Prepartum Vaccination Against Neonatal Calf Diarrhea and Its Effect on Mammary Health and Milk Yield of Dairy Cows: A Retrospective Study Addressing Non-Specific Effects of Vaccination.

Prepartum vaccinations against neonatal calf diarrhea pathogens are administered in late pregnancy to provide passive immunity to calves through protective colostral antibodies. Potential non-specific effects of the vaccine on maternal innate immune responses and disease susceptibility during the sensitive transition period have not been addressed so far. In this retrospective study, data from 73,378 dairy cows on 20 farms in Germany were analyzed, using linear mixed-effects regression, quantile regression, and decision-tree-algorithms, to investigate the effects of prepartum vaccination on mammary health and milk yield by comparing non-vaccinated and vaccinated transition periods.

Strengthened plant-microorganism interaction after topsoil removal cause more deterministic microbial assembly processes and increased soil nitrogen mineralization.

Topsoil removal, among other restoration measures, has been recognized as one of the most successful methods to restore biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in European grasslands. However, knowledge about how removal as well as other restoration methods influence interactions between plant and microbial communities is very limited. The aims of the current study were to understand the impact of topsoil removal on plant-microorganism interactions and on soil nitrogen (N) mineralization, as one example of ecosystem functioning.

Understanding Limitations in Electrochemical Conversion to CO at Low CO Concentrations.

Low-temperature electrochemical CO reduction has demonstrated high selectivity for CO when devices are operated with pure CO streams. However, there is currently a dearth of knowledge for systems operating below 30% CO, a regime interesting for coupling electrochemical devices with CO point sources. Here we examine the influence of ionomer chemistry and cell operating conditions on the CO selectivity at low CO concentrations.

Liraglutide 3.0 mg once daily for the treatment of overweight and obesity in patients hospitalised at a forensic psychiatric department: A 26-week open-label feasibility study.

Introduction: Overweight and obesity constitute a major concern among patients treated at forensic psychiatric departments. The present clinical feasibility study aimed at investigating the extent to which glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) treatment with once-daily liraglutide 3.0 mg could be a feasible pharmacological treatment of these conditions in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders hospitalised in forensic psychiatry.