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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202003.0078.v1

Susceptibility Analysis of COVID-19 in Smokers Based on ACE2

Jin Wang, Qiulin Luo, Rui Chen, Tao Chen, Jianxiang Li

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: cigarette smoke; ACE2; HCoV-19; susceptibility

Online: 5 March 2020 (03:15:43 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201901.0252.v1

Non-Synaptic Transmission and the Foundations of Affect

Gil Carvalho, Antonio Damasio

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Non-synaptic transmission, synapse, neurotransmitters, interoceptive nervous system, volume transmission, paracrine, myelin, blood-brain barrier, interoception, affect

Online: 24 January 2019 (10:09:50 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201711.0036.v1

Freshly Prepared or Reheated? The Effect of Cold Storage and Reheating of Parboiled Rice on Consumer Preference and Acceptability in Auckland, New Zealand

Louise Weiwei Lu, John Monro, Jun Lu, Elaine Rush

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: parboiled rice; medium-grain white rice; medium-grain brown rice; sensory evaluation; consumer acceptability

Online: 6 November 2017 (07:07:41 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201808.0086.v1

Association between Cognitive Restraint, Uncontrolled Eating, Emotional Eating and BMI and the Amount of Food Wasted in Early Adolescent Girls

Jinan C. Banna, Chloe E. Panizza, Carol J. Boushey, Edward J. Delp, Eunjung Lim

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: early adolescents; mobile food record; food waste; plate waste; eating behavior; portion size; dietary assessment; uncontrolled eating; cognitive restraint; emotional eating

Online: 4 August 2018 (11:37:39 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201911.0060.v1

Relationship between Wine Consumption and Alzheimer's Disease

Marcella Reale, Chiara D'Angelo, Erica Costantini, Srinivas Jagarlapoodi, Haroon Khan, Tarun Belwal, Angelo Cichelli

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: alcohol consumption; Alzheimer's disease; light to moderate wine consumption; neurodegeneration

Online: 6 November 2019 (10:54:00 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201908.0185.v1

The Effect of Hypo-Hydration on Mood and Cognition is Influenced by Electrolyte in a Drink and Its Colour: A Randomised Trial

Alecia L. Cousins, Hayley A. Young, Andrew G. Thomas, David Benton

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: anxiety; cognition; colour of drink; dehydration; electrolytes; fluid intake; mood; placebo; rehydration

Online: 17 August 2019 (15:53:08 CEST)

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Epilepsy and Mental Health (Descriptive-Analytical Study)

Sauan pourali, Shahan alipour

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Elderly; epilepsy; stroke; Parkinson’s disease; fall

Online: 7 February 2019 (11:26:29 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201903.0178.v4

Optimizing School Food Supply: Integrating Environmental, Health, Economic, and Cultural Dimensions of Diet Sustainability with Linear Programming

Patricia Eustachio Colombo, Emma Patterson, Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, Anna Karin Lindroos, Ulf Sonesson, Nicole Darmon, Alexandr Parlesak

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: nutrition; children; greenhouse gas emissions; school meals; sustainability; Agenda 2030

Online: 8 July 2019 (14:52:09 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202012.0317.v1

The Research on the Relation between PSD of Park Green Space and Attention Restoration in Dense Urban Areas

Zhixian Zhu, Weijue Wang, Qibing Chen

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Dense urban area; Park green space; Perceived sensory dimension; Attention restoration; moderator

Online: 14 December 2020 (09:46:24 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202111.0553.v1

Physical Activity and BMI before and after the Situation Caused by COVID-19 in Upper Primary School Pupils in Czech Republic

Jana Pysna, Jiří Suchý, Ladislav Pyšný, David Cihlář, Dominika Petrů, Lenka Hajer Müllerová, Luděk Čtvrtečka

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: physical activity; Body Mass Index; COVID-19; pupils; health; lifestyle; sport; obesity

Online: 30 November 2021 (08:46:52 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0517.v1

Hearing Assistive Technology Facilitates Sentence-in-Noise Recognition in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Suyun Xu, Juan Fan, Hua Zhang, Minyue Zhang, Hang Zhao, Xiaoming Jiang, Hongwei Ding, Yang Zhang

