Search results for " Animal"

Flash visual evoked potentials: maturation from birth to 15 years of age

2011

Flash visual evoked potentials: maturation from birth to 15 years of age. annual meeting of the association-for-research-in-vision-and-ophthalmology (ARVO)

Le origini sintattico-vocali del linguaggio

2011

language: syntax. We believe that comparative studies on animal cognition may help us in throwing light on its evolutionary path, if we refer to this term as the basic ability to connect elements in a regulated order. Non-human animals, indeed, lack the ability to connect tokens yielding an infinite variety of meaningful sentence-frames. This is due (at least) to anatomical or neural reasons. Nonetheless, the study of evolutionary convergences and phylogenetical dynamics, namely the analysis of monkeys' and birdsongs' utterances - reveal evidences for the presence of a “phonic” syntax, interestingly evolved in both species as a mean to modulate social contacts and spaces.

Sleep Disturbances in COPD are Associated with Heterogeneity of Airway Obstruction

2018

Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) experience sleep disturbances due to the impact of respiratory symptoms on sleep quality. We explored whether sleep disturbances in COPD are linked to heterogeneity of airway constriction.The impact of breathing problems on sleep quality was measured in consecutive COPD outpatients with the COPD and Asthma Sleep Impact Scale (CASIS) questionnaire. Impulse oscillometry technique (IOS) was employed to assess heterogeneity of airway constriction. Subjects with a previous or concomitant diagnosis of asthma or obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) were excluded.Fifty COPD subjects (M/F 40/10; age: 71 +/- 8 yrs, Body Mass Index (BMI): 26.2 +/-…

Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and In Vivo Exposure Therapy: A Preliminary Comparison of Treatment Efficacy in Small Animal Phobia

2018

This study aggregated data from three randomized control trials to explore the differential efficacy of three forms of exposure therapy, namely, in vivo (iVET), virtual reality (VRET), and augmented reality (ARET), in the treatment of small animal phobia. Additionally, baseline patient characteristics were used to detect subgroups of patients who showed a differential response to certain treatment modalities. Primary measures were distance covered, anxiety during the behavioral avoidance test (BAT), and overall fear of small animals. A repeated-measures analysis of variance was used to explore the overall treatment effect across the exposure modalities. A cluster analysis and an analysis of…

A single transient episode of hyperammonemia induces long-lasting alterations in protein kinase A.

2007

A single transient episode of hyperammonemia induces long-lasting alterations in protein kinase A. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 292: G305-G314,2007; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00100.2006.-Hepatic encephalopathy in patients with liver disease is associated with poor prognosis. This could be due to the induction by the transient episode of hepatic encephalopathy of long-lasting alterations making patients more susceptible. We show that a single transient episode of hyperammonemia induces long-lasting alterations in signal transduction. The content of the regulatory subunit of the protein kinase dependent on cAMP (PKA-RI) is increased in erythrocytes from cirrhotic patients. This increase is…

Studies on metazoan parasites of two marine fish species of interest for aquaculture: Seriola dumerili and Sparus aurata

2013

0.1. Introducción general La acuicultura ha experimentado un importante aumento durante los últimos 50 años, resultado del incremento global de población y la creciente demanda de proteínas de alta calidad. En los últimos 40 años, la proporción de reservas pesqueras moderadamente explotadas ha descendido progresivamente hasta estabilizarse en el 15% y en la actualidad, la mayoría de los stocks pesqueros están sobreexplotados y (FAO, 2010). Más de la mitad de los productos acuáticos provienen de granjas, siendo los peces de agua dulce los animales más cultivados seguidos por los moluscos, los crustáceos, los peces diádromos y los peces marinos (FAO, 2010). España es el país con mayor producc…

Wybrane modele zmutowanych i transgenicznych zwierząt w badaniach mechanizmów starzenia i patologii wiekowej

2016

Pre-sleep arousal and sleep quality during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy

2021

Abstract Objective The COVID-19 pandemic has strongly affected daily habits and psychological wellbeing, and many studies point to large modifications in several sleep and sleep-related domains. Nevertheless, pre-sleep arousal during the pandemic has been substantially overlooked. Since hyperarousal represents one of the main factors for the development and the perpetuation of chronic insomnia disorder, the assessment of variables associated with high levels of pre-sleep arousal during the pandemic is clinically relevant. The study aimed to assess the prevalence and predictors of perceived sleep quality and pre-sleep arousal in an Italian sample during the COVID-19 lockdown. Methods We used…

Actividad antifúngica y antitoxigénica in vitro y en alimentos de bacterias ácido lácticas

2020

El desarrollo de hongos en materias primas, alimentos y piensos puede ser responsable de pérdidas económicas considerables por disminuir la calidad y reducir la vida media de todos ellos. Además, algunos hongos pueden producir compuestos potencialmente tóxicos, lo que supone un problema de seguridad alimentaria para los consumidores. La bioconservación es un concepto que se refiere al empleo de microorganismos o sus productos metabólicos en los alimentos, para inhibir el crecimiento o destruir microorganismos no deseados, con el objetivo de mejorar la seguridad, conservar la calidad y extender la vida útil de los productos alimenticios. La presente Tesis Doctoral tiene por objeto el estudio…

Physiological and autonomic stress responses after prolonged sleep restriction and subsequent recovery sleep in healthy young men

2018

Purpose Sleep restriction is increasingly common and associated with the development of health problems. We investigated how the neuroendocrine stress systems respond to prolonged sleep restriction and subsequent recovery sleep in healthy young men. Methods After two baseline (BL) nights of 8 h time in bed (TIB), TIB was restricted to 4 h per night for five nights (sleep restriction, SR, n = 15), followed by three recovery nights (REC) of 8 h TIB, representing a busy workweek and a recovery weekend. The control group (n = 8) had 8 h TIB throughout the experiment. A variety of autonomic cardiovascular parameters, together with salivary neuropeptide Y (NPY) and cortisol levels, were assessed.…