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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535026/the-association-between-the-dental-status-and-tongue-thrust-habits-of-latvian-preschool-children-and-their-mothers-oral-health-knowledge
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lilian Tzivian, Dace Priede, Valdis Folkmanis, Ieva Henkuzena
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to describe the factors that affect the normal dental development of preschool children in Latvia, and to investigate sources that mothers use to get information on children's oral health. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed in two kindergartens in Latvia (cluster sampling). The study sample comprised 141 child-mother pairs of preschool children aged 4-7 years. The dental situation of all children was assessed including evaluation by an orthodontist and a speech therapist, and mothers of children filled out the survey on oral health-related habits and information about it...
March 12, 2024: Diagnostics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534612/characterization-of-beeswax-and-rice-bran-wax-oleogels-based-on-different-types-of-vegetable-oils-and-their-impact-on-wheat-flour-dough-technological-behavior-during-bun-making
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sorina Ropciuc, Florina Dranca, Mircea Adrian Oroian, Ana Leahu, Ancuţa Elena Prisacaru, Mariana Spinei, Georgiana Gabriela Codină
Five varieties of vegetable oil underwent oleogelation with two types of wax as follows: beeswax (BW) and rice bran wax (RW). The oleogels were analyzed for their physicochemical, thermal, and textural characteristics. The oleogels were used in the bun dough recipe at a percentage level of 5%, and the textural and rheological properties of the oleogel doughs were analyzed using dynamic and empirical rheology devices such as the Haake rheometer, the Rheofermentometer, and Mixolab. The thermal properties of beeswax oleogels showed a melting peak at a lower temperature for all the oils used compared with that of the oleogels containing rice bran wax...
March 12, 2024: Gels
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534143/triazole-resistance-in-aspergillus-fumigatu-s-isolated-from-a-tomato-production-environment-exposed-to-propiconazole
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Alejandra M Jimenez Madrid, Raees A Paul, Francesca Rotondo, Loic Deblais, Gireesh Rajashekara, Sally A Miller, Melanie L Lewis Ivey
UNLABELLED: The emergence of azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus (AR Af ) across the world is an important public health concern. We sought to determine if propiconazole, a demethylase inhibitor (DMI) fungicide, exerted a selective pressure for AR Af in a tomato production environment following multiple exposures to the fungicide. A tomato field trial was established in 2019 and propiconazole was applied weekly until harvest. Soil, leaf, and fruit (when present) samples were collected at baseline and after each propiconazole application...
March 27, 2024: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533768/knowledge-perceptions-and-practices-towards-diabetes-risk-in-sub-saharan-africa-a-mixed-methods-scoping-review
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Anthony Muchai Manyara, Elizabeth Mwaniki, Jason M R Gill, Cindy M Gray
OBJECTIVE: To synthesise current evidence on knowledge, perceptions, and practices towards type 2 diabetes risk in sub-Saharan Africa. DESIGN: Mixed-methods scoping review, which included 101 studies (73 quantitative, 20 qualitative, eight mixed methods) from seven electronic databases. SETTING: Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-2023. PARTICIPANTS: Men and women without diabetes with mean ages ranging from 20-63 years. RESULTS: The majority of participants in most studies knew the three main diabetes modifiable risk factors - excess weight, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity...
March 27, 2024: Public Health Nutrition
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533601/inside-out-synergising-leaf-biochemical-traits-with-stomatal-regulated-water-fluxes-to-enhance-transpiration-modelling-during-abiotic-stress
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Robert S Caine, Muhammad S Khan, Robert A Brench, Heather J Walker, Holly L Croft
As the global climate continues to change, plants will increasingly experience abiotic stress(es). Stomata on leaf surfaces are the gatekeepers to plant interiors, regulating gaseous exchanges that are crucial for both photosynthesis and outward water release. To optimise future crop productivity, accurate modelling of how stomata govern plant-environment interactions will be crucial. Here, we synergise optical and thermal imaging data to improve modelled transpiration estimates during water and/or nutrient stress (where leaf N is reduced)...
