Organ-Specific Alterations in Fatty Acid De Novo Synthesis and Desaturation in a Rat Model of Programmed Obesity

Abstract Background Small for gestational age (SGA) leads to increased risk of adult obesity and metabolic syndrome.Offspring exposed to 50% maternal food restriction in utero are born smaller than Controls (FR), catch-up in growth by the end of the nursing period, and become obese adults.The objective of the study was to determine stearoyl-CoA des

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Cross-Sequential Results on Creativity Development in Childhood Within two Different School Systems: Divergent Performances in Luxembourg Versus German Kindergarten and Elementary School Students

The aim of the study is conducting methodologically sound, cross-sequential analyses of the creativity development of children attending different school systems.Culture-free tests of creativity (ideational fluency and flexibility) and intelligence were administered in 5 cohorts (two kindergarten and first three elementary school years), accessorie

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Ureteral stump empyema with calculi

A 52-year-old man with a history of right nephrectomy for a nonfunctioning kidney, consults after 22 years for fever with right lower abdominal pain.Surgical exploration was thereafter performed and the right CANNACELL GLOW MASK ureteral stump was removed en bloc.Pathological examination of the right ureterectomy specimen revealed a significant acu

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Investigation of Caryota urens fibers on physical, chemical, mechanical and tribological properties for brake pad applications

The idealization of this research work is to extend the utilization of the naturally available Keychains fibers as a key ingredient in the development of a non-asbestos free brake pad.The fibers used in this work are Caryota urens, which is found all over the Asian regions and abundantly available.The compression molding machine was used to develop

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