang,
  • Miguel Martin-Caraballo and
  • Patrice Jackson-Ayotunde

A small library of novel fluorinated N-benzamide enaminones were synthesized and evaluated in a battery of acute preclinical seizure models. Three compounds (GSA 62, TTA 35, and WWB 67) were found to have good anticonvulsant activity in the 6-Hz &lsq...

  • Article
  • Open Access
71 Citations
6,608 Views
15 Pages

The three most representative areas of petroleum pollution on the Loess Plateau are the research subjects of this study. In this study, 16 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined by the QuEChERS method combined with gas chrom...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
9,077 Views
11 Pages

Psychological Coping with Job Loss. Empirical Study to Contribute to the Development of Unemployed People

  • Yolanda Navarro-Abal,
  • José Antonio Climent-Rodríguez,
  • María José López-López and
  • Juan Gómez-Salgado

Having a job is an essential part of people’s development. Unemployment, on the contrary, is one of the most frustrating experiences of life with greater psychological consequences for people’s lives. In this sense, psychology has contrib...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
8,780 Views
22 Pages

Developing environmental health indicators is challenging and applying a conceptual framework and indicator selection criteria may not be sufficient to prioritise potential indicators to monitor. This study developed a new approach for prioritising p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,348 Views
11 Pages

Situational Use of Child Restraint Systems and Carpooling Behaviors in Parents and Caregivers

  • Catherine C. McDonald,
  • Erin Kennedy,
  • Linda Fleisher and
  • Mark R. Zonfrillo

Suboptimal compliance with child restraint system (CRS) recommendations can increase risk for injury or death in a motor vehicle crash. The purpose of this study was to examine scenarios associated with incomplete CRS use and non-use in children ages...

  • Review
  • Open Access
79 Citations
27,469 Views
16 Pages

Objectives: This meta-analysis aims to study the effects of atomoxetine and methylphenidate on heart rate (HR), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and a number of adverse cardiac events on patients receiving treatment for attention-deficit hyperactive di...

  • Review
  • Open Access
43 Citations
14,652 Views
18 Pages

Impact of the Refugee Crisis on the Greek Healthcare System: A Long Road to Ithaca

  • Ourania S. Kotsiou,
  • Panagiotis Kotsios,
  • David S. Srivastava,
  • Vaios Kotsios,
  • Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis and
  • Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos

Greece is the country of “Xenios Zeus”, the Ancient Greek god of foreigners and hospitality; however, it is also the main point of entry to Europe. Since the beginning of 2014, 1,112,332 refugees crossed the borders of Greece. Overall, 33...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,204 Views
12 Pages

The dominant pathogenic model, somatic mutation theory (SMT), considers carcinogenesis as a ‘genetic accident’ due to the accumulation of ‘stochastic’ DNA mutations. This model was proposed and accepted by the scientific community when cancer mainly...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,695 Views
5 Pages

Post Vaccinal Temporary Sensorineural Hearing Loss

  • Federica De Marco,
  • Donato Pompeo De Cesare,
  • Francesco Di Folco,
  • Francesco Massoni,
  • Gianfranco Tomei,
  • Natale Mario Di Luca,
  • Carmina Sacco,
  • Francesco Tomei and
  • Ricci Serafino

In our systematic research we identified four studies concerning the onset of neurological adverse events following vaccination and two excluding this association. A 33-year-old Italian man, belonging to the Italian Army was hospitalized because he s...

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