Intradevice measurement repeatability was excellent for both the CASIA (ICC range 0.93-0.99) and ANTERION (ICC range 0.97-0.99). Interdevice measurement agreement was also excellent (ICC range 0.85-0.96). Measurements within and between devices were similar (

> 0.06) for all parameters except SSA500 (

= 0.03). Linear regression and…[Read more]

Noise in the school environment has been a major concern in many countries around the world. Students need a favorable signal-to-noise ratio in the classroom to ensure adequate speech intelligibility, which is directly dependent on the acoustics of the classroom and favorable noise levels in these environments.

To evaluate the…[Read more]

This study examined the influence of built environmental factors in the community on active social network size as well as the moderating influence of different dimensions of social activity on this relationship.

This study employed the cross-sectional and correlational approaches to construct a scale measuring key community-level built…[Read more]

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. COVID-19 first occurred in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and by March 2020 COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic.

We describe a case of a 52-year-old female with past medical history of asthma, type 2 diabetes, and previous tobacco use who…[Read more]

Executive function entails the core components of response inhibition, working memory and cognitive flexibility. An accumulating literature has shown that a single bout of exercise improves the response inhibition and working memory components of executive function; however, limited work has examined a putative exercise-related improvement to…[Read more]

One hundred and thirty-six (25%) had a family member with epilepsy. The most-reported trigger factor was sleep deprivation reported by 285 (52%), followed by stress 225 (41%), missed medication 210 (38.5%), anxiety 209 (38.3%), and fatigue 184 (33.7%). Conclusions Sleep deprivation is the most reported trigger factor for seizures in the KSA,…[Read more]