Quality Health & Medicine Essay Examples for Your Learning

Commentary: the c9orf72 repeat expansion disrupts nucleocytoplasmic transport

Zhang et al.have recently investigated the complex mechanisms that lead to impairment of the normal trafficking through the nuclear pore complex associated with G 4 C 2 HRE. The authors also studied the RanGAP/G 4 C 2 RNA interaction in induced pluripotent stem cell neurons, derived from multiple C9orf72 ALS patients and noted that RanGAP →

Editorial: microbial secondary metabolites: recent developments and technological challenges

The current knowledge and potential of marine fungi for producing anticancer compounds has been reviewed and the ability of the sea-derived Streptomyces helimycini for the production of actinomycins is presented. In a very interesting study, Wakefield et al.proved that the co-cultivation of fungi and bacteria led to the production of new secondary metabolites.

Critical analysis critical thinkings example

The few who engaged in the activities were inconsistent hence the findings of the benefits would not have been determined as they were not effective. However, the participants were to be inactive so that the research would contain the correct findings of the benefits of the exercise where thirty three of them were supposed to →

Identification of the igg1 induction factor (interleukin 4)

When I was a PhD student in the beginning of the 1970s, many of us at the Department of Immunobiology, Karolinska Institutet were intrigued by the question of whether, and if so how, B-cells switched Ig class. A likely explanation is that the rabbit IgG antisera bound the protein A and thus formed a bridge →

Management of autoimmune status epilepticus

These autoimmune epilepsies are seen in patients with antibodies to intracellular antigens and surface antigens; however, there is potential for reversal with immunotherapy, and early treatment has shown a general rate of improved survival and cognition. Value of autoantibodies for prediction of treatment response in patients with autoimmune epilepsy: review of the literature and suggestions →

Response: commentary: elimination of left-right reciprocal coupling in the adult lamprey spinal cord abolishes the generation of locomotor activity

A commentary on Commentary: Elimination of Left-Right Reciprocal Coupling in the Adult Lamprey Spinal Cord Abolishes the Generation of Locomotor Activity by Cangiano, L, and Grillner, S. Third, the previous commentary stated that in our study, the presence of rostral muscle burst activity prior to a more caudal spinal transection was not a convincing test →

Editorial: systems modeling: approaches and applications

Given the broad range of applications of systems biology, we considered necessary to increase the coverage of tools and their applications in several areas, such as medicine, biotechnology and engineering. In this regard, the collection highlights the impact of computational tools and the usefulness of modeling to decipher the inner workings of biological systems.

New insights regarding genetic aspects of childhood obesity: a minireview

Heritability plays a key role in the development of childhood obesity, with a rate of determinism as high as 70%, and it was proven to be higher in children than adults. Many studies focused on assessing the role of different genes in the determination of obesity and found that certain variants are associated with weight →

Editorial: neutrophil communication

Editorial on the Research Topic Neutrophil Communication Neutrophils are key immune cells that participate in host defense through a variety of mechanisms including phagocytosis, the generation of reactive oxygen species, release of granular contents, and the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps. The capacity of neutrophils to orchestrate inflammatory and immune responses is dependent on their →

Classical sociology through the lens of gendered experiences

In the following section, Men and society, the female and male scholars' writings about social activities point to diverse understandings of the purposes and outcomes of social organization for women and men in modern society. In The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Weber implicitly demonstrates that the masculinity that was favored in western →

Risk factors of new cerebral infarctions after endovascular treatment for basilar artery stenosis based on high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging

The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of our center, and given the retrospective nature of the study and the fact that data were analyzed anonymously, the study was exempted from obtaining consent from patients. The inclusion criteria were as follows: Patients with symptomatic atherosclerotic stenosis of the BA aged from 18 to 80 →

Editorial: microbial safety in water resources

Editorial on the Research Topic Microbial Safety in Water Resources The scientific community can help to advance wastewater reuse in two important ways: First, through the exploration of new treatments and technologies that allow use of safe water supply alternatives, and second, through development and use of new methods that improve insights on water quality. →

Fighting for equal spiritual voice: the case of the “women of the wall”

The principle of the universal equality of human rights in the liberal democracy is compatible with the idea of feminism which can be defined as an idea that promotes the human rights and the civil rights of all women in the society as defined in 1978 within the framework of the " Declaration of the →

New hope for a microrna therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension

The researchers studied the effects of miR-424 and miR-503 overexpression or knockdown on FGF2 and FGFR1 expression in normal and PAH-PAECs. The research concluded that the downregulation of APLN, miR-424 and miR-503 in PAH-PAECs increases FGF2 and FGFR1 expression and causes hyperproliferation of PAECs and PASMCs.

