Publications by authors named "V W Krause"
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- * Research conducted on the Snake River showed that about one-third of MeHg loads could not be traced back to upstream sources and were likely coming from these riparian areas.
- * The findings indicate a significant correlation between MeHg levels in river surface waters and concentrations in local aquatic organisms, suggesting that MeHg produced in riparian zones enters the food web, which is vital for developing strategies to mitigate its impacts on fish populations.
Apremilast is a relatively new oral treatment for psoriasis, which reduces expression of pro-inflammatory factors, including tumour necrosis factor-α (TNFα), critical to the immune control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. In randomised controlled trials (RCTs) for apremilast no new cases of active tuberculosis (TB) were identified, thus, screening for latent TB infection (LTBI) is not currently recommended prior to apremilast initiation. We describe a case of M.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCreative ideation activates disinhibited reward-seeking and indulgent choices.
J Pers Soc Psychol
October 2024
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- A study involving 3,412 participants tested the impact of brief creative ideation tasks on subsequent indulgent choices, showing that those who engaged in creative thinking tended to choose higher-calorie foods and drinks and planned less intense workouts compared to a control group.* -
- Results indicated that creative ideation is linked to disinhibition, which increased behaviors such as eating more candy and proposing more caloric cocktails, all mediated by a system related to pursuing desires.* -
- The findings suggest that while creativity can foster innovative thinking, it may also lead to unhealthy indulgent choices, highlighting a need for further research on the potential consequences of creative endeavors.*
Wrinkling instabilities of thin elastic sheets can be used to generate periodic structures over a wide range of length scales. Viscosity of the thin elastic sheet or its surrounding medium has been shown to be responsible for dynamic processes. We here consider wrinkling of fluid deformable surfaces.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo uncover molecular changes underlying blood-brain-barrier dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease, we performed single nucleus RNA sequencing in 24 Alzheimer's disease and control brains and focused on vascular and astrocyte clusters as main cell types of blood-brain-barrier gliovascular-unit. The majority of the vascular transcriptional changes were in pericytes. Of the vascular molecular targets predicted to interact with astrocytic ligands, SMAD3, upregulated in Alzheimer's disease pericytes, has the highest number of ligands including VEGFA, downregulated in Alzheimer's disease astrocytes.
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