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Arginine, an essential amino acid during the reproductive period, has been shown to enhance lactation performances in livestock. Whether it could help mothers with breastfeeding difficulties is not known.

This study aimed to determine whether dietary arginine supplementation would enhance milk production in rat dams nursing large 12-pup litters and, if so, what mechanisms are involved.

In 3 series of experiments, differing in dam killing timing, 59 primiparous, pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats (mean±SD weight 254±24.7g) were randomly assigned to receive either 1) an AIN-93G diet supplemented with l-arginine at 2.0% (ARG diet), through lactation and gestation (AGL group); 2) a control AIN-93G diet including at 3.5% an isonitrogenous mix of amino acids that are not essential for lactation (MA diet), during gestation and lactation (MA group); or 3) the MA diet during gestation and the ARG diet during lactation (AL group). Milk flow was measured using deuterated water enrichment between days 11 and 18. Selleckchem Ponatinib Plasma hnd mammary lipogenesis in rats nursing large litters.
It is unknown whether meat intake is beneficial for long-term patient and graft survival in kidney transplant recipients (KTR).

We first investigated the association of the previously described meat intake biomarkers 1-methylhistidine and 3-methylhistidine with intake of white and red meat as estimated from a validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). Second, we investigated the association of the meat intake biomarkers with long-term outcomes in KTR.

We measured 24-h urinary excretion of 1-methylhistidine and 3-methylhistidine by validated assays in a cohort of 678 clinically stable KTR. Cross-sectional associations were assessed by linear regression. We used Cox regression analyses to prospectively study associations of log2-transformed biomarkers with mortality and graft failure.

Urinary 1-methylhistidine and 3-methylhistidine excretion values were median 282; interquartile range (IQR) 132-598µmol/24 h and median 231; IQR 175-306 µmol/24 h, respectively. Urinary 1-methylhistidine was associated re intervention studies are warranted to study the effect of high meat intake on mortality and graft failure in KTR, using these biomarkers.
High urinary 3-methylhistidine, reflecting higher red meat intake, is independently associated with lower risk of mortality. High urinary concentrations of both 1- and 3-methylhistidine, of which the former reflects higher white meat intake, are independently associated with lower risk of graft failure in KTR. Future intervention studies are warranted to study the effect of high meat intake on mortality and graft failure in KTR, using these biomarkers.As the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is rapidly spreading in different parts of India, a reliable forecast for the cumulative confirmed cases and the number of deaths can be helpful for policymakers in making the decisions for utilizing available resources in the country. Recently, various mathematical models have been used to predict the outbreak of COVID-19 worldwide and also in India. In this article we use exponential, logistic, Gompertz growth and autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models to predict the spread of COVID-19 in India after the announcement of various unlock phases. The mean absolute percentage error and root mean square error comparative measures were used to check the goodness-of-fit of the growth models and Akaike information criterion for ARIMA model selection. Using COVID-19 pandemic data up to 20 December 2020 from India and its five most affected states (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala), we report 15-days-ahead forecasts for cumulative confirmed cases and the number of deaths. Based on available data, we found that the ARIMA model is the best-fitting model for COVID-19 cases in India and its most affected states.Respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome can occur in burn patients with or without inhalational injury, and can significantly increase mortality. For patients with severe respiratory failure who fail conventional therapy with mechanical ventilation, the use of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygen (ECMO) may be a lifesaving salvage therapy. There have been a series of case reports detailing the use of ECMO in burn patients over the last twenty years, but very little is currently known about the status of ECMO use at burn centers in North America. Using a web-based survey of burn center directors in Canada and the United States, we examined the rate of usage of ECMO in burn care, barriers to its use, and the perioperative management of burn patients receiving ECMO therapy. Our findings indicate that approximately half of burn centers have used ECMO in the care of burn patients, but patient volume is very low on average (less than 1 per year). Of centers that do use ECMO in burn care, only 40% have a specified protocol for doing so. Approximately half have operated on patients being actively treated with ECMO therapy, but perioperative management of anticoagulation varies widely. A lack of experience and institutional support, and a perceived lack of evidence to support ECMO use in burn patients were the most commonly identified barriers to more widespread uptake. Better collaboration between burn centers will allow for the creation of consensus statements and protocols to improve outcomes for burn patients who require ECMO.This study was designed to evaluate the accuracy of a novel computer-designed and selectively laser sintered surgical guide for flapless dental implant placement in the edentulous jaw. Fifty dental implants were placed in 11 patients with at least one totally edentulous jaw. Initially, cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) was performed in each patient to define the virtual position of the dental implants based on the assessment of bone availability and the proposed dental prosthesis. After virtual planning, 3D surgical guides were printed using selective laser sintering. CBCT was repeated after the surgery, and the pre-and postoperative images were overlapped in the CAD software to compare the planned and actual positions of the dental implants using a one-sample t-test. The mean ± angular standard deviation between the long axes of the planned and final dental implant positions was 4.58 ±2.85 degrees; The linear deviation in the coronal position was 0.87 ± 0.49 mm and in the apical region of the dental implants was 1.37 ± 0.69 mm. These differences were statistically significant (p less then 0.001). The proposed modifications reduced the deviations, resulting in an improvement in the technique. We were able to place implants and temporary prostheses using the present protocol, taking into account the differences between the planned and final positions of the dental implants.
Wheat crops are exposed to a range of mechanical stimulations in their natural environment, yet we know very little about their response to such conditions. The aim of this study was to better understand the effect of mechanical stimulation on wheat growth and development, stem mechanical properties and grain measures. We focussed on the following questions i) does plant age affect the response to mechanical stimulation, ii) is there a minimum threshold for the perception of mechanical stimuli, and iii) is the effect of manual brushing different to natural wind stimulation?