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Autism spectrum disorder; Auditory stream segregation; Hearing assistive technology; Speech-in-noise perception; Tonal language speakers

Online: 30 March 2023 (02:52:15 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202112.0038.v1

Changes in the Lifestyle in Spanish University Population during the Confinement for COVID-19

Sandra Sumalla-Cano, Tamara Forbes-Hernández, Silvia Aparicio-Obregón, Jorge Crespo, Maria Eléxpuru-Zabaleta, Monica Gracia-Villar, Francesca Giampieri, Iñaki Elío

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: COVID-19; eating habits; physical activity; MEDAS-14; Emotional eating questionnaire (EEQ) and university population.

Online: 2 December 2021 (12:52:17 CET)

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Optimizing School Food Supply: integrating Environmental, Health, Economic, and Cultural Dimensions of Diet Sustainability with Linear Programming

Patricia Eustachio Colombo, Emma Patterson, Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, Anna Karin Lindroos, Ulf Sonesson, Nicole Darmon, Alexandr Parlesak

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: nutrition; children; greenhouse gas emissions; school meals; sustainability

Online: 18 March 2019 (10:05:57 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202309.1258.v1

Nutrition in Schizophrenia

Mary V. Seeman

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Schizophrenia; Nutritional deficiencies; Women; Antipsychotics; Poverty

Online: 19 September 2023 (08:27:10 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0163.v1

Sustainable Nutrition for Increased Food Security – Case Study Romania

Ioana Mihaela Balan, Emanuela Diana Gherman, Remus Gherman, Ioan Brad, Raul Pascalau, Gabriela Popescu, Teodor Ioan Trasca

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: food security; food waste; nutrition; overconsumption; sustainable and healthy food choices/systems

Online: 12 October 2022 (05:41:27 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0110.v1

Sustainable Consumption Pattern for Increased Food Security – Case Study Romania

Ioana Mihaela Balan, Emanuela Diana Gherman, Remus Gherman, Ioan Brad, Raul Pascalau, Gabriela Popescu, Teodor Ioan Trasca

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: food security; food waste; nutrition; overconsumption; sustainable and healthy food choices/systems

Online: 8 June 2022 (03:35:57 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202002.0083.v1

Adherence to Mediterranean Diet Related with Physical Fitness and Physical Activity in Schoolchildren Aged 6-13

José Francisco López-Gil, Javier Brazo-Sayavera, Antonio García-Hermoso, Juan Luis Yuste-Lucas

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Cardiorespiratory Fitness; Muscle Strength; Feeding Patterns; Life Style; Children

Online: 6 February 2020 (10:27:07 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201903.0178.v2

Optimizing School Food Supply: Integrating Environmental, Health, Economic, and Cultural Dimensions of Diet Sustainability with Linear Programming

Patricia Eustachio Colombo, Emma Patterson, Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, Anna Karin Lindroos, Ulf Sonesson, Nicole Darmon, Alexandr Parlesak

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: nutrition; children; greenhouse gas emissions; school meals; sustainability

Online: 15 May 2019 (12:12:36 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0140.v1

Relationships among Physical Activity, Physical Function, and Food Intake in Older Japanese Adults Living in Urban Areas: A Cross-sectional Study

Takashi Fushimi, Kyoko Fujihira, Hideto Takase, Masashi Miyashita

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: quality of life; physical activity; physical function; food and nutrition; older Japanese adults

Online: 9 January 2023 (06:32:36 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0007.v1

Association of High Somatic Cell Counts Prior to Dry off to the Incidence of Periparturient Diseases in Holstein Dairy Cows

Ashley Egyedy, Eduardo Barahona Rosales, Burim N Ametaj

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: dairy cow; somatic cell count; periparturient diseases

Online: 1 September 2022 (07:10:13 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202402.1427.v1

Your Favourite Park Is Not My Favourite Park: A Participatory Geographic Information System Approach to Improving Urban Green and Blue Spaces – a Case Study in Edinburgh, Scotland

Charlotte Wendelboe-Nelson, Yiyun Wang, Simon Bell, Craig W McDougall, Catharine Ward Thompson

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: urban green and blue space; community engagement, co-production; public participation; spatial analysis; community health; health & wellbeing

Online: 26 February 2024 (10:51:04 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202307.0224.v1

Artisanal Cheeses: A Qualitative Approach towards Brazilian Cheesemakers’ and Consumers’ Concepts and Perceptions about Artisan Foods

Larissa Santos Pereira, Voltaire Sant'Anna, Fabiana Thomé Cruz, Zenicléia Angelita Deggerone, Flávia Muradas Bulhões, Rosiele Lappe Padilha

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: handicraft; craft; Serrano cheese; Colonial cheese; focus group; perception.

