Background: Cows that develop metritis experience dysbiosis of their uterine microbiome, where opportunistic pathogens overtake uterine commensals. An effective immune response is critical for maintaining uterine health. Nonetheless, periparturient cows experience immune dysregulation, which seems to be intensified by prepartum over-condition.
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January 2025
Background: Digital solutions, such as mobile apps or telemonitoring devices, are frequently considered facilitators in the process of empowering older adults, but they can also act as a source of digital exclusion or disempowerment if they are not adequate for older adults' needs and characteristics.
Objective: This study aimed to synthesize and critically evaluate existing evidence on the effectiveness of integrated digital solutions that enable interaction for empowering older adults in aspects related to their health and to explore potential factors (eg, type of technology, participants' characteristics) impacting effectiveness.
Methods: A systematic search was carried out in PubMed, ScienceDirect, SCOPUS, EBSCO, and SciELO using a combination of terms informed by previous reviews on empowerment.
Alzheimers Dement
December 2024
Background: The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, is one of the biggest health concerns of the century. Long COVID is one of the major sequelae from the infection and include persistent neurological manifestations. Brain images study suggest that Long COVID patients present distinct brain metabolic alterations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Studies of aging in non-human primates are important to elucidate primate-specific mechanisms underlying human aging, including pathological trajectories like Alzheimer's disease (AD). Evidence of AD-like brain aging has been reported across the primate order including amyloid beta (AB) deposits, but blood-based biomarkers are less well-studied. The goal of this project was to explore the use of validated assays for plasma biomarkers in two new non-human primate species: coppery titi monkeys (Plecturocebus cupreus) and brown capuchins (Sapajus apella).
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