scholarly journals Aesthetic subunits of the trunk: Anatomy and behavior of skin and adipose tissue in each unit for better outcomes in liposuction

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (02) ◽  
pp. 115-122
Author(s):  
Sanjay Parashar ◽  
Aniketh Venkataram
Keyword(s):  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
High Quality ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Posterior Midline

ABSTRACT Background: Liposuction and abdominal contouring is one of the most common procedures performed by plastic surgeons worldwide. Surprisingly, there has been few attempts at dividing the abdomen into subunits to delineate and aid in this endeavour. We have evolved a system of abdominal aesthetic subunits which has enabled us to achieve high quality results. Materials and Methods: A system of 8 subunits of the abdomen was evolved after analysing 1000 cases: Upper midline, upper rectus, lower rectus, pubic, Lateral abdomen, Lumbar Posterior midline and Bra Roll. Results: The system was used in 2000 cases with good results. The system enabled the performance of tailored liposuction in each area, with greater accuracy, better results and fewer complications. Conclusion: Our success with this classification validates its use, and makes liposuction more scientific and effective.

scholarly journals Positive Emotions Boost Enthusiastic Responsiveness to Capitalization Attempts. Dissecting Self-Report, Physiology, and Behavior

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukasz D. Kaczmarek ◽  
Todd B. Kashdan ◽  
Maciej Behnke ◽  
Martyna Dziekan ◽  
Ewelina Matuła ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Emotional Valence ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Physiological Reactivity ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Video Clips ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Positive And Negative Emotions

AbstractWhen individuals communicate enthusiasm for good events in their partners' lives, they contribute to a high-quality relationship; a phenomenon termed interpersonal capitalization. However, little is known when individuals are more ready to react enthusiastically to the partner's success. To address this gap, we examined whether positive and negative emotions boost or inhibit enthusiastic responses to partner's capitalization attempts (RCA). Participants (N = 224 individuals) responded to their partner's success. Before each capitalization attempt (operationalized as responses following the news that their partner won money in a game), we used video clips to elicit positive (primarily amusement) or negative (primarily anger) or neutral emotions in the responder. We recorded emotional valence, smiling intensity, verbal RCA, and physiological reactivity. We found indirect (but not direct) effects such that eliciting positive emotions boosted and negative emotions inhibited enthusiastic RCA (smiling intensity and enthusiastic verbal RCA). These effects were relatively small and mediated by emotional valence and smiling intensity but not physiological reactivity. The results offer novel evidence that positive emotions fuel the capitalization process.

Supporting Young Children’s Development of Executive Function Through Early Mathematics

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-199
Author(s):  
Christina Mulcahy ◽  
Crystal A. Day Hess ◽  
Douglas H. Clements ◽  
Jasmine R. Ernst ◽  
Sarah E. Pan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Function ◽  
Mathematics Achievement ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Early Childhood Teachers ◽  
Academic Skills ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Alternative Strategies ◽  
Early Mathematics ◽  
General Skills ◽  
And Behavior

Early childhood teachers face competing instructional priorities to support specific academic skills and general skills that underlie learning, such as executive function (EF) skills that allow children to control their own thinking and behavior. As the evidence shows, EF skills predict later mathematics achievement, and early mathematics predicts later EF. These relations between mathematics and EF suggest high-quality mathematics teaching has a dual benefit: Teachers can promote children’s math and EF competencies by embedding support for EF in high-quality mathematics activities. Children benefit when guided to reflect on solutions and alternative strategies, and teachers benefit from guidance on how to support both math and EF. Finally, research on teachers developing both domains can inform educational policy.

scholarly journals Microhomology-based CRISPR tagging tools for protein tracking, purification, and depletion

2019 ◽  
Vol 294 (28) ◽  
pp. 10877-10885 ◽  
Author(s):  
Da-Wei Lin ◽  
Benjamin P. Chung ◽  
Jia-Wei Huang ◽  
Xiaorong Wang ◽  
Lan Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Function ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Gene Locus ◽  
End Joining ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Physiological Conditions ◽  
Protein Tracking ◽  
Endogenous Proteins ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Fluorescence Tags