Online: 4 July 2023 (12:06:43 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.2241.v1

Zebra Finch Females Can Assess Male Quality via Olfaction

Luisa Amo, Isabel López Rull

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: avian olfaction; Sexual selection; Social selection; chemical cues; Partner quality

Online: 31 May 2023 (11:54:29 CEST)

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Optimizing School Food Supply: Integrating Environmental, Health, Economic, and Cultural Dimensions of Diet Sustainability with Linear Programming

Patricia Eustachio Colombo, Emma Patterson, Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, Anna Karin Lindroos, Ulf Sonesson, Nicole Darmon, Alexandr Parlesak

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: nutrition; children; greenhouse gas emissions; school meals; sustainability

Online: 22 May 2019 (12:07:51 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202307.1660.v2

Toward a Distinction between Visual Word Recognition and Reading, a New Paradigm

Younes Rami, Hicham laanaya, Hassan Bdouh, Bouabid Badaoui

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: reading; recognition; multi-stable perception; higher-order processing

Online: 28 July 2023 (11:39:07 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202307.0494.v1

Parental Dieting and Correlation with Disordered Eating Behaviours in Adolescents: A Review

Ioanna Kontele, Stella Saripanagiotou, Agni Maria Papadopoulou, Evangelos Zoumbaneas, Tonia Vassilakou

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: eating disorders; weight loss; diet; mother; father; adolescence

Online: 7 July 2023 (11:51:18 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0331.v1

The Effect of Circadian Photoreceptors Stimulation on the Stress Response of Subjects with High Anxiety

Mariya Stanislavovna Sergeeva, Oksana Viacheslavovna Borisova, Natalia Petrovna Romanchuk, Arseniy Andreevich Videnin, Vasiliy Fedorovich Pyatin, Natalia Nikolaevna Shusharina, Alexander Vladimirovich Zakharov, Alexander Vladimirovich Kolsanov

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: anxiety; circadian system; heart rate variability; melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells; stress

Online: 14 April 2023 (02:40:18 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202307.1749.v1

Study of Bottom-Up and Top-Down Influences in the Reading Task in Arabic

Younes Rami, Hicham Laanaya, Bdouh Hassan, Bouabid Badaoui

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Visual span; visual attention; Crowding; Reading speed

Online: 26 July 2023 (10:14:39 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202310.1766.v1

Resonance Effects in Athletic Training: Unveiling the Impact of Exercise Similarity in Variable Practice for Handball, Basketball, and Volleyball Skills with CI and DL

Julius Baba Apidogo, Achraf Ammar, Atef Salem, Johannes Burdack, And Wolfgang Immanuel Schöllhorn

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: resonance; basketball free throw; handball shooting; volleyball underarm pass; contextual interference; differential learning; free play; skill similarity; movement Topology

Online: 27 October 2023 (09:49:20 CEST)

