Author(s): Cofresí RU, Monfils MH, Chaudhri N, Gonzales RA, Lee HJ
The ability of environmental cues to trigger alcohol-seeking behaviors is believed to facilitate problematic alcohol use. We previously showed that the development of this cue-evoked alcohol approach reflects cue-alcohol learning and memory in the adult male rat; however, we do not know whether the same is true for similarly aged female rats. Consequently ...
Article GUID: 31002878
Author(s): Huang Y, Moini Jazani A, Howell EP, Oh JK, Moffitt MG
Microfluidic flow-directed self-assembly of biological stimuli-responsive block copolymers is demonstrated with dual-location cleavable linkages at the junction between hydrophilic and hydrophobic blocks and on pendant group within the hydrophobic blocks. On-chip self-assembly within a two-phase microfluidic reactor forms various "DualM" polymer nanoparti ...
Article GUID: 31820915
Author(s): Hu X, Oh JK
The development of effective approaches to synthesize smart amphiphilic block copolymers (ABPs) exhibiting acid-responsive degradation through the cleavage of acid-labile imine bonds is extensively explored for controlled release of encapsulated biomolecules, particularly in drug delivery. Here, a new approach based on direct polymerization utilizing a co ...
Article GUID: 32964550
Author(s): Afshar P, Heidarian S, Naderkhani F, Oikonomou A, Plataniotis KN, Mohammadi A
Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has abruptly and undoubtedly changed the world as we know it at the end of the 2nd decade of the 21st century. COVID-19 is extremely contagious and quickly spreading globally making its early diagnosis of paramount importance. Early diagnosis of COVID-19 enables health care professionals and government authorities to b ...
Article GUID: 32958971
Author(s): Sansfaçon J, Booij L, Gauvin L, Fletcher É, Islam F, Israël M, Steiger H
OBJECTIVE: Identifying modifiable predictors of outcomes following treatment for eating disorders may help to tailor interventions to patients' individual needs, improve treatment efficacy, and develop new interventions. The goal of this meta-analysis was to quantify the association between pretreatment motivation and posttreatment changes in eating d ...
Article GUID: 32954512
Author(s): Bicalho HA, Rios RDF, Binatti I, Ardisson JD, Howarth AJ, Lago RM, Teixeira APC
In this work, the potential to use an iron mining waste (IW), rich in a-Fe2O3 and a-FeOOH, for the development of composites based on graphitic carbon nitride (CN) is demonstrated. These materials were synthesized through a simple thermal treatment at 550?°C of a mixture containing melamine and different IW mass percentages, giving rise to the catalysts x ...
Article GUID: 32947712
Author(s): Poder TG, Wang L, Carrier N
OBJECTIVE: To describe how chronic low back pain (CLBP) impacts on utility scores and which patients' characteristics most affect these scores in the province of Quebec. SETTINGS: Province of Quebec, Canada. PARTICIPANTS: 569 adult patients with CLBP. METHODS AND OUTCOMES: An online survey on low back pain was conducted between October 2018 and Januar ...
Article GUID: 32933957
Author(s): Ferrar SJ; Stack DM; Dickson DJ; Serbin LA;
How youth learn to manage emotions during mother-child conflict influences their socioemotional development. Ninety-four mother-preadolescent (aged 9-13, 57.4% female) dyads were observed during conflict discussions and completed questionnaire measures at one prior time-point (Time 1; ages 6-10) and one subsequent time-point (Time 3; ages 11-16) to the ob ...
Article GUID: 32935251
Author(s): Lessard-Tremblay M, Weeks J, Morelli L, Cowan G, Gagnon G, Zednik RJ
Traditional capacitive electrocardiogram (cECG) electrodes suffer from limited patient comfort, difficulty of disinfection and low signal-to-noise ratio in addition to the challenge of integrating them in wearables. A novel hybrid flexible cECG electrode was developed that offers high versatility in the integration method, is well suited for large-scale m ...
Article GUID: 32927651
Author(s): Ji Y; Plourde H; Bouzo V; Kilgour RD; Cohen TR;
Background: Accurate dietary assessment is needed in studies that include analysis of nutritional intake. Image-based dietary assessment apps have gained in popularity for assessing diet, which may ease researcher and participant burden compared to traditional pen-to-paper methods. However, few studies report the validity of these apps for use in research ...
Article GUID: 32902389
Author(s): Giraldi L, Stojanovic J, Arzani D, Persiani R, Hu J, Johnson KC, Zhang ZF, Ferraroni M, Palli D, Yu GP, La Vecchia C, Pelucchi C, Lunet N, Ferro A, Malekzadeh R, Muscat J, Zaridze D, Maximovich D, Aragones N, Martin V, Vioque J, Navarret ...
BACKGROUND: The association between height and risk of gastric cancer has been studied in several epidemiological studies with contrasting results. The aim of this study is to examine the association between adult height and gastric cancer within a large pooled analysis of case-control studies me ...
Article GUID: 32925512
Author(s): Tessitore G; Maurizio SL; Sabri T; Skinner CD; Capobianco JA;
Evaluation of particle dynamics at the nano- and microscale poses a challenge to the development of novel velocimetry techniques. Established optical methods implement external or internal calibrations of the emission profiles by varying the particle velocity and are limited to specific experimental conditions. The proposed multiemission particle velocime ...
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