Peripheral fatty acids and outcome of assisted reproduction.

Objectives: The present study investigated the relationship between fatty acid levels in whole blood in women undergoing in vitro fertilization and four successive assisted reproductive technology (ART) outcomes.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on data from a prospective cohort study conducted between 2014 and 2016.

Results: Participants were 238 women undergoing in vitro fertilization and participating in a study on the role of lifestyle habits and diet in ART outcomes.

Twisted clustered pinhole collimation for improved high-energy preclinical SPECT/PET.

Advanced pinhole collimation geometries optimized for preclinical high-energyimaging facilitate applications such asandemitter imaging, simultaneous multi-isotope PET and PET/SPECT, and positron range-free PET. These geometries replace each pinhole with a group of clustered pinholes (CPs) featuring smaller individual pinhole opening angles (POAs), enabling sub-mm resolution imaging up to ∼1 MeV. Further narrowing POAs while retaining field-of-view (FOV) may enhance high-energy imaging but faces geometrical constraints.

Risk factors for Early Childhood Caries in Italian preschoolers: A cross-sectional analysis.

Aim: Early childhood caries (ECC) represent a relevant public health issue in paediatric population globally. The current study aimed to investigate the main risk factors of this condition.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study carried out at the Child Dentistry Clinics of the Istituto Stomatologico Italiano, Milan, Italy, including patients aged 12-71 months and their parents.

Omega-3 polyunsatured fatty acids and physical performance across the lifespan: a narrative review.

Background And Aims: Physical performance is a major contributor of mobility and independence during older life. Despite a progressive decline in musculoskeletal function starts from middle age, several factors acting during the life-course can negatively influence musculoskeletal functional capacities. Lifestyle interventions incorporating nutrition and physical exercise can help maximizing the muscle functional capacities in early life as well as preserving them later in life.