Sex-dependent shifts in body size and condition along replicated elevational gradients in a montane colonising ectotherm, the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis).

In ectothermic animals, elevational gradients, such as mountainous environments, are often associated with shifts in body size, although patterns differ across taxa and contexts. Mountain landscapes are characterised by relatively rapid shifts in biotic and abiotic conditions along an elevational gradient, commonly referred to as elevational zonation. Such zonation can reduce the geographic scale at which organisms experience the effects of climate change.

Role of inflammation in a rat model of radiation retinopathy.

Radiation retinopathy (RR) is a major side effect of ocular tumor treatment by plaque brachytherapy or proton beam therapy. RR manifests as delayed and progressive microvasculopathy, ischemia and macular edema, ultimately leading to vision loss, neovascular glaucoma, and, in extreme cases, secondary enucleation. Intravitreal anti-VEGF agents, steroids and laser photocoagulation have limited effects on RR.

How well do you think you remember your personal past? French validation of the Autobiographical Recollection Test (ART) and exploration of age effect.

This study aimed to validate a French version of the Autobiographical Recollection Test (ART), a 21-item self-report questionnaire developed by Berntsen, D., Hoyle, R. H.

The effects of age on objective and subjective recollection after visiting a virtual apartment.

While aging has been associated with decreased retrieval of episodic memory details, subjective ratings about memory quality seem to remain stable. This suggests that subjective memory judgments are based on different information according to age. Here, we tested the hypothesis that older people would rather base their subjective judgments on the retrieval of personal elements (such as emotions and thoughts), whereas younger people would rather base their judgments on the retrieval of event-related elements (such as time, place, and perceptual details).

Enterobacterales high-risk clones and plasmids spreading blaESBL/AmpC and blaOXA-48 genes within and between hospitalized dogs and their environment.

Background: Compared with healthcare settings, the role of veterinary hospitals in the spread of extended-spectrum cephalosporin- and carbapenem-resistant (ESC-R/CP-R) bacteria has been overlooked.

Objectives: To investigate using genome-based approaches the dynamics of ESC-R and CP-R Enterobacterales among 125 dogs admitted to the same veterinary hospital over a 4 month period.

Methods: Dogs (n = 125) were sampled within 48 h of admission and at discharge.

What Motives Do People Most Want to Know About When Meeting Another Person? An Investigation Into Prioritization of Information About Seven Fundamental Motives.

What information about a person's personality do people want to know? Prior research has focused on behavioral , but personality is also characterized in terms of . Four studies ( = 1,502) assessed participants' interest in information about seven fundamental social motives (self-protection, disease avoidance, affiliation, status, mate seeking, mate retention, kin care) across 12 experimental conditions that presented details about the person or situation. In the absence of details about specific situations, participants most highly prioritized learning about kin care and mate retention motives.

Octave-spanning coherent supercontinuum generation in an AlGaAs-on-insulator waveguide.

We demonstrate supercontinuum generation over an octave spaning from 1055 to 2155 nm on the highly nonlinear aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs)-on-insulator platform. This is enabled by the generation of two dispersive waves in a 3-mm-long dispersion-engineered nano-waveguide. The waveguide is pumped at telecom wavelengths (1555 nm) with 3.

Urinary Retention.

Urinary retention is a common problem encountered in the emergency department. Acute urinary retention (AUR) presents as a sudden inability to voluntarily void, and is typically associated with lower abdominal pain. Its etiology can be varied and multifactorial.

Prevalence of hematologic toxicity from copperhead envenomation: an observational study.

Copperhead snakes () are considered as the least toxic of the North American pit vipers. The reported incidence of coagulopathy from copperhead envenomation is variable, possibly secondary to regional variation in subspecies and venom potency. Coagulation studies are often obtained when evaluating for the coagulopathic effects of copperhead venom, but the clinical utility of these indices is unclear.

Absence of co-localization between pathovar-associated virulence factors and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (blaCTX-M) genes on a single plasmid.

Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) were reported in virulent food-borne Escherichia coli clones, and numerous genes encoding ESBLs and virulence factors (VFs) are plasmid-mediated. We investigated the plasmidic co-localization of ESBL genes and pathovar-associated VF genes isolated in 18 E. coli isolates from faecal samples of diseased cattle.

Emission of multiple dispersive waves from a single Raman-shifting soliton in an axially-varying optical fiber.

We provide the experimental demonstration of the generation of multiple dispersive waves from a single soliton propagating in the vicinity of the first zero-dispersion wavelength of an axially-varying optical fiber. The fiber is designed such that the Raman-shifting soliton successively hits three times the longitudinally evolving zero-dispersion wavelength, which results in the emission of three distinct dispersive waves at different fiber lengths. These results illustrate how suitably controlled axially-varying fibers allow to tailor the soliton dynamics in a very accurate way.

African pouched rats for the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in sputum samples.

Setting: Resource-limited settings in sub-Saharan African countries.

Objective: To utilise African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in human sputum.

Design: A specially designed cage with 10 sniffing holes and cassette-carrier was used.

[Technic of the peroperative use of Doppler in neurosurgery].

Intraoperative Doppler exploration during neurosurgery was used during treatment of intracranial aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVM) and cerebral revascularization by extra-intra cranial anastomosis (EICA). It was also employed to study behavior of cortical arteries under different conditions. During treatment of aneurysms, Doppler can show, prior to clipping, whether blood flow through.

Volume magnification in particle field holography.

An image-object volume relationship in holography for applications in quantitative particle fields is determined in terms of known physical parameters. The general relationships are described for collimated, point reference, or reconstruction sources. Some relevant methods for correlating the transverse magnification at different longitudinal distances are also described.

Case studies: games: three examples from biochemistry, physiology and pharmacology.

In the last issue Anthony Short and David Tomlinson (1980) gave an introductory discussion of the use of games in medical education. Here, with Michael Billet and Judyth Aarons, they give a detailed description of three games which currently form part of the curriculum at the University of Nottingham Medical School.