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Higher Csf Strem2 And Microglia Activation Are Associated With Slower Rates Of Beta-Amyloid Accumulation, Michael Ewers, Laura Piccio, Carlos Cruchaga, Et Al

Open Access Publications

Microglia activation is the brain's major immune response to amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Both cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of soluble TREM2 (sTREM2), a biomarker of microglia activation, and microglia PET are increased in AD; however, whether an increase in these biomarkers is associated with reduced amyloid-beta (Aβ) accumulation remains unclear. To address this question, we pursued a two-pronged translational approach. Firstly, in non-demented and demented individuals, we tested CSF sTREM2 at baseline to predict (i) amyloid PET changes over ∼2 years and (ii) tau PET cross-sectionally assessed in a subset of patients. We found higher CSF sTREM2 associated …

Amygdalin Promotes Fracture Healing Through Tgf- Β/Smad Signaling In Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Jun Ying, Jie Shen, Et Al

Open Access Publications

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Effect Of Chicory And Plantain On Cadmium Levels In Lambs, L. T. Parker, Peter D. Kemp, P. Loganathan, D. M. West, C. W. N. Anderson, Paul R. Kenyon, Stephen T. Morris

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

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The Effect Of Legumes On Stability And Quality Of Yield In Long‐Term Grazing Use, Žydrė Kadžiulienė, Leonas Kadžiulis, Lina Šarūnaitė

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

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Growing Grass For Greener Grazers: Herbage Management For Improved N Utilisation Of Grazing Cows, Nyncke J. Hoekstra, R. P. O. Schulte, E. A. Lantinga, P. C. Struik

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

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Scientometric Analysis: Identification Of Research Trends In The Field Of Herb Drug Interactions., Gurjot Kaur, Ajay Kumar Sharma

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Due to the advent of allopathy and concomitant usage of the medicinal drugs with herbal medicines, many herb drug interactions are increasingly reported in the scientific literature. In this study, we have collected the scientific literature in the field of herb drug interactions published between 2011 to 2019 and analyzed it for the scientometric trends to understand the research direction in the last decade. We analyzed for the most prolific authors and their affiliations, top ten countries, funding agencies that sponsored the most publications and journals with most articles published in the field of herb drug interactions. We also identified …

Mapping And Clustering Analysis On Coronavirus Literature In China: A Bibliometric Analysis During 2011-2020, Mohd Akhter

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study is first of its kind as it attempts to ascertain publications output on coronavirus as reflected in Scopus database from the Chinese perspective. The most productive contributors, institutions, journals and core subjects in coronavirus publications are identified in this study. The highly cited articles on coronavirus are also identified. The VOS-viewer software is used to identify the collaborative network of authors, countries and occurrence of keywords. During 2011-2020 a total of 1331 publications were published in this field. The highest number 190 publications were published in 2018. The most prolific contributor was Jiang, S. who contributed 63 …

The Potential Cost Of Discrimination In Diet Selection By Grazing Herbivores, Cécile Ginane, Bertrand Dumont, Anne Farruggia, Laurent Lanore, Pascal Carrère

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

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Palatable Grasses Have Higher Relative Growth Rate And Competitive Ability Than Unpalatable Grasses In The Patagonian Steppe, Guillermo C. García Martínez, R. A. Golluscio

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Horse Grazing Under Different Stocking Rates On The Selection Of Feeding Patches, G. Fleurance, Bertrand Dumont, Anne Farruggia, N. Edouard, Laurent Lanore

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Behaviour Of Fallow Deer And Sheep On Large Unit Fen Pastures In North East Germany, G. Schalitz Fischer, A. Behrendt

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

How Does Sward Height And Quality Affect The Choice Of Feeding Sites And Intake In Horses?, N. Edouard, G. Fleurance, P. Duncan, Bertrand Dumont, R. Baumont

