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In multi-project environments characterized by resource constraints and high uncertainty, traditional scheduling approaches often fail to respond effectively to dynamic project conditions. Fixed activity durations and rigid resource allocations limit...

Background and objectives: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is associated with several comorbidities, including among others an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease, atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, hypertension dyslipidemia, and diabetes. The...

The importance of sleep has been gaining more and more attention nowadays. It has been widely studied that some major health issues, such as cardiovascular diseases or mortality, are closely related to the extreme ends of sleep durations. Anemia is o...

(1) Background: During adolescence, there are significant changes in food consumption, such as reducing the consumption of in natura or minimally processed foods and increasing the consumption of ultra-processed foods. Thus, eating habits can influen...

Background: Poor glycemic control is associated with chronic life-threatening complications. Several studies have revealed that sleep status is associated with glycemic control. Aim: to examine the association between sleep duration, quality and glyc...

Children’s diseases can negatively impact marital adjustment and contribute to poorer child health outcomes. To cope with increased marital stress and childhood diseases severity, many people turn to spirituality. While most studies show a positive r...

(1) Background: Unhealthy sleep durations (short and long sleep) are associated with emotional distress (ED). Minority populations, specifically Blacks, are more burdened with unhealthy sleep durations and ED. The ameliorative effect of physical acti...

Depressive symptoms among individuals with hypertension may increase the risk of cardio-cerebrovascular disease, disease burden, and mortality. However, few studies have examined the relationships among physical activity, sleep duration, and depressi...

Depression has become a major mental health concern among adolescents globally, and the relationship between depressive symptoms and nighttime sleep duration among adolescent girls remains unclear. This study aimed to examine the association between...

Given the harsh working conditions of underwater pan-tilt systems, their energy consumption management is particularly crucial. This study proposes an underwater pan-tilt operation method with an automatic wake-up mechanism, which activates only upon...

Background: This study aimed to investigate the mediating effect of physical activity (PA) on the relationship between average sleep duration and risk of stroke in suburban residents without stroke. Methods: A cross-sectional study was executed, and...

Oxidative stress has been known to play an important role in inflammatory responses of allergic rhinitis. We investigated the association between degree of oxidative stress and severity of allergic rhinitis. A total 226 allergic rhinitis students wer...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the association between meal duration and obesity indicators among Spanish adolescents. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis using data from the Eating Healthy and Daily Life Activities (EHDLA) project...

This study aims to evaluate the association between sleep duration and hypertension in Korean adults aged 30 and older. This is a population-based cross-sectional study using the 2020 Korean National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey data. St...

The purpose of this micro-longitudinal study was to explore daily associations between daytime movement behaviors (sedentary time and physical activity) and nap sleep in young children. In 298 children (age = 51.0 ± 9.6 months, 43.6% female),...

Objective: Dinoprostone vaginal inserts are widely used as one of the primary pharmacological methods for labor induction. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether BMI affects the duration of the different phases of labor in pregnant women unde...

In aquaculture, pre-slaughter fasting reduces stress and improves muscle quality. Fasting periods of 55–58 degree days (°C d) enhance muscle structure and post-mortem biochemistry in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), although optimal dur...

Most companies survive the pain of cost and schedule overruns because of inaccurate project activity time settings. In order to deliver a project with a target cost and on schedule, this research proposes an inverse optimal value approach to optimize...

Construction contractors often rely on external funding to manage financial deficits caused by irregular cash inflows and outflows. To address these cash flow challenges, contractors typically adjust the start times of project activities to prevent s...

Metal oxides can be used as antimicrobial agents, especially since they can be fabricated into various forms such as films, masks, and filters. In particular, the durability of antimicrobial agents and the duration of their antimicrobial activity are...

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Ningbo students and explore the association between students’ dietary behavior and overweight and obesity. Materials and Methods: A total of 7299 students were recruited,...

The main purpose of the present study was to determine the associations between sleep duration and sleep quality with respect to dietary habits. In this cross-sectional study, 810 free-living older adults aged ≥85 years were recruited from six nei...

In the European Union, Czech Republic ranks 3rd and 6th for the incidence of obesity and cardiovascular diseases, respectively. Worldwide, short sleep duration and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) characterize obese subjects, which in turn exhibit...

Human activity recognition has been widely used to monitor users during physical activities. By embedding a pre-trained model into wearable devices with an inertial measurement unit, it is possible to identify the activity being executed, count steps...

Immigrant women are less likely to be physically active and face many barriers to participation in physical activity. This systematic review aims to identify the influencing factors and adaption approaches of physical activity interventions among mid...

