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06
Oct

Static magnetic field measurements of smart phones and watches and applicability to triggering magnet modes in implantable pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

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Seidman SJ, Guag J, Beard B, Arp Z. Static magnetic field measurements of smart phones and watches and applicability to triggering magnet modes in implantable pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. Heart Rhythm. 2021 Oct;18(10):1741-1744. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.06.1203. Epub 2021 Aug 26. PMID: 34600610.Copy Abstract Background: Implantable pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are designed to include a “magnet mode” […]

05
Oct

Desynchronized circadian clock and exposures to xenobiotics are associated with differentiated disease phenotypes

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Makris, K. C. (2021). Desynchronized circadian clock and exposures to xenobiotics are associated with differentiated disease phenotypes. BioEssays, e2100159. https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.202100159 Abstract A paradigm shift in the human chronotoxicity of xenobiotics would study two-sided desynchronized phenomena of interfacial interactions between cyclic or periodic environmental insults and the endogenous response and recovery profile. These systems-based networks are under the influence of […]

05
Oct

Empirical Modelling of Public Lighting Emission Functions

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Espey, B.R. Empirical Modelling of Public Lighting Emission Functions. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 3827. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13193827 Abstract Study of light at night has increased in recent decades due to the recognition of its impact on the environment, potential health concerns, as well as both the financial and carbon cost of energy waste. The advent of more extensive and improved […]

05
Oct

Parenting Styles, Depressive Symptoms, and Problematic Online Game Use in Adolescents: A Developmental Cascades Model

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Gan X, Li H, Li M, Yu C, Jin X, Zhu C and Liu Y (2021) Parenting Styles, Depressive Symptoms, and Problematic Online Game Use in Adolescents: A Developmental Cascades Model. Front. Public Health 9:710667. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.710667 Abundant empirical research has demonstrated the relationship between parenting style and adolescent problematic online game use (POGU), but the direction […]

05
Oct

ANFR OBSERVATORY: OCTOBER 1, 57,800 4G SITES AND 29,300 5G SITES AUTHORIZED IN FRANCE BY THE ANFR

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Source: https://www.anfr.fr/toutes-les-actualites/actualites/observatoire-anfr-au-1er-octobre-57-800-sites-4g-et-29-300-sites-5g-autorises-en-france-par-lanfr/ (Auto-translated from French) 05/10/2021 The National Frequency Agency (ANFR) updated its monthly observatory of mobile network deployments as well as Cartoradio.fr, a cartographic platform which lists all the radio sites authorized on French territory. On 1 st  October ANFR authorized a total of  58,593 mobile network sites in France, all generations  (+ 224 over the month of […]

02
Oct

Anxiety and its relationship with sleep disturbance and problematic smartphone use among Chinese medical students during COVID-19 home confinement — A Structural Equation Model Analysis

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Yang Song, Kristin Sznajder, Can Cui, Yilong Yang, Ying Li, Xiaoshi Yang, Anxiety and its relationship with sleep disturbance and problematic smartphone use among Chinese medical students during COVID-19 home confinement — A Structural Equation Model Analysis, Journal of Affective Disorders, 2021, ISSN 0165-0327, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.09.095. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165032721010545) Highlights •Anxiety was associated with problematic smartphone use and […]

02
Oct

Artificial Light at Night and Cancer: Global Study

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Al-Naggar RA, Anil Sh. Artificial Light at Night and Cancer: Global Study. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2016;17(10):4661-4664. Published 2016 Oct 1. doi:10.22034/apjcp.2016.17.10.4661 Abstract Background: Artificial light at night (ALAN) has been linked to increased risk of cancers in body sites like the breast and colorectum. However exposure of ALAN as an environmental risk factor and […]

02
Oct

Effects of excessive use of mobile phone technology in India on human health during COVID-19 lockdown

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Tyagi A, Prasad AK, Bhatia D. Effects of excessive use of mobile phone technology in India on human health during COVID-19 lockdown. Technol Soc. 2021;67:101762. doi:10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101762 Abstract Objective The global health crisis in the form of COVID-19 has forced people to shift their routine activities into a remote environment with the help of technology. The outbreak […]

02
Oct

Psychological and Emotional Effects of Digital Technology on Children in COVID-19 Pandemic

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Limone, P.; Toto, G.A. Psychological and Emotional Effects of Digital Technology on Children in COVID-19 Pandemic. Brain Sci. 2021, 11, 1126. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11091126 Abstract COVID-19 has caused obstacles in continuing normal life almost everywhere in the world by causing the implementation of social distancing and eventually imposing the lockdown. This has become the reason for the increase in technology […]