HEXACO personality factors as predictors of physical activity, resting heart rate, body mass index, and healthy lifestyle behaviors.

Background: Personality traits are known factors that may influence levels of physical activity and other healthy lifestyle measures and behaviors that ultimately lead to health problems later in life.

Participants And Procedure: The aim of this study was to examine the association between personality traits (HEXACO) and levels of physical activity and resting heart rate (RHR) - measured using Fitbits, BMI, and a self-reported whole-person healthy lifestyle score for = 2580 college students. Data were collected and analyzed for students enrolled in a University Success type course from August 2017 to May 2021.

Modified cranial closing wedge ostectomy in 25 dogs.

Objective: To describe the planning of a modified cranial closing wedge ostectomy (mCCWO) and determine the accuracy of execution without intraoperative jigs or alignment guides.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Animals: Twenty-five client-owned dogs (32 stifles) with cranial cruciate ligament disease.

Metabolic derangement and cardiac injury early after reperfusion following intermittent cross-clamp fibrillation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery using conventional or miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass.

Myocardial ischemic stress and early reperfusion injury in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) operated on using intermittent cross-clamp fibrillation (ICCF) are not presently known. The role of mini-cardiopulmonary bypass (mCPB) versus conventional CPB (cCPB) during ICCF has not been investigated. These issues have been addressed as secondary objective of randomised controlled trial (ISRCTN30610605) comparing cCPB and mCPB.

CDKN2B expression in adipose tissue of familial combined hyperlipidemia patients.

The purpose of this study was to determine the core biological processes perturbed in the subcutaneous adipose tissue of familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL) patients. Annotation of FCHL and control microarray datasets revealed a distinctive FCHL transcriptome, characterized by gene expression changes regulating five overlapping systems: the cytoskeleton, cell adhesion and extracellular matrix; vesicular trafficking; lipid homeostasis; and cell cycle and apoptosis. Expression values for the cell-cycle inhibitor CDKN2B were increased, replicating data from an independent FCHL cohort.

Pancreatic abscess in 36 dogs: a retrospective analysis of prognostic indicators.

Thirty-six dogs were diagnosed with pancreatic abscess by the presence of purulent exudate within the parenchyma of the pancreas during exploratory laparotomy. Data regarding history, physical examination findings, clinicopathological data, diagnostic imaging findings, bacteriological culture results, abdominal drainage technique, and perioperative treatment were evaluated for factors predictive of survival. Elevated blood urea nitrogen, serum alkaline phosphatase activity, and rising bicarbonate ion concentration were each found to have statistically significant (P<0.

Microchimeric fetal cells cluster at sites of tissue injury in lung decades after pregnancy.

Fetal cells trafficking into maternal blood during pregnancy engraft tissues and persist for decades in marrow and bone. While persistent fetal cells were initially implicated in autoimmune disease, animal studies suggest that microchimeric fetal cells play a broader role in response to tissue injury. This study investigated whether fetal cells participate in tissue repair after human pregnancy.

Microchimerism in female bone marrow and bone decades after fetal mesenchymal stem-cell trafficking in pregnancy.

Fetal cells enter maternal blood during pregnancy and persist in women with autoimmune disease. The frequency of subsequent fetomaternal microchimerism in healthy women and its cell type is unknown. To test the hypothesis that fetal mesenchymal stem cells persist in maternal organs, we studied female bone marrow and ribs.