scholarly journals Gua Sha attenuates the pulmonary inflammation in mice infected with PR8 virus by balancing the ratio of Treg/Th17

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yalan Li ◽  
Yongan Wang ◽  
Jingwei Kong ◽  
Zirui Liu ◽  
Dongyu Ge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Inflammation ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Significant Inhibition ◽  
The Body ◽  
T Helper 17 ◽  
Inflammatory Infiltration ◽  
Gua Sha ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Metalloproteinase 9

Abstract Background: Gua Sha, an ancient Chinese treatment which produces the pressure on the skin, is used to prevent and treat cold for thousands of years. There’re evidences to approve that it can activate immune response and reduce the inflammation. However, how it has the effect on T helper 17 cells (Th17) and regulatory T cells (Treg) is poorly understood. Here, this study aims at the relationship between the pressure-stoke in the skin and pulmonary Th17 as well as Treg in PR8-infected mice. Methods: ICR mice were randomly divided into five groups. The body weight and survival rates of all groups were monitored through the experiment. At the end of experiment, lung inflammation was detected by HE staining and the expression of Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) was measured by immunohistochemistry. Th17 and Treg from lung tissues was analyzed by flow cytometry. esults: Our results indicated that the survival rates of prophylactic and therapeutic group respectively showed 20% and 10% though Gua Sha treatment didn’t restore the weight-loss of PR8-infected mice. What’s more important, Gua Sha remarkably inhibited inflammatory infiltration and the expression of MMP-9 of lung tissues in infected mice ( p ＜0.05). Finally, the ratio of Treg/Th17 from lung tissues in PR8-infected mice was significantly increased as compared with control mice while Gua Sha treatment remarkably inhibited this enhancement. All these results indicated that Gua Sha has the efficacy on reducing the pulmonary inflammation in PR8-infected mice possibly via restoring the Treg/Th17 balance. Conclusions: Our findings for the first time suggest that Gua Sha exhibits a significant inhibition of inflammatory infiltration with down-regulation of MMP-9 in lung tissues from RR8-infected mice, which might be associated with the differentiation of Th17 and Treg. Further research will be carried toward how Gua Sha functions on maintaining the homeostasis of Th17 and Treg in the lungs.

Mobilization of the Planet from the Spirit of Self-Intensification

2006 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 36-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Sloterdijk
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Gilles Deleuze ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
The Body ◽  
Felix Guattari ◽  
Peter Sloterdijk ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

The articles in this first installment of a series on choreography that considers the relationship between philosophy and dance interrogate conceptions of the body, movement, and language. Translated for the first time into English, the selection by José Gil reads the dancing body as paradoxical through the writings of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari; and the chapter by Peter Sloterdijk examines modernity's impulse toward movement and posits a critical theory of mobilization. An interview with choreographer Hooman Sharifi accompanies a meditation on his recent performance.

Species-specific patterns of the use of burrows of Upogebia Leach, 1814 (Decapoda: Gebiidea: Upogebiidae) by the symbiotic alpheid shrimps Stenalpheops anacanthus Miya, 1997 and Athanas japonicus Kubo, 1936 (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) as revealed by laboratory quantification

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yumi Henmi ◽  
Gyo Itani
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
The Body ◽  
Symbiotic Relationship ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Species Specific ◽  
Burrow Use ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Observation Period

Abstract Many alpheid shrimps live symbiotically on the body surface or inside the bodies of other invertebrates, while others use burrows made by other animals. The burrow symbiosis of alpheid shrimps is poorly studied in the context of ecology, probably because the cryptic infaunal nature of the relationship is hard to observe. The limited knowledge of the pattern of burrow use by alpheid shrimps leaves a gap in our understanding of their evolutionary history. We described and compared the behavior of Stenalpheops anacanthus  Miya, 1997 and Athanas japonicus  Kubo, 1936, two alpheid species living symbiotically in the burrows of the same host, Upogebia yokoyai  Makarov, 1938. We found that both alpheid species used U. yokoyai burrows in aquaria, but their burrow use patterns were quite different. The average time taken for S. anacanthus to enter the burrow for the first time was much shorter (1 min) than that of A. japonicus (13 min). Subsequently, S. anacanthus made longer use of the burrow (80% of the observation period) than A. japonicus (49%). The tail-first exit frequency, which may indicate a sudden expulsion from the burrow by the host, was more frequent in A. japonicus (25%) than in S. anacanthus (7%). Such differences could be attributed to the nature of the symbiotic relationship, obligate in S. anacanthus but facultative in A. japonicus. Because of the diversity of symbiotic lifestyles, there is considerable potential to study the ecology and evolutionary biology of burrow-symbiotic alpheids further.