March 27, 2024: Plant, Cell & Environment
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533464/sex-differences-in-waist-circumference-obesity-and-eating-speed-a-cross-sectional-study-of-japanese-people-with-normal-body-mass-index
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yuri Yaguchi, Tsuneo Konta, Nahomi Imaeda, Chiho Goto, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Takamasa Kayama
BACKGROUND: Fast eating has been positively associated with visceral fat accumulation in normal-weight individuals according to body mass index (BMI). However, previous studies have not examined energy and nutrients, or adjusted for food intake. We examined the relationship between eating speed and visceral fat accumulation, using waist circumference as an index, in middle-aged participants who were considered to be of standard weight according to BMI, with nutrient intake added as an adjustment factor...
2024: Frontiers in Nutrition
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533405/protein-hydrolysates-enhance-recovery-from-drought-stress-in-tomato-plants-phenomic-and-metabolomic-insights
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Marzia Leporino, Youssef Rouphael, Paolo Bonini, Giuseppe Colla, Mariateresa Cardarelli
INTRODUCTION: High-throughput phenotyping technologies together with metabolomics analysis can speed up the development of highly efficient and effective biostimulants for enhancing crop tolerance to drought stress. The aim of this study was to examine the morphophysiological and metabolic changes in tomato plants foliarly treated with two protein hydrolysates obtained by enzymatic hydrolysis of vegetal proteins from Malvaceae (PH1) or Fabaceae (PH2) in comparison with a control treatment, as well as to investigate the mechanisms involved in the enhancement of plant resistance to repeated drought stress cycles...
2024: Frontiers in Plant Science
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533401/h-2-o-2-drives-the-transition-from-conchocelis-to-conchosporangia-in-the-red-alga-pyropia-haitanensis-with-promotion-facilitated-by-1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic-acid
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tingting Niu, Haike Qian, Haimin Chen, Qijun Luo, Juanjuan Chen, Rui Yang, Peng Zhang, Tiegan Wang
The Bangiales represent an ancient lineage within red algae that are characterized by a life history featuring a special transitional stage from diploid to haploid known as the conchosporangia stage. However, the regulatory mechanisms governing the initiation of this stage by changes in environmental conditions are not well understood. This study analyzed the changes in phytohormones and H2 O2 content during the development of conchosporangia. It also compared the gene expression changes in the early development of conchosporangia through transcriptome analysis...
2024: Frontiers in Plant Science
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533398/identification-of-qtls-associated-with-seed-protein-concentration-in-two-diverse-recombinant-inbred-line-populations-of-pea
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Krishna Kishore Gali, Ambuj Jha, Bunyamain Tar'an, Judith Burstin, Gregoire Aubert, Dengjin Bing, Gene Arganosa, Thomas D Warkentin
Improving the seed protein concentration (SPC) of pea ( Pisum sativum L.) has turned into an important breeding objective because of the consumer demand for plant-based protein and demand from protein fractionation industries. To support the marker-assisted selection (MAS) of SPC towards accelerated breeding of improved cultivars, we have explored two diverse recombinant inbred line (RIL) populations to identify the quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with SPC. The two RIL populations, MP 1918 × P0540-91 (PR-30) and Ballet × Cameor (PR-31), were derived from crosses between moderate SPC × high SPC accessions...
2024: Frontiers in Plant Science
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533273/enteric-bacterial-infections-antimicrobial-susceptibility-pattern-intestinal-parasites-and-associated-factors-among-food-handlers-in-yabelo-town-borena-zone-southern-ethiopia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tibeso Gemechu, Alqeer Aliyo
BACKGROUND: Foodborne illnesses are the main cause of morbidity and mortality in the twenty-first century, and food handlers are the main source of these illnesses. OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to assess the prevalence of intestinal parasites, enteric bacteria, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, and associated factors among food handlers working in a food and drinking establishment in Yabelo town, Borena zone, Southern Ethiopia, in 2022. METHODS: A facility-based cross-sectional study design was employed to assess the food handler's state of health...
