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Evolutionary history and diversity of arthropod hemocyanins

2004

Hemocyanins are copper-containing, multi-subunit proteins that transport oxygen in the hemolymph of many molluscs and arthropods [Markl and Decher, Adv. Comp. Environ. Physiol. 13 (1992) 325; van Holde et al., J. Biol. Chem. 276 (2001) 15563]. Arthropod hemocyanins originated more than 550 million years ago from oxygen-consuming phenoloxidases. Hemocyanins are present in various Onychophora, Chelicerata, Myriapoda, Crustacea, and Hexapoda, but subunit evolution differs striking in these arthropod subphyla. Hemocyanins also gave rise to non-respiratory proteins (crustacean pseudo-hemocyanins, insect hexamerins, and hexamerin receptors), which most likely have storage functions.

biologymedia_common.quotation_subjectMyriapodaGeneral Physics and AstronomyCell BiologyAnatomyInsectbiology.organism_classificationBiological EvolutionCrustaceanHexapodaStructural BiologyEvolutionary biologyHemocyaninsHemolymphAnimalsGeneral Materials ScienceOnychophoraChelicerataArthropodArthropodsmedia_commonMicron
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Modulation of immune responses ofRhynchophorus ferrugineus(Insecta: Coleoptera) induced by the entomopathogenic nematodeSteinernema carpocapsae(Nemat…

2014

Aim of this study was to investigate relationships between the red palm weevil (RPW) Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) and the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae (EPN); particularly, the work was focused on the immune response of the insect host in naive larvae and after infection with the EPN. Two main immunological processes have been addressed: the activity and modulation of host prophenoloxidase-phenoloxidase (proPO) system, involved in melanization of not-self and hemocytes recognition processes responsible for not-self encapsulation. Moreover, immune depressive and immune evasive strategies of the parasite have been investigated. Our results suggest that RPW possess a…

biologymedia_common.quotation_subjectWeevilEntomopathogenic nematodeInsectbiology.organism_classificationGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular BiologyMicrobiologyRhynchophorusImmune systemInsect ScienceBotanyParasite hostingAgronomy and Crop ScienceRhabditidaEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsSymbiotic bacteriamedia_commonInsect Science
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The spanish body image state scale: factor structure, reliability and validity in a colombian population

2019

ObjectiveBody image is a construct highly dependent on culture and ethnicity. Furthermore, recent studies reveal that body image is not only a trait, but also a momentary state subject to change in diverse situational contexts. However, cultural influences on momentary body image have not been sufficiently investigated. To assess the influence of Latin American culture on momentary body image and to enable its comparison to Western countries, the Spanish translation of an existing state body image scale such as the Body Image States Scale (BISS) is needed. In addition, the factor structure, reliability and general validity of the Spanish BISS (S-BISS) should be evaluated prior to its applic…

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The 'Extreme Female Brain' : Increased Cognitive Empathy as a Dimension of Psychopathology

2016

Abstract Baron-Cohen's ‛extreme male brain' theory postulates that autism involves exaggerated male-typical psychology, with reduced empathizing (considered here as social–emotional interest, motivation and abilities) and increased systemizing (non-social, physical-world and rule-based interest, motivation and abilities), in association with its male-biased sex ratio. The concept of an ‘extreme female brain', involving some combination of increased empathizing and reduced systemizing, and its possible role in psychiatric conditions, has been considerably less well investigated. Female-biased sex ratios have been described in two conditions, depression and borderline personality disorder (BP…

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Effetti di un programma di esercizio fisico sul grado di reattività bronchiale negli asmatici

2012

EFFETTI DI UN PROGRAMMA DI ESERCIZIO FISICO SUL GRADO DI REATTIVITÀ BRONCHIALE NEGLI ASMATICI N. Scichilone 1, G. Morici 2, D. Zangla 3, R. Arrigo 1, I. Cardillo 1, V. Bellia 1, M.R. Bonsignore 1 1 DIBIMIS, Università degli Studi di Palermo, 2 BIONEC, Università degli Studi di Palermo, 3 DISMOT, Università degli Studi di Palermo SCOPO DEL LAVORO: Il nostro gruppo ha recentemente dimostrato che il grado di reattività bronchiale in assenza di respiri profondi si riduce negli individui sani in seguito ad un intenso programma di allenamento. Nello studio corrente, abbiamo valutato se un simile effetto benefico dell’esercizio fisico potesse realizzarsi negli asmatici. MATERIALI E METODI: Nove as…

bronchoprovocation test deep inspiration physical training asthmaSettore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato RespiratorioSettore BIO/09 - FisiologiaSettore M-EDF/01 - Metodi E Didattiche Delle Attivita' Motorie
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Psychophysical response to electrocutaneous stimulation.

1984

A method is presented to determine a reliable stimulus-sensation relationship particularly suitable for electrocutaneous stimulation. An experimental intensity-discrimination curve was obtained through simple psychophysical comparison tasks, and sensory response was inferred from integration of a JND's density function. The psychophysical response resembles a power law, although departures cannot be described in terms of a unique exponent. An estimate of binary information capacity per electrode is also given as a feature of a stimulation procedure that preserves a low value of the size-intensity product.