Obituary: mark thomas fisher, ph.d. june 21,1954–september 4, 2018

The ticking of a bicycle derailleur in the halls of the department heralded the arrival of Dr. Following his time at the NIH, Mark obtained a faculty appointment in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the School of Medicine at the University of Kansas, in 1992.

Chicory root extract atopic dermatitis health and social care essay

The probe aims to find whether the root infusion of chicory works decreases the badness and symptoms of grownup atopic dermatitis. A usage of hiting systems and nonsubjective standards will assist to standardise and compare the results in both groups.

Big data, open science and the brain: lessons learned from genomics

While there is certainly a growing level of scepticism and ethical scrutiny in relation to the " neurologization" of understandings of mental health, selfhood and notions of human nature based on incomplete findings from the field, there is no doubt that the last 25 years have seen extraordinary conceptual and technological growth and development in →

The liberating dimension of human habit in addiction context

In the therapeutic-educative context, it is evident that one of the central consequences of addiction is the loss of habits that are necessary for personal and social realization and which are normally acquired over the course of a healthy life. The role of habits and motivation in human drug addiction: a reflection.

Editorial: epigenetic modifications associated with abiotic and biotic stresses in plants: an implication for understanding plant evolution

Editorial on the Research Topic Epigenetic Modifications Associated with Abiotic and Biotic Stresses in Plants: An Implication for Understanding Plant Evolution Epigenetics in modern definition refers to the heritable alterations in gene expression which may lead to a variation in the phenotype without a change in the DNA sequence. These findings are corroborated by the →

Crowdsourced water level monitoring in kenya’s sondu-miriu basin—who is “the crowd”?

As a result, water availability for the residents and hydropower production in the lower part of the basin strongly depends on rainfall and water abstraction in the upper part. All participants were informed about the objective of the study and were explicitly asked to give consent for the storage, use and publication of the answers →

413 week 13

Entrepreneurialism in HealthCare of Affiliation Entrepreneurialism in HealthCare Based on the recent trends in healthcare profession, it is undeniable that diagnostic imaging services have contributed immensely to the rising costs of receiving medical care. Using the analogy of the Tragedy of the Commons, Archie and Alexander offer the probable eventuality of the healthcare system if →

Navigating the feminine in massively multiplayer online games: gender in world of warcraft

This includes gender stereotyping, how female gamers are treated, how female characters in games are displayed and created, what can be done to make the online gaming experience more inclusive and how the topic of gender harassment might be related to cyberbullying. Unwillingness on the part of both male and female gamers to cross traditional →

Frontiers commentary on tallet et al. investigation of prolactin receptor activation and blockade using time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer

For many years, the model of ligand-induced dimerization was the preferred model to explain the activation of many single transmembrane-spanning receptors that rely on the phosphorylation of their intracellular domains. Before the publication of the article of Tallet et al.in Frontiers in Endocrinology, conflicting results had been reported in the literature concerning the activation model →

How should we study urban speciation?

It is important to keep in mind that many of the observed differences between urban and non-urban individuals may however lack a genetic basis, and may therefore not be the best system to look for urban speciation, as not all three conditions might be met. Adaptive changes in response to urbanization may directly or indirectly →

Euthanasia as a mercy killing

A doctor's participation in the process could be by inserting a needle intravenously into the terminally ill patient who themselves activate a switch that dispenses the fatal dose or to prescribe a fatal dosage of drugs with the specific intent of ending the life. The regrettable reality is that most people in America die a →

Minimally invasive surgery for pediatric tumors – current state of the art

Today, the most relevant groups with the largest experiences are the International Society of Pediatric Oncology in Europe and overseas, the Children's Oncology Group in the US and North America, the Society of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and the Japanese Pediatric Liver Tumor Study Group in Japan. Operating surgeons should →

Age-related macular degeneration revisited: from pathology and cellular stress to potential therapies

The lack of treatments is in part due to the complexity of the disease, as not only multiple genetic and environmental risk factors but also different cell types within the inner and outer retina, have been shown to be involved in the pathophysiology of AMD. Herein, we will review the pathology and visual deficits associated →

