This study evaluated the Persian version of Pandemic Grief Scale (PGS) psychometric properties in a sample 473 people who have suffered loss loved one due to COVID-19 pandemic. The scale was internally consistent with Cronbach’s alpha 0.86. PGS found positive and significant correlation between Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) Work Social Adjustment (WSAS). Furthermore, unidimensional mod...

Regulatory standards and certification models are essential tools guaranteeing the authenticity of organic products. In particular, third-party certification is useful to consumers since it provides guarantees regarding production processes and food quality. In an attempt to cope with the costs and bureaucratic procedures related to the adoption of such certification, groups of small producers ...

Prostaglandins (PGs) of the J2 series form in vivo and exert effects on a variety of biological processes. While most of PGs mediate their effects through G protein-coupled receptors, the mechanism of action for the J2 series of PGs remains unclear. Here, we report the PGJ2 and its derivatives are efficacious activators of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors alpha and gamma (PPAR alpha ...

Diapause, a programmed developmental arrest, is common in insects, enabling them to survive adverse seasons. It is well established that pupal diapause is regulated by ecdysteroids secreted by the prothoracic glands (PGs), with cessation of ecdysteroid secretion after pupal ecdysis leading to pupal diapause. A major factor regulating the gland activity is prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) secre...

Cyclooxygenase (COX; prostaglandin G/H synthase, EC 1.14.99.1) catalyzes the first two steps in the biosynthesis of prostaglandins (PGs). The two COX isoforms COX-1 and COX-2 are the targets of the widely used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, indicating a role for these enzymes in pain, fever, inflammation, and tumorigenesis. The ubiquitous constitutive expression of COX-1 and inducible ex...

Phosphatidylglycerophosphate (PGP) synthase catalyzes the first step in the cardiolipin (CL) branch of phospholipid biosynthesis in mammalian cells. In this study, we isolated a Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cDNA encoding a putative protein similar in sequence to the yeast PGS1 gene product, PGP synthase. The gene for the isolated CHO cDNA was named PGS1. Expression of the CHO PGS1 cDNA in CHO-K1...

BACKGROUND Medically unexplained somatic complaints are among the most common clinical presentations in primary care in developing countries and they are considerable burden for patients and health care system. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of somatisation in comparison to psychologisation among a sample of Qatari patients who were visiting primary health ca...

INTRODUCTION The quality of clinical practice guidelines (PGs) has not been evaluated in child and youth mental health (CYMH). To address this gap, we will: (1) conduct a systematic review (SR) to answer the question 'among eligible PGs relevant to the prevention or treatment of CYMH conditions, which PGs meet criteria for minimum and high quality?'; (2) apply nominal group methods to create re...

Abstract We calibrate the calving parameterisation implemented in Open Global Glacier Model via two methods (velocity constraint and surface mass balance (SMB) constraint) assess impact of accounting for frontal ablation on ice volume estimate Greenland tidewater peripheral glaciers (PGs). an average regional flux 7.38±3.45 Gta −1 after calibrating model with different satellite velocity produc...

Reseña de Enzo Traverso, Revolución. Una historia intelectual, Buenos Aires, FCE, 2022, 615 pgs.