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Visual Cortex Performs a Sort of Non-linear ICA

2010

Here, the standard V1 cortex model optimized to reproduce image distortion psychophysics is shown to have nice statistical properties, e.g. approximate factorization of the PDF of natural images. These results confirm the efficient encoding hypothesis that aims to explain the organization of biological sensors by information theory arguments.

business.industrySpeech recognitionPattern recognitionMutual informationInformation theoryVisual cortexmedicine.anatomical_structureFactorizationEncoding (memory)DistortionmedicinePsychophysicssortComputer visionArtificial intelligencebusinesshealth care economics and organizationsMathematics
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Adjuvante Ganzkörper- akupunktur bei Depression

1998

In order to examine the efficacy of whole body acupuncture additionally applied to drug treatment in depression, a single-blind placebo-controlled study with 70 inpatients administered to three different treatment groups has been carried out. All patients were pharmacologically treated with the tetracyclic antidepressant mianserin. The verum group (n = 22) received acupuncture at specific points considered to be effective in the treatment of depression. The placebo group (n = 24) was treated with acupuncture at non-specific locations and the control group (n = 24) received only pharmacological treatment. Acupuncture was applied three times a week over a period of four weeks. Psychopathology…

business.industrymedicine.medical_treatmentPlacebo-controlled studyGeneral MedicineMianserinPlaceboTetracyclic antidepressantPsychiatry and Mental healthNeurologyRating scaleAnesthesiaAcupuncturemedicineNeurology (clinical)businessDepression (differential diagnoses)medicine.drugPsychopathologyDer Nervenarzt
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Sport and Quality of Life

2022

Negli ultimi trent’anni lo sport ha assunto un significato molto rilevante nella vita delle persone e, seppure con notevoli differenze, sia nei paesi a sviluppo economico avanzato, sia in quelli in via di sviluppo. A livello individuale, esso ha costituito un’area di investimento identitario quando ha assunto la forma di sport spettacolo del quale fruire, alimentando la pratica del tifo e il fandom o costituendo il modello di uno stile di vita vincente; ma anche quando ha assunto la forma di pratica del tempo libero attraverso la quale tenersi in forma, facendo crescere, in questo caso, la diffusione di una cultura della salute e del benessere. Si tratta di due modalità di approcciare al co…

but also when he took the form of free time practice through which to keep fit making grow in this case the diffusion of a culture of health and well-being. These are two ways of approaching the consumption of sports by spectators and actorIn the last thirty years sport has taken on a very significant meaning in people's lives and albeit with considerable differences both in advanced economic development countries and in developing countries. On an individual level it constituted an area of identity investment when it assumed the shape of “sport spectacle” to be enjoyed fueling the practice of cheering and fandom or constituting the model of a winning lifestyleand the two ways of use can be strongly related to the perception and assessment of the quality of life. The “semantic universes” which however connote sport and “free time sports” have often appeared polarized. Commercial sport and sports professionalism are intertwined with the institutions of economics politics and culture which above all stress its “spectacularity” in order to capture first and foremost the audience. But also the sport of leisure time is intertwined with the actions of the institutions of economics politics and culture with the difference that these stress above all its “healthy value” aimed at the “healthy and rational” investment of time in an activity which improves the quality of life in the short medium and long period. This polarization between the consumption of sport entertainment - commercial sport - and the consumption of sport as a leisure activity - sport for all - has become increasingly interconnected precisely because of the increased collective identity demand via sport. In other words we have witnessed the spread of shape of sports entertainment that recall the importance of sports for psychophysical well-being for integration and social participation for the reduction of social inequalities ethnic and cultural differences and in which the importance assumed was weakened in the show from agonism from competition from the physical confrontation between two contenders or two teams. A sport in which we act with competitors as well as against competitors. And on the other hand we have gradually witnessed the spectacularization of sports in our free time to the point that the sharing of the results obtained through the declination of a competitive spirit that presents itself as directed no longer against other contenders but against its own performance limits it has become the way in which each person makes part of his or her own life spectacular the one he often considers most authentic. The aim of this work is to describe how the intertwining between the commercial/professional dimension of the sports show and the playful/recreational dimension of sports practice are fueled by a demand and an offer of social identity that characterizes these two “semantic universes”.Settore SPS/07 - Sociologia Generale
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Externalizing Behaviors and Cigarette Smoking as Predictors for Use of Illicit Drugs: A Longitudinal Study Among Finnish Adolescent Twins

2010

We examined whether externalizing problem behaviors (hyperactivity–impulsivity, aggressiveness, and inattention) predict illicit drug use independently, or whether their associations with drug use are mediated through cigarette smoking. We used a prospective longitudinal design within theFinnTwin12-17study among Finnish adolescents with baseline at age 12 and follow-up surveys at ages 14 and 17. Path models were conducted withMplusand included 1992 boys and 2123 girls. The outcome was self-reported ever use of cannabis or other illicit drugs at age 17. The predictors were: externalizing behaviors (hyperactivity–impulsivity, aggressiveness, and inattention) assessed by teachers and parents (…

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