A low-grade inflammatory response ('metaflammation') has been found to be associated with certain chronic diseases. Proposed inducers of this have been aspects of the modern lifestyle, including newly introduced foods. Plasma TAG, and the inflammatory cytokines C-reactive protein (CRP), TNF-alpha and IL-6 were compared in a randomised, cross-over trial using ten healthy subjects before and afte...

Mechanical stresses (force/cross-sectional area) acting in muscles, tendons and bones of the hindlimbs of kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spectabilis) were calculated during steady-speed hops and vertical jumps. Stresses were determined from both high-speed ciné films (light and X-ray) and force plate recordings, as well as from in vivo tendon force recordings. Stresses in each hindlimb support elemen...

Each year, 14.9 million children are born prematurely all over the world. Preterm infants are at greater risk of mortality, morbidity, and lifespan sequelae. Early intervention in neonatal intensive care units is applied in order to minimize short-term and long-term consequences of prematurity. The aim of this article is to illustrate early intervention for children born prematurely in neonatal...

OBJECTIVE It has been demonstrated that newborns feel pain completely. Thus, they should be treated with this in mind. Recent research showed that non-pharmacological interventions such as "Kangaroo Care" may be useful for decreasing pain in newborns. We tried to determine the effect of kangaroo care on the pain intensity of vaccination in healthy newborns. METHODS This study was a randomized...

The Migidae are a family of austral trapdoor spiders known to show a highly restricted and disjunct distribution pattern. Here, we aim to investigate the phylogeny and historical biogeography of the group, which was previously thought to be vicariant in origin, and examine the biogeographic origins of the genus Moggridgea using a dated multi-gene phylogeny. Moggridgea specimens were sampled fro...

The Pollard kangaroo method solves the discrete logarithm problem (DLP) in an interval of size N with heuristic average case expected running time approximately 2 √ N group operations. A recent variant of the kangaroo method, requiring one or two inversions in the group, solves the problem in approximately 1.71 √ N group operations. It is well-known that the Pollard rho method can be sped-up by...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of Kangaroo mother care (KMC) and conventional methods of care (CMC) on growth in LBW babies (> 2000 g). STUDY DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING Level III NICU of a teaching institution in western India. SUBJECTS 206 neonates with birth weight < 2000 g. INTERVENTION The subjects were randomized into two groups: the intervention group (KMC-103) r...

This literature review examines the role of Kangaroo Care (KC) in an infant’s early development and their vital physiology. By surveying past studies performed analyzing the specific effects of KC, the most relevant health effects of kangaroo care were chosen to analyze. These effects are on neurological, autonomic, somatic, behavioural, and motor development. Infant vital signs illustrate chan...

Wildlife management on a landscape scale is often complex, particularly where different land use practices occur in the same region. This so for of overabundant grazing species (both domestic and native) modified landscape, anthropogenic activities climatic drivers can influence their distribution abundance beyond sustainable levels. In Australia’s arid rangelands, macropods benefit from pastor...

Recently, we found that aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is expressed in the S3 segment of renal proximal tubules of mice but not in rat proximal tubules. Because mice have relatively larger papillae than rats, it was proposed that the renal distribution of AQP4 in various species could be related to their maximum urinary concentrating ability. Therefore, kidneys and other tissues of Merriam's desert kangaro...