18 Post-oral sugar actions enhance the intake of and preference for sugar-rich foods, a process 19 referred to as appetition. Here we investigated the role of intestinal sodium glucose co20 transporters (SGLTs) in sugar appetition in C57BL/6J mice using sugars and non-metabolizable 21 sugar analogs that differ in their affinity for SGLT1 and SGLT3. In Experiments 1 and 2 food22 restricted mice ...

AIM To model acute rectal toxicity in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) for prostate cancer using dosimetry and patient specific characteristics. METHODS A database of 79 prostate cancer patients treated with image guided IMRT was used to fit parameters of Lyman-Kutcher-Burman (LKB) and logistic regression Normal Tissue Complications Probability (NTCP) models to acute grade ≥ 2 rec...

BACKGROUND To make a radiobiological comparison, for high risk prostate cancer (T3a, PSA > 20 ng/ml or Gleason > 7) of two radiotherapy treatment techniques. One technique consists of a treatment in three phases of the pelvic nodes, vesicles and prostate using a conventional fractionation scheme of 2 Gy/fraction (SIMRT). The other technique consists of a treatment in two phases that gives simul...

Spatial, spectral, and timing analysis of deep ROSAT HRI and PSPC observations of the active spiral galaxy NGC 4258 are reported. The diffuse emission of NGC 4258 has a 0.1–2.4 keV luminosity of Lx ∼ 2 × 1040 erg s−1 (corrected for Galactic foreground absorption) and fills ∼ 40% of the D25 diameter. One half of the HRI count rate of this region is caused by a ridge of high surface brightness em...

On-farm practices like premature weaning and frequent regrouping induce stress to pigs. Early socialization or environmental enrichment in piglets reduce stress, as suggested previous studies. Little research with both effects commercial settings was found. The aim investigate the of preweaning on life-long performance 661 Danbred Two treatments were distinguished during suckling period: contro...

Ultrathin films of aligned cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) were assembled on mica supports by using electric field-assisted shear. The relationship between polarization gradients and strain mechanics of the obtained films was examined by monitoring their deflection with an atomic force microscope operated in contact mode. The piezoelectric response of the films was ascribed to the collective cont...