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Effective sports training should be attuned to the athlete's specific conditionings and characteristics. In motor learning research, two often neglected factors that influence this resonance are the learner's athletic background and the structural diversity of exercises (e.g., relative similarity). This study examines the effects of three learning approaches (i.e., contextual interference (CI), differential learning (DL), and free-play control condition (CO)) on the parallel learning of Handball (HB), Volleyball (VB), and Basketball (BB) skills, considering participants' prior sport backgrounds. Forty-five males (15 HB, 15 VB, and 15 BB players) with a mean age of 22±1.4 years and at least 6 years of experience in the mastered discipline voluntarily participated in this study. A pre-post-retention test design including a 6-week-intervention program was employed. In terms of short-term (pre-post) gain, only the DL- group significantly improved their performance in both non-mastered disciplines (p=0.03 for the BB free-throw and p=0.05 for the HB shooting tests), with a trend (ES=0.53) towards an improvement in the performance of the mastered VB underarm-pass skill. In terms of relatively permanent gains, the CI group significantly improved their performances from pre- to retention-test only in the non-mastered BB free-throw skill (p=0.018). In contrast, the DL group significantly improved their performance at retention compared to the pre-test in both non-mastered BB (p=0.004) and HB (p=0.003) skills, with a trend (ES=0.4) towards improvement in the mastered VB test. In both short, and relatively permanent terms, higher composite score gains were observed in DL compared to CI (p=0.001 and 0.002) and CO (p=0.001 and <0.0001). In conclusion, the present findings provide additional support for the potential advantages of the DL model over those of CI. These findings can serve as the basis for tailored training and intervention strategies and provide a new perspective for addressing various issues related to individual and situational learning.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.0855.v1

Natural Differences between the Dawn and Dusk Choruses of a Neotropical Songbird and Their Relationship to Its Response to Urbanization

Noelia Bustamante, Álvaro Garitano-Zavala

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Behavior; bird song; song frequency; song amplitude; urban ecology; Turdus

Online: 11 January 2024 (11:28:14 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0026.v1

Fabian Berg, Dirk Alexander Moser, Verena Hagena, Fabian Streit, Benjamin Mosch, Robert Kumsta, Stephan Herpertz, Martin Diers

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Fibromyalgia (FM); miRNA; pleiotropy; gene regulation; epigenetics

Online: 1 June 2023 (04:50:50 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.0758.v1

Honeybee Colonies (Apis mellifera L.) Perform Orientation Aggressiveness Which Varies Among Bred Lines

Peter Njukang Akongte, Bo-Sun Park, Dong-Won Kim, Yong-Soo Choi

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Honeybee bred lines; Apis mellifera L.; Controlled breeding; Defensive behavior; Chemical pheromone

Online: 10 May 2023 (14:03:49 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.1465.v1

Optical Intracranial Self-Stimulation (oICSS): A New Behavioral Model for Studying Drug Reward and Aversion

Rui Song, Omar Soler-Cedeno, Zheng-Xiong Xi

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: ; intracranial self-stimulation; brain-stimulation reward; optogenetics; optical ICSS;
reward; aversion; drugs of abuse; new psychoactive substances

Online: 19 January 2024 (07:08:28 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202402.1552.v1

Do They Know What They Are Doing? Cognitive Aspects of Rescue Behaviour Directed by Workers of the Red Wood Ant Formica polyctena to Nestmate Victims Entrapped in Artificial Snares

Anna Szczuka, Alicja Sochacka-Marlowe, Julita Korczyńska, Paweł Jarosław Mazurkiewicz, Beata Symonowicz, Olga Kukina, Ewa Joanna Godzińska

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: altruism; prosocial behaviour; rescue behaviour; cognitive processes; social insects; Hymenoptera; Formicidae; Formica polyctena

Online: 27 February 2024 (14:02:18 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.2046.v1

Real-Time Horse Behavior Classification Based on Wearable Devices and Multi-level Threshold Analysis

Xuan Chen, Fu zhong Li, Jin xing Li, Qi jie Fan, Paul Kwan, Ke tao Cao, Wen xin Zheng, Lei feng Guo

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: horse; behavior classification; wearable devices; threshold analysis

Online: 30 January 2024 (00:24:03 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202307.2075.v1

Nearshore Migrating Humpback Whales off Metropolitan Lima, Central Peruvian Coast, Underscore Potential Conflict with Fisheries

Koen Van Waerebeek, Elena Barreda-Correa

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Megaptera novaeangliae; Land-based observations; Anthropogenic interactions; Migration; Feeding; Southeast Pacific

Online: 31 July 2023 (08:00:03 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1326.v1

Image E-book Guidance for Improving Urinary Catheter Discomfort, Self-Efficacy, and Pain in Postoperative Patients

Hsin-Shu Huang, Hsin-Yuan Fang

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: image e-book guidance; text guidance; self-efficacy

Online: 18 May 2023 (10:23:37 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202403.1202.v1

