Two species of Bergrothia Reitter, 1884, a small Caucasian genus Amauropini, are described and illustrated: B. svanetica spec. nov. (Georgia: Svaneti region) simplex (Northeast Turkey: Ordu, Giresun). Including the new species, now includes total nine distributed in Georgia (six species), Northeast Turkey (three Azerbaijan (one species). Based on abundant material collected during seven field t...

A central claim of cultural neuroscience is that the culture to which an individual belongs plays a key role in shaping basic cognitive processes and behaviours, including eye movement behaviour. We previously reported a robust difference in saccade behaviour between Chinese and Caucasian participants; Chinese participants are much more likely to execute low latency express saccades, in circums...

Recent studies in mice and human identified osteocalcin (OCN) as a bone-derived hormone that modulates insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity. OCN is synthesized by the bone gamma-carboxyglutamate protein (BGLAP) gene located in the well replicated region of type 2 diabetes (T2D) linkage on chromosome 1q22. We resequenced BGLAP gene in 192 individuals with T2D and performed case-control stud...

BACKGROUND Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is a common extra-intestinal manifestation of celiac disease (CD). Little is known about the frequency with which primary care physicians (PCPs) test for CD in patients with IDA. We aimed to describe how PCPs approach testing for CD in asymptomatic patients with IDA. METHODS We electronically distributed a survey to PCPs who are members of the American ...

BACKGROUND An increasing number of sporting bodies report unacceptably high levels of false-positive ECGs when undertaking pre-participation cardiac screening. To address this issue, modified ECG interpretation criteria have become available for use within athletes. OBJECTIVE This study assessed the accuracy of the new 2014 'Refined Criteria' against the 2013 Seattle Criteria and the 2010 Eur...

Background: Protein intake has been associated with the development of pre-diabetes (pre-T2D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). The gut microbiota capacity to produce harmful metabolites derived from dietary protein. Furthermore, both composition metabolic status (e.g., insulin resistance) can be modulated by diet ethnicity. However, date most studies have predominantly focused on carbohydrate fiber r...