The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on sexual behavior, mental health, and substance use among men who have sex with men (MSM) engaged in pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care. Generalized linear mixed models and logistic mixed-effect models examined change over time for number of…[Read more]

An infection with the cat lungworm, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, can be subclinical, but it can also cause severe respiratory clinical signs. Larvae excretion, antibody levels, clinical assessment findings of the respiratory system and diagnostic imaging findings were recorded and compared for six cats with experimental aelurostrongylosis. In five…[Read more]

6 end-diastolic volumes (EDV)/s and TTPF>160.5 ms, respectively. Applying our previously used thresholds of <1.70 EDV/s for PFR, >208 ms for TTPF and >1 for PFR2/PFR, sensitivities and specificities of 9.9 and 96.6%, 9.9 and 95.6% and 13.8 and 88% were resulted, respectively. PI3K inhibitor Grading of LVDD on the basis of MPI-obtained diastolic…[Read more]

98 mg/m3. Increasing the initial face velocity from 0.25 to 0.45 m/s increased the average outlet dust concentration from 25.98 to 30.27 mg/m3 and increased the pressure drop from 2570 to 3500 Pa.Lead (Pb) exposure has been reported to have nephrotoxicity. However, such an effect has not been well investigated in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients,…[Read more]

After liraglutide treatment in WT mice, we found that significant improvements were observed in the fat mass, GTT, ITT, fasting blood glucose, body weight, liver weight, lipid profile in serum or liver lipid deposition; the β-oxidation genes were upregulated and the lipogenesis genes were downregulated; and the abundance of intestinal Akkermansia…[Read more]

Perchlorate is a strong oxidizing agent and has many adverse health effects. This study investigated the potential oxidative, apoptotic, and endocrinal toxic effects of perchlorate in human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells (HP-MSCs).

HP-MSCs were treated with two doses of perchlorate (5 and 15 μg/L) for three days. The…[Read more]

The activation of carbon dioxide by metallylene [(dpp-bian)GaNa(DME)2] (dpp-bian = 1,2-bis[(2,6-di-isopropylphenyl)imino]acenaphthene) under mild conditions is described. Furthermore, the reaction of the activation complex [(dpp-bian)Ga(CO2)2Ga(dpp-bian)][Na(DME)2]2 (2) with diphenylketene, cyclohexyl isocyanate, and phenyl isocyanate leads to the…[Read more]