The Role of the Dopaminergic Cells of the Median Raphe Region in the Behavior of the Male Mice

Tiago Chaves, Bibiána Török, Csilla Lea Fazekas, Pedro Correia, Eszter Sipos, Dorottya Várkonyi, Zsuzsanna E. Tóth, Fanni Dóra, Árpád Dobolyi, Dóra Zelena

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Dopamine; Median Raphe Region; Behavior; DREADD

Online: 20 March 2024 (11:02:09 CET)

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Preprint HYPOTHESIS | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0092.v5

Consciousness and Life after Death in the Evolution of Intelligence

Kande Lekamalaya Senarath Dayathilake

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Cognitive psychology; determinism; materialism; new physics; theoretical hypothesis; thought ex-periment; ultraquantum particles

Online: 3 July 2023 (09:44:52 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202309.1641.v1

Dietary Habits, Meal-Timing, and Meal Frequency in Kuwaiti Adults: Analysis of the Kuwait National Nutrition Surveillance Data

Fatema Alkhulaifi, Suad Al-Hooti, Sameer Al-Zenki, Husam Alomirah, And Charles Darkoh

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: dietary habits; meal timing; meal frequency; late night dinner; skipping meals; Kuwait

Online: 26 September 2023 (03:23:15 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0532.v1

Overestimation of Phonological Judgements on the Right Side of the Space

Patrizia Turriziani, Alessia Santostefano, Angela Catania, Massimiliano Oliveri

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Attention; phonological processing; space

Online: 7 June 2023 (10:04:25 CEST)

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Preprint CASE REPORT | doi:10.20944/preprints202312.1338.v1

Antagonistic Behavior by Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus as Cause of Death for Two Burmeister’s Porpoises Phocoena spinipinnis, in Northern Chile

Carlos Guerra-Correa, Jorge Páez-Godoy, Koen Van Waerebeek

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: mortality; Phocoenidae; small cetaceans; strandings; Southeast Pacific Ocean

Online: 18 December 2023 (12:53:21 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.1850.v1

Design of a Remote Time-Restricted Eating and Mindfulness Intervention to Reduce Risk Factors Associated with Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Development among Young Adults

Manoela Lima Oliveira, Alana Biggers, Vanessa M Oddo, Keith B Naylor, Zhengjia (Nelson) Chen, Alyshia Hamm, Lacey Pezley, Beatriz Peñalver Bernabé, Kelsey Gabel, Lisa K Sharp, Lisa Marie Tussing-Humphreys

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: time-restricted eating; mindfulness; early-onset colorectal cancer; feasibility; acceptability; stress reduction; weight management

Online: 26 January 2024 (06:55:36 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202312.1590.v1

The Neurophysiology of Jaw-Closing Kinematics – a Mandible-Meets-Maxilla Narrative

Lauri Vaahtoniemi

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: bite force; maximum intercuspal position; jaw-relation; trigeminal nerve; unilateral food-crushing reflex; mastication; swallowing; tooth-contact, tongue muscles; central pattern generator

Online: 21 December 2023 (09:25:47 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202312.0772.v1

Perceived Health Benefits in Vestibular Schwannoma Patients with Long-term Postoperative Headache: Insights from Personality Traits and Pain Coping – a cross-sectional study

Mareike Thomas, Hannah Führes, Maximilian Scheer, Stefan Rampp, Christian Strauss, Robby Schönfeld, Bernd Leplow

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: vestibular schwannoma; postoperative headache; microsurgery; personality traits; coping mechanisms; perceived health benefits; pain coping

Online: 12 December 2023 (06:42:42 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202404.0073.v1

Effects of Social Facilitation and Introduction Methods of Cattle on Virtual Fence Adaptation

Pernille Arent Simonsen, Niels Søborg Husted, Magnus Clausen, Amalie-Maria Spens, Ramus Majland Dyrholm, Ida Fabricius Thaysen, Magnus Fjord Aaser, Søren Krabbe Staahltoft, Dan Bruhn, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, Christian Sonne, Cino Pertoldi

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Animals; virtual fencing; Nofence©; Angus cattle; social facilitation

Online: 1 April 2024 (17:15:57 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202403.0148.v1

