Thermographic Image of the Hoof Print in Leisure and Cross-Country Warmblood Horses: A Pilot Study.

Background: The field of veterinary medicine lacks information on equine thermal hoof printing, and few data on the same subject are available in dogs. In human medicine, thermography is used to detect heat emitted by the foot when it comes in contact with a flat surface to detect the abnormalities of the foot balance. The hypothesis states that the thermal pattern of the hoof print in Warmblood horses is detectable and it does not vary among the four limbs in leisure and cross-country Warmblood horses in terms of mean temperature of the hoof print surface.

Evaluation of Thermal Changes of the Sole Surface in Horses with Palmar Foot Pain: A Pilot Study.

Background: Horses with palmar foot pain do not show a typical increase in temperature in the palmar aspect of the hoof and heel due to low blood flow. The objectives of the current study were to determine the changes and differences in the thermographic pattern of the sole surface in horses with unilateral palmar foot pain and non-lame horses before and after training. We hypothesized that the thermal pattern and the local temperature of the frog area and toe area would be similar, with an increased local temperature after training in both lame and non-lame horses.

Assessment of Pulpal Status in Primary Teeth Following Direct Pulp Capping in an Experimental Canine Model.

(1) Background: This study aimed to assess the pulpal response of primary teeth by pulse-oximetry (PO) in a canine model, following direct pulp capping (DPC). (2) Methods: Forty-eight primary teeth from eight canine subjects were divided into three treatment groups, based on the DPC material—calcium hydroxide (CH), MTA, BiodentineTM)—and three corresponding control groups. Data from PO pulp testing were correlated with laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) testing, computer tomographic (CT) densitometry and histological analysis; the experiment lasted 14 days.

Facets of Negative Affectivity and Blood Pressure in Middle-Aged Men.

Research results suggesting that facets of negative affectivity, i.e. anxiety, anger-hostility, and depression, relate to incident cardiovascular diseases have been steadily increasing.

Vital exhaustion, depressive symptoms and serum triglyceride levels in high-risk middle-aged men.

The role of elevated serum triglyceride level as a risk factor of coronary artery disease is well established. Previous results have also indicated that depression or depressive symptoms and vital exhaustion correlate with triglyceride levels. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations of depressive symptoms, vital exhaustion, and health behavior with serum triglyceride levels.

Anger expression styles and blood pressure: evidence for different pathways.

Objective: To investigate comparative models that could clarify the relationship between ways of anger expression and blood pressure (BP). It was hypothesized that the impact of the anger expression on BP is distinct for different styles of anger expression, including mediated effects through health behavior and overweight, and direct links to BP.

Methods: The study sample comprised of 705 middle-age men who participated in a trial aimed at preventing the metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

Sense of coherence relates with smoking.

The present study investigated the relationship between sense of coherence (SOC) and smoking. This study is a sub-study of the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial. SOC was assessed with a short form self-report questionnaire at baseline and at two-year follow-up.

Depressive symptoms and serum lipid fractions in middle-aged men: physiologic and health behavior links.

Objective: To investigate alternative hypothetical models that could clarify the relationship between depressive symptoms and serum cholesterol fractions, i.e., high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL).