Introduction Internet gaming disorder has been associated with an excessive number of hours spent playing video games, which leads to a detriment of other daily activities and interests.In addition, it is associated with personality traits such as aggression and anger.In Portugal this relations are almost unexplored.Objectives To explore the relati
Abstract Elucidating the sources of a microbiome can provide insight into the ecological dynamics responsible for the formation of these communities.Source tracking approaches to sweet life carts date leverage species abundance information; however, single nucleotide variants (SNVs) may be more informative because of their high specificity to certa
Local field doorking video intercom potential (LFP) recorded by sensing-enabled neurostimulators provided chronic observation of deep brain activities for the research of brain disorders.However, the contamination from the electrocardiogram (ECG) deteriorated the extraction of effective information from LFP.This study proposed a novel algorithm bas
BackgroundThe number of diet induced obese population is increasing every year, and the incidence of type 2 diabetes is also on the rise.Histone methylation and acetylation have been shown to be associated with lipogenesis and obesity by manipulating gene expression via the formation of repression or activation domains on chromosomes.ObjectiveIn mi
BackgroundAs individuals age, the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) increases, largely due to progressive stiffening of the arteries.This relationship underscores the critical need to monitor arterial stiffness as a predictor of CVD outcomes.While aerobic exercise has demonstrated benefits for vascular health, the influence of flexibility, parti