Analyzing the Effect of Age, Time of the Day and the Experiment on the Basal Locomotor Activity and Light-Off Visual Motor Response Assays in Zebrafish Larvae

Niki Tagkalidou, Cristiana Roberta Multisanti, Maria Jose Bleda, Juliette Bedrossiantz, Eva Prats, Caterina Faggio, Carlos Barata, Demetrio Raldúa

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: zebrafish larvae; behavioral analysis; intrinsic factors; age; time of day; experiment; basal locomotor activity; visual motor response

Online: 5 March 2024 (05:06:15 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202404.0064.v1

Analysing Spatial Distribution in Cattle within a Virtual Fence System

Silje Marquardsen Lund, Johanne Holm Jacobsen, Maria Gytkjær Nielsen, Marie Ribergaard Friis, Natalie Hvid Nielsen, Nina Østerhaab Mortensen, Regitze Cushion Skibsted, Magnus Fjord Aaser, Søren Krabbe Staahltoft, Dan Bruhn, Christian Sonne, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, Cino Pertoldi

Online: 2 April 2024 (12:39:22 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202311.1284.v1

A Functional Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the 3'-UTR of the Porcine JARID2 Gene is Associated with Aggressive Behavior of Weaned Pigs after Mixing

Huan Yang, Chunlei Zhang, Xiaohuan Chao, Jing Zhao, Mingzheng Liu, Jiahao Chen, Shuhan Liu, Tianshuo Wang, Asim Muhammad, Allan P. Schinckel, Bo Zhou

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: pig; aggressive behavior; JARID2; SNP; miR-9828-3p

Online: 21 November 2023 (07:35:56 CET)

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In pig production, pigs often show more aggressive behavior after mixing, which adversely affects animal welfare and growth performance. The Jumonji and structural domain-rich AT interaction domain 2 (JARID2) gene plays an important role in neurodevelopment in mice and various psychiatric disorders in humans. The JARID2 gene may impact the aggressive behavior of pigs. By observing the behavior of 500 weaned pigs during the first 72 hours after mixing, the ear tissue samples of the 12 most aggressive and 12 least aggressive pigs were selected for DNA resequencing based on the intensity of their aggressive behavior. Large group correlation analysis indicated that the rs3262221458 site located in the 3'-UTR region of the porcine JARID2 gene has a strong relationship with aggressive behavior of weaned pigs. Pigs with the mutant TT genotype of rs3262221458 have more aggressive behavior than those pigs with the GG and GT genotypes. The dual luciferase assay indicated that the luciferase activity of the plasmids containing the G allele of rs326221458 was significantly less than plasmids conaining the T allele of rs326221458 and control groups. The binding abiltiy of miR-9828-3p to sequences containing the T allele was less than sequences containing the G allele. The overexpression of miR-9828-3p in porcine neuroglial cells (PNGCs) and PK15 cells significantly decreased the mRNA and protein levels of the JARID2 gene. In addition, miR-9828-3p inhibited the proliferation of PNGCs. After inhibiting miR-9828-3p, the mRNA and protein expression levels of JARID2 increased, and the proliferation of PNGCs showed an opposite trend to the cells that forced expression of miR-9828-3p. In addition, interference with the JARID2 gene by siRNA can effectively inhibit the proliferation of PNGCs. In summary, we found that the rs326221458 locus regulates the expression of the JARID2 gene by affecting the binding of miR-9828-3p and the JARID2 gene, thereby affecting the aggressive behavior of weaned pigs after mixing.

Preprint CASE REPORT | doi:10.20944/preprints202312.2264.v1

Executive Functions in Patient with Low Degree Glioma of the Central Nervous System: Case Report

Manuel José Guerrero Gómez, Angela María Jimenez Urrego, Fernando Gonzalez Trujillo, Alejandro Botero Carvajal

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; Executive Function; Psycho-Oncology; Neuropsychology

Online: 29 December 2023 (09:12:36 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.1410.v1

Stress Control in Elderly through Healing Garden Activities

Sun-Hee Kim, Byung-Yeol Ryu, Joo-Bong Seo

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: cultivation management; mental; physical; the significance of the garden; utilization

Online: 18 January 2024 (11:07:27 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202404.0032.v1

