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Sex differences in the effects of shift work-like schedules on gut microbiome and intestinal barrier in relation to stroke survival
by Ella Barnum, Jonathan L. Turck, Karienn A. Souza, Kathiresh Kumar Mani, Rachel Pilla, Amutha Selvamani, Farida Sohrabji, David J. Earnest
Disturbances of 24-hour or circadian rhythms imposed by everyday irregular work and/or social schedules h...
Author: Ella Barnum
Posted: August 14, 2026, 2:00 pm
Traffic monitoring research based on roadside LiDAR-camera target-free wide-area collaborative calibration
by Shuang Shi
Accurate LiDAR-camera extrinsic calibration is fundamental to roadside multi-sensor fusion for traffic monitoring. Traditional calibration methods usually depend on calibration targets and manual operation, which limits their applic...
Author: Shuang Shi
Posted: August 14, 2026, 2:00 pm
Temporal misalignment of renal sodium transport promotes non-dipping blood pressure phenotypes
by Anita T. Layton
Non-dipping blood pressure (BP) phenotypes are strongly associated with cardiovascular and renal morbidity, yet the physiological mechanisms governing nocturnal BP dipping remain incompletely understood. Experimental evidence s...
Author: Anita T. Layton
Posted: August 13, 2026, 2:00 pm
Integrative multi-omics and machine learning identify CHRNA1 putative circadian-immune hub in COPD
by Lan Zhang, Zhifei Li, Tiansheng Xia, Tingting Yang, Jia Fu, Yan Lu, Jiayi Xu, Kaiyu Han
Background Circadian rhythm disruption is increasingly recognized as a contributor to chronic inflammatory disorders; however, its specific significance and...
Author: Lan Zhang
Posted: July 31, 2026, 2:00 pm
Sex and the clock: Exploring sex differences in chronotype and circadian behavior among healthy older adults
by Natalie S. Pandher, Leslie Yack, Esther Li, Quentin Coppola, Kaitlin B. Cassaletto, Lea T. Grinberg, Thomas C. Neylan, Joel H. Kramer, Christine M. Walsh
This study aimed to compare subjective and objective circadian measures with a focus on s...
Author: Natalie S. Pandher
Posted: July 16, 2026, 2:00 pm
Pachymic acid alleviates circadian rhythm disorders in high-fat diet-induced obesity mice via the sphingolipid pathway
by Hong Yang, Yingxiu Mei, Jilan Chen, Jiawei Chen, Jiushuang Zhu, Lu Zhang, Yanju Gong, Gan Luo, Weijun Ding
Background Obesity caused by a high-fat diet (HFD) is known to disrupt metabolic homeostasis and circadian rhythms. Pachymic acid (PA), a...
Author: Hong Yang
Posted: July 1, 2026, 2:00 pm
Facilitating the measurement and treatment of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) and understanding caregiver burden using wearable devices in Rural Taiwan—Protocol for a dyadic feasibility pilot study
by Ta-Wei Guu, Wan-Jing Li, Shih-Hsiung Lee, Chih-Shan Hsu, Chia-Ni Chou, Leon Lack, Wei-Fen Ma
Introduction Alzheimer’s disease (AD) prevalence rises with societal ageing. In clinical care, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD)...
Author: Ta-Wei Guu
Posted: May 18, 2026, 2:00 pm
Smartphone-based accurate pothole depth estimation using monocular RGB and LiDAR-guided deep learning
by Waqar Rauf Butt, Muhammad Farooq, Sohail Jabbar, Muhammad Munwar Iqbal, Umar Raza, Alaa E. S. Ahmed
The maintenance of the road infrastructure is vital to ensure public safety and the efficiency of transportation, but the unpredictable and wid...
Author: Waqar Rauf Butt
Posted: May 8, 2026, 2:00 pm
