Cost-of-illness study among patients with diabetes mellitus and coping mechanisms in Northern Ghana by Abdul-Nasir Issah, Andrew Mpagwuni Ziblim, John Azaare, Robert Bagngmen Bio, Abdul-Hanan Saani Inusah, Martin Hushie

“…The study participants often experienced intangible costs such as physical pain, easy fatiguability and diet changes as a result of diabetes and adopted a number of cost-coping mechanisms which included the use of savings, borrowing and reducing medication use.Conclusion The costs incurred for care of diabetes mellitus in Northern Ghana are substantial, especially in view of Ghana’s low minimum wage which was US$1.35 in 2023. …”
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The effects of elevated pain inhibition on endurance exercise performance by Andrew Flood, Gordon Waddington, Richard J. Keegan, Kevin G. Thompson, Stuart Cathcart

“…Background The ergogenic effects of analgesic substances suggest that pain perception is an important regulator of work-rate during fatiguing exercise. Recent research has shown that endogenous inhibitory responses, which act to attenuate nociceptive input and reduce perceived pain, can be increased following transcranial direct current stimulation of the hand motor cortex. …”
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Developing behavioural activation for people with acquired brain injury: a qualitative interpretive description study of barriers and facilitators to activity engagement by Andrea Kusec, Abigail Methley, Fionnuala C. Murphy, Polly V. Peers, Estela Carmona, Tom Manly

“…This included identifying optimal time windows for different BA components (Right Tool at the Right Time), that BA components should, at least initially, not be burdensome or fatiguing (Perceived Effort), that emotional readiness to confront activity-mood relationships should be addressed (Emotional Impact), and that planned BA activities be consistent with individual values (Relation to Values). …”
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Media Discourse Regarding COVID-19 Vaccinations for Children Aged 5 to 11 Years in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: Comparative Analysis Using the Narr... by Verity L Chadwick, Freya Saich, Joseph Freeman, Alexandra Martiniuk

“…The advent of the Omicron variant demonstrated that populations were fatigued by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the media reporting increasingly blamed the unvaccinated. …”
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Parent proxy-report of their children's health-related quality of life: an analysis of 13,878 parents' reliability and validity across age subgroups using the PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic C... by Burwinkle Tasha M, Limbers Christine A, Varni James W

“…While pediatric patient self-report should be considered the standard for measuring perceived HRQOL, there are circumstances when children are too young, too cognitively impaired, too ill or fatigued to complete a HRQOL instrument, and reliable and valid parent proxy-report instruments are needed in such cases. …”
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Effect of dietary nitrate on human muscle power: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis by Andrew R. Coggan, Marissa N. Baranauskas, Rachel J. Hinrichs, Ziyue Liu, Stephen J. Carter

“…Studies were included if they used a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover experimental design to measure the effects of dietary NO3 − on maximal power during exercise in the non-fatigued state and the within-subject correlation could be determined from data in the published manuscript or obtained from the authors. …”
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Prefrontal cortex activation upon a demanding virtual hand-controlled task: a new frontier for neuroergonomics by Marika eCarrieri, Andrea ePetracca, Stefania eLancia, Sara eBasso Moro, Sabrina eBrigadoi, Matteo eSpezialetti, Marco eFerrari, Giuseppe ePlacidi, Valentina eQuaresima

“…Future studies could give a contribution to a better understanding of the cognitive mechanisms underlying human performance either in expert or non-expert operators during the simulation of different demanding/fatiguing activities.…”
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The Curcumin Supplementation with Piperine Can Influence the Acute Elevation of Exercise-Induced Cytokines: Double-Blind Crossover Study by Stéfani Miranda-Castro, Felipe J. Aidar, Samara Silva de Moura, Lucas Marcucci-Barbosa, Lázaro Fernandes Lobo, Francisco de Assis Dias Martins-Júnior, Roberta da Silva Filha, Pedro Alves Soares Vaz de Castro, Ana Cristina Simões e Silva, Danielle da Glória de Souza, Siomara Aparecida da Silva, Kelerson Mauro de Castro Pinto, Guilherme de Paula Costa, Ana Filipa Silva, Filipe Manuel Clemente, William Valadares Campos Pereira, Albená Nunes-Silva

