Food availability significantly affects an animal's energy metabolism, and thus its phenotype, survival, and reproduction. Maternal and offspring responses to food conditions are critical for understanding population dynamics and life-history evolution of a species. In this study, we conducted food manipulation experiments in field enclosures to identify the effect of food restriction on female...

Despite extensive research toward the development of point-of-care nucleic acid tests (POC NATs) for detection microRNAs (miRs) from liquid biopsies, major hurdles remain including strict requirement off-chip sample preprocessing. Herein, a lateral flow test (NALFT) is reported on that enables direct endogenous miRs as little 3 μL plasma without any enzyme-catalyzed target amplification or comp...

At present, liver transplantation remains the only curative option for the patients with cirrhosis and end-stage liver diseases. The survival rate and recurrent diseases remain the major issues in the patient post-transplantation. Unani medicine is one of the oldest traditional systems of medicine which has been treating chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis (Talayyaful-Kabid) for centuries. The...

Design of ight control laws for a civil aircraft using -synthesis S. Bennani G.H.N. Looyey Faculty of Aerospace Engineering Group for Control and Simulation Delft University of Technology The Netherlands E-mail: [email protected] Abstract This paper demonstrates the use of H1 and synthesis to develop control laws for a civil aircraft in the approach for landing. The controller has to prov...

We consider the theory of pure gravity in 2+1 dimensions, with negative cosmological constant. The theory contains simple matter in the form of point particles; the later are classically described as lines of conical singularities. We propose a formalism in which quantum amplitudes for process involving black holes and point particles are obtained as the Liouville field theory (LFT) correlation...

The spinal cord is extremely complex. Therefore, trans-spinal direct current stimulation (tsDCS) is expected to produce a multitude of neurophysiological changes. Here, we asked how tsDCS differentially affects synaptic and nonsynaptic transmission. We investigated the effects of tsDCS on synaptically mediated responses by stimulating the medullary longitudinal fascicle and recording responses ...

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BACKGROUND The role of Helicobacter pylori (HP) in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is unclear. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of HP eradication on liver fat content (LFC), liver function tests (LFT), lipid profile, and homeostasis model assessment-IR (HOMA-IR) index in NAFLD. PATIENTS AND METHODS Dyspeptic patients with increased ser...

The pregnant woman experiences physiological changes to support fetal growth and development. Particularly the physiological changes of the liver are the results of the increment of estrogens and progesterone during the pregnancy, and also the hemodynamics changes. (hemodilution). Telangiectasia may appear in up to 60% of normal pregnancies. Liver function test (LFT) abnormalities occurs in 3% ...

OBJECTIVE Benefits and risks of new therapies in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) must be balanced carefully and tailored to patients. We aimed to describe our experience with Fingolimod (FTY), correlating demographics, clinical and hematological features of the Relapsing MS (RMS) cohort with the occurring Adverse Events (AEs). MATERIAL AND METHODS Pretreatment screening tests, cardiological observati...