Mutant Enunciations

2006 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Lepecki
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Gilles Deleuze ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
The Body ◽  
Felix Guattari ◽  
Peter Sloterdijk ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

The articles in this first installment of a series on choreography that considers the relationship between philosophy and dance interrogate conceptions of the body, movement, and language. Translated for the first time into English, the selection by José Gil reads the dancing body as paradoxical through the writings of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari; and the chapter by Peter Sloterdijk examines modernity's impulse toward movement and posits a critical theory of mobilization. An interview with choreographer Hooman Sharifi accompanies a meditation on his recent performance.

Reflections on Failure

2006 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 44-51
Author(s):  
Jenn Joy
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Gilles Deleuze ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
The Body ◽  
Felix Guattari ◽  
Peter Sloterdijk ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

The articles in this first installment of a series on choreography that considers the relationship between philosophy and dance interrogate conceptions of the body, movement, and language. Translated for the first time into English, the selection by José Gil reads the dancing body as paradoxical through the writings of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari; and the chapter by Peter Sloterdijk examines modernity's impulse toward movement and posits a critical theory of mobilization. An interview with choreographer Hooman Sharifi accompanies a meditation on his recent performance.

scholarly journals Correlation Between Hemodynamic Status and Survival Rates in Severe Burn Patients During Emergency Phase

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1390-1395
Author(s):  
Rasi Rahagia ◽  
Anggun Pranessia Anggrasari
Keyword(s):  
Survival Rate ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
The Body ◽  
Burn Patients ◽  
Severe Burn ◽  
Relationship Analysis ◽  
Hemodynamic Status ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
The Relationship

Disturbance in the hemodynamic status in the severe burn is a serious problem that occurs most frequently in the emergency phase. The hemodynamic status of burn patients is influenced by the physiological response of the body to the characteristics of the burn severity. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the hemodynamic status and the survival rate of severe burn patients in the emergency phase at RSSA Malang. This research was a documentary analysis employing a retrospective design on 80 samples of the medical records in RSSA Malang in the last 2 years. The results of the relationship analysis showed that the factors associated with the survival rate were the systolic blood pressure (p = 0.000) and respiratory rate (p = 0.000). Thus, monitoring the hemodynamic status in the emergency phase is vital to evaluate the effectiveness of therapy in increasing the survival rate in severe burn patients.

Paradoxical Body

2006 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Gil
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Gilles Deleuze ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
The Body ◽  
Felix Guattari ◽  
Peter Sloterdijk ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

The articles in this first installment of a series on choreography that considers the relationship between philosophy and dance interrogate conceptions of the body, movement, and language. Translated for the first time into English, the selection by José Gil reads the dancing body as paradoxical through the writings of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari; and the chapter by Peter Sloterdijk examines modernity's impulse toward movement and posits a critical theory of mobilization. An interview with choreographer Hooman Sharifi accompanies a meditation on his recent performance.