Methaemoglobinaemia can complicate normothermic machine perfusion of human livers

In addition, the use of prolonged NMP in the clinical setting is increasing, with human transplants reported after 38 h of NMP. As shown in Figure 1A, blood gas analysis from the arterial limb of the circuit revealed that Liver 1 developed methaemoglobinaemia after 13 h of NMP, increasing to metHb = 19% at 16 →

Professional health organizations

Unlike the old system of health education, the current curriculum in the field insists on the observation of quality and the set standards. This is the oldest known organization that has been working to improve public health and education in the area of health since 1872.

Response: commentary: correlation between patent foramen ovale, cerebral “lesions” and neuropsychometric testing in experienced sports divers: does diving damage the brain?

In our Discussion, we have taken the time to explain some of the limitations of the studies that can be found in the literature. Risk of decompression illness among 230 divers in relation to the presence and size of patent foramen ovale.Eur.

Editorial: microbial exopolysaccharides: from genes to applications

In the series of articles presented in this book, the authors provide an overview of the different fields involved in microbial EPS production, characterization, and applications. The review of Schmid et al.gives a comprehensive overview of the different biosynthetic pathways known for bacterial EPS-producers and compares in detail the different kinds of EPS.

Science has to take responsibility. 10 years world health summit—the road to better health for all

The " M8 Alliance" of 25 Academic Health Centers and Universities around the globe and the 130 Academies of Medicine and Sciences in the InterAcademy Partnership provide a unique think tank for the World Health Summit program in academic freedom. The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and the Agenda 2030 with the World →

Approaches to research in art therapy using imaging technologies

In the profession of art therapy, art making is an integral part of treatment and takes place in the context of a facilitative/therapeutic relationship with a trained art therapist. In the field of art therapy, art making occurs in the context of a facilitative/therapeutic relationship with a trained art therapist and is considered reparative and →

Memory cd8 t cells specific for plasmodia liver-stage antigens maintain protracted protection against malaria

We hypothesized that the absence of adequately developed immunologic memory, which stems from the tolerant milieu of the liver, sequestration of the liver-stage antigens within hepatocytes, and relatively short duration of the liver-phase infection, is mainly responsible for the lack of lasting protection. These observations are in agreement with the transient expansion of T cells →

Editorial: toxicity of pesticides on health and environment

Editorial on the Research Topic Toxicity of Pesticides on Health and Environment The aim of this research topic was to explore different aspects of the effects of pesticides on human health and the environment from a multidisciplinary point of view. It should also be borne in mind that the introduction of genetically modified crops at →

Soil disturbance affects plant productivity via soil microbial community shifts

With the availability of newly released nutrients and the production of metabolites, soil microbes then have the potential to shape above ground plant communities by mediating and partitioning soil resources. In order to test the effects of the microbial inoculant treatments during the plant growth experiment, we used the Shapiro-Wilk test and Levene's test to →

A multi-institutional retrospective analysis of toceranib phosphate for presumed or confirmed canine aortic body chemodectomas

The primary aim of this multi-institutional retrospective study was to evaluate the clinical benefit of toceranib in a population of dogs with presumed or confirmed aortic body chemodectomas, compared to the previously published literature, in an attempt to further support its use for this tumor type. Data collected included signalment, presenting clinical signs, method of →

Ezscan: new diagnostic tool

This new tool makes use of sweat gland function and it will be able to detect a patient who has a risk for insulin resistance and diabetes. EZSCAN has made it possible to identify individuals at a risk of developing diabetes, unlike test that was used in previous years.

Editorial: advances in plastid biology and its applications

Bobik and Burch-Smith provide a detailed overview of this process including retrograde signaling between plastids and other organelles, plastid signaling in response to biotic and abiotic stress and the effect on the cell wall and intercellular symplasmic transport. They investigated how light dependence might have evolved, and propose that suppression of photosynthetic gene responses to →

The central governor model of exercise regulation teaches us precious little about the nature of mental fatigue and self-control failure

The principal claim of the central governor model is that the brain dynamically and subconsciously regulates physical exertion by afferent inputs from the body, thereby allowing for the completion of a given task in a safe manner. An attractive feature of the central governor model is that it is thought to incorporate information about bodily →

A review of flipped classroom and cooperative learning method within the context of vygotsky theory

In the flipped classroom, the process of transferring information in traditional classrooms goes outside the classrooms through computer technologies and the Internet, and the " information transfer" is carried out by interactive activities within an active learning environment. Flipped classroom is where the activities carried out in the classroom environment in traditional learning approach are →

Vascular aging: facts and factors

Such as the idea proposed by Ming et al.and discussed by Cau and Tostes, which suggests that targeting mTORC1-S6K1 signaling could be a promising therapeutic modality to retard the aging process and treat cardiovascular disease in the elderly. Chantler and Lakatta elegantly describe the concept of arterial ventricular coupling and provide valuable information on how →

Difficult diagnoses in hyperkinetic disorders – a focused review

The most common source of problem are patients with a longstanding history of action tremor, improvement with use of ethanol, and family history of a similar condition who later in life develop worsening of the condition with onset of rest tremor and bradykinesia. 26, 18 23.

Applying an exposome-wide (exwas) approach to cancer research

The exposome, first introduced in 2005 by Wild addresses the limitations of traditional research approaches by applying a systems approach for considering the relationships between external exposures and internal genetic, epigenetic, and exposomic factors in the onset and progression of disease. ExWAS supports both data driven and hypothesis driven approaches and the application of combinatorial →

Is there any mri pattern that discriminates female from male migraine patients?

In the past two decades, several neuroimaging studies have attempted to identify potential differences in the brains of migraineurs, however only a very limited number of studies have examined the sex-specific differences in the brains of migraineurs. In this review: We will first discuss neuroimaging findings on the patterns that discriminate women from men in →

A novel approach for predicting atrial fibrillation recurrence after ablation using deep convolutional neural networks by assessing left atrial curved m-mode speckle-tracking images

The endocardium of the LA wall was manually traced starting from the medial/septal to the lateral mitral annulus in the apical 4-C view and inferior to anterior mitral annulus in the apical 2-C view, and was tracked by the 2-D speckle-tracking software along the border. The curved M-mode images of GS and GSR in both →

Intersubjectivity and interaction as crucial for understanding the moral role of shame: a critique of tosca-based shame research

In recent years, a view on two key moral emotions, shame and guilt, seems to be establishing itself in some sectors of psychology, based mainly on the research of Tangney and Dearing and their " Test of Self-Conscious Affect". Tangney and Dearing's definitions of shame and guilt rely on a clear separation between self and →

Evaluation of acetogenins as potential anti-sars-cov-2 agents through computational approaches

The 3-dimensional structure of the protein was checked for the presence of any pre-existing ligands and the water molecules were deleted or removed and the resultant protein structure was saved in.pdb format for the further validation. The binding or the active site pocket residues where the ligands interact with the protein to inhibit its action →

Editorial: child sexual abuse: the interaction between brain, body, and mind

Despite the vast array of studies focusing on the different aspects of CSA, the current state of the art indicates a dearth of identification and detection tools, investigation protocols, and treatment model interventions. These findings support the complex interactions among CSA and other forms of abuse and show the complexities of trauma recovery to be →

707 week 12

I would approach the situation by contacting my employer and asking its relevant authority to submit the EBP project to the professional journal and I would then consider an independent research, with the colleague, for another project that we could then submit to the professional journal. I would contact my employer for submission of the →

Coronavirus disease stress among italian healthcare workers: the role of coping humor

3 How stressful Italian HCWs perceived the situation at work and what psychological strategies they used to cope against the perceived stress during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy are at issue in the present study. Among the character of strengths pointed out in the frame of positive psychology, humor plays a →

Canine lymphoma, more than a morphological diagnosis: what we have learned about diffuse large b-cell lymphoma

In addition to the morphological characteristics of neoplastic lymphocytes, the identification of the cell lineage and molecular features currently aid in the accurate classification of lymphoma. Recently, a group of international veterinary pathologists achieved agreement of 80% in the application of the WHO classification criteria for the diagnosis of canine lymphoma based on histology and →

Case report: untreatable headache in a child with ventriculoperitoneal shunt managed by use of new non-invasive intracranial pressure waveform

Secondary obstructive hydrocephalus is a common cause of the high ICP in the cases, due to the compression of the 3rd ventricle and obstruction of the interventricular foramina or the cerebral aqueduct resulting from the growth of the craniopharyngioma. The hypothesis was that the patient's shunt was allowing too much CSF to drain out of →

Biotechnology and reproductive rights

A doctor can use his or her own judgment to balance the principles of ethical health care in the best way that suits the condition only in exceptional cases. In the health field, beneficence refers to taking actions that cater best for the interests of the patient.

Affective and motivational influences in person perception

By delineating distinct approaches to person perception related to cognitive inferential-categorical processing and affective-motivational influences, respectively, and by specifying relative processing differences for verbal and non-verbal formats of information, the present paper aims to extend existing integrative views on person perception by emphasizing the critical role of salience and reward-related effects within the dynamic processing →

Challenges in sociological theory

This was also the time when the relation between philosophy and social theory was reconceived in terms of collaboration on an equal basis for example, in Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, in Habermas's image of philosophy's role as a " place-holder and interpreter" for the sciences, or in Roy Bhaskar's revival of Locke's image of the →

Clinical presentation and treatment outcomes of children and adolescents with pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma in a single center in korea

Hence, the objective of this study was to demonstrate the clinical presentation and treatment outcomes of children and adolescents with PPGL in a single tertiary care center in Korea. In our patients with PGL, the concentrations of EPI and MN in plasma or 24-hour urine were not as high as those in patients with PCC.

A call for an open, informed study of all aspects of consciousness

Kelly, Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA Emily Williams Kelly, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA Hideyuki Kokubo, Researcher, Institute for Informatics of Consciousness, Meiji University, Japan Jeffrey J. Schwartz, Professor of Psychology, Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, →

Editorial: movement disorders and sleep – underlying mechanisms, clinical aspects and treatment

Editorial on the Research Topic Movement Disorders and Sleep Underlying Mechanisms, Clinical Aspects and Treatment Nocturnal sleep dysfunction is a key problem in many movement disorders and one of the major non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease the world's fastest growing neurodegenerative disorder with consequences during waking hours at daytime as well as daily functioning. 14: →

Editorial: factors underpinning and influencing drivers’ aberrant behaviors across the life course

Such characteristics can be either stable, or variable, i.e, dependent on the state of the individual, and in turn, they interact with contextual aspects that is, the social environment, such as the presence of passengers, or the physical environment, including the type of road, and the condition of the vehicle. Finally, a third set of →

Laparoscopic hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastases: the current state of the art

At this stage in the evolution of laparoscopic hepatectomy, evidence is still lacking on the safety of laparoscopic major hepatectomy for colorectal hepatic metastases and also on the feasibility of the laparoscopic approach for tumors in the right posterior sector and/or the segments close to the hepatic venous outflow. Ann Surg.doi: 10.

Pneumothorax: mechanical ventilation and medicine net essay sample

A pneumothorax is a collection of free air in the chest outside the lung that causes the lung to collapse".. Spontaneous pneumothorax is caused by a rupture of a cyst on the surface of the lung.

Impact of cigarette packages warning labels on saudi arabian people and to what extent

Many of the smokers in the country have stated that they are more aware of the consequences of their behavior than before. Furthermore, more people are likely to quit smoking now that they are aware of the consequences of their behavior.

Antibody peptide based antifungal immunotherapy

In this Research Topic, the search path from the study of the yeast killer phenomenon to the production of antibodies that mimic the antimicrobial activity of a killer toxin to Ab-derived peptides characterized by fungicidal activity will be focused. The production and characterization of a monoclonal Ab, capable of neutralizing the fungicidal activity of Pa →

Ritual in therapy for prolonged grief: a scoping review of ritual elements in evidence-informed grief interventions

Grief comprises emotional pain related to the death of a loved one, feelings of yearning and longing, and preoccupation with the deceased person or the circumstances of the death. The included 22 studies are summarized in Appendix 1 describing the name of the intervention, the reference that reported the intervention, a description of the →

Ways of assessing body composition – lab report example

The purpose of the experiment will be to use skinfold measurements to measure the body fat content of a 23-year-old lady. The lady's body fat percentage is 26.15%.

Disrubtion of the tight junction zo-1 by cytokine in intestinal epithelial and probiotic treatment

The role of ZO-1 in the tight junction in intestinal epithelial cells is to stabilize the barrier, functionally link it to the actin myosin cytoskeleton, and limit the permeability of the cell layer to large solutes. Probiotics: a role in the treatment of intestinal infection and inflammation?

Health and saftey

The rationale behind the law is that in the event of an emergency the operator may immediately shut the system down. The speed of the bridge and trolley will be divided into two.

Editorial: unifying insights into the desiccation tolerance mechanisms of resurrection plants and seeds

In the light of this, we entitled the call for this follow up SI " Unifying Insights into the Desiccation Tolerance Mechanisms of Resurrection Plants and Seeds". In light of the universality of DT among plant taxa, and indeed variation among seeds in precise mechanisms of DT, the view that DT in angiosperms evolved through →

Vegetation restoration alters fungal community composition and functional groups in a desert ecosystem

The diversity and distribution of the functional groups in soil fungi determine the ecological effects of soil fungal communities, which are of great significance for the revegetation process under stress. The indicator genus of soil fungi was identified to further elucidate the distribution of soil fungi at different soil depths and revegetation durations, which were →

Nutrition for infants for preventing future disease

Hence, for the prevention of diseases in INFANTS, balanced nutrition is very important. Hence, nutrition certainly affects the growth, development and learning in INFANTS.

Ca permeable ampa channels in diseases of the nervous system

Whereas most AMPA/kainate type glutamate channels are Ca 2+ impermeable, subsets of these channels, which are expressed in characteristic temporal and spatial patterns on discrete populations of neurons, are Ca 2+-permeable, and it is the activation of these channels that likely mediates most of the neurodegeneration attributable to AMPA/kainate receptor activation. Despite the accumulation of →

Non-linear memristive synaptic dynamics for efficient unsupervised learning in spiking neural networks

It has been shown that the memristive dynamics of the synapses, i.e, the evolution of the memristor conductance driven by train of identical pulses, determines the performance of the network. FIGURE 5 Classification Accuracy and weight contrast as a function of the number of training images presented to the SNN for various dynamics in the →

Executive control training from middle childhood to adolescence

The inconsistent pattern of results may be explained by the large differences in terms of the type, intensity, and duration of the training regimes and the fact that different methodologies haven been adopted across studies. Therefore, the aim of this review is to illustrate the concept of EF, its neural correlates and age-related changes in →

Free high density lipoproteins and cardiovascular disease essay example

High amounts of saturated fat in the diet can lead to increased levels of unhealthy cholesterol in the blood and contribute to the development of atherosclerosis. Instead, Rohatgi et al, in the paper entitled " HDL Cholesterol Efflux Capacity and Incident Cardiovascular Events," focus on what is called HDL cholesterol efflux capacity, particularly pertaining to →

Medication: the health of america

The plan requires a group of employees; a group that is responsible for the statistical data of the number and location of elderly and their homes and another group responsible for distributing the devices to the houses. The benefits of the lifefone lie in its importance in reminding elderly to take their medication as well →

Tumor-associated tertiary lymphoid structures: gene-expression profiling and their bioengineering

Of importance, there was a highly significant and consistent association between a marked increase in overall patient survival, the value of the mean score of the GES, and the presence of TL-TLSs in stage IV melanoma, colorectal cancer, and, most recently, in stage IV bladder cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, and certain types of breast →

Influence of empathy disposition and risk perception on the psychological impact of lockdown during the coronavirus disease pandemic outbreak

In particular, the following hypotheses and research questions will be tested: HP1: high empathic dispositions are associated with the positive psychological impact of the lockdown directly and through the mediation of the acceptance of the lockdown. The aim will be to measure the effects of the interaction between empathic dispositions and perceived or objective health →

Health promotion of the older adult

While my father put a lot ofstresson the importance of the physical asps CT of health, encouraging an active lifestyle and proper nutrition, my mother taught the IM parlance of coping skills and positive environments. Hernandez stated that prior to the loss of her husband, she often prepared her own meals, whereas now she relies →

Rare genetic blood disease modeling in zebrafish

In addition, because of the complexity of human diseases and the intrinsic differences between humans and other species, it is often the case that some aspects of the model organisms physiology makes it a poor model for a specific disease, and so multiple model organisms are needed. Notably, the anatomy and physiology of most of →

Editorial: cardiomyocyte microdomains: an emerging concept of local regulation and remodeling

We are beginning to recognize the key roles of cardiomyocyte microdomains in essential aspects of many cellular processes and their importance as a mechanistic driver of life-threatening arrhythmias and cardiac dysfunction in a range of pathologies. This leads to common side-effects of conventional therapies and, in the worse cases, increases morbidity and mortality in a →

