Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to predict information- and support-seeking on Facebook in people with endometriosis.

Background: Many people with endometriosis want to learn more about their condition and connect with others for support. Frequently they turn to social media site Facebook to do so. This study aimed to explore the drivers of endometriosis consumers' intentions and use of Facebook for health-related information and support, as outlined in the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB).

Pre-symbiotic response of the compatible host spruce and low-compatibility host pine to the ectomycorrhizal fungus .

Mutualistic ectomycorrhizal symbiosis requires the exchange of signals even before direct contact of the partners. Volatiles, and specifically volatile terpenoids, can be detected at a distance and may trigger downstream signaling and reprogramming of metabolic responses. The late-stage ectomycorrhizal fungus shows high host specificity with its main host spruce, while rarely associations can be found with pine, .

Relationships between personality, emotional well-being, self-efficacy and weight management among adults with type 2 diabetes: Results from a cross-sectional survey.

The objective of this study was to examine the associations between personality, general and diabetes-specific well-being and self-efficacy, and weight management indicators, among adults with type 2 diabetes. In addition, to examine whether personality provides incremental explanation of variance in weight management indicators. Australian adults with type 2 diabetes (N = 270; 56% women; age: 61±12 years) were recruited via the national diabetes registry.

Biofilm formation in Gram-positives as an answer to combined salt and metal stress.

Biofilm formation can lead to tolerance against stressors like antibiotics, toxic metals, salts, and other environmental contaminants. Halo- and metal-tolerant bacilli and actinomycete strains isolated from a former uranium mining and milling site in Germany were shown to form biofilm in response to salt and metal treatment; specifically, Cs and Sr exposition led to biofilm formation. Since the strains were obtained from soil samples, a more structured environment was tested using expanded clay to provide porous structures resembling the natural environment.

Ectomycorrhizal Community Shifts at a Former Uranium Mining Site.

Ectomycorrhizal communities at young oak, pine, and birch stands in a former uranium mining site showed a low diversity of morphotypes with a preference for contact and short-distance exploration strategies formed by the fungi , , , , , , as well as abundant . In order to have better control over abiotic conditions, we established pot experiments with re-potted trees taken from the sites of direct investigation. This more standardized cultivation resulted in a lower diversity and decreased prominence of .

Personality and weight management in adults with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review.

Aims: Managing weight in the context of type 2 diabetes presents unique hormonal, medicinal, behavioural and psychological challenges. The relationship between weight management and personality has previously been reviewed for general and cardiovascular disease populations but is less well understood in diabetes. This systematic review investigated the relationship between personality constructs and weight management outcomes and behaviours among adults with type 2 diabetes.

How to improve the diet of toddlers? The feasibility of an online, habit-based intervention targeting parental feeding behaviour.

Background: The diet of toddlers is often not in accordance with dietary recommendations, putting them at risk of poor health outcomes later in life. Parents can struggle to provide their toddler with a healthy diet and interventions are needed. Helping parents to form healthy feeding habits may facilitate healthy feeding behaviours.

Salt and Metal Tolerance Involves Formation of Guttation Droplets in Species of the Complex.

Three strains of the complex were isolated from a salty marsh at a former uranium mining site in Thuringia, Germany. The strains from a metal-rich environment were not only highly salt tolerant (up to 20% NaCl), but at the same time could sustain elevated Cs and Sr (both up to 100 mM) concentrations as well as other (heavy) metals present in the environment. During growth experiments when screening for differential cell morphology, the occurrence of guttation droplets was observed, specifically when elevated Sr concentrations of 25 mM were present in the media.

Blue Light-Dependent Pre-mRNA Splicing Controls Pigment Biosynthesis in the Mushroom .

Light induces the production of ink-blue pentacyclic natural products, the corticin pigments, in the cobalt crust mushroom Terana caerulea. Here, we describe the genetic locus for corticin biosynthesis and provide evidence for a light-dependent dual transcriptional/cotranscriptional regulatory mechanism. Light selectively induces the expression of the gene encoding the gateway enzyme, the first described mushroom polyporic acid synthetase CorA, while other biosynthetic genes for modifying enzymes necessary to complete corticin assembly are induced only at lower levels.