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Academic stress, depression, and anxiety among university students has been a great concern globally. Literature review shows that university students may harbor irrational beliefs that could play a significant role in causing emotional disturbances. Objective The aims of this study were to examine the relationship of irrational beliefs with emotional disturbances in university students, and the differences in irrational beliefs and depression, anxiety, and stress between students with different socio-demographic and academic backgrounds. Participants and method Data was collected from 655 local Hong Kong university students. Results and conclusions University students having higher levels of irrational beliefs were more likely to have depression, anxiety, and stress. Two-way MANOVA results showed that second-year students had more awfulizing beliefs than third-year students in the faculties of Engineering and Education. Results of ANOVA and the Independent Sample t-test revealed that male students, students from low income families, Law students, those pursuing 5-year programs, or those in the second year of study were likely to have more irrational beliefs. PT2385 HIF antagonist In addition, male students, medical students, those studying 5-year programs were found having significantly higher levels of depression, anxiety, and stress. Limitations and implications were discussed.Objective This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of team sports on alleviating depression, anxiety, perceived stress, and poor sleep quality in college students. Participants Undergraduates (n = 291) from a major public university in China. Methods A 12-week quasi-experimental study was conducted. Students were enrolled in team sports classes (n = 138, experimental group) and aerobic dance classes (n = 153, comparison group). Data was collected via questionnaires at pre and post-test. Results Results indicated significant improvement in depression and sleep quality for college students over time (p  .05). Conclusions Team sports may help reduce depression and poor sleep quality in college students. However, physical activity alone may not help improve anxiety and perceived stress.ABSTRACTAgrobacterium sp. LAD9 capable of heterotrophic-aerobic nitrogen removal was applied into a single biological aerated filter (BAF) for bioaugmented treatment of municipal wastewater. The achievement of simultaneous nitrogen and carbon removal in the bioaugmented system was systematically evaluated by ratios of COD to nitrogen (COD/N), ranging from 1 to 20. The results showed that at an appropriate COD/N ratio of 10, the BAF exhibited excellent carbon and nutrients removal, the averaged removal efficiencies for COD, NH4+-N and TN were 92.3%, 100% and 80.0%, respectively. Long-term operation of the bioaugmented system also confirmed the stability of the treatment efficiency. Further comparisons of SOUR and PCR-DGGE profiles between the bioaugmented and the control system revealed that the introduction of strain LAD9 greatly changed the structure of original microbial community and facilitated their capabilities of aerobic nutrients removal. The proposed bioaugmentation strategy is of particular importance to upgrading or retrofitting concurrent municipal wastewater treatment systems.PURPOSE To develop a model predicting the probability of detecting prostate cancer (PCa) recurrence outside the prostatic fossa on PSMA PET/CT in patients with biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy (RP). MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively included 419 consecutive patients with BCR (PSA less then 2.0 ng/ml) after RP who underwent 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT to guide salvage therapy. Patients receiving androgen deprivation therapy between RP and PSMA PET/CT were excluded. We used multivariable logistic regression to assess predictors for the detection of PCa recurrence outside the prostatic fossa on PSMA PET/CT. We minimalized overfitting of the model and used decision curve analysis (DCA) to determine clinical utility. RESULTS Median PSA at time of scanning was 0.40 (interquartile range 0.30-0.70) ng/ml. 174 (42%) patients had PCa recurrence outside the prostatic fossa. PSA at time of scanning, and grade group, N-stage and surgical margin status at RP specimen were significant predictors for detecting PCa recurrence outside the prostatic fossa. The bootstrapped AUC of this model was 0.75 (interquartile range 0.73-0.77). The DCA showed a net benefit by a model-based probability from 16%. Limitations include the retrospective design and the missing histological correlation of positive lesions. CONCLUSIONS Next to the PSA value at time of scanning, grade group, N-stage and surgical margin status at RP specimen are significant predictors for detecting PCa recurrence outside the prostatic fossa on PSMA PET/CT. The presented model is implemented in a dashboard to assist clinicians in determining the optimal moment to perform 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT in patients with BCR after RP.OBJECTIVES One identified solution to prevent obesity in cats is to control and limit their calorie intake. The objective of the present work was to better elucidate the impact of calorie cut-off on the feeding behaviour of cats. METHODS A control (n = 31) and a test group of cats (n = 38) were included in the present study. Both groups received the same food variety during the study. A period of ad libitum feeding was initially set (T0), followed by a 9-month mild calorie restriction period for the test group only (T9; average calorie restriction = 6%), and a final period of ad libitum feeding (T10). The individual cat feeding behaviours were measured via an electronic feeding system, and agonistic interactions between cats during food anticipation via video observations. Generalised linear mixed models were fitted to compare all feeding parameters between periods by group. No statistical analyses could be performed on the agonistic interactions data owing to their structure. RESULTS The feeding behaviour of the control group remained stable during the entire study, while the test group showed fewer but larger meals taken at shorter time intervals and a faster eating rate in response to calorie restriction. The average total number of agonistic interactions per cat increased during the calorie cut-off period in the test group only. One month after returning to ad libitum feeding, all behaviours were largely restored to baseline values. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Behavioural changes expressed by cats under calorie restriction can explain some of the difficulties obtaining cat owners' compliance with dietary restriction, especially in multi-cat households. Feeding strategies should be utilised to help cats be less impulsive and maintain normal feeding patterns when moving away from ad libitum feeding.