Enhancing water productivity and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production through applying different irrigation manners.

The availability and quality of irrigation water in Egypt have become major challenges for the agricultural sector. Thus, increasing water productivity and improving irrigation efficiency are critical goals. A field experiment was conducted under Upper Egypt conditions at the El-Mattana Agricultural Research Station, Luxor governorate, Egypt, to evaluate the effects of different irrigation methods traditional furrow irrigation (Ti), surge furrow irrigation (Si), and alternate furrow irrigation (Ai), on water productivity, growth, and yield of wheat in clay loam soil.

Healthful vs. Unhealthful Plant-Based Restaurant Meals.

Vegan/vegetarian (VEG) restaurants and VEG options in omnivore (OMNI) restaurants may serve unhealthful plant-based food that may be more harmful than a typical American diet. A sample of 561 restaurants with online menus were analyzed over a 3-year period. Each plant-based menu entrée was counted, up to a maximum of ten entrées per restaurant, meaning that a restaurant customer could select from ten or more healthful plant-based choices.

Acute Toxicity and Antihyperlipidemic Effects of Syringaldehyde with Downregulation of SREBP-2 Gene Expression in Rats.

Hyperlipidemia, a condition characterized by elevated lipid levels, presents significant cardiovascular risks. Syringaldehyde (SA), a phenolic aldehyde derived from plants, exhibits antioxidant, antihyperglycemic, and anti-inflammatory properties. However, its potential toxicity and effects on hyperlipidemia have not been studied.

Social health and prevention of dementia: Integration of human and mice studies.

Objectives: Prevention of dementia is considered a healthcare priority. We aimed to identify potentially modifiable risk factors and mechanisms within the social health domain to find novel avenues to prevent cognitive decline and dementia.

Design: We integrated the results of eight sub-studies of the Social Health in Mice and Men (SHiMMy) project that were separately published in specialized journals, but not yet jointly considered.

Guideline-Directed Application of Coronary Artery Calcium Scores for Primary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease.

Background: The 2018 ACC (American College of Cardiology)/AHA (American Heart Association) and 2021 ESC (European Society of Cardiology)/EAS (European Atherosclerosis Society) guidelines recommend coronary artery calcium (CAC) score for risk refinement in primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD).

Objectives: The study sought to compare CAC utility as a risk-refining tool following the ACC/AHA guideline using pooled cohort equations (PCE) or PREVENT (Predicting Risk of cardiovascular disease EVENTs) equations and ESC/EAS guideline using SCORE2 (Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation 2).

Methods: A total of 1,903 statin-naive participants 55 to 75 years of age, free of ASCVD and diabetes, with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol <190 mg/dL from the prospective population-based Rotterdam Study were included.