2024: Microbiology Insights
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533262/new-light-on-changes-in-the-number-and-function-of-blood-platelets-stimulated-by-cocoa-and-its-products
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REVIEW
Beata Olas
Hyperactivation of blood platelets, one of the causes of heart attack, and other cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), is influenced by various dietary components, including phenolic compounds from vegetables, fruits, teas, wines, cocoa and its products, including chocolate. The present paper sheds new light on the effect of cocoa and its products, especially dark chocolate, on the number and function of blood platelets, and the anti-platelet activity of their constituent phenolic compounds. A review was performed of papers identified in various electronic databases, including PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, Web of Knowledge, and Google Scholar, with the aim of determining whether their anti-platelet activity may serve as part of a sweet strategy in countering CVDs...
2024: Frontiers in Pharmacology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533113/dataset-of-physical-properties-of-histosols-topsoils-effected-by-wildfire-in-indonesia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Muh Taufik, I Putu Santikaysa, Mudrik Haikal, Marliana Tri Widyastuti, Chusnul Arif
Physical properties of peat are widely applied to detect the quality of peatland ecosystem. A comprehensive dataset on the peat properties is the foundation for the development tool and model of peat ecosystem, especially in region with frequent wildfire. Here we established a tabular dataset for physical properties of lowland tropical peatland in Indonesia. The data were obtained in dry season 2019 and 2023, respectively, at Jambi and Central Kalimantan peatlands. The dataset comprises of 66 peat samples from two land-uses namely secondary forest and ex-burned lowly vegetation...
April 2024: Data in Brief
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533012/investigation-of-two-pore-k-tpk-channels-in-triticum-aestivum-l-suggests-their-role-in-stress-response
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Amandeep Kaur, Madhu, Alok Sharma, Kashmir Singh, Santosh Kumar Upadhyay
Two-pore K+ (TPK) channels are voltage-independent and involved in stress response in plants. Herein, we identified 12 TaTPK genes located on nine chromosomes in the Triticum aestivum genome. The majority of TaTPK genes comprised two exons. Each TaTPK channel comprised four transmembrane (TM) helices, N- and C-terminal ion-channel domains, two EF-hand domains and one 14-3-3 binding site. Additionally, highly conserved 'GYGD' motif responsible for K+ ion specificity, was found in between the TMs in both the ion-channel domains...
March 30, 2024: Heliyon
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38532763/isolated-laryngeal-tuberculosis-complex-infection-expect-the-unexpected
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Giulia C D'Aleo Canova, Chiara Zeroli, Federico Barberi, Armela Gorica, Maurizio Bignami, Augusto Cattaneo
Laryngeal tuberculosis (LT), a rare but possible manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TBC) and the most frequent granulomatous disease of the larynx, is slowly resurfacing due to the worldwide recrudescence of TBC. We present the case of a 59 y-o Caucasian woman, non-smoker, with no history of recent travels in endemic areas, affected by pulmonary sarcoidosis, that presented with a symptomatic vegetating lesion involving the left free margin of the epiglottic and a small, ulcerated lesion over the right arytenoid mucosa...
March 2024: Oxford Medical Case Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38532699/in-package-cold-plasma-treatment-to-extend-the-shelf-life-of-food
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ramalakshmi Alaguthevar, Jeyakumar Saranya Packialakshmi, Balakrishnan Murugesan, Jong-Whan Rhim, UmaMaheshwari Thiyagamoorthy
Conventional food preservation methods such as heat treatment, irradiation, chemical treatment, refrigeration, and coating have various disadvantages, like loss of food quality, nutrition, and cost-effectiveness. Accordingly, cold plasma is one of the new technologies for food processing and has played an important role in preventing food spoilage. Specifically, in-package cold plasma has become a modern trend to decontaminate, process, and package food simultaneously. This strategy has proven successful in processing various fresh food ingredients, including spinach, fruits, vegetables, and meat...
