Maternal incarceration can be a disruptive process for the entire family. Incarcerated mothers experience stigma and are often regarded both as criminals who willingly abandoned their children. There have been several studies examining impact on children of incarcerated parents. However, synthesis qualitative exploring lived these women is lacking. This systematic review seeks to provide eviden...

Chenodeoxycholate (CDCA) is a primary bile acid mostly implicated in cholestatic liver injury. In this study, we have investigated the involvement of membrane fluidity and cytochrome c release in CDCA-induced mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT), and the preventive role of carvedilol. Treatment of calcium-loaded hepatic mitochondria with CDCA was found to cause osmotic swelling and relea...

Membrane Fluidity in Hypertensive Subjects To the Editor: We read with great interest the recent article by Dr Rheaume and colleagues1 dealing with a possible link between insulin sensitivity and carbohydrate metabolism in hypertensive subjects. The results of their study demonstrated that insulin sensitivity at rest was lower and not improved by exercise in hypertensive subjects. In addition, ...

Drawing on an ESRC funded qualitative longitudinal study of young fatherhood, this article explores the experiences of young offender fathers, the complex intersection of offender and fatherhood pathways for young men and the impact of professional support and tailored intervention programmes on these processes. The article challenges the axiom of young offender fathers as inherently 'risky', a...

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that lipid fluidity regulates lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) activity. Phosphatidylcholine (PC) species were synthesized that varied in fluidity by changing the number, type (cis vs. trans), or position of the double bonds in 18 or 20 carbon sn-2 fatty acyl chains and recombined with [(3)H]cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-I to fo...

his study was conducted to investigate the values of the order parameter (S) and correlation time (τc) in electron spin resonance spectra for 5-DS(doxylstearic acid) and 16-DS (doxyl-stearic acid) in old normal controls and in patients with type 2 diabetes and stroke in order to assess any association between age-related disorders and membrane fluidity. Materials and Methods: We measured the me...