Background: Cognitive bias refers to emotional influences on cognition and provides a cognitive measure of negativity- or positivity-bias through assessment of the behavioral responses to ambiguous stimuli.Thus, under negative conditions an animal is more likely to judge ambiguous stimuli as negative, and under positive conditions as positive.The t
This paper explores how the traditional practice of karate-do can support the overall well-being of gay male youth (GMY).Many GMY are at a heightened risk of mental health issues that are linked to heteronormative attitudes, homophobic discrimination, and hegemonic masculinity found within sport culture.The traditional martial art of karate-do has
Abstract Background Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) has recently been identified as a novel therapeutic strategy for supporting processes of wound healing.Since CAP is additionally known to kill malignant cells, our study intends to determine the influence of CAP on crucial molecules involved in the molecular mechanism of apoptosis in osteoblast-like
All the components of a nineteenth century mystery novel Bullet Cameras are contained in the Davenport Conspiracy Revisited -- an elusive race of mysterious "Mound Builders", clergymen with flawed characters, pranksters who overestimated their ability to take a joke, a stubborn lawyer, a near deathbed confession -- the only difference is that this
BACKGROUND: Dietary lipids play an important role in the progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) through alternation of liver innate immune response.AIMS: The present study was to investigate the effect of lipid on Kupffer cells phenotype and function in vivo and in vitro.And further to investigate the impact of lipid on ability of