Muscle hypertrophy response across four muscles involved in the bench press exercise: Randomized 10 weeks training intervention.

Background And Purpose: Resistance training exercise provides increases in muscle size and is used by coaches and health care professional as a tool to improve functional performance. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of 10 weeks of resistance training program performed on the bench press (BP) exercise on the hypertrophic responses of four different muscles (pectoralis major, anterior and medial deltoid, brachii, and pectoralis minor) involved in the task compared to controls.

Methods: Twenty-four healthy males were recruited, and thirteen performed a resistance training intervention while eleven were control.

Intraspecific variations in oyster (Magallana gigas) ploidy does not affect physiological responses to microplastic pollution.

Recent advances in genetic manipulation such as triploid breeding and artificial selection, have rapidly emerged as valuable hatchery methodologies for enhancing seafood stocks. The Pacific oyster Magallana gigas is a leading aquaculture species worldwide and key ecosystem engineer that has received particular attention in this field of science. In light of the growing recognition of the ecological effects of intraspecific variation, oyster polyploids provide a valuable opportunity to assess whether intraspecific diversity affects physiological responses to environmental stressors.

Process Operability Analysis of Membrane-Based Direct Air Capture for Low-Purity CO Production.

Addressing climate change constitutes one of the major scientific challenges of this century, and it is widely acknowledged that anthropogenic CO emissions largely contribute to this issue. To achieve the "net-zero" target and keep the rise in global average temperature below 1.5 °C, negative emission technologies must be developed and deployed at a large scale.

Profile of scientific production on nursing technology construction, validity and application: a bibliometric study.

Objective: to analyze the profile of scientific production on nursing technology construction, validity and application.

Methods: this is a bibliometric study, carried out in six databases, based on the Methodi Ordinatio application, arranged in nine stages. To represent the findings, the VOSviewer® software was used.

Analysis of the atrophic mandible rehabilitated with fixed total prosthesis on mono or bicortical implants.

Rehabilitation of edentulous atrophic mandibles involves the placement of implants in the anterior segment of the mandible. The primary stability of these implants can be improved using the base of the mandible as complementary anchorage (bicorticalization). This study aimed to analyze the biomechanics of atrophic mandibles rehabilitated with monocortical or bicortical implants.

Nursing care protocol for critical users with tracheostomy under mechanical ventilation.

Objectives: to develop and assess a nursing care protocol for critically ill users with tracheostomy under mechanical ventilation.

Methods: a methodological study, developed through two phases, guided by the 5W2H management tool: I) target audience characterization and II) technology development.

Results: thirty-four nursing professionals participated in this study, who presented educational demands in relation to care for critical users with tracheostomy, with an emphasis on standardizing care through a protocol and carrying out continuing education.

Characterization of the patterns of care, access, and direct cost of systemic lupus erythematosus in Brazil: findings from the Macunaíma study.

Background: A cost of illness (COI) study aims to evaluate the socioeconomic burden that an illness imposes on society as a whole. This study aimed to describe the resources used, patterns of care, direct cost, and loss of productivity due to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in Brazil.

Methods: This 12-month, cross-sectional, COI study of patients with SLE (ACR 1997 Classification Criteria) collected data using patient interviews (questionnaires) and medical records, covering: SLE profile, resources used, morbidities, quality of life (12-Item Short Form Survey, SF-12), and loss of productivity.

Does rest interval between unilateral exercise protocols influences on contralateral neuromuscular responses in untrained individuals?

Introduction: Effects on strength performance and muscle activation in the contralateral limb have been observed after training with the ipsilateral limb (IL). Cross fatigue effects in the contralateral limb (CL) can occur at intervals of up to 48 h after a training session performed with the ipsilateral limb. The objective of this study was to verify the effect of a training session in the ipsilateral limb, on the strength and activation of the muscles in the contralateral limb also submitted to the training protocol.

Infants entering out-of-home care: Health, developmental needs and service provision.

Background: There are rising numbers of infants entering out-of-home care due to child protection concerns. Research has found that infants entering care are at higher risk of developmental vulnerability and poor health problems.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of developmental vulnerability for children who entered care as infants, and the extent and likelihood of service provision in relation to their developmental vulnerability.

Techno-economic Analysis and Optimization of Intensified, Large-Scale Hydrogen Production with Membrane Reactors.

Steam methane reforming (SMR) currently supplies 76% of the world's hydrogen (H) demand, totaling ∼70 million tonnes per year. Developments in H production technologies are required to meet the rising demand for cleaner, less costly H. Therefore, palladium membrane reactors (Pd-MR) have received significant attention for their ability to increase the efficiency of traditional SMR.

Agarose fibers with glycerol and graphene oxide and functional properties for potential application in biomaterials.

Agarose has numerous applications in biochemistry and medical textiles. This study aimed to produce agarose-graphene oxide-glycerol fibers and analyze their properties. The agarose gel was prepared by dissolving the polymer in 9:1 (v/v) dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO): HO, followed by spinning in an ethanol bath (1:1 (v/v) ethanol: HO) at 20 °C.

Pectoralis major and triceps brachii cross-sectional area measured on different planes: the effect on the muscle size-strength relationship.

Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a well-used technique to assess muscle size and can be acquired on different planes. Pectoralis major (PM) and triceps brachii (TB) muscles are often acquired and analyzed on the axial plane, however it is unknown if anatomical cross-sectional area (CSA) calculated from different planes will affect the muscle size-strength relationship. Thus, the first aim of the present study was to identify if the CSA of the PM and TB measured on different planes presents a similar muscle size-strength relationship.

Infant and Pre-birth Involvement With Child Protection Across Australia.

Infants (<1 year old) are the age group in Australia with the highest rate of involvement with child protection. Many jurisdictions across Australia and internationally are implementing policies focused on prenatal planning and targeted support. This study investigates Australian trends in prenatal and infant child protection notifications, substantiations and out-of-home care; and the extent of over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants.

Positive reading achievement outcomes in children who experience out-of-home care: Characteristics and predictors.

Background: Children who enter out-of-home care ('care') are at increased risk for low academic achievement. Nonetheless, some children who have experienced out-of-home care achieve highly. Several qualitative studies of academically successful young adults with care histories have highlighted factors that may contribute to positive outcomes; however longitudinal cohort research is needed to identify characteristics and predictors of higher achieving younger children who experienced care.

Cumulative incidence of child protection system contacts among a cohort of Western Australian Aboriginal children born 2000 to 2013.

Background: Reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal children in the child protection system is a key target for the Australian government.

Objective: We aimed to provide more recent evidence on the population-level cumulative incidence of contacts for Aboriginal children with child protective services (CPS) in Western Australia (WA).

Participants And Setting: Linked administrative data was provided for WA CPS between 2000 and 2015 for 33,709 Aboriginal children born in WA between 2000 and 2013.

Improved Local Anesthesia at Inflamed Tissue Using the Association of Articaine and Copaiba Oil in Avocado Butter Nanostructured Lipid Carriers.

Unsuccessful anesthesia often occurs under an inflammatory tissue environment, making dentistry treatment extremely painful and challenging. Articaine (ATC) is a local anesthetic used at high (4%) concentrations. Since nanopharmaceutical formulations may improve the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs, we encapsulated ATC in nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) aiming to increase the anesthetic effect on the inflamed tissue.

Dynamic Operability Analysis for Process Design and Control of Modular Natural Gas Utilization Systems.

Process modularization is an alternative process design and construction framework, in which modular units are independent and replaceable blocks of a process system. While modular plants have higher efficiency and are safer to construct than conventional stick-built plants (Roy, S. .

Oral cancer care in the "Metropolitan I" health region in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: enabling and constraining factors.

The aim was to identify constraining and enabling factors related to the organization of health care networks that influence access to oral cancer diagnosis and treatment. A case study in the "Metropolitan I" health region using data collected from health information systems and 26 semi-structured interviews with health managers and professionals. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and strategic conduct analysis, drawing on the theory of structuration proposed by Giddens.

Training in the Initial Range of Motion Promotes Greater Muscle Adaptations Than at Final in the Arm Curl.

Objective: The effects of ROM manipulation on muscle strength and hypertrophy response remain understudied in long-term interventions. Thus, we compared the changes in strength and regional muscle hypertrophy after training in protocols with different ranges of motion (ROM) in the seated dumbbell preacher curl exercise using a within-participant experimental design.

Design And Methods: Nineteen young women had one arm randomly assigned to train in the initial ROM (INITIAL: 0°-68°; 0° = extended elbow) while the contralateral arm trained in the final ROM (FINAL: 68°-135°), three times per week over an eight-week study period.

Normalization of the electromyography amplitude during a multiple-set resistance training protocol: Reliability and differences between approaches.

The first aim was to investigate the impact of different electromyography (EMG) parameters as a reference to normalize the EMG amplitude of the superficial quadriceps femoris muscles across different sets of a knee extension exercise. The second aim is to examine the reliability between days of the EMG parameters used as a reference. Eleven young males attended the laboratory on 4 different days and performed one repetition maximum test, maximumvoluntary isometric contractions, and a resistance training protocol until failure.

Applying landscape metrics to species distribution model predictions to characterize internal range structure and associated changes.

Distributional shifts in species ranges provide critical evidence of ecological responses to climate change. Assessments of climate-driven changes typically focus on broad-scale range shifts (e.g.

Coastal upwelling generates cryptic temperature refugia.

Understanding the effects of climate-mediated environmental variation on the distribution of organisms is critically important in an era of global change. We used wavelet analysis to quantify the spatiotemporal (co)variation in daily water temperature for predicting the distribution of cryptic refugia across 16 intertidal sites that were characterized as 'no', 'weak' or 'strong' upwelling and spanned 2000 km of the European Atlantic Coast. Sites experiencing weak upwelling exhibited high synchrony in temperature but low levels of co-variability at monthly to weekly timescales, whereas the opposite was true for sites experiencing strong upwelling.

Do zirconia dental implants present better clinical results than titanium dental implants? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: The purpose of this systematic review is to determine if the zirconia implants present better clinical results when compared to titanium implants.

Methods: Searches were conducted in 5 databases including, until March 2022, by 2 independent reviewers, according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria established in the study and according whit this question: Do zirconia dental implants present better clinical results than titanium dental implants?

Results: 3235 studies were initially found in the researched databases. 03 randomized clinical trials were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis.