Author(s): Tair Ben-Porat

Nutrition-focused interventions are essential to optimize the bariatric care process and improve health and weight outcomes over time. Clear and detailed reporting of these interventions in research reports is crucial for understanding and applying the findings effectively in clinical practice and research replication. Given the importance of reporting tr ...

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Author(s): Grunden N; Phillips NA; ;

Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) is characterized by subjective concerns of cognitive change despite test performance within normal range. Although those with SCD are at higher risk for developing further cognitive decline, we still lack methods using objective cognitive measures that reliably distinguish SCD from cognitively normal aging at the group l ...

Article GUID: 38458017

Author(s): Sadiq Z; Al-Kassawneh M; Safiabadi Tali SH; Jahanshahi-Anbuhi S;

A tunable plasmonic sensor has been developed by varying the dextran content in the initially synthesized dextran-gold nanoparticle (dAuNPs) solution. A colloidal nanogold solution (dAuNPs-Sol) was initially prepared using dextran and gold salt in alkaline media by a one-pot green synthetic route. The dAuNPs-Sol was combined with varying amounts of dextra ...

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Author(s): Ellenbogen MA; Cardoso C; Serravalle L; Vadaga K; Joober R;

Background: Although both pharmacotherapy and psychological treatments are considered to be efficacious in the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD), one third of patients do not respond to treatment and many experience residual symptoms post-treatment. In this double-blind placebo-controlled randomized control trial (RCT), we assessed whether intr ...

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Author(s): Daniels WMU; Ajonijebu DC; Olajide OJ;

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Author(s): Ahmadi F; Tran H; Letourneau N; Little SR; Fortin A; Moraitis AN; Shih SCC;

Monoclonal antibody (mAb) discovery plays a prominent role in diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Droplet microfluidics has become a standard technology for high-throughput screening of antibody-producing cells due to high droplet single-cell confinement frequency and rapid analysis and sorting of the cells of interest with their secreted mAbs. In th ...

Article GUID: 38441226

Author(s): Taktikakis P; Côté M; Subramaniam N; Kroeger K; Youssef H; Badia A; DeWolf C;

Deviations from the normal physicochemical and functional properties of pulmonary surfactants are associated with the incidence of lung injury and other respiratory disorders. This study aims to evaluate the alteration of the 2D molecular organization and morphology of pulmonary surfactant model membranes by the electronic cigarette additives a-tocopherol ...

Article GUID: 38437623

Author(s): Richmond IC; Perron MC; Boyle SP; Pick FR;

Context: The successful dispersal of an animal depends, partly, on landscape connectivity. Urbanization poses risks to dispersal activities by increasing hostile land cover types. Objectives: We investigated how connectivity of urban ponds impacted Odonata communities (dragonflies and damselflies), an order of semi-aquatic insects that actively disperse. ...

Article GUID: 38435963

Author(s): Valyear MD; Eustachon NM; Britt JP;

The orosensory features of alcoholic drinks are potent relapse triggers because they acquire incentive properties during consumption, including enhanced palatability. Whether mice similarly perceive alcoholic drinks to be more palatable after repeated consumption is complicated by reports showing that alcohol elicits aversive taste reactivity responses an ...

Article GUID: 38430645

Author(s): W Spencer Murch

The post-reinforcement pause (PRP) is an operant effect in which response latencies increase on trials following the receipt and consumption of reward. Human studies demonstrate analogous effects in electronic gambling machines that utilise random ratio reinforcement schedules. We sought to identify moderators of the human PRP effect, hypothesising that t ...

Article GUID: 38429228

Author(s): Gillet N; Morin AJS; Fernet C; Austin S; Huyghebaert-Zouaghi T;

Background and objectives: This research relies on a combination of variable- and person-centered approaches to help improve our understanding of the dimensionality of job demands by jointly considering employees' global levels of job demands, exposure and their specific levels of exposure to challenge and hindrance demands. Design and methods: We re ...

Article GUID: 38425154

Author(s): Mehrjou A; Hadaeghnia M; Ehsani Namin P; Ghasemi I;

Semi-interpenetrating polymer network (SIPN) hydrogels composed of sodium alginate/poly (vinyl alcohol), reinforced by PEG-grafted-graphene oxide (GO-g-PEG) were prepared by ionic crosslinking of sodium alginate. The impact of grafted PEG molecular weight with two molecular weights, i.e. 400 and 2000 g/mol, and component composition were studied on the mo ...

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