For age- and dose- response experiments, wheat plants were grown under controlled greenhouse conditions with brushing treatments applied using a purpose-built rig. The results of the controlled experiments are compared with those from an outside experiment where wheat plants were exposed to natural wind, with or without additional brushing. Detailed phenotypic measurements were conducted and treatment effects on grain characteristics wl and developmental response to mechanical brushing treatment, both in relation to vegetative above-ground biomass, as well as those associated with grain yield, is dependent on plant age as well as the dose of the treatments. This study shows that mechanical stimulation of wheat impacts on a multitude of agriculturally relevant traits and provides a much needed advancement of our understanding of wheat thigmomorphogenesis and the potential applications of mechanical conditioning to control relevant traits.Severe bone atrophies are considered a challenge in the rehabilitation process. In clinical situations involving excessive vertical bone deficiency in edentulous mandibles, there is risk of fracture and frequently the need for an approach that involves highly complex procedures. In this context, simultaneous three-dimensional bone reconstruction associated with rigid fixation is a viable alternative to optimize longevity and avoid failures in these cases. This clinical case report presents a technique for reconstruction of severely atrophic mandibles in an elderly female patient to allow the implant-supported prosthesis protocol. The placement of immediate implants was possible by using an intraoral approach for fixation of a titanium plate, followed by guided bone regeneration in association with rhBMP-2, deproteinized bovine bone mineral and titanium mesh in a one-stage surgical procedure. There are no reports in the literature with this approach for treating of severely atrophic mandibles. These association of techniques was shown to be predictable after three years of follow-up. Therefore, this protocol provides safe supported-implant prosthesis rehabilitation for patients with severely atrophic mandible.
Plasma trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) has drawn much attention as a marker of several chronic diseases. Data on the relation between diet and TMAO are discordant and few human intervention studies have assessed causality for this association.

We aimed to evaluate the effects on plasma TMAO of diets based on foods rich in polyphenols (PP) and/or long-chain n-3 fatty acids (LCn3) or whole-grain cereals (WGCs), in individuals at high cardiometabolic risk.

An ancillary study was performed within 2 randomized controlled trials, aimed at evaluating the medium-term effects on cardiometabolic risk factors of diets naturally rich in PP and/or LCn3 (Etherpaths Project) or WGCs (HealthGrain Project).

In the Etherpaths study (n =78), the changes in TMAO (8-wk minus baseline) were statistically significant for the diets rich in LCn3 (+1.15±11.58 μmol/L) (P = 0.007), whereas they were not for the diets rich in PP (-0.14±9.66 μmol/L) (P=0.905) or their interaction (P=0.655) (2-factor ANOVA). In the HealthGrain Study marine origin or WGCs significantly increased plasma TMAO concentration. These changes mirrored the direct associations between TMAO concentrations and intakes of fish and WGCs, suggesting that TMAO reflects intakes of these healthy foods and, therefore, it is not a universally valid biomarker of cardiometabolic risk independent of the background diet.These trials were registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT01154478 and NCT00945854.This prospective study compared the stability of implants placed using piezoelectric surgery (piezo group) and those placed using conventional rotary drills (bur group) during the first 90 days postoperatively. Teeth in the posterior maxillary regions of twenty-one patients were randomly assigned to two groups. The implant stability quotient (ISQ) was measured at days 0, 7, 14, 21, 28, 42, 56 and 90 postoperatively. Twenty eight out of 29 implants were successfully integrated at day 90 (one implant in the test group was lost). Although both groups showed a significant overall increase in implant stability with time (p less then 0.0001) and a high final mean ISQ value, no statistically significant difference in stability was seen between groups. The bur group showed greater variance in ISQ values than the piezo group (p less then 0.001) at all time points. Long-term studies with larger samples are needed to investigate the bone response to the use of piezoelectric surgery for implant preparation.
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