Meenakshi Shukla
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View article: From recognition to expression: extending cardiovascular emotional dampening to facial expressions under elevated blood pressure
From recognition to expression: extending cardiovascular emotional dampening to facial expressions under elevated blood pressure Open
Introduction Cardiovascular Emotional Dampening (CED) refers to blunted emotional responsiveness in individuals with elevated blood pressure (BP), but research has exclusively focused on how such individuals perceive others’ emotions. Give…
View article: HIV infection reprogrammes CD4+ T cells for quiescence and entry into proviral latency
HIV infection reprogrammes CD4+ T cells for quiescence and entry into proviral latency Open
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) persists in infected individuals despite effective antiretroviral therapy due to the rapid establishment of latent reservoirs, mainly composed of quiescent memory CD4+ T cells. The mechanisms governing la…
View article: Cardiovascular Emotional Dampening and Olfaction: How Blood Pressure Affects Emotional Responses to Odors
Cardiovascular Emotional Dampening and Olfaction: How Blood Pressure Affects Emotional Responses to Odors Open
Cardiovascular emotional dampening (CED) refers to a reduced responsiveness to emotional stimuli, observed in individuals with elevated or altered blood pressure (BP) levels, affecting their ability to perceive and react to emotional cues …
View article: From bench to bedside: translating mesenchymal stem cell therapies through preclinical and clinical evidence
From bench to bedside: translating mesenchymal stem cell therapies through preclinical and clinical evidence Open
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are emerging as a powerful tool in regenerative medicine due to their ability to differentiate into mesenchymal lineages, such as bone, cartilage, and fat, along with their low immunogenicity and strong immuno…
View article: Cellular and Molecular Interactions in CNS Injury: The Role of Immune Cells and Inflammatory Responses in Damage and Repair
Cellular and Molecular Interactions in CNS Injury: The Role of Immune Cells and Inflammatory Responses in Damage and Repair Open
The central nervous system (CNS) is highly susceptible to damage due to its limited ability to regenerate. Injuries to the CNS, whether from trauma, ischemia, or neurodegenerative diseases, disrupt both cellular and vascular structures, le…
View article: Impact of aircraft noise on hearing and physiological health using cognitive and physiological evaluations in military personnel
Impact of aircraft noise on hearing and physiological health using cognitive and physiological evaluations in military personnel Open
View article: Cold hearts and dark minds: a systematic review and meta-analysis of empathy across dark triad personalities
Cold hearts and dark minds: a systematic review and meta-analysis of empathy across dark triad personalities Open
Introduction This systematic review and meta-analysis explored cognitive and affective empathy differences across Dark Triad traits—Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy. Methods Registered on PROSPERO and following PRISMA guidelin…
View article: Enhancing Data Streaming Clustering Algorithms for AutoML in Cloud Environments: A Novel Design Approach
Enhancing Data Streaming Clustering Algorithms for AutoML in Cloud Environments: A Novel Design Approach Open
The objective of this revision is to enhance existing AutoCloud clustering technology, which demonstrates optimal performance when dealing with clusters of specific dimensions and arrangements. AutoCloud uses the TEDA framework to break do…
View article: Vicious Economic Spiral (VES Theory): A Realistic Diagnosis of Economic Evils in a Developing Bharat
Vicious Economic Spiral (VES Theory): A Realistic Diagnosis of Economic Evils in a Developing Bharat Open
View article: 4.3 – 00124 HIV infection induces T cell quiescence, leading to proviral latency
4.3 – 00124 HIV infection induces T cell quiescence, leading to proviral latency Open
View article: Emotion Recognition and Differentiation in Cannabis Abstainers Over Time: Assessing the Role of Mental Health Problems and Cannabis Withdrawal
Emotion Recognition and Differentiation in Cannabis Abstainers Over Time: Assessing the Role of Mental Health Problems and Cannabis Withdrawal Open
Introduction: Cannabis is the second most widely-used substance in India, after alcohol. Several researches show how cannabis use can impair emotion recognition capacity, but relatively few researchers have explored this among cannabis abs…
View article: Does Prospective Mental Imagery Predict Symptoms of Negative Affect and Anhedonia in Young People?
Does Prospective Mental Imagery Predict Symptoms of Negative Affect and Anhedonia in Young People? Open
Adolescent depression is associated with unhelpful emotional mental imagery. Here, we investigated whether vividness of negative and positive prospective mental imagery predict negative affect and anhedonia in adolescents. 111 people from …
View article: Structural rearrangements in the nucleus localize latent HIV proviruses to a perinucleolar compartment supportive of reactivation
Structural rearrangements in the nucleus localize latent HIV proviruses to a perinucleolar compartment supportive of reactivation Open
Using an immunofluorescence assay based on CRISPR-dCas9-gRNA complexes that selectively bind to the HIV LTR (HIV Cas-FISH), we traced changes in HIV DNA localization in primary effector T cells from early infection until the cells become q…
View article: The Emotional Toll of HIV: Exploring Facial and Auditory Emotion Recognition and Emotion Regulation in People Living With HIV
The Emotional Toll of HIV: Exploring Facial and Auditory Emotion Recognition and Emotion Regulation in People Living With HIV Open
People living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (PLHIV) have been reported to show poor facial emotion recognition. However, these studies presented participants with facial emotion photographs whereas in real life facial emotion recogniti…
View article: Correction to: Behavioural approach-avoidance tendencies among individuals with elevated blood pressure
Correction to: Behavioural approach-avoidance tendencies among individuals with elevated blood pressure Open
View article: Emotional dampening in hypertension: Impaired recognition of implicit emotional content in auditory and cross‐modal stimuli
Emotional dampening in hypertension: Impaired recognition of implicit emotional content in auditory and cross‐modal stimuli Open
Research shows a reduced responsivity to implicit as well as explicit facial emotion recognition (emotional dampening) in prehypertensives and hypertensives. This study explored auditory and audiovisual emotion recognition in prehypertensi…
View article: Identifying characteristics of adolescents with persistent loneliness during COVID‐19: A multi‐country eight‐wave longitudinal study
Identifying characteristics of adolescents with persistent loneliness during COVID‐19: A multi‐country eight‐wave longitudinal study Open
Background Elevated loneliness experiences characterise young people. While loneliness at this developmental juncture may emerge from age‐typical upheaval in social relationships, there is little data on the extent to which young people ex…
View article: Attenuated maladaptive emotion processing as a potential mediator of the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and mental health
Attenuated maladaptive emotion processing as a potential mediator of the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and mental health Open
The emotion processing and regulation mechanisms by which dispositional (personality trait) mindfulness exerts its positive effects on mental health remain unclear. Here, we tested, using structural equation modeling, whether the relations…
View article: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF-FORGIVENESS: UNDERSTANDING THE MEDIATING ROLE OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SELF-COMPASSION
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF-FORGIVENESS: UNDERSTANDING THE MEDIATING ROLE OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SELF-COMPASSION Open
Self-forgiveness (letting go of the feelings of victimization, resentment, and vengeance) is possibly shaped in its nature and extent by self-esteem and self-compassion, through various mechanisms. The latter two represent well-known affir…
View article: Understanding the Nature and Consequences of Transgressions and Forgiveness in the Workplace in India
Understanding the Nature and Consequences of Transgressions and Forgiveness in the Workplace in India Open
The cultural context of an organisation may significantly shape the nature of transgressions and consequent forgiveness relevant to understanding the workplace outcomes. This study explored the nature of transgressions and the dynamics of …
View article: Self-Reported Worries in Young People During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Self-Reported Worries in Young People During the COVID-19 Pandemic Open
View article: Widening of the mental illness curve: An overview of how the COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on the mental health of children and adolescents
Widening of the mental illness curve: An overview of how the COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on the mental health of children and adolescents Open
This book chapter discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the mental health of children and adolescents and what interventions may be undertaken to mitigate the ill effects of the pandemic on their mental health.
View article: Behavioural approach-avoidance tendencies among individuals with elevated blood pressure
Behavioural approach-avoidance tendencies among individuals with elevated blood pressure Open
View article: Is Future Mental Imagery Associated with Reduced Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Negative Affect and Anhedonic Symptoms in Young People?
Is Future Mental Imagery Associated with Reduced Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Negative Affect and Anhedonic Symptoms in Young People? Open
View article: Dispositional mindfulness, alexithymia and sensory processing: Emerging insights from habituation of the acoustic startle reflex response
Dispositional mindfulness, alexithymia and sensory processing: Emerging insights from habituation of the acoustic startle reflex response Open
There is growing evidence of beneficial effects of mindfulness developed through engaging in mindfulness training/practices on sensory and cognitive processing, emotion regulation and mental health. Mindfulness has also been conceptualised…
View article: PP 1.11 – 00075 Selective nuclear retention of spliced and unspliced HIV-1 mRNAs following latency reversal
PP 1.11 – 00075 Selective nuclear retention of spliced and unspliced HIV-1 mRNAs following latency reversal Open
View article: Experiences of Tibetan Refugees in India during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Experiences of Tibetan Refugees in India during the COVID-19 Pandemic Open
This study explores the experiences of 70 Tibetan refugees in India (28 male, 42 female; mean age = 30.90 years; SD = 8.11) during the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of their stress, financial anxiety, perceived discrimination, dark future exp…
View article: Inhibition of the H3K27 demethylase UTX enhances the epigenetic silencing of HIV proviruses and induces HIV-1 DNA hypermethylation but fails to permanently block HIV reactivation
Inhibition of the H3K27 demethylase UTX enhances the epigenetic silencing of HIV proviruses and induces HIV-1 DNA hypermethylation but fails to permanently block HIV reactivation Open
One strategy for a functional cure of HIV-1 is “block and lock”, which seeks to permanently suppress the rebound of quiescent HIV-1 by epigenetic silencing. For the bivalent promoter in the HIV LTR, both histone 3 lysine 27 tri-methylation…
View article: A network analysis of adolescent mental well-being during the coronavirus pandemic: Evidence for cross-cultural differences in central features
A network analysis of adolescent mental well-being during the coronavirus pandemic: Evidence for cross-cultural differences in central features Open