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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"acute stressors"”.
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Comparative Analysis of Chronic Versus Acute Stressors and Their Influence on Distress Consequences at Work
… distress consequences in employees. Chronic stressors have been well researched, in particular, role conflict, role ambiguity, and work overload have been extensively studied. A meta-analysis was conducted in order to aggregate past research to gain a better understanding of the impact these …
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Activism as a coping strategy among parents of children with cancer
… Notably, participants qualitatively reported acute stressors related to activism alongside rich benefits. The current study contributes significantly to understanding the role of childhood-cancer-related activism as a coping strategy for parents whose children have been diagnosed with the …
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Reciprocal Relationships Between the Neuroendocrine System and Lymphoid Cells
A wide variety of environmental and psychological stressors alter the susceptibility of animals to infectious and neoplastic diseases. However, physiologic mechanisms involved in these phenomena are not understood. Acute stressors activate both the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and …
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A Retrospective Analysis of Paramedic Student Performance Under Simulated Stress
… The paramedic is constantly barraged with acute stressors during the performance of his duties. These stressors have predictable, documented, negative effects on performance. The acute and chronic exposure to stress can negatively impact the safety and the well being of the paramedic. These …
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Psychological Stress and High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Levels in Overweight and Obese Men
… and hs-CRP, previous research indicates that acute stressors do play a role in increasing this measure of inflammatory response. Preventive care specialists need to consider reducing obesity and possibly accounting for acute, rather than chronic, stressors when prescribing lifestyle changes …
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Swine applied ethology methods for a model of mild traumatic brain injury
Stressors and stress responses are part of everyday life, for both humans and animals. Organisms evolved well-developed mechanisms to cope with most stressors, and to recover from stress responses. Nevertheless, severe acute stressors and chronic stressors lead to health problems. Traumatic brain …
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Identification and Characterization of Developmentally Regulated Components of the Stress Axis in Petromyzon Marinus
… did not vary in response to multiple successive acute stressors, including dewatering and salt water exposure, over a 24 hour period as measured by RT qPCR. This suggests that P. marinus CRH system genes may not respond to such stressors at the level of mRNA expression. Collectively, these data …
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An Investigation of Hair Cortisol as a Biomarker of Long-Term Stress in Beef Cattle
… HC responds to HPA axis activity from applied stressors. Following castration, HC concentration was highest in the most aversive treatment and lowest in the least stressful treatment on d 14. However, total standing time post-castration used as a measure of pain did not reflect HC …
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INVOLVEMENT OF OXIDATIVE BALANCE IN THE ETIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF STRESS-RELATED PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
… a psychopathology, and that not all types of stressors have detrimental effects on the organism. Indeed, acute stressors can be considered a fuel for the brain and body, helping to achieve expected results, however, if the stressors persist for longer periods, are too intense, or the molecular …