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Impacts Of Livestock Grazing Intensity On Plant Biodiversity In The Western Chang Tang National Natural Reserve, Tibet, China, Tsechoe Dorji, L. J. Fox, C. E. Richard

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Changes In The Physiology Of Tall Fescue During Regrowth, Danny J. Donaghy, Lydia R. Turner, K. A. Adamczewski, L. L. Burkitt

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Mechanical And Non-Mechanical Functions Of Filamentous And Non-Filamentous Vimentin, Alison E. Patteson, Amir Vahabikashi, Robert D. Goldman, Paul A. Janmey

Physics - All Scholarship

Intermediate filaments (IFs) formed by vimentin are less understood than their cytoskeletal partners, microtubules and F-actin, but the unique physical properties of IFs, especially their resistance to large deformations, initially suggest a mechanical function. Indeed, vimentin IFs help regulate cell mechanics and contractility, and in crowded 3D environments they protect the nucleus during cell migration. Recently, a multitude of studies, often using genetic or proteomic screenings show that vimentin has many non-mechanical functions within and outside of cells. These include signaling roles in wound healing, lipogenesis, sterol processing, and various functions related to extracellular and cell surface vimentin. Extracellular vimentin …

Improvement Of Manure Quality And Crop Yields By Cattle Supplementation, Maimouna Cissé, M. Diaye, C. M. Dione

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

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Measurement At Pasture Of Intake, Digestibility And Chemical Composition Of The Diet Of Nursing Ewes, Using Faecal Nirs, Maryline Boval, A. Fanchone, E. Ortega‐Jimenez, G. Alexandre

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Sward Structure And Foraging Behaviour Of Cattle Grazing Reproductive Tropical Pastures, Marcelo A. Benvenutti, I. J. Gordon, Dennis P. Poppi

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Grazing On The Vegetation Of Typical Steppe In Mongolia Plateau, Xiuxia Bao, Jin Yi, Qimuge Wuren, Yong Lian, Buda Su

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Applying The Who Icf Framework To The Outcome Measures Used In The Evaluation Of Long-Term Clinical Outcomes In Coronavirus Outbreaks, Kajal Patel, Sofia Straudi, Ng Yee Sien, Nora Fayed, John L. Melvin, Manoj Sivan

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty Papers

(1) Objective: The World Health Organization's (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) classification is a unified framework for the description of health and health-related states. This study aimed to use the ICF framework to classify outcome measures used in follow-up studies of coronavirus outbreaks and make recommendations for future studies. (2) Methods: EMBASE, MEDLINE, CINAHL and PsycINFO were systematically searched for original studies assessing clinical outcomes in adult survivors of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (SARS), middle east respiratory syndrome (MERS) and coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) after hospital discharge. Individual items of the identified outcome measures were linked …

Open Access Resources: Option For Libraries In A Challenged Economy, Isaac E. Anyira, Imade Idubor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Inadequacy of information resources has emerged as a major challenge facing libraries in Nigeria currently. The causes of this inadequacy include poor funding of libraries, high cost of materials, high exchange rate (as many library resources are imported) and global economic recession. The open access initiative presents the library with the solution to this challenge by providing access to high quality E-journals, E-books and other information bearing resource at minimal or no cost at all. This paper considered what constitutes open access resources, reasons why libraries should embrace them, their sources and web addresses, and the barriers to their integration …

A Novelist And His Public, John Pilkington Jr.

