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    Lifestyle impact on migraine during home confinement

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    6noBackground: The COVID-19 lockdown has influenced people lifestyle, behaviour, physical activity (PA), and working habits as well as, possibly, migraine. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of lockdown on the burden of migraine attacks during COVID-19 lockdown. Methods: Patients were interviewed, and data about demographics, PA, daily behaviour, working habits, disability (HIT-6) and characteristics of migraine and drugs consumption were compared between the first month of the lockdown in Italy (March 2020), and a reference month prior the lockdown (January 2020). Results: 37 patients were analysed, classified as migraine without aura (MwoA) (n = 26) and migraine with aura (MwA) plus migraine with and without aura (MwA/MwoA) (n = 11). During the lockdown, a greater proportion of patients with insufficient PA (65% vs 31%; p = 0.012) were found. Reduced mean headache duration [3 h, (2–12) vs 2 h (1–8); p = 0.041] and HIT score [59 (51–63) vs 50 (44–57); p = 0.001] were found in MwoA patients during the lockdown, while no changes found in patients with MwA + MwA/MwoA. Conclusions: Lockdown induced significant changes in PA and working habits of people with migraine and was found to be associated with improved migraine-related symptoms which might depend by different lifestyle habits.openopenGranato A.; Furlanis G.; D'Acunto L.; Olivo S.; Buoite Stella A.; Manganotti P.Granato, A.; Furlanis, G.; D'Acunto, L.; Olivo, S.; Buoite Stella, A.; Manganotti, P

    New weapons against antimicrobial resistance: Targeting SOS response to recover b actericidal activity of antibiotics

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    Drug Resistant Bacteria represent a global emergency, limiting the effective treatment of bacterial infections.The development of novel strategies fighting bacterial infections is strongly desirable. One such approach is a means of prolonging the lifespan of current antibiotics, namely, the development of antibiotic adjuvants, i.e. compounds that do not themselves kill bacteria but instead enhance the effect of an antibiotic. Adjuvants have potential application in a number of situations, with the most obvious being the case of formerly susceptible bacteria that have acquired resistance. Additionally, the relative infancy of the adjuvant approach means that there are likely a greater number of both undiscovered targets and previously unidentified chemical scaffolds

    New weapons against antimicrobial resistance: Targeting SOS response to recover b actericidal activity of antibiotics

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    Drug Resistant Bacteria represent a global emergency, limiting the effective treatment of bacterial infections.The development of novel strategies fighting bacterial infections is strongly desirable. One such approach is a means of prolonging the lifespan of current antibiotics, namely, the development of antibiotic adjuvants, i.e. compounds that do not themselves kill bacteria but instead enhance the effect of an antibiotic. Adjuvants have potential application in a number of situations, with the most obvious being the case of formerly susceptible bacteria that have acquired resistance. Additionally, the relative infancy of the adjuvant approach means that there are likely a greater number of both undiscovered targets and previously unidentified chemical scaffolds

    Data_Sheet_1_The Everglades vulnerability analysis: Linking ecological models to support ecosystem restoration.XLSX

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    Understanding of the Everglades’ ecological vulnerabilities and restoration needs has advanced over the past decade but has not been applied in an integrated manner. To address this need, we developed the Everglades Vulnerability Analysis (EVA), a decision support tool that uses modular Bayesian networks to predict the ecological outcomes of a subset of the ecosystem’s health indicators. This tool takes advantage of the extensive modeling work already done in the Everglades and synthesizes information across indicators of ecosystem health to forecast long-term, landscape-scale changes. In addition, the tool can predict indicator vulnerability through comparison to user-defined ideal system states that can vary in the level of certainty of outcomes. An integrated understanding of the Everglades system is essential for evaluation of trade-offs at local, regional, and system-wide scales. Through EVA, Everglades restoration decision makers can provide effective guidance during restoration planning and implementation processes to mitigate unintended consequences that could result in further damage to the Everglades system.</p

    Table_1_The Everglades vulnerability analysis: Linking ecological models to support ecosystem restoration.DOCX

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    Understanding of the Everglades’ ecological vulnerabilities and restoration needs has advanced over the past decade but has not been applied in an integrated manner. To address this need, we developed the Everglades Vulnerability Analysis (EVA), a decision support tool that uses modular Bayesian networks to predict the ecological outcomes of a subset of the ecosystem’s health indicators. This tool takes advantage of the extensive modeling work already done in the Everglades and synthesizes information across indicators of ecosystem health to forecast long-term, landscape-scale changes. In addition, the tool can predict indicator vulnerability through comparison to user-defined ideal system states that can vary in the level of certainty of outcomes. An integrated understanding of the Everglades system is essential for evaluation of trade-offs at local, regional, and system-wide scales. Through EVA, Everglades restoration decision makers can provide effective guidance during restoration planning and implementation processes to mitigate unintended consequences that could result in further damage to the Everglades system.</p

    Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

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    Although Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been related to an increased risk for behavioral addictions, the relationship between ADHD and Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is still debated. The aim of this study is to address this topic by exploring the prevalence of IGD in a consecutive sample of ADHD youth, compared to a normal control group, and by assessing selected psychopathological and cognitive features in ADHD patients with and without IGD. One hundred and eight patients with ADHD (mean age 11.7 ± 2.6 years, 96 males) and 147 normal controls (NC) (mean age 13.9 ± 3.0 years, 114 males) were included in the study and received structured measures for IGD. In the ADHD group, 44% of the sample were above the IGD cut-off, compared to 9.5% in the NC group. ADHD patients with IGD presented with greater severity and impairment, more severe ADHD symptomatology, more internalizing symptoms, particularly withdrawal/depression and socialization problems, and more prominence of addiction and evasion dimensions. A binary logistic regression showed that the degree of inattention presented a greater weight in determining IGD. These findings may be helpful for identifying, among ADHD patients, those at higher risk for developing a superimposed IGD
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