Imagining and reading actions: Towards similar motor representations.

While action language and motor imagery both engage the motor system, determining whether these two processes indeed share the same motor representations would contribute to better understanding their underlying mechanisms. We conducted two experiments probing the mutual influence of these two processes. In Exp.

A cross-cultural randomized pilot trial of western-based and five elements music therapy for psychological well-being.

Background: Music therapy and culture are interconnected. It is unclear whether the therapeutic effects of music can be exerted in diverse cultural contexts. Both Western-based and Chinese Five elements music therapy (FEMT) have shown effectiveness in improving the perception of stress, anxiety and depression in their respective cultures.

The Piwil1 N domain is required for germ cell survival in Atlantic salmon.

Genetic introgression of farmed salmon into wild populations can damage the genetic integrity of wild stocks and is therefore considered as an environmental threat. One possible solution is to induce sterility in farmed salmon. We have searched for proteins potentially essential for germline survival in Atlantic salmon.

Long working hours and risk of cardiovascular outcomes and diabetes type II: five-year follow-up of the Gutenberg Health Study (GHS).

Objectives: The aims of this study were to determine if there was an increased risk of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes and an increase in arterial stiffness in participants who reported working 41-54 h per week and more than 55 h compared to those who worked 40 h or less over a time interval of 5 years.

Methods: In a subsample of the population-based prospective Gutenberg Health Study (GHS) study, we examined working participants younger than 65 years at baseline (n = 7241) and after 5 years. To test the association of working time at baseline and incident cardiovascular events and diabetes type II, we estimated hazard ratios (HR) using competing risks models.

Grommet and adenoid pain evaluation (GRAPE) study.

In the GRAPE study an analysis is made of postoperative pain sensation in children between 6 months and 6 years after adenotomy and placement of ear grommets. Intraoperative treatment with paracetamol versus placebo shows no statistically significant difference in pain between both groups indicating that this type of surgery causes little discomfort and does not require specific intraoperative analgesic treatment.