Studies in English

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Some Facts About The Theory Of Fiction, Harry M. Campbell

Studies in English

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There Is No Bournville In Africa: Chocolate Capitalist, African Cocoa Workers, And International Labor Relationships From The 19th Century To The Present, Ryan Minor

History in the Making

The issue of labor exploitation and the impact of neocolonialism, have in recent years, become extremely important as our global community continues to shrink. This paper focuses on the relationships between European chocolate manufactures and West African cocoa laborers from the 1870’s to the present day as a means of discussing the complex connections that have developed between industrial capitalism and labor in Africa. This study will address two key questions: One, if labor exploitation is necessary for industrial capitalists to maintain the high levels of profit they desire; and two, if the exploitation of labor becomes increasingly easier the …

Mechanism Of Translation Inhibition By Type Ii Gnat Toxin Atat2, Stepan V Ovchinnikov, Dmitry Bikmetov, Alexei Livenskyi, Marina Serebryakova, Brendan Wilcox, Kyle Mangano, Dmitrii I Shiriaev, Ilya A Osterman, Petr V Sergiev, Sergei Borukhov, Nora Vazquez-Laslop, Alexander S Mankin, Konstantin Severinov, Svetlana Dubiley

Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine Departmental Research

Type II toxin-antitoxins systems are widespread in prokaryotic genomes. Typically, they comprise two proteins, a toxin, and an antitoxin, encoded by adjacent genes and forming a complex in which the enzymatic activity of the toxin is inhibited. Under stress conditions, the antitoxin is degraded liberating the active toxin. Though thousands of various toxin-antitoxins pairs have been predicted bioinformatically, only a handful has been thoroughly characterized. Here, we describe the AtaT2 toxin from a toxin-antitoxin system from Escherichia coli O157:H7. We show that AtaT2 is the first GNAT (Gcn5-related N-acetyltransferase) toxin that specifically targets charged glycyl tRNA. In vivo, the AtaT2 …

Estimating Partial Body Ionizing Radiation Exposure By Automated Cytogenetic Biodosimetry, Peter Rogan

Biochemistry Publications

Purpose: Inhomogeneous exposures to ionizing radiation can be detected and quantified with the Dicentric Chromosome Assay (DCA) of metaphase cells. Complete automation of interpretation of the DCA for whole body irradiation has significantly improved throughput without compromising accuracy, however low levels of residual false positive dicentric chromosomes (DCs) have confounded its application for partial body exposure determination.

Materials and Methods: We describe a method of estimating and correcting for false positive DCs in digitally processed images of metaphase cells. Nearly all DCs detected in unirradiated calibration samples are introduced by digital image processing. DC frequencies of irradiated calibration …

Usu Biological Engineering Researchers Get $1.9m Doe Grant, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

Sept. 4, 2020 — The Department of Energy has awarded $1.9 million for a Utah State University study focused on improving wastewater treatment and the prevention of toxic algae blooms.

Drought- Conditioning Of Quaking Aspen (Populus Tremuloides Michx.) Seedlings During Nursery Production Modifies Seedling Anatomy And Physiology, Joshua L. Sloan, Owen T. Burney, Jeremiah R. Pinto

Aspen Bibliography

In the western US, quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) regenerates primarily by root suckers after disturbances such as low to moderate severity fires. Planting aspen seedlings grown from seed may provide a mechanism to improve restoration success and genetic diversity on severely disturbed sites. However, few studies have examined the use of container-grown aspen seedlings for restoration purposes from both the outplanting and nursery production perspective. Thus, the purpose of this novel study was to examine how alterations in irrigation levels during nursery production across three seed sources would impact seedling performance attributes on harsh, dry outplanting sites. Irrigation …

Genocide And The Hispanic-American Dilemma, Eitan Ginzberg

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

The reasoning behind Hispanic-American colonization was that the indigenous people were rational vassals, who could be embraced by Christianity, and must, therefore, be protected and well-treated, though judiciously recruited to serve the interests of the Spanish Empire. Eyewitnesses and studies conducted on the Indian issue since the early sixteenth century found that the preservation-exploitation policy gradually became extremely destructive. Raphael Lemkin, in an unpublished study on Hispanic-American colonialism, was the first to call its damaging consequences genocide. The objective of this article is to explore the historical reliability of Lemkin’s controversial claim, and how it might tally with the Spanish …

Of Moore, Players And Owners, And Consequentialist Pedagogy: Can The Center Hold?, Mark Kelman

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.