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he antiobesity effect of EP on HFD-induced obese hamsters and elucidated its possible metabolic mechanism. Our study highlighted that EP might be used in weight-loss functional foods.Responses to extreme climatic events may differ between individuals of distinct morphs which differ in life-history strategies, resulting in climate change 'winners' and 'losers' within species. We examined the reproductive performance and carry-over effects on offspring of black- and red-headed Gouldian finches Erythrura gouldiae after exposure to simulated heatwaves of moderate or severe intensity. We expected black-headed pairs' reproductive performance to decline after the severe heatwave because only the condition of black-headed females deteriorates during such a heatwave. Supporting the fact that Gouldian finches of different morphs use alternative reproductive strategies, we found that black-headed females initiated egg-laying a month earlier than red-headed females after experiencing a severe heatwave. We also found that this severe heatwave resulted in shorter spermatozoa in males irrespective of their morph. Despite these effects associated with heatwave intensity, the overall reproductive performance of both morphs was not affected by this factor, which was possibly due to an increased nestling provisioning rate by parents after exposure to the severe heatwave. Selleck SNS-032 However, offspring still bore the cost of parental exposure to the severe heatwave, as they showed a reduced condition (lower plasma antioxidant capacity and transient lower breathing rate) and higher oxidative damage (at least in fledglings with black-headed parents). These results suggest that inter-morph phenotypic variability in the Gouldian finch does not result in clear differences in reproductive performance following heatwave exposure, despite basal phenotypic differences between morphs. Whether animals using alternative reproductive strategies are, in the end, differently affected by climate changes will likely depend on the capacity of their offspring to recover from altered developmental conditions.Retraction "Effects of microRNA-10a on synapse remodeling in hippocampal neurons and neuronal cell proliferation and apoptosis through the BDNF-TrkB signaling pathway in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease," by Bo-Wen Wu, Mi-Shan Wu, Jin-Dong Guo, J Cell Physiol. 2018; 5281-5292 The above article, published online on 07 December 2017 in Wiley Online Library (https//onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcp.26328) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. Several flaws and inconsistencies between results presented and experimental methods described were found, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.Continuing professional development activities often involve interactive learning modalities, such as simulation. The COVID-19 pandemic limited many in-hospital activities, at a time when practicing high stress procedural scenarios and testing rapidly evolving processes was coveted. Thus, an interactive virtual case curriculum was conceptualized, piloted, and implemented to provide ongoing professional development for emergency medicine (EM) physicians. Each interactive virtual case consisted of (1) an online scenario delivered in survey format with multiple pathways dependent on participant responses; (2) a facilitated 1-h online debrief 1 week later; and (3) a summary document detailing key learning points distributed to all EM physicians, regardless of participation. This reproducible interactive virtual learning model influenced EM physician practice and confidence, improved participation in continuing professional development activities, and identified departmental areas for improvement. Participants have expressed a desire for these interactive virtual cases to continue for beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.Cultural life scripts are culturally transmitted semantic knowledge of the expected order and timing of major transitional events in a prototypical life course. This cognitive schema has been shown to serve as an important mnemonic template that guides retrieval from autobiographical memory, especially for positive and important life events. Autobiographical memory deficits are one of the earliest and most prominent symptoms in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, no studies have examined cultural life scripts in patients with AD, despite semantic memory impairments being reported even in the early stages of the disease. The aim of the present work was to assess life-script knowledge in older adults diagnosed with AD, particularly in terms of knowledge for the content of life-script events and the timing and temporal order of these events. Twenty-one older adults diagnosed with AD and 22 healthy age-matched controls completed the standard life-script task (Berntsen & Rubin, 2004, Memory & Cognition, 32[3], 427-442). We found that while AD patients produced significantly fewer life-script events, the content of the generated events were quite consistent with those of the controls and the cultural norms. AD patients were particular impaired with regard to the normative timing and order of life-script events, suggesting that these components of the cultural life script are more vulnerable to cognitive decline. The findings are discussed in relation to impaired script knowledge and semantic memory deficits in AD.Intracavitary cervical brachytherapy delivers high doses of radiation to the target tissue and a portion of these doses will also hit the rectal organs due to their close proximity. Rectal dose can be evaluated from dosimetric parameters in the treatment planning system (TPS) and in vivo (IV) dose measurement. This study analyzed the correlation between IV rectal dose with selected volume and point dose parameters from TPS. A total of 48 insertions were performed and IV dose was measured using the commercial PTW 9112 semiconductor diode probe. In 18 of 48 insertions, a single MOSkin detector was attached on the probe surface at 50 mm from the tip. Four rectal dosimetric parameters were retrospectively collected from TPS; (a) PTW 9112 diode maximum reported dose (RPmax) and MOSkin detector, (b) minimum dose to 2 cc (D2cc), (c) ICRU reference point (ICRUr), and (d) maximum dose from additional points (Rmax). The IV doses from both detectors were analyzed for correlation with these dosimetric parameters. This study found a significantly high correlation between IV measured dose from RPmax (r = 0.