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Computerized cognitive training shows promise for improving mental health in schizophrenia
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Journal CenterSchizophrenia is characterised by pervasive cognitive deficits that significantly impair daily functioning and quality of life. Pharmacological treatments have limited efficacy in addressing these deficits, highlighting the need for adjunctive interventions like computerised cognitive training (CCT). This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a 30-session CCT programme on mental well-being and cognitive performance in individuals with schizophrenia. Additionally, it assessed the usability and acceptability of CCT in this population.
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- General Psychiatry
Flowerlike CeO2 used as novel adsorption material for removal of hydrogen fluoride gas from lithium-ion battery during thermal runaway
Higher Education PressPeer-Reviewed Publication
This study provides valuable insights into the prevention of toxic gas diffusion during lithium battery fires, offering a potential solution for protecting firefighters’ respiratory health. The findings highlight the potential of flower-like CeO2 microspheres as an effective adsorbent for HF gas removal during LIB thermal runaway, which could significantly enhance the safety of lithium-ion batteries in various applications.
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- Frontiers in Energy
Annual UK cost of mental health disorder PTSD likely tops £40 billion
BMJ GroupPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- BMJ Open
- Funder
- Supporting Wounded Veterans, The Veterans Foundation
Advancing gene therapy to address deafness
University of California - IrvinePeer-Reviewed Publication
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- Nature Medicine
Heatwaves to increase in frequency, duration under global warming
Portland State UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
As the climate becomes warmer on average, it makes intuitive sense that we will see more hot days and we've had predictions of this for some time. However, the duration of heatwaves — how many days in a row exceed a temperature that is unusually hot for a given region — can be very important for impacts on humans, livestock and ecosystems. Predicting how these durations will change under a long-term warming trend is more challenging because day-to-day temperatures are correlated — tomorrow's temperatures have a dependence on today's temperature. This study takes this effect into account, along with the warming seen in current and historical observations and projected for the future by climate models for a wide range of land regions. Not only do the heatwave durations increase, but each additional increment of warming causes a larger increase in the typical length of long heat waves. In other words, if the next decade brings as much large-scale warming as a previous decade, the additional increase in heatwave durations would be even larger than we've experienced so far.
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- Nature Geoscience
UC Davis Health receives $3.6 million grant from NIH to improve eye gene therapy
University of California - Davis HealthGrant and Award Announcement