Modelling the current and future temperature suitability of the UK for the vector Hyalomma marginatum (Acari: Ixodidae).

Hyalomma marginatum is the main vector of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) and spotted fever rickettsiae in Europe. The distribution of H. marginatum is currently restricted to parts of southern Europe, northern Africa and Asia, and one of the drivers limiting distribution is climate, particularly temperature.

Internet Use in Old Age: Results of a German Population-Representative Survey.

Background: The internet has the potential to foster healthy lifestyles and to support chronic disease management. Older adults could benefit from using the internet and other information and communication technology to access health-related information and interventions available online.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate factors influencing internet use in older and oldest age groups and to determine the frequency of internet use for health-related purposes.

Deorphanization of human olfactory receptors by luciferase and Ca-imaging methods.

Olfactory receptors (ORs) are expressed at the cell surfaces of olfactory sensory neurons lining the olfactory epithelium and are the first actors for the perception and recognition of odorants.The olfactory system is mostly activated by ORs and odorants in the cAMP pathway. To date, few human ORs have been deorphanized, mainly because the difficulties encountered in expressing ORs at the cell surface.

About the impossibility of a single (ex-)user and survivor of psychiatry position.

Objective: To present the European Network of (ex-)users and survivors of psychiatry and discuss issues of concern among (ex-)users and survivors.

Method: Material from papers and documents published by and discussed among (ex-)users and survivors of psychiatry is used to outline topics of interest.

Results: The European Network of (ex-)Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (ENUSP) was founded in 1991 as an association of national/regional organizations of (ex-)users and survivors of psychiatry.

Effect of endogenous opioids on vagally induced release of gastrin, somatostatin and bombesin-like immunoreactivity from the perfused rat stomach.

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of the opiate receptor antagonist naloxone on vagally stimulated secretion of bombesin-like immunoreactivity (BLI), somatostatin and gastrin from the isolated rat stomach, which was perfused via the celiac artery with Krebs-Ringer buffer. Vagal stimulation was performed for 10 min with 1 ms, 10 V and 2, 5, 10 or 20 Hz, respectively. In control experiments BLI release increased significantly above basal secretion during a stimulation frequency of 10 Hz (1367 +/- 357 pg/10 min; P < 0.