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: Effects on Motor and Non-Motor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease

Fayda Protásio, Carlos Tomaz, Joaquim Brasil-Neto, Pedro Brandão, Nasser Allam, Maria Clotilde Henriques Tavares

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Parkinson’ s disease; neuromodulation; transcranial direct current stimulation – tDCS; movement disorders; mood; sleep; cognition

Online: 1 April 2024 (09:56:57 CEST)

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Abstract Introduction: In the last thirty years, brain neuromodulation techniques have been used as an alternative to pharmacological treatment of neurological disorders. Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder leading to bradykinesia, rest tremor, postural changes, and non-motor symptoms such as depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, pain, and cognitive decline that compromises executive functions (EFs), responsible for the orderly execution of behaviors and tasks of daily life and intentional and directed actions. To this date, a few studies with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) have shown beneficial effects in PD patients concerning specific motor and non-motor symptoms, targeting the motor cortex and/or prefrontal regions. Objective: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of left prefrontal tDCS across a broad spectrum of motor and non-motor symptoms of PD using established validated scales. Method: Single-blind randomized clinical trial with 18 volunteers with PD, aged between 45 and 80 years (66.1 ± 9.65), who met inclusion and exclusion criteria. Participants were submitted to assessments of motor and non-motor functions employing psychometric scales and tests to evaluate EFs and were randomly divided into two groups: control (sham stimulation) and experimental (active stimulation). All participants were involved in three separate tDCS sessions. The anode was positioned over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the cathode over the right supraorbital region, with a direct current intensity of 2mA, lasting 20 minutes. At the end of the three sessions, all participants were reassessed. Results: Significant effects of tDCS on non-motor functions were observed for cognition (verbal fluency of actions, clock copy test, appointment by visual confrontation, and verbal memory with immediate free recall) and subjective assessment of sleep quality (overall restlessness and discomfort in the arms and legs at night, leg and arm cramps at night and distressing dreams). There was also an improvement in the rate of errors and successes for congruent and incongruent stimuli of the Stroop Test. The beneficial effects on motor function were decreased rigidity, improved gait, and greater agility in the finger-tapping test. Conclusion: Three tDCS sessions showed positive results for participants with PD, producing significant improvements in various motor and non-motor functions, including sleep quality, cognition, and EFs. Additionally, the present results indicate that tDCS neuromodulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex region is feasible, safe, and provides significant objective benefits for PD patients.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202309.0367.v1

Disparities by Sex in Relation with Emotional Pre-Occupation and Variations in Stress Scores during Chronic Hemodialysis Management

Saira Akhlaq, Candace Ayars, Lynda Konecney, Monica Mitchell, Mohammad Zeeshan Qamar

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: Coping; Stress; Hemodialysis; Emotional Preoccupation; Coping with Health Injuries and problems (CHIP); Chronic Kidney Disease Stress Inventory (CKDSI)

Online: 6 September 2023 (09:42:15 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202402.0290.v1

Toxicological Response of Zebrafish Exposed to Cocktails of Polymeric Materials and Valproic Acid

Alexandra Savuca, Alexandru Ionut Chelaru, Ioana-Miruna Balmus, Alexandrina-Ștefania Curpăn, Mircea Nicusor Nicoara, Alin Ciobica

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: microplastics, valproic acid, zebrafish, toxicity assessment.

Online: 5 February 2024 (13:52:40 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202404.0189.v1

Using Activity Measures and GPS Data from a Virtual Fencing System to Assess Habitat Preference and Habitat Utilisation Patterns in Cattle

Magnus Fjord Aaser, Søren Krabbe Staahltoft, Martin Andersen, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, Christian Sonne, Dan Bruhn, John Frikke, Cino Pertoldi

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: animals; virtual fencing; grazing management; Nofence^©; ; cattle; habitat preference; habitat utilisation

Online: 3 April 2024 (05:51:07 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202307.1660.v1

Toward a Distinction between VisualWord Recognition and Reading, a New Paradigm

Younes Rami, Hicham laanaya, Hassan Bdouh, Bouabid Badaoui

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Keywords: reading; recognition; multi-stable perception; higher-order processing

Online: 25 July 2023 (07:45:40 CEST)

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