Background Gaining a better understanding of head impact exposures may lead to better comprehension of the possible effects of repeated impact exposures not associated with clinical concussion. Purpose To assess the correlation between head impacts and any differences associated with cognitive testing measurements pre- and postseason. Study Design Case-control study; Level of evidence, 3. ...

Large carnivores play a pivotal regulating role in maintaining healthy and balanced ecosystems; however, most of them are rare elusive, knowledge about their resource consumption is scarce. Traditional methods based on morphological identification undigested remains labor intensive often not sufficiently accurate, leading to errors biased ecological inferences. Here, we developed multi-marker D...

The fimbria is the most common site of early serous cancer (tubal intraepithelial carcinoma or STIC) in women with BRCA mutations (BRCA+). A candidate serous cancer precursor--the p53 signature--has been found in nonneoplastic secretory cells of the fimbria, suggesting serous carcinogenesis in the tube (SCAT). This study surveyed fallopian tubes from 3 populations to characterize the morphologi...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Cachexia is a syndrome characterized by marked involuntary loss of body weight. Recently, adipose tissue (AT) wasting has been shown to occur before the appearance of other classical cachexia markers. We investigated the composition and rearrangement of the extracellular matrix, adipocyte morphology and inflammation in the subcutaneous AT (scAT) pad of gastrointestinal cance...

Mitochondrial dysfunction is a potentially important player in the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We investigated the changes of mRNA expression of genes encoding main enzymatic complexes of mitochondrial respiratory chain in subcutaneous adipose tissue (SCAT) and peripheral monocytes (PM) of 11 subjects with simple obesity (OB), 16 obese patients with T2...

Protein recycling is important for maintaining homeostasis of the Golgi and its cisternae. The Vps54 (Scat) protein, a subunit of the GARP tethering complex, is a central factor in retrograde transport to the trans-Golgi. We found the scat(1) mutant to be male sterile in Drosophila with individualization problems occurring during spermatogenesis. Another typically observed phenotype was the abn...

Abstract Purpose: Assessment of emotional functioning is essential in sports-related concussion (SRC) management. This study investigated the prediction mental health outcomes from SCAT-3 Symptom Scale. Methods: Canadian university athletes who compete contact sports participated a large-scale (Active Rehabilitation). A total 235 participants (males = 67%) completed Brief Inventory (BSI), Quali...

*) Permanent address: Nuclear Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C. 27650, U.S.A. ~b(a, i t ) --0, It > 0, (2b) we seek to find the single scat ter ing a lbedo w and the coefficient b in the scat ter ing law in terms o f f ( i t ) and the presumed measurable r / z ) , It > 0, and ~b(a, It), /z > 0. F r o m Chandra sekha r ' s monumen ta l work [2] on radia t ive...

Photo 1. Alexander Archipelago wolf (Canis lupus ligoni), Southeast Alaska, USA. This subspecies of inhabits a vast island archipelago that is naturally fragmented by steep terrain and expanses ocean. These elements contribute to variation in species distribution assemblages between mainland areas this region. credit: Bjorn Dihle. 2. An foraging the intertidal zone, Pleasant Island, Despite nea...

The Adélie penguin is the most important animal currently used for ecosystem monitoring in the Southern Ocean. The diet of this species is generally studied by visual analysis of stomach contents; or ratios of isotopes of carbon and nitrogen incorporated into the penguin from its food. There are significant limitations to the information that can be gained from these methods. We evaluated popul...