In high-intensity interval training the interval duration can be adjusted to optimize training results in oxygen uptake, cardiac output, and local oxygen supply. This study aimed to compare these variables in two interval trainings (long intervals HI...

Background/Objectives: The benefits of physical activity (PA) do not depend on the PA level alone but also on sedentary behavior (SB). The interaction between PA and SB (i.e., PA–SB interplay) is important to determine one’s health status...

Traditional approaches to predicting business cycles are limited by their omission of financial variables, which, in turn, leads to failures to signal financial-sector crises and to misestimate the duration and intensity of economic events. This stud...

The aim of this study was to develop and validate an algorithm that can identify the type, frequency, and duration of activities common to intensive care (IC) patients. Ten healthy participants wore two accelerometers on their chest and leg while per...

Background: The health benefits of physical activity are well established, but the association between physical activity and thyroid cancer remains poorly understood. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between physical activity...

The main purpose of the present study was to explore the associations of sleep duration and sleep quality with self-rated health. In this cross-sectional study, participants were 894 elderly individuals. Self-rated health, sleep duration, and sleep q...

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease, which is associated with low levels of physical activity (PA). However, the factors related to low physical activity levels have rarely been studied. Methods: In this cross-sectio...

Children and youth are recommended to achieve at least 60 min/day of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, no more than 2 h/day of recreational screen time, and a sleep duration of 9–11 h/night for 11–13-year-olds or 8–10 h/night for 14–17-year-old...

Ventricular arrhythmia (VA) is a leading cause of sudden death and health deterioration. Recent advances in predictive analytics and wearable technology for behavior assessment show promise but require further investigation. Yet, previous studies hav...

Breast cancer is a major public health concern, and modifiable health behaviors such as sleep quality and physical activity may influence risk. This study examined the associations between self-reported sleep trouble, sleep duration, and physical act...

There is substantial evidence that a lack of sleep quality and duration can increase the risk of depression in adults. Still, few studies have compared sleep quality and duration to the risk of depression in Indonesia. Therefore, this study aimed to...

Remote monitoring of pacemakers decreases patient complications and reduces public health expenses. The transmission of passive real-time electrograms (EGM) has been shown to increase the diagnostic yield, but this may add to the work burden. Passive...

Background: Research suggests sleep duration can influence metabolic systems including glucose homeostasis, blood pressure, hormone regulation, nervous system activity, and total energy expenditure (TEE), all of which are related to cardiometabolic d...

Physical activity (PA) and sleep contribute to better children’s health. Nonetheless, the bidirectional relationship between both of these health-related factors is unclear when using objective measures. The aims of this study were (1) to descr...

Background. Physical activity is a potential parameter to assess the severity or prognosis of lung disease. However, the differences in physical activity between healthy individuals and patients with lung disease remain unclear. Methods. The analyses...

The temporary closure of learning institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically reduced the physical activity of students across all ages. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of physical inactivity and the patterns...

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and tuberculosis (TB) together impose a high disease burden in terms of both mortality and health economics worldwide. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence and risk factors of latent TB infection...

Previous studies about the effects of physical activity and sedentary behaviors on health rarely recorded the exact body postures and movements, although they might be of metabolic relevance. Moreover, few studies treated the time budget of behaviors...

Background/Objectives: Sleep is a fundamental physiological function that plays a crucial role in maintaining health and well-being. The aim of this study was to assess dietary and lifestyle factors associated with adequate sleep duration in children...

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine if protein intake, diet quality, or engagement in physical activity mediate the relationship between sleep quality or duration and handgrip strength. Methods: The sample consisted of 2171 middle-aged p...

Apple purée is a processed food typically obtained from ground apples, where quality depends on colour, consistency, and shelf-life. Thermal treatments are commonly applied to adjust rheology and deactivate enzymes responsible for post-packagi...

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are enzymes that are integral in extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling. In age or disease, ECM may become dysregulated and contribute to fibrosis, which impairs cardiac electrical conduction. Two alleles regulate matr...

This paper addresses a novel multi-skill resource-constrained project scheduling problem with flexible resource profiles (F-MSRCPSP), in which the resource allocation of each activity consists of a certain number of discrete resources and is allowed...

Background: Adverse event (AE) reporting in clinical trials does not fully capture the patient-level perspective and comparing tolerability across treatments or among studies is difficult. Objective: This study was designed to develop a treatment tol...

Background: Ideal therapy duration for Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex (ABC) bloodstream infections (BSI) is not defined, especially in the context of carbapenem resistance. In this study, we compared short- (&...