“…Results: curcumin and piperine supplementation could not change the physical performance, immune cell counts, and muscle damage; however, the aerobic fatiguing exercise protocol inhibited the elevation of the plasmatic levels of some cytokines. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to resuming meaningful daily activities among critical illness survivors in the UK: a qualitative content analysis by Charles Reynolds, Timothy D Girard, Elizabeth R Skidmore, Suman Prinjha, Natalie Leland, Leslie Scheunemann, Jennifer S White, Tammy L Eaton, Megan Hamm

“…Six barrier–facilitator domains dominated based on frequency and emphasis across all performance goals: mood/motivation, setbacks/progress, fatiguability/strength; mis/communication; lack/community support; lack/health services and policies.Conclusions Critical illness survivors described a comprehensive inventory of 18 barriers and 11 facilitators that align with the Person-Task-Environment model of performance. …”
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COVID-19 and maternity care in South East London: shared working and learning initiative by Daghni Rajasingam, Aisha Hameed, Anita Banerjee, Caroline Wright, Emily Steward, Jacqui Kempen, Carol Postlethwaite, Monica Franklin, Laura Onwubalili, Sadia Bhatti, Oladimeji Olowu

“…We describe the evolution of this structure and share our experience of working within this new clinical network during the first wave and how this established way of working facilitated collaboration during the second and third waves as staff and the system became more fatigued. The huddles have developed to become multi-professional, multisite collaborations with the whole group taking joint ownership to develop shared learning and are providing a forum for discussions for the emerging South East London’s Maternal Medicine Network.…”
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Pre-slaughter, slaughter and post-slaughter practices of slaughterhouse workers in Southeast, Nigeria: Animal welfare, meat quality, food safety and public health implications. by Emmanuel O Njoga, Stanley U Ilo, Obichukwu C Nwobi, Onyinye S Onwumere-Idolor, Festus E Ajibo, Chinwe E Okoli, Ishmael F Jaja, James W Oguttu

“…A pig being conveyed to one of the SHs was seen gasping for air, as it was firmly tied on motorbike at the thoracic and abdominal regions. Fatigued cattle were forcefully dragged on the ground from the lairage to the killing floor. …”
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Clinical manifestation, staging and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in Gambian patients by Sheikh Omar Bittaye, Abubacarr Kambi, Momodou A. I. Tekanyi, Saydiba Tamba, Lamin Sanneh, Momodou Musa Sisawo, Abdoulie Jatta, Gibril Fatty, Adam Jeng, Momodou Salieu Jallow, Ousman Leigh, Ramou Njie

“…The most common gastrointestinal symptoms were early satiety 229 (88.1%) and abdominal pain 288 (87.7%), while the most common constitutional symptoms were weight loss 237 (91.2%) and easy fatiguability 237 (91.2%). Hepatomegaly 205 (78.8%) was the most common sign. …”
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Myofascial pain syndrome in female patients with chronic nonspecific back pain: diagnosis and treatment by D. O. Rozhkov, O. E. Zinovyeva, A. N. Barinov, I. M. Vikhlyantsev, G. Z. Mikhailova, N. V. Penkov, A. M. Nosovsky

“…Muscle ultrasonography in patients with MFPS revealed MTPs, whereas examinations of biopsy specimens of the muscle straightening the spinal column showed no evidence of necrosis, fibrosis, or inflammatory infiltration in the presence of transformation of the myosin phenotype, by increasing the proportion of rapidly fatigued type II muscle fibers. The results of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) gel electrophoresis indicated a decrease in the content of titin and nebulin, the sarcomeric cytoskeletal proteins involved in maintaining muscle contractility. …”
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Salivary Metabolomics in Patients with Long COVID-19 Infection by Luiz Machado, Robson Prudente, Estefânia Franco, Mariana Gatto, Gustavo Mota, Luana Pagan, Luís Brizola, Maércio dos Santos, Thulio Cunha, Robinson Sabino-Silva, Luiz Goulart, Mario Martins, Paula Santos, Larissa Maia, André Albuquerque, Eloara Ferreira, Bruno Baldi, Marina Okoshi, Suzana Tanni