March 2024: Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38532512/landscape-level-associations-between-birds-mosquitoes-and-microclimates-possible-consequences-for-disease-transmission
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Louie Krol, Laure Remmerswaal, Marvin Groen, Jordy G van der Beek, Reina S Sikkema, Martha Dellar, Peter M van Bodegom, Gertjan W Geerling, Maarten Schrama
BACKGROUND: Mosquito-borne diseases are on the rise. While climatic factors have been linked to disease occurrences, they do not explain the non-random spatial distribution in disease outbreaks. Landscape-related factors, such as vegetation structure, likely play a crucial but hitherto unquantified role. METHODS: We explored how three critically important factors that are associated with mosquito-borne disease outbreaks: microclimate, mosquito abundance and bird communities, vary at the landscape scale...
March 26, 2024: Parasites & Vectors
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38532494/epidemiological-characterization-and-risk-assessment-of-rabbit-haemorrhagic-disease-virus-2-rhdv2-b-gi-2-in-the-world
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zhuo Sun, Qi An, Yuepeng Li, Xiang Gao, Hongbin Wang
A novel variant of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus, designated RHDV2/b/GI.2, was first discovered in France in 2010. Subsequently, RHDV2 rapidly spread to Africa, North America, Australia, and Asia. RHDV2 outbreaks have resulted in significant economic losses in the global rabbit industry and disrupted the balance of natural ecosystems. Our study investigated the seasonal characteristics of RHDV2 outbreaks using seasonal indices. RHDV2 is prone to causing significant outbreaks within domestic and wild rabbit populations during the spring season and is more likely to induce outbreaks within wild rabbit populations during late autumn in the Southern Hemisphere...
March 26, 2024: Veterinary Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38531924/the-direction-timing-and-demography-of-popillia-japonica-coleoptera-invasion-reconstructed-using-complete-mitochondrial-genomes
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Francesco Nardi, Sara Boschi, Rebecca Funari, Claudio Cucini, Elena Cardaioli, Daniel Potter, Shin-Ichiro Asano, Duarte Toubarro, Michela Meier, Francesco Paoli, Antonio Carapelli, Francesco Frati
The Japanese beetle Popillia japonica is a pest insect that feeds on hundreds of species of wild and cultivated plants including important fruit, vegetable, and field crops. Native to Japan, the pest has invaded large areas of the USA, Canada, the Azores (Portugal), Italy, and Ticino (Switzerland), and it is considered a priority for control in the European Union. We determined the complete mitochondrial genome sequence in 86 individuals covering the entire distribution of the species. Phylogenetic analysis supports a major division between South Japan and Central/North Japan, with invasive samples coming from the latter...
March 26, 2024: Scientific Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38531857/synergistic-morphology-and-feedback-control-for-traversal-of-unknown-compliant-obstacles-with-aerial-robots
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Emanuele Aucone, Christian Geckeler, Daniele Morra, Lucia Pallottino, Stefano Mintchev
Animals traverse vegetation by direct physical interaction using their entire body to push aside and slide along compliant obstacles. Current drones lack this interaction versatility that stems from synergies between body morphology and feedback control modulated by sensing. Taking inspiration from nature, we show that a task-oriented design allows a drone with a minimalistic controller to traverse obstacles with unknown elastic responses. A discoid sensorized shell allows to establish and sense contacts anywhere along the shell and facilitates sliding along obstacles...
March 26, 2024: Nature Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38531542/how-far-can-reformulation-participate-in-improving-the-nutritional-quality-of-diets-at-population-level-a-modelling-study-using-real-food-market-data-in-france
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Barthélémy Sarda, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Bernard Srour, Mélanie Deschasaux-Tanguy, Morgane Fialon, Léopold K Fezeu, Pilar Galan, Serge Hercberg, Mathilde Touvier, Chantal Julia
BACKGROUND: Food reformulation is promoted as a tool to improve the nutritional quality of population diets. However, the potential impact of industry-wide reformulation on dietary intake has been investigated minimally. OBJECTIVES: The aim was to estimate the impact on the French population nutrient intakes of industry-wide reformulation towards healthier products using the updated nutrient profiling system underpinning the front-of-pack nutrition label Nutri-Score (uNS-NPS)...
March 25, 2024: BMJ Global Health
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