The authors found that artichoke leaf extract (ALE) not only increased HDL (“good”) cholesterol in overweight adults but also lowered LDL (“bad”) and total cholesterol compared to those in the placebo group.
The study shows that various MediterrAsian diet products or natural extracts, such as artichoke leaf extract (ALE) and virgin olive oil, are one of a number of plant-derived foods that increase the concentrations of good cholesterol in people with mildly high cholesterol.
The authors found the artichoke’s potential role as a cancer fighter as some polyphenols from the edible parts of the artichoke are able to induce apoptosis in a line of human breast cancer cells.
The authors simulated the human gut microbiome ecosystem in a test tube and determined that a compound made from artichokes called artichoke aqueous dry extract (AADE) increased the population of beneficial *Bifidobacteria* by 2,500%
The authors discovered that the prebiotics in artichokes can aid in digestion as powdered artichoke fed beneficial strains of *Lactobacillus* and *Bifidobacterium*.
The study shows that artichoke leaf extract (ALE) improves liver function in people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by following 100 people with NAFLD for 2 months where half took 600 mg of ALE daily, while the other half got a placebo, and the treatment group experienced a significantly better liver function and a healthier lipid panel than the control group.
The authors explored how accurate people are at estimating how much others might value an attempt to connect and what factors might play into that degree of appreciation by conducting a series of experiments involving more than 5,900 participants, and they discovered that people appreciate an unexpected call, text, or email from someone in their social circle much more than people estimate - the greater the surprise, the greater the appreciation.
Call for a Special Issue on “Data Mining for Cyber-Physical Systems and Complex, Time-Evolving Networks” in the journal ⋘IEEE Transactions on Big Data⋙ by 20 January 2023.
This special issue focuses on topics such as empirical research on information mining frameworks; multi-agent information extraction but also data deduplication oil and gas production; statistical techniques are used in financial institutions through their financial services functionalities; recent advances in deep learning and factual information mining techniques; strategies for the use of machine learning include reducing terrorist attacks; arising patterns in network protection for the haze, suspicious messages, the sensor networks, and the dark web; etc.
Link: 🔗https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/bd/cfp-data-mining🔗
Call for a Special Issue on “Visualization and Decision Making Design Under Uncertainty” in the journal ⋘IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society⋙ by 6 February 2023.
This special issue focuses on topics such as uncertainty visualization algorithms, novel encodings of uncertainty for high dimensional data, uncertainty visualization algorithms for ml and ml for uncertainty visualization, role of uncertainty visualization in decision making
ethical concerns for inclusion of uncertainty, effectiveness and efficiency of uncertainty visualization techniques, etc.
Link: 🔗https://www.computer.org/digital-library/magazines/cg/cfp-visualization-design-under-uncertainty🔗
Call for a Special Issue on “Applications of neurosciences to the marketing field” in the journal ⋘Brazilian Journal of Marketing⋙ by 31st December 2022.
This special issue focuses on topics such as theoretical essays on the application of different neuroscientific methods to the advancement of knowledge in marketing; theoretical essays on the investigation of the role of brain areas in the marketing field; empirical studies such as laboratory and field experiments, simulations, and others using neuroscientific theories or techniques in the marketing field; tutorials for the use of neuroscientific theories, methods, and techniques for marketing research; and development of new neuroscientific methods and tools for marketing applications.
Link: 🔗https://periodicos.uninove.br/remark/pages/view/chamadaespecial🔗
The authors discovered that epigenetic inheritance is more commonly passed down from mother to child than previously thought, which might rewrite our understanding of what we can inherit from our parents and how their life experiences shape us.
This review study compiled the results of roughly 100 studies and concluded that remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC), which typically comprises five minutes of high pressure on a person’s arm followed by five minutes of relaxation and repeated three to four times, may help minimize tissue damage and avoid the worst consequences of heart attacks and strokes, similar to how exercising helps muscles adapt to more rigorous workouts.
The authors found a link between an inflammatory diet (i.e. a low intake of fruits, vegetables, and other healthy foods while having a high consumption of commercially baked goods, fried foods, and fatty meats) and an elevated risk of frailty, which was somewhat greater among individuals with depressive symptoms.
The authors discovered that CRISPR therapeutics can damage the genome as sometimes cleaved chromosomes do not recover and genomic stability is compromised, which in the long run might promote cancer.
The authors have discovered how oocytes can become dormant for up to 50 years without losing their ability to reproduce - immature human egg cells bypass a critical metabolic process believed to be necessary for producing energy (i.e. the cells modify their metabolism to stop producing reactive oxygen species, dangerous molecules that can accumulate, damage DNA, and cause cell death).
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