The World at Our Fingertips

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Peripersonal Space ◽  
The Body ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Special Case ◽  
Perception Action

Where do you end and the external world begin? This might seem to be a straightforward, binary question: your skin is the boundary, with the self on one side and the rest of the world on the other. Peripersonal space shows that the division is not that simple. The boundary is blurrier than you might have thought. Our ability to monitor the space near the body appears to be deeply ingrained. Our evolutionary history has equipped our brains with a special mechanism to track multisensory stimuli that can potentially interact with our physical body in its immediate surroundings and prime appropriate actions. The processing of the immediate space around one’s body thus displays highly specific multisensory and motor features, distinct from those that characterize the processing of regions of space that are further away. The computational specificities here lead one to wonder whether classic theories of perception apply to the special case of peripersonal space. We think that there is a need to reassess the relationship between perception, action, emotion, and self-awareness in the highly special context of the immediate surroundings of our body. For the first time, leading experts on peripersonal space in cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, neuroscience, and ethology gathered in this volume describe the vast number of fascinating discoveries about this special way of representing space. For the first time too, these empirical results and the questions they open are brought into dialogue with philosophy.

Affirmative Action and Leadership Attitudes in Brazilian Women Managers

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gazi Islam ◽  
Sarah E. S. Zilenovsky
Keyword(s):  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Women Managers ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Preferential Selection ◽  
Justice Perceptions ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

This note examines the relationship between affirmative action (AA) program perceptions and women’s self-ascribed capacity and desire to become leaders. We propose that women who believe that their organization implements a program of preferential selection toward women will experience negative psychological effects leading to lowered self-expectations for leadership, but that this effect will be moderated by their justice perceptions of AA programs. We test this proposition empirically for the first time with a Latin American female sample. Among Brazilian women managers, desire but not self-ascribed capacity to lead was reduced when they believed an AA policy was in place. Both desire’s and capacity’s relationships with belief in an AA policy were moderated by justice perceptions.

The use of Body Surface Index as a Better Clinical Health indicators Compare to Body Mass Index and Body Surface Area for Clinical Application

2018 ◽  
pp. 131-136
Author(s):  
Shirazu I. ◽  
Theophilus. A. Sackey ◽  
Elvis K. Tiburu ◽  
Mensah Y. B. ◽  
Forson A.
Keyword(s):  
Surface Area ◽  
Body Surface Area ◽  
Clinical Application ◽  
Body Surface ◽  
Body Height ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Parameters ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Individual Body

The relationship between body height and body weight has been described by using various terms. Notable among them is the body mass index, body surface area, body shape index and body surface index. In clinical setting the first descriptive parameter is the BMI scale, which provides information about whether an individual body weight is proportionate to the body height. Since the development of BMI, two other body parameters have been developed in an attempt to determine the relationship between body height and weight. These are the body surface area (BSA) and body surface index (BSI). Generally, these body parameters are described as clinical health indicators that described how healthy an individual body response to the other internal organs. The aim of the study is to discuss the use of BSI as a better clinical health indicator for preclinical assessment of body-organ/tissue relationship. Hence organ health condition as against other body composition. In addition the study is `also to determine the best body parameter the best predict other parameters for clinical application. The model parameters are presented as; modeled height and weight; modelled BSI and BSA, BSI and BMI and modeled BSA and BMI. The models are presented as clinical application software for comfortable working process and designed as GUI and CAD for use in clinical application.

CONCEPTUALISING RISK CULTURE ON ERM IMPLEMENTATION IN CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Ching Ching Wong
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Risk Identification ◽  
The Body ◽  
Risk Indicators ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Risk Appetite ◽  
Risk Culture ◽  
Risk Treatment ◽  
Managing Risk ◽  
The Relationship

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is an effective technique in managing risk within an organization strategically and holistically. Risk culture relates to the general awareness, attitudes and behaviours towards risk management in an organisation. This paper presents a conceptual model that shows the relationship between risk culture and ERM implementation. The dependent variable is ERM implementation, which is measured by the four processes namely risk identification and risk assessment; risk treatment; monitor and consult; communicate and consult. The independent variables under risk culture are risk policy and risk appetite; key risk indicators; accountability; incentives; risk language and internal relationships. This study aims to empirically test the relationship between risk culture and ERM implementation among Malaysian construction public listed companies. Risk culture is expected to have direct effects and significantly influence ERM. This study contributes to enhance the body of knowledge in ERM especially in understanding significant of risk culture that influence its’ implementation from Malaysian perspective.

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