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females, etc ; Pagurus; biodiversity; cognition; environment; microplastics; motivation; pollutants; polyethylene; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Microplastics (<5 mm) are a threat to marine biodiversity however their effects on animal cognition and behaviour are unclear. We investigated whether microplastic exposure affects shell selection behaviour and motivation in the common European hermit crab, Pagurus bernhardus. Subjects were maintained for 5 days in tanks containing either: polyethylene microplastic spheres (n = 40), or no plastic ...
females, etc ; air; altitude; dust; dust mites; risk; risk assessment; winter; China; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Air pollutants can potentially lead to nitration of allergic proteins, thus promoting sensitization of these allergens. However, little is currently known about the nitration status of house dust mite (HDM) allergens. We identified the occurrence of nitrated products of two major HDM allergens Der f 1 and Der p 1 in dust samples collected from college dormitories in eastern China and assessed thei ...
females, etc ; appetite; color; food availability; food security; risk; risk reduction; self-efficacy; variance; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Food insecurity (FI) may increase risk for binge eating through a “feast-or-famine” cycle, where fluctuations in food availability correspond to alternating periods of food restriction and opportunities for binge eating, but research on this topic is limited. To clarify the relationship between food availability and binge eating in the context of FI, this study examined the association between mom ...
females, etc ; Adalia; adults; antioxidants; cold storage; energy; glucose; males; storage time; survival rate; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Adalia decempunctata (L.) is a common predator in agro ecosystems. Here, the effects of low-temperature storage on biological parameters, energy reserves, and antioxidant enzymes were investigated. Eggs, larvae, and pupae of this predator were maintained for 1–4 weeks and adults for different days (20, 35, 50, and 65 d) at 4, 7, and 10 °C in darkness and 70 ± 5% R.H. After storage of 20 days, the ...
females, etc ; Drosophila suzukii; diet; ecological differentiation; evolution; fruit flies; invasive species; oviposition; raspberries; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Among insects, female oviposition preferences are critical to understanding the evolutionary dynamics between herbivores and hosts. Previous studies have shown than in Drosophila, resource use has a strong genetic basis, although there is evidence that preferences are adaptable given isolation from ancestral hosts. Given the high degree of adaptability and behavioral plasticity of invasive species ...
females, etc ; apple juice; beverages; cold; computer simulation; energy; food quality; hedonic scales; males; sourness; sweetness; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Immersive environments are widely used as a proxy for real life settings for consumer and sensory evaluations. Yet, the external validity of immersive environments is poorly understood. This study investigated whether sense of presence, liking, beverage desire, consumption, and choice are consistent across a real-life setting compared to a sensory laboratory and two different immersive environment ...
females, etc ; Dirofilaria immitis; Greyhound; antibiotics; dirofilariasis; dogs; eyes; males; parasitology; phylogeny; veterinary clinics; Korean Peninsula; Show all 12 Subjects
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... We report two cases of ectopic dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria immitis in the subconjunctival and subcutaneous tissues of dogs. In Case 1, a 10-year-old female poodle suffered from a subconjunctival mass in the left eye that was refractory to antibiotic and steroid treatments. The mass was removed surgically, and a whitish nematode was identified within the mass. In Case 2, a stray 3-year-old ...
females, etc ; Salmo salar; aquaculture; biological rhythms; body condition; histology; males; puberty; scotophase; seawater; smoltification; smolts; testes; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Photoperiod regulates the occurrence of unwanted male post-smolt maturation during the production of large (>100 g) Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts. However, the optimal daylength for triggering smoltification, but not male puberty, has yet to be established. We used either continuous light (24:0 light/dark) or long days (18:6 and 21:3) after a six week “winter” zeitgeber (12:12) to induce sm ...
... Gametogenesis can significantly affect the biochemical composition of oysters, but little research on the difference between sexes. Therefore, we conducted the first in-depth study on the composition differences between males and females of three different Crassostrea sp.. The results showed that females had higher glycogen, lipid, Cu and Zn contents than males, while males had higher protein and ...
females, etc ; Trichiurus lepturus; aquaculture; estuaries; genetic variation; habitats; histology; life history; males; sex ratio; temperature; winter; Australia; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Knowledge of reproductive biology and life-history traits of populations exploited by fisheries is important for their sustainable management. We investigated the life-history traits of Trichiurus lepturus (largehead hairtail) in south-eastern Australia; a region of low exploitation for this otherwise heavily exploited circumglobal species, to investigate whether there were differences in the repr ...
females, etc ; DNA; Holothuria scabra; aquaculture; dimorphism; genomics; loop-mediated isothermal amplification; males; phenotype; rapid methods; reproduction; South East Asia; Show all 12 Subjects
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... As one of the most economically significant sea cucumber species, Holothuria scabra are naturally distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region and are widely cultural in Southeast Asia. The appearances of female and male H. scabra have no obvious phenotypic dimorphism. Thus, identification of sex-specific markers and establishment of sex detection methods are beneficial to artificially induced repr ...