Work in yeast models has benefitted tremendously from the insertion of epitope or fluorescence tags at the native gene locus to study protein function and behavior under physiological conditions. In contrast, work in mammalian cells largely relies on overexpression of tagged proteins because high-quality antibodies are only available for a fraction of the mammalian proteome. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing has recently emerged as a powerful genome-modifying tool that can also be exploited to insert various tags and fluorophores at gene loci to study the physiological behavior of proteins in most organisms, including mammals. Here we describe a versatile toolset for rapid tagging of endogenous proteins. The strategy utilizes CRISPR/Cas9 and microhomology-mediated end joining repair for efficient tagging. We provide tools to insert 3×HA, His6FLAG, His6-Biotin-TEV-RGSHis6, mCherry, GFP, and the auxin-inducible degron tag for compound-induced protein depletion. This approach and the developed tools should greatly facilitate functional analysis of proteins in their native environment.

scholarly journals Lipid-containing and lipid-synthesizing structures of the young Poltava Meaty Breed boars’ skin

2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 02006
Author(s):  
Natal`ya Garskaya ◽  
Sergey Tresnitskiy ◽  
Aleksandr Yenin ◽  
Galina Zelenkova ◽  
Irina Ladysh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Functional Abilities ◽  
Sebaceous Glands ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Physiological Functions ◽  
Skin Structure ◽  
Skin Lipids ◽  
Adipose Tissue Cells ◽  
Quality Production

The fulfillment of a number of the most important physiological functions of the skin is directly related to skin lipids. This article presents the results of studying the lipid-containing and lipid-synthesizing structures of the young Poltava Meat Breed boars’ skin. Morphofunctional epidermis features, sebaceous glands and adipose tissue cells of the hypodermis and their relationship with other skin structures were studied. The boars of Poltava Meat Breed, upon reaching the live weight of 100 kg, have certain specific features of skin structure, which plays an important role for developing efficient methods of selectioning, breeding and keeping the animals, which would raise the functional abilities of highly productive animals and help obtaining high-quality production from them.

scholarly journals A matter of time and proportion: the availability of phosphorus-rich phytoplankton influences growth and behavior of copepod nauplii

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 530-538
Author(s):  
Cédric L Meunier ◽  
Emily M Herstoff ◽  
Carla Geisen ◽  
Maarten Boersma
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Life History ◽  
Behavioral Adjustment ◽  
Short Exposure ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Selective Feeding ◽  
Resource Quality ◽  
High Quality ◽  
P Content ◽  
And Behavior

Abstract Although consumers may use selective feeding to cope with suboptimal resource quality, little work has examined the mechanisms that underlie selective feeding, the efficiency of this behavior or its influence on consumer growth rate. Furthermore, a consumer’s exposure to suboptimal resources may also influence the consumer’s behavior and life history, including growth rate. Here, we studied how the availability of P-rich and P-poor phytoplankton influences the growth and behavior of copepod nauplii. We observed that copepod nauplii preferentially feed on P-rich prey. We also found that even relatively short exposure to P-rich phytoplankton yielded higher nauplii growth rates, whereas the presence of P-poor phytoplankton in a mixture impaired growth. Overall, we observed that swimming speed decreased with increasing phytoplankton P-content, which is a behavioral adjustment that may improve utilization of heterogeneously distributed high-quality food in the field. Based on our results, we propose that the optimal prey C: P ratio for copepod nauplii is very narrow, and that deviations from this optimum have severe negative consequences for growth.

scholarly journals Solid-State Nanopore-Based DNA Sequencing Technology

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zewen Liu ◽  
Yifan Wang ◽  
Tao Deng ◽  
Qi Chen
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Dna Sequencing ◽  
Surface Properties ◽  
Dna Molecules ◽  
Sequencing Technology ◽  
Gene Detection ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Translocation Velocity ◽  
And Behavior

The solid-state nanopore-based DNA sequencing technology is becoming more and more attractive for its brand new future in gene detection field. The challenges that need to be addressed are diverse: the effective methods to detect base-specific signatures, the control of the nanopore’s size and surface properties, and the modulation of translocation velocity and behavior of the DNA molecules. Among these challenges, the realization of the high-quality nanopores with the help of modern micro/nanofabrication technologies is a crucial one. In this paper, typical technologies applied in the field of solid-state nanopore-based DNA sequencing have been reviewed.

