Publications by authors named "Katarzyna Kowalewska"

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of an exercise and functional activity therapy intervention in adults with early dementia or mild cognitive impairment compared with usual care.

Design: Randomised controlled trial.

Setting: Participants' homes and communities at five sites in the United Kingdom.

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  • Identification of nematode species typically involves fixing the isolated specimens and preparing them for analysis, often starting with microscopic identification.
  • Various preparation methods for nematodes from the genus Aphelenchoides are documented, emphasizing the need for appropriate fixation techniques.
  • Common fixatives used in these processes include formalin, FAA (Formalin-Acetic Acid-Alcohol), and TAF (Triethanolamine-Formalin), as noted in multiple studies over the years.
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The Phoridae are a family of small, hump-backed flies, dominating in post-fire areas. Some of these flies are probably able to survive a fire as an egg, larva, or pupa, and may be adapted to the fire-altered environment at the genomic level. In this study, we describe the influence of short-term temperature treatment on the expression of seven heat shock protein genes in the third-instar larvae and imagoes of a scuttle fly Megaselia scalaris-one of the cosmopolitan and polyphagous phorids.

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