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Drought is one of the most important abiotic stresses responsible for reduced crop yields. Drought stress induces morphological and physiological changes in plants and severely impacts plant metabolism due to cellular oxidative stress, even in C4 crops, such as sugarcane. Seaweed extract-based biostimulants can mitigate negative plant responses caused by drought stress. However, the effects of foliar application of such biostimulants on sugarcane exposed to drought stress, particularly on plant metabolism, stalk and sugar yields, juice purity, and sugarcane technological quality, have received little attention. Accordingly, this study aimed to evaluate the effects of foliar application of a seaweed extract-based biostimulant on late-harvest sugarcane during the driest period of the year. Three experiments were implemented in commercial sugarcane fields in Brazil in the 2018 (site 1), 2019 (site 2), and 2020 (site 3) harvest seasons. The treatments consisted of the application and no application of seaweed extract (SWE) as a foliar biostimulant in June (sites 2 and 3) or July (site 1). The treatments were applied to the fourth ratoon of sugarcane variety RB855536 at site 1 and the fifth and third ratoons of sugarcane variety SP803290 at sites 2 and 3, respectively. SWE was applied at a dose of 500 ml a.i. ha −1 in a water volume of 100 L ha −1 . SWE mitigated the negative effects of drought stress and increased stalk yield per hectare by up to 3.08 Mg ha −1 . In addition, SWE increased stalk sucrose accumulation, resulting in an increase in sugar yield of 3.4 kg Mg −1 per hectare and higher industrial quality of the raw material. In SWE-treated plants, Trolox-equivalent antioxidant capacity and antioxidant enzyme activity increased, while malondialdehyde (MDA) levels decreased. Leaf analysis showed that SWE application efficiently improved metabolic activity, as evidenced by a decrease in carbohydrate reserve levels in leaves and an increase in total sugars. By positively stabilizing the plant’s cellular redox balance, SWE increased biomass production, resulting in an increase in energy generation. Thus, foliar SWE application can alleviate drought stress while enhancing sugarcane development, stalk yield, sugar production, and plant physiological and enzymatic processes.

The pandemic outbreak, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) threatens proper family patterns by disrupting normal day-to-day activities, such as working patterns of parents by working from home, online children's education rather than regular school, a dilemma in children's education and health constrained movement by complete or partial home lockdowns to prevent disease spread, anxiety of disease spread, failure of home quarantine due to insufficient home situation and reduced personal protective equipment usage due to the extra financial burden, reduced social communications, increased health burdens than usual along with enormous toil with dependent family members, demands of financial burdens by multiple factors, reduced monthly income during pandemics, lack of employment or job insecurity, deviations in mental health among family members such as fear, anxiety, insomnia, severe depression, hetero aggression, child verbal or physical abuses, increased alcohol consumption and substance abuse or drug addictions, aggressive behavior, self-blaming or injury, unintentional suicidal tendencies, mood disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder and failure to meet health demands due to a lack of health facilities. Many contributing factors are affecting the normal family status than usual circumstances such as reduced hospital equipment or resources which is due to pandemic effects, social isolation due to outside quarantine measures, insecurity of the future and ongoing pandemic situation, fear of vaccination side effects, and so on. Therefore, we hope to raise awareness about the magnitude of parental stress levels and contributing factors. Moreover, these findings would encourage effective stress management to overcome the factors that contribute to parenteral stress and to improve coping skills to face the coming darkness with ease. It supports the preservation of physical, mental, and social well-being in families as well as minimizing or overcoming stressors, maintaining strong familial ties, and improving life expectancy globally during this pandemic.

Background: There are increasing mental health concerns in the construction industry workforce, with stress being a primary concern. This qualitative study investigates stress experiences and the management of stress in office-based and on-site workers in the UK building construction sector. This study can provide key insights for construction, but also potentially other industries which struggle with high stress levels among their employees. Methods: A total of 40 semi-structured interviews (20 on-site/20 office-based) were conducted at large-scale building construction projects in the southeast UK. Framework method analysis was used to derive an understanding of stress in the workplace and coping strategies. Results: The study identified two major themes: the negative influence of work stress on personal and professional wellbeing, and the management of stress through proactive and reactive coping strategies. Results indicated that on-site workers frequently cited high workloads, tight deadlines, and safety concerns, whereas office-based workers tended to highlight job complexity and organisational pressures. Both population sub-groups reported stress affecting their work performance, with site-workers having the added concern of physical health and safety. Coping strategies among workers tended to rely on support networks, outside-the-workplace hobbies, and boundary-setting, among others. Conclusions: Stress remains a significant problem in the workplace and affects wellbeing; however, there are ways to mitigate the stress. Our findings could provide a foundation for intervention development.

The basic purpose of research is to determine the technology-enabled stress management strategies for athletes. This research study based on psychological analysis also depends upon secondary research data based on data collected from different websites related to the athletes. Technology considers independent, and stress management strategies are the dependent variables. The psychological analysis considers as a mediator variable related to them. To determine the research, use E-views software and generate informative results related to the indicators. The descriptive statistical analysis, the unit root test analysis, the Dickey fuller test analysis, the histogram, and state analysis, also the graphical analysis between them. The overall result found that the technology shows a significant link in the stress management strategies for athletes. Technology plays a vital role in stress management strategies related to psychological analysis for athletes.