scholarly journals The genetic architecture of phenotypic diversity in the betta fish (Betta splendens)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanchang Zhang ◽  
Hongru Wang ◽  
Debora Yoshihara Caldeira Brandt ◽  
Beijuan Hu ◽  
Junqing Sheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wild Species ◽  
Genetic Architecture ◽  
Genetic Basis ◽  
Genetic Model ◽  
Phenotypic Diversity ◽  
Betta Splendens ◽  
Multiple Traits ◽  
High Quality ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
High Quality Genome

The Betta fish displays a remarkable variety of phenotypes selected during domestication. However, the genetic basis underlying these traits remain largely unexplored. Here, we report a high-quality genome assembly and re-sequencing of 727 individuals representing diverse morphologies of the betta fish. We show that current breeds have a complex domestication history with extensive introgression with wild species. Using GWAS, we identify the genetic basis of multiple traits, including several coloration phenotypes, sex-determination which we map to DMRT1, and the long-fin phenotype which maps to KCNJ15. We identify a polygenic signal related to aggression with many similarities to human psychiatric traits, involving genes such as CACNB2 and DISC1. Our study provides a resource for developing the Betta fish as a genetic model for morphology and behavior in vertebrates.

scholarly journals Commentary: De-implementation Science: A Virtuous Cycle of Ceasing and Desisting Low-Value Care Before Implementing New High Value Care

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina W. Davidson ◽  
Siqin Ye ◽  
George A. Mensah
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Change ◽  
Implementation Science ◽  
Feedback Loop ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Behavior Change Techniques ◽  
Virtuous Cycle ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Evidence Based Care

<p>Implementation science has traditionally focused on increasing the delivery of evidence-based care. The science of systematically stopping low-value and wasteful care is substantially under-recognized, and if successful, may decrease the workload of clinicians. De-implementation science identifies problem areas of low-value and wasteful practice, carries out rigorous scientific examination of the factors that initiate and maintain such behaviors, and then employs evidence-based interventions to cease these practices. In this commentary, we describe how this approach for de-implementation might require a different set of health systems supports, economic and non-economic levers, and behavior change techniques that can lead to a virtuous cycle, ie, a complex chain of events that positively reinforce themselves through a feedback loop of removing low-value care to make room for high quality care. <em></em></p><p><em>Ethn Dis. </em>2017;27(4):463-468; doi:10.18865/ ed.27.4.463. </p>

scholarly journals Corn versus Barley in Finishing Diets: Effect on Steer Performance and Feeding Behavior

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 935
Author(s):  
Hannah M. DelCurto-Wyffels ◽  
Julia M. Dafoe ◽  
Cory T. Parsons ◽  
Darrin L. Boss ◽  
Timothy DelCurto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Behavior ◽  
Average Daily Gain ◽  
Eating Rate ◽  
Feedlot Performance ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Finishing Diets ◽  
Feed Source ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Daily Gain

This study evaluated the effects of barley and corn finishing rations on feedlot performance and behavior of steers. Feedlot rations in this study were comprised of a main concentrate of either corn or barley. Steers were fed in a GrowSafe system to measure individual animal intake and behavior. Weight gain, average daily gain (ADG), and gain:feed were measured for each steer. Feeding behavior including time spent eating (min/day), visits per day, time per visit (min), eating rate (g/min), intake (kg/day), and intake per visit (g) were measured for each individual. Corn-fed steers had greater ADG (p < 0.01) and heavier hot carcass weights (HCW; p < 0.01). In addition, corn fed steers had a higher yield grade than barley fed steers (p < 0.01). No treatment effects (p ≥ 0.11) were observed for time spent eating, visits per day, time per visit, eating rate, intake g/kg body weight, or intake per visit. Although corn-fed steers had a greater ADG and HCW than barley-fed steers, they tended to consume more feed (p = 0.06). Depending on the difference of costs associated with feeding corn or barley, barley could be a potential high-quality feed source in beef cattle finishing rations.

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