Bodyweight and obesity perceptions among adults in Bahrain.

Background: One-third of the Bahraini population is classified as obese; however, research on the public perceptions of obesity in the country is limited.

Aim: This study evaluated perceptions of obesity among adults attending public healthcare clinics in Bahrain.

Methods: This cross-sectional, observational study combined questionnaires from 2 previously published obesity surveys to obtain data on the anthropometric measurements of weight and height from 356 participants in Bahrain.

Exploring the body condition of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) through adipocyte analysis during unusual mortality events.

The blubber is the characteristic fatty tissue of most marine mammals; it comprises adipocytes, blood vessels, lymphatics, and abundant collagen and elastic fibers. Containing the reserve of excess and accumulated energy from feeding. Previous studies found that the adipocyte area may change according to the amount of accumulated and expended energy during migration, reproduction, lactation and breeding.

VitelloTag: a tool for high-throughput cargo delivery into oocytes.

Delivering molecular tools into oocytes is essential for developmental and reproductive biology. Microinjection, the conventional method, is equipment intensive, often technically challenging and has a low yield, and is impractical in species with delicate oocytes or restricted spawning seasons. To overcome these limitations, we developed VitelloTag, a cost-effective, high-throughput system using vitellogenin-derived fusion proteins to enable efficient cargo delivery via receptor-mediated endocytosis.

Roosting ecology drives the evolution of diverse bat landing maneuvers.

Bats and birds are the only living vertebrates capable of powered flight. However, bats differ from birds in that their flight required the evolution of ascending landing maneuvers that achieve their iconic head-under-heels roosting posture. We examined the evolution of landing flight in bats and tested its association with the physical properties of roosts.