... Cadmium (Cd) exposure risks to consumers of locally grown rice are often estimated without considering the sources and bioavailability of Cd. Here, we present the first comprehensive and quantitative analysis on the sources and transport of Cd in paddy ecosystems by combining a regional investigation in southern China, a positive matrix factorization algorithm, and a classification and regression ...
females, etc ; altitude; aspartate transaminase; body mass index; cigarettes; clinical examination; creatine kinase; exposure duration; heart rate; hematocrit; hemoglobin; isozymes; lactate dehydrogenase; males; oxygen; people; regression analysis; risk factors; Show all 18 Subjects
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... Myocardial injury (MI) is a severe complication once subjected to hypoxic condition at high altitude. Little evidence exists about the association of cigarettes and MI at high altitude, especially over 5000 m. In the present study, we intend to explore the influence of cigarettes on MI in healthy population after travelling to this extreme environment. Physical examination was performed in populat ...
... Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) is cultivated by licensed producers in Canada for medicinal and recreational uses. The recent legalization of this plant in 2018 has resulted in rapid expansion of the industry, with greenhouse production representing the most common method of cultivation. Female cannabis plants produce inflorescences that contain bracts densely covered by glandular trichomes, which s ...
... Xanthoceras sorbifolium Bunge is an important woody oilseed tree in north China. However, its yield is severely restricted by a low ratio of female to male flowers, and little is known about the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying the sex differentiation of flowers. Therefore, carrying out the research in its sex differentiation regulation mechanism is the basis of increasing seed yi ...
females, etc ; beta oxidation; body weight; climate; environment; exports; fatty acids; free fatty acids; glucose; glucose tolerance; glycolysis; heat; heat-shock protein 70; homeostasis; insulin resistance; lipolysis; liver; males; mitochondria; triacylglycerols; Show all 20 Subjects
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... Global climate warming has drawn worldwide attention. However, the health impact of heat exposure is still controversial. This study aimed to explore the exact effects and sex differential vulnerability under intermittent heat exposure (IHE) patterns and tried to elucidate the potential mechanisms by which IHE modulated hepatic lipid and glucose homeostasis. Both female and male C57BL/6 N mice wer ...
Christine W. Lee; Amber L. Cathey; Deborah J. Watkins; Zaira Y. Rosario-Pabón; Carmen M. Vélez-Vega; Akram N. Alshawabkeh; José F. Cordero; John D. Meeker
females, etc ; C-reactive protein; biomarkers; blood serum; detection limit; environment; humans; inflammation; intercellular adhesion molecule-1; metabolites; metalloproteinases; phthalates; pre-eclampsia; pregnancy; sexual dimorphism; vascular cell adhesion molecules; Puerto Rico; Show all 17 Subjects
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... Phthalates are ubiquitous environmental exposures that may be implicated in inflammatory processes, as demonstrated by previous in vivo and in vitro studies. Few human studies have substantiated these observations. This study sought to examine whether maternal phthalate exposures impact inflammatory processes, as measured by circulating inflammatory biomarkers, in the PROTECT cohort in northern Pu ...
... This study evaluated the epidermis mucosal capacity of goldfish (Carassius auratus) during different stages of reproductive development in both females and males. In this regard, the activity of mucolytic immune enzymes, i.e., lysozyme, complement and peroxidase, as well as the activity of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) were evaluated. There were five stages for females i.e., immature (f1), cortical a ...
... NO₂ is one of the major air pollutants. Exposure to NO₂ is associated with various metabolic diseases, such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), diabetes, cardiovascular disease, etc. Abnormal hepatic glycolipid metabolism is a key feature of metabolic diseases. However, few studies provide evidence for the effects of NO₂ inhalation on hepatic glycolipid metabolism. In this study, female ...
... With over 5,000 credit unions and 127 million members, U.S. credit unions are the largest network of financial cooperatives in the world. To what extent do U.S. credit unions follow cooperative principles, reflect the cooperative identity, and distinguish themselves from other financial institutions? As credit unions grow and diversify their membership, many argue that credit unions will lose thei ...