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A diurnal rhythm in GCM concentrations associated with the activity period of the sengis was found in urine, but not in the faeces. Urinary GCM concentrations exhibited a moderate repeatability, whereas the repeatability of fGCM concentrations was low. Urinary GCM concentrations and their repeatability differed between the sexes; with higher concentrations and lower PR scores in females. No such sex differences were apparent for fGCM concentrations and the PR score was not able to characterise repeatability of fGCM concentrations, which were lacking a distinct profile. The PR score enabled a successful quantification of the repeatability of the diurnal uGCM profiles. Hormone profile, sex and sample matrix can affect hormonal traits considerably and the results may be obscured if these factors are not carefully considered.The goal of this study was to characterize morphological and molecular effects in rainbow trout alevins after waterborne exposures to 17β-estradiol (E2; 0.0008 to 0.5 μg/L), triiodothyronine (T3; 0.52 to 65 μg/L), and various co-treatments for 21 to 23 days. Interestingly, there was no consistent evidence that E2 alone influenced growth, development or deformity rates, however, 65 μg/L T3 alone expedited development, and both 13 μg/L and 65 μg/L alone caused a unique opercular deformity not previously reported. In addition, some potentiation between E2 and T3 at lower concentrations suggests some cross-talk between these two hormonal pathways may also contribute to the development of this opercular deformity. Gene expression changes were observed, including induction of vtg in rainbow trout alevins at 0.02 μg/L concentration of E2, which is the lowest concentration reported to induce vtg in rainbow trout alevins. These data suggest low-level E2 does not negate abnormal growth and development caused by hyperthyroidism, and examining more time points is likely required to demonstrate a stronger response profile for individual hormones and endocrine axes cross-talk.While the notion of the brain as a prediction machine has been extremely influential and productive in cognitive science, there are competing accounts of how best to model and understand the predictive capabilities of brains. One prominent framework is of a "Bayesian brain" that explicitly generates predictions and uses resultant errors to guide adaptation. We suggest that the prediction-generation component of this framework may involve little more than a pattern completion process. We first describe pattern completion in the domain of visual perception, highlighting its temporal extension, and show how this can entail a form of prediction in time. Next, we describe the forward momentum of entrained dynamical systems as a model for the emergence of predictive processing in non-predictive systems. Then, we apply this reasoning to the domain of language, where explicitly predictive models are perhaps most popular. Here, we demonstrate how a connectionist model, TRACE, exhibits hallmarks of predictive processing without any representations of predictions or errors. Finally, we present a novel neural network model, inspired by reservoir computing models, that is entirely unsupervised and memoryless, but nonetheless exhibits prediction-like behavior in its pursuit of homeostasis. These explorations demonstrate that brain-like systems can get prediction "for free," without the need to posit formal logical representations with Bayesian probabilities or an inference machine that holds them in working memory.Previous studies have pointed out that l-DOPA can interact with D1 or D2 receptors independent of its conversion to endogenous dopamine. The present study was set to investigate whether l-DOPA modulates dopamine release from striatal nerve terminals, using a preparation of synaptosomes preloaded with [3H]DA. Levodopa (1 µM) doubled the K+-induced [3H]DA release whereas the D2/D3 receptor agonist pramipexole (100 nM) inhibited it. The l-DOPA-evoked facilitation was mimicked by the D1 receptor agonist SKF38393 (30-300 nM) and prevented by the D1/D5 antagonist SCH23390 (100 nM) but not the DA transporter inhibitor GBR12783 (300 nM) or the aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase inhibitor benserazide (1 µM). Higher l-DOPA concentrations (10 and 100 µM) elevated spontaneous [3H]DA efflux. This effect was counteracted by GBR12783 but not SCH23390. Binding of [3H]SCH23390 in synaptosomes (in test tubes) revealed a dense population of D1 receptors (2105 fmol/mg protein). Selleck SNS-032 Both SCH23390 and SKF38393 fully inhibited [3H]SCH23390 binding (Ki 0.42 nM and 29 nM, respectively). l-DOPA displaced [3H]SCH23390 binding maximally by 44% at 1 mM. This effect was halved by addition of GBR12935 and benserazide. We conclude that l-DOPA facilitates exocytotic [3H]DA release through SCH23390-sensitive D1 receptors, independent of its conversion to DA. It also promotes non-exocytotic [3H]DA release, possibly via conversion to DA and reversal of DA transporter. These data confirm that l-DOPA can directly interact with dopamine D1 receptors and might extend our knowledge of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying l-DOPA clinical effects.This study aims to analyze the pollution characteristics and sources of heavy metal elements for the first time in the Zhundong mining area in Xinjiang using the linear regression model. Additionaly, the health risks with their probability and infleuencing factors on different groups of people's were also evaluated using Monte Carlo (MC) simulation approach. The results shows that 89.28% of Hg was from coal combustion, 40.28% of Pb was from transportation, and 19.54% of As was from atmospheric dust. The main source of Cu and Cr was coal dust, Hg has the greatest impact on potential ecological risks. which accounted for 60.2% and 81.46% of the Cu and Cr content in soil, respectively. The all samples taken from Pb have been Extremely polluted (100%). 93.3% samples taken from As have been Extremely polluted. The overall potential ecological risk was moderate. Adults experienced higher non-carcinogenic risks of heavy metals from their diets than children. Interestingly, body weight was the main factor affecting the adult's health risks.