Differential responsiveness of the platelet biomarkers, systemic cd40 ligand, cd62p, and platelet-derived growth factor-bb, to virally-suppressive antiretroviral therapy

With respect to differences in the levels of the test biomarkers between groups, the following were noted: i) levels of sCD40L and sCD62P were significantly higher in the cART-na ve group than in the suppressed group; ii) levels of sCD40L were higher in both of the HIV-infected groups versus controls; iii) levels of sCD62P were →

Partnership between department manager and human resources

Secondly, they handle the staff at department levels and are best suited to identifying best specific criteria in selection stage among a pool of qualified candidates. They are best suited for designing interviews guidelines and areas to assess knowledge and experience for a particular job in the department.

Increased intelligence is a myth (so far)

A score of 130 puts the person in the highest 2% of the population whereas a score of 100 is at the 50th percentile. In studies of the effect of cognitive training on intelligence, it is also important to understand that all intelligence test scores include a certain amount of imprecision or error.

Is it possible to forgive child sexual abuse?

The forgiveness process in primary and secondary victims of violent and sexual offences.Aust.J. The implications of conjuctive and disjunctive forgiveness for sexual abuse.

Bacteriophage as an alternative to antibiotics promotes growth performance by regulating intestinal inflammation, intestinal barrier function and gut microbiota in weaned piglets

Bacteriophage can shape the immunological and metabolic capabilities of the intestine by influencing the stability of the intestinal microbiota. Piglets were weighed at the beginning and end of the feeding trial, and feed consumption was recorded daily.

Pathophysiology and epidemiology of virus-induced asthma

This e-book aims to review and discuss pathophysiology and epidemiology of virus-induced asthma and COPD focusing on new findings of the host immunity and virology. As the 5th review article, Inoue and Shimojo present epidemiology and pathophysiology of virus-induced asthma in children.

Mobile internet technologies, ecological momentary assessment, and intervention—poison and remedy for new online problematic behaviors in icd-11

To illustrate the benefits of using EMA in advancing the debate between addictive, impulsive, and compulsive models of online problematic behaviour, we will use the example of CSBD, for which the discussion is especially lively. Lastly, EMI is well suited for the group of people manifesting online problematic behavior as a barrier to entry does →

Unsupervised eeg artifact detection and correction

Manual annotation of artifacts in EEG data is problematic because it is time-consuming and may even be untenable if the specific profiles of artifacts in the EEG data vary as a function of the task, the subject, or the experimental trial within a given task for a given subject, as they so often do. The →

Na 2 /polyimide aqueous na-ion batteries for large energy storage applications

CVs were measured in saturated NaClO 4 electrolyte solutions with electrodes comprising PI as the active mass and counter electrodes comprising NMO in excess, in three-electrodes cells at a scan rate of 0. 5 mV/s in the voltage window of 0 to 1.0 V.

Alterations in the hla-b*57:01 immunopeptidome by flucloxacillin and immunogenicity of drug-haptenated peptides

These reactions are complex and many are considered to be immune-mediated based on the presence of mononuclear cells, including effector CD8 + T cells, in liver biopsies of patients experiencing DILI, and the reactivity of these patients' T cells to drug stimulation in vitro, often observed to be dependent on the expression of specific HLA →

Book review: the real cost of fracking: how america’s shale gas boom is threatening our families, pets, and food

The Real Cost of Fracking by Michelle Bamberger and Robert Oswald examines the impacts and risks of hydraulic fracturing and shale gas extraction on our environment and health, food supply, and pets. In the course of their research, they heard from many individuals about the effects of gas drilling on the health and well-being of →

Editorial: sustainable processing innovations for foods

In this specific issue, two important Research Topics have been addressed to outline the priorities for sustainable food processing innovations: the use of probiotics as bio-preservative of fruit pomace beverages and bio-control processes in fruit and fresh products; and the use of food residues and by-products as food ingredients. This work was carried out in →

Membrane physiology and biophysics—what remains to be done?

Genetic studies have revealed the importance of ion channels and transporters in the pathogenesis of human diseases. Recent work on the roles of ion channel and transporter dysfunction/function in various diseases has led to a new appreciation of these proteins as pharmaceutical targets, and structural and mechanistic studies have identified blockers and activators with novel →