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BACKGROUND Alcohol use has strong associations with the pursuit of pleasure, yet trends in young people's drinking have been declining in Australia for more than 15 years. Therefore, it is important to examine how the increasing number of young people who drink lightly or abstain think about pleasure and alcohol, and how this might reflect changing practices around drinking for pleasure. METHODS Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 50 young people aged 16-19 from Melbourne who abstained from alcohol or drank within Australian guidelines for risky drinking. Participants reflected on how they socialised whilst drinking lightly or without drinking at all, and how they experienced pleasure in this context. These responses were analysed thematically. RESULTS Four key themes emerged; authenticity, intimacy, control, and vicarious pleasure. Some participants felt that by not drinking, they were enacting authentic or better versions of themselves, whilst developing a stronger sense of intimacy with their sober friends. Others described the displeasure of potentially losing control of their emotions and bodies in social situations and were able to instead experience enjoyment vicariously through their friends' drinking. CONCLUSION Drinking has long been regarded as a way to build a connection with others, relax and feel a sense of pleasure. However, it is important to recognise that avoiding drinking and drunkenness provides an alternative means by which some young people pursue feelings of pleasure and enjoyment. In a time of declining drinking rates, participants here drew on notions of authenticity, intimacy, self-control, and vicarious enjoyment to construct light or non-drinking as a pleasurable pursuit, and a positive part of selfhood. Crown V. All rights reserved.BACKGROUND Lately, the projection of foot placement visual cues onto the floor has been considered for use in gait rehabilitation. While promising, this approach needs further basic assessment to ensure proper uses. RESEARCH QUESTION Does following floor-projected foot placement visual cues of one's natural walking pattern induce gait mechanics changes immediately or after a practice period? METHODS Gait mechanics data from fifteen healthy individuals (7 female, 25.4 ± 5.0 years, 21.5 ± 1.68 kg/m2) was collected during normal walking without visual cues, and during two testing phases (immediate and after 45-60 min of practice) of walking with floor-projected visual cues depicting their normal spatial parameters. Magnitudes and variabilities of spatial gait parameters and sagittal plane lower limb kinematics and kinetics were compared between the three testing phases using repeated measures ANOVA and post-hoc paired t-tests. RESULTS Compared to normal walking without foot placement visual cues, there was a staf these observations will, however, need to be confirmed in cases of severe impairments. BACKGROUND Although mechanical barriers and modern surgical techniques have been developed to prevent postoperative adhesion formation, high incidence of adhesions still represents an important challenge in abdominal surgery. So far, there has been no available therapeutic drug in clinical practice. PURPOSE In this study, we explored the efficacy of sodium aescinate (AESS) treatment against postoperative peritoneal adhesions, the potential molecular mechanism was also investigated. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Sixty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 6 groups for the study the blank, vehicle, positive control and three AESS administration groups (0.5, 1 and 2 mg/kg/d, intravenous administration for 7 days). Adhesions were induced by discretely ligating peritoneal sidewall. An IL-1β-induced HMrSV5 cell model was also performed to explore possible functional mechanism. RESULTS The results indicated that the incidence and severity of peritoneal adhesions were significantly lower in the AESS-treated nt as a potential therapeutic agent on peritoneal adhesions. BACKGROUND Dihydroquercetin (DHQ) is an antifibrotic agent. However, whether DHQ can prevent renal fibrosis remains unknown. PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the effects of DHQ on tubulointerstitial fibrosis and its underlying mechanisms in unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) mice in vivo and NRK-49F cells in vitro. METHODS In vivo, UUO mice received vehicle or DHQ treatment. In vitro, NRK-49F cells were pretreated with DHQ and exposed to transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1). Changes in fibroblast activation, collagen synthesis, oxidative stress, and related signaling pathways were assessed by immunohistochemical staining, Western blot analysis, real-time reverse transcription-PCR, and fluorescence microscopy. RESULTS UUO induced tubular atrophy, inflammation, fibroblast differentiation into myofibroblast, and collagen deposition, whereas DHQ ameliorated these effects. UUO also resulted in decreased levels of nuclear factor-erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), catalase, and heme oxygenase-1, but increased H2O2 and malondialdehyde levels. DHQ treatment corrected these changes. In vitro, the intracellular Nrf2 level of NRK-49F exposed to TGF-β1 decreased. However, DHQ rescued intracellular Nrf2 level and promoted nuclear translocation of Nrf2. DHQ scavenged TGF-β1-induced accumulation of reactive oxygen species, inhibited TGF-β1-induced Smad3 phosphorylation, and prevented TGF-β1-induced fibroblast activation and collagen synthesis in NRK-49F. Nrf2 knockdown could suppress the DHQ-mediated inhibitory effects on oxidative stress, Smad3 phosphorylation, fibroblast activation, and collagen deposition. Furthermore, DHQ ameliorated established renal fibrosis in UUO mice. CONCLUSIONS DHQ posed remarkable preventive and therapeutic effects on UUO-induced renal fibrosis and suppressed fibroblast activation by reducing oxidative stress and Smad3 phosphorylation via Nrf2 signaling. this website This study provided a mechanistic basis for the clinical application of DHQ in renal fibrosis treatment. AIMS Diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for Parkinson's disease. These diseases share similar pathogenic pathways, such as mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, and altered metabolism. Despite these similarities, the pathogenic relationship between these two diseases is unclear. [18F]FP-(+)-DTBZ is a promising radiotracer targeting VMAT2, which has been used to measure β-cell mass and to diagnose Parkinson's disease. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of type 1 diabetes on VMAT2 expression in the striatum using [18F]FP-(+)-DTBZ. MATERIALS AND METHODS A longitudinal study of type 1 diabetic rats was established by intraperitoneally injecting male Wistar rats with streptozotocin. Rats injected with saline were used as the control group. Glucose level, body weight, and [18F]FP-(+)-DTBZ uptake in the striatum and pancreas were evaluated at 0.5, 1, 4, 6 and 12 months after STZ or saline injection. RESULTS At one-half month post-STZ injection, the glucose levels in these rats increased and then returned to a normal level at 6 months.