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Elephant Rumblings: A’s set to begin fresh home stand

Athletics Nation 

Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports

MLB news roundup

Welcome to August AN! How time flies.

The A’s have wrapped up what is likely their final Bay Bridge Series at the San Francisco Giants. They still have two more against the Giants at home in a couple of weeks at the Coliseum in what will be the true final series between the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants. If you don’t have a ticket to the last game at the Coliseum, this might be your next best bet for a packed house. Читать дальше...

Travis Bazzana’s first home run is a grand slam as Guardians affiliates earn clean sweep

Let's Go Tribe 

Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024

Columbus Clippers 12, Syracuse Mets 8

Box Score · Clippers improve to 50-52

Will Brennan got sent down to Columbus and he took that personally. In his return to Triple-A, Brennan went 4-for-6 with three doubles and three RBIs.

Bryan Lavastida also had a monster game, going 3-for-4 with three doubles, three stolen bases and a walk.

Three doubles & three SB!#Guardians 25yr old (C) prospect Bryan... Читать дальше...

'Looking like an amateur', Rincon takes rocky path to first Challenger title

ATPWorldTour.com (Tennis) 

pWalking on court holding a carry-on bag with just three racquets, borrowed strings and grips, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniel-rincon/r0fp/overview'Daniel Rincon/a will not soon forget his title run at last weekrsquo;s ATP Challenger Tour event in Tampere./p p His luggage was lost while travelling from the Amersfoort Challenger to Finland, forcing him to scramble for equipment until he was reunited with his bag before his quarter-final match./p p ldquo;It was a crazy week. I was going with a little bag on court... Читать дальше...

Cenovus Q2 Profit Rises on Higher Oil Output and Refining Volumes

Oilprice.com 

Cenovus Energy (NYSE: CVE) booked a second-quarter net profit that was higher than year-ago levels on the back of increased oil and gas production and higher refining throughput at its U.S. refineries. Cenovus reported on Thursday a net income of US$723 million (C$1 billion) for the second quarter of 2024, up from US$626 million (C$866 million) for the same period last year. Cash from operating activities and free funds flow also rose in the quarter of April to June 2024 compared to the second quarter of 2023. Читать дальше...

Improving human activity classification based on micro-doppler signatures of FMCW radar with the effect of noise

Plos.org 

by NgocBinh Nguyen, MinhNghia Pham, Van-Sang Doan, VanNhu Le

Nowadays, classifying human activities is applied in many essential fields, such as healthcare, security monitoring, and search and rescue missions. Radar sensor-based human activity classification is regarded as a superior approach in comparison to other techniques, such as visual perception-based methodologies and wearable gadgets. However, noise usually exists throughout the process of extracting raw radar signals, decreasing... Читать дальше...

Association of IL13 polymorphisms with susceptibility to myocardial infarction: A case-control study in Chinese population

Plos.org 

by Rong Chen, Qiaoling Bao, Xiaofeng Ma

Background

Inflammatory cytokines play a major role in the pathogenesis of myocardial infarction (MI). Although information on the importance of interleukin 13 (IL13) in human MI is limited, it has been well documented in the mouse model. Genetic variation in the IL13 gene has been associated with the structure and expression of the IL13. In the present study, we hypothesized that IL13 common genetic variants would be associated with a predisposition to the development of MI. Читать дальше...

Validity testing of the Korean version of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) and its application in people with chronic diseases

Plos.org 

by Yon Hee Seo, Richard H Osborne, Yeunhee Kwak, Jung-Won Ahn

Health literacy plays a crucial role in promoting and maintaining the health of patients with chronic illnesses. Therefore, adequate assessments and the application of interventions based on people’s health literacy strengths, needs, and preferences are required to improve health outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometrical properties of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) in Koreans with chronic diseases. Data... Читать дальше...

Canadian status of “not acceptable” drugs as evaluated by Prescrire: A cohort study

Plos.org 

by Joel Lexchin

Introduction

The independent French drug bulletin Prescrire International rates the therapeutic innovation of new drug-indications approved for marketing in France using an ordinal scale with the lowest rating being “not acceptable”. This study investigates whether these drugs were approved by Health Canada.

Methods

A list of “not acceptable” drug-indications was generated by handsearching all issues of Prescrire International between January 2013 and December 2022. Читать дальше...

Risk and resilience-based restoration optimization of transportation infrastructures under uncertainty

Plos.org 

by Juanjuan Lin, Qizhou Hu, Wangbing Lin, Minjia Tan

Disruptive events cause decreased functionality of transportation infrastructures and enormous financial losses. An effective way to reduce the effects of negative consequences is to establish an optimal restoration plan, which is recognized as a method for resilience enhancement and risk reduction in the transportation system. This study takes the total travel time as the resilience measure to formulate a bilevel optimization model for a given scenario. Читать дальше...

Impact of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions on gender-specific school attendance and learning outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

Plos.org 

by Dinaol Bedada Dibaba, Bezatu Mengistie Alemu, Sisay Abebe Debela

The Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) interventions have been acknowledged for their role in the public health and educational outcomes. While there are strong evidences that reveal that WASH facilities do reduce the prevalence of infectious diseases and improve the learning environment, data remain thin and equivocal on the differential impacts of WASH facilities on education by gender. The literature reviewed does not... Читать дальше...

Identifying the determinants of tourism receipts of Thailand and relevant determinant-determinant interactions

Plos.org 

by Suree Khemthong, Pramote Luenam, Till D. Frank, Lily Ingsrisawang

The study examined the determinants that affect tourism receipts in Thailand. To this end, quarterly data from eight main provinces of Thailand from the period 2015–2019 were used and constituted a repeated measures design. Accordingly, a generalized linear mixed model was applied for developing two different random intercept models by treating 1) province, and 2) a combination of province and calendar quarter as cluster-specific effects. Читать дальше...

Chronobiological perspectives: Association between meal timing and sleep quality

Plos.org 

by Li-Ming Yan, Hai-Jun Li, Qi Fan, Yi-Dong Xue, Tao Wang

Background

Meal timing has been associated with metabolism and cardiovascular diseases; however, the relationship between meal timing and sleep quality remains inconclusive.

Objective

This study aims to investigate the relationship between meal timing and sleep quality from a chronobiological perspective.

Methods

This study utilized data from the NHANES for the years 2005–2008, including a cohort of 7,023 participants after applying exclusion criteria. Читать дальше...

Risk factors for postoperative ileus in hysterectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Plos.org 

by Zhuoer Hou, Ting Liu, Xiaoyan Li, Hangpeng Lv, Qiuhua Sun

Objective

The study intended to evaluate the risk factors of postoperative ileus in hysterectomy patients.

Study design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods

This study conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Program for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis statement. PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, the Cochrane Library and China National Knowledge Internet were searched. Читать дальше...