“…Lower creatine abundance may be related to reduced physical capacity and fatigue…”
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Effect of Different Factors on the Quality of Life and Sequelae of COVID-19 Patients After Discharge by Haijuan Wang, Nan Guo, Ya-Ping Yao, Le Song, Guan-Zhen Wang, Jun-Li He, Ning Zheng, Qiong Mo, Wen-Xu Ni, Bo Zhang, Fu-Sheng Wang, Lei Huang

“…Patients diagnosed with severe and critically ill COVID-19 had worse mental conditions (χ2 = 7.653, P = 0.022) than those with the nonsevere type (not severe or critical) and were more likely to feel fatigued (χ2 = 4.836, P = 0.028). Female patients had a higher risk of sleep disturbance (χ2 = 10.026, P = 0.002) and dyspnea (χ2 = 5.672, P = 0.017) and had more difficulty returning to their original work and life (χ2 = 8.922, P = 0.003) than male patients. …”
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Performance Indicators and Optimal Conditioning Duration in Endurance Horses Under Malaysian Conditions by Mohd Adzahan, Noraniza

“…As a consequence, unfit or fatigued horses participate in endurance races resulting in a high percentage of horses being eliminated due to lameness or metabolic ailments. …”
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Methods of Cinematic Narrative in Today’s Ghazal by Mohsen Mohammadi fesharaki, Pante'a Safaee

“…But change of narrative is the trace of film in Ghazal and that is not applicable in the story.   5-This change in narrative which is accompanied by change in the form from Ghazal to couplet-poem and again to Ghazal is a way in which the poet can freely continue narration , and the audience - who is usually a listener , not a reader - won't feel fatigued , and makes up the prevailing sense and tone of the narrative as the author wants. 6- All of these uses, in addition to the presence of words, phrases, and names which are familiar to a public audience - whose most confrontation with the art is through the cinema and television - are of the reasons that today's Ghazal is more successful than blank verse in attracting attentions…”
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Doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica e fatores associados em São Paulo, SP, 2008-2009 Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica y factores asociados en Sao Paulo, Sureste de Brasil, 20... by Clóvis Arlindo de Sousa, Chester Luiz Galvão César, Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros, Luana Carandina, Moisés Goldbaum, Júlio Cesar Rodrigues Pereira

“…After adjustment the following factors were found independently associated with self-reported chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: number of cigarettes smoked in their lifetime (>1,500 vs. none) (PR=3.85; 95%CI: 1.87;7.94); easily fatigued (yes vs. no) (PR=2.61; 95%CI: 1.39;4.90); age (60;69 vs. 50;59) (PR 3.27; 95%CI: 1.01;11.24); age (70 and over vs. 50;59) (PR 4.29; 95%CI: 1.30;11.29); health conditions in the last 15 days (yes vs. no) (PR=1.31; 95%CI: 1.02;1.77); leisure-time physical activity (yes vs. no) (PR=0.57; 95%CI: 0.26;0.97). …”
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EEG-based emotion recognition for real-time applications by Liu, Yisi

“…In the first case where Dominance-Arousal are recognized by SVM and valence is recognized by thresholds, up to 16 emotions: four different valence levels with each of the high arousal/ high dominance, low arousal/high dominance, high arousal/low dominance, low arousal/low dominance combinations (namely activated/elated, joyful/happy, contempt/hostile, angry/frustrated, anxious/surprised, fascinated/loved, sinful/displeased, embarrassed/fearful, nonchalant/leisurely, relaxed/secure, mildly annoyed/disdainful, selfish/dissatisfied, solemn/quiet, humble/protected, fatigued/sad and bored/depressed) are recognized. The proposed algorithm could be used in applications such as entertainment and e-learning where different levels of valence or more types of emotions are needed to be identified. …”
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