Urban trees are exposed to multiple co-occurring stressors, including heat, drought, and pollution driven by intensified urbanization and climate change. These environmental pressures can compromise tree vitality by disrupting photosynthetic performance and oxidative balance. In this study, we assessed the structural, physiological, and biochemical responses of three common urban tree species (Tilia platyphyllos, Celtis occidentalis, and Platanus × hispanica) growing under urban environmental conditions in Novi Sad, Serbia. Leaf traits were measured during June and August to capture seasonal stress variation. Structural indicators (SPAD, leaf thickness, leaf temperature differential), chlorophyll fluorescence traits (ΦII, ΦNPQ, Fv′/Fm′), oxidative stress biomarkers (TBARS, proline, GSH), and antioxidant enzyme activities (APX, CAT) were quantified. The Tree Health Risk Index (THRI) was calculated to integrate multilevel responses. Results revealed species-specific differences, with Tilia exhibiting the highest sensitivity, characterized by notable photochemical declines and oxidative stress under urban conditions. Celtis showed moderate resilience, while Platanus demonstrated the most robust performance and emerged as a promising candidate for climate-resilient urban sites. Heatmap clustering and trait contribution analyses confirm oxidative stress biomarkers and chlorophyll fluorescence traits as key indicators of urban stress. This study emphasizes the importance of integrating functional trait-based approaches for assessing tree health in urban greening.

Background: Hispanic college students face high stress, which may increase their risk for chronic stress-related health issues. Effective and accessible stress management strategies for this population remain limited. Objective: This pilot study filled a gap by studying the effects of psychological stress on diet and physical activity habits and evaluating the impact of moderate-intensity physical exercise (MIPE) and yoga interventions on chronic psychological stress and acute stress responses among Hispanic college students. Methods: A total of 18 Hispanic college students participated in a 6-week intervention consisting of either MIPE or yoga, conducted twice weekly. Anthropometric measurements and lifestyle data were collected at both pre- and post-intervention timepoints. Psychological stress was evaluated using the Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10), morning salivary cortisol concentrations, and the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST). Results: Before the intervention, both perceived stress scores and morning salivary cortisol concentrations were positively correlated with the frequency of sweetened beverage intake and negatively correlated with attitudes toward exercise. Psychological stress was not significantly reduced after MIPE or yoga interventions. The salivary cortisol response to TSST was significantly improved after the yoga intervention. Conclusions: Although this pilot exploratory study suggests that short-term yoga may have beneficial effects in managing acute stress response in Hispanic college students, the efficacy of the interventions needs to be tested and replicated in a fully powered trial.

Librarians occupational performance include their task, contextual and adaptive performance which are practical and strategic tools for achieving libraries' set objectives. Stress management strategies are activities, readjustments, methods and techniques that are employed in managing, dealing, coping, reducing and eradicating the harmful effects of stress. The paper discussed improving librarians' occupational performance through stress management strategies as an overview. It was established that stress management strategies help librarians in dealing, handling and coping with stress and its harmful effects. Librarians can achieve high occupational performance when they are stress free. The paper explored an overview of librarians' occupational performance, stress, concept of stress management strategies, individual stress management strategies and organisational stress management strategies and ways stress management strategies improves librarians' occupational performance. Based on the established facts in the discourse these recommendations are made: the library managements should create awareness programmes to sensitise librarians on the need for daily stress management practices; stress management programmes should be created for librarians in the library; body fitness and training centres should be established in the library complex; and librarians should frequently consult psychologists and physiotherapists for professional advice and care when stressed.

The objective of the research was to find and analyse the dependence factors of the individual personality. For the purpose of the analysis, students of two higher education institutions in the South Bohemian Region, the Czech Republic, were chosen. The students were from different fields of study, men and women, of different age. The research further dealt with the dependency of the Big Five factors on the positive and negative stress management strategies. The research results can be used for further studies that would be a contribution to theory as well as for the individualization of the approach to concrete groups or individual students.

Field experiment was conducted at research farm, Department of Agricultural Meteorology, CCS HAU, Hisar located at 29° 10¢ N latitude, 75° 46¢ E longitude and 215.2 m altitude during rabi season (2007-08 and 2008-09) to study the variation in heat and radiation use efficiency of wheat as influenced by thermal stress management strategies under late sown conditions. The grain, straw and biological yields in pre-sowing treatment were maximum when overnight soaked seed sowing with 25% higher seed rate in dry bed followed by irrigation. Under post anthesis treatments, the highest grain and biological yields were observed in treatment of Urea (2.5%) + ZnSO4 (0.5%) spray at anthesis. The highest radiation use efficiency (RUE) was recorded in pre-sowing treatment when overnight soaked seed sowing with 25% higher seed rate in dry bed followed by irrigation at milking. Under post anthesis strategies, the maximum RUE was observed in treatment of Urea (2.5%) + ZnSO4 (0.5%) spray at anthesis.

Background: Medical education is inherently stressful. Postgraduate medical students, in particular are vulnerable to experience stress. Considering the paucity of research on stress in postgraduate medical students, this study was conducted to assess their perceived stress and coping strategies. The study intends to provide inputs for future interventions to manage their stress. Objective: To study perceived stress, coping styles and psychological morbidity in postgraduate medical students Material & methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted on all postgraduate students willing to participate in the study, studying at this medical college and hospital. They were asked to fill a structured proforma to assess socio-demographic details and domains of stress. Stress was assessed by Perceived stress scale (PSS-10), coping strategies using BRIEF COPE and psychological morbidity screened by Self reporting questionnaire (SRQ). Descriptive analysis &Pearson correlation was done between stress levels, psychological morbidity and various coping strategies. Results: Postgraduate medical students had mean PSS-10 score of 17.96. Pearson correlation revealed positive correlation between stress levels measured by PSS-10 and psychological morbidity measured by SRQ (Correlation coefficient 0.639). There was also positive correlation independently between higher stress score and psychological morbidity with higher use of dysfunctional coping strategies (Correlation coefficient 0.44 & 0.421 respectively). Conclusion: Postgraduate students using dysfunctional coping strategies had higher stress and psychological morbidity, whereas those using healthy emotion focused coping strategies had lower stress levels and lower psychological morbidity.