Article
Chemistry, Applied
Tsekwi Gracious Rinwi, Da-Wen Sun, Ji Ma, Qi-Jun Wang
Summary: This study investigated the potential of isochoric freezing for chicken breast meat for the first time. The effects of temperature, pressure, and solution concentration on quality characteristics of the meat were evaluated. The results showed that increasing NaCl concentrations depressed freezing temperature and pressure, and samples treated in 2.5% NaCl solution at -4℃ and -8℃ exhibited no significant difference compared with the control.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Garam Kim, Incheol Kim, Tae Sup Yun, Junhwan Lee
Summary: This study investigated the effects of freezing and thawing on the mechanical performance of a retaining wall with granular backfill under various temperature and groundwater level conditions. The groundwater level significantly affected the stability of the retaining wall during freezing and thawing processes.
GEOMECHANICS AND ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Juan Pablo Pizarro-Ruiz, Nuria Ordonez-Camblor
Summary: The study explored the psychological consequences of lockdown on Spanish children and teenagers during 8-10 days in confinement, finding emotional and behavioral alterations among minors.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Haena Park, Jun-Young Park, Kyung-Min Park, Pahn-Shick Chang
Summary: This study evaluated the effects of freezing rate on enzyme activity and conformational changes, finding that fast freezing leads to activity loss, structural changes, and aggregation. As the freezing rate increased, the degree of dissociation and unfolding of the enzyme significantly increased.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Pediatrics
Maude Ludot-Gregoire, Aurelie Harf, Nour Ibrahim, Mederick Merlo, Christine Hassler, Joanne Rietsch, Charlotte de Bucy, Herve Lefevre, Jordan Sibeoni, Marie Rose Moro
Summary: This study explores the experience of adolescents expressing psychological distress through their body and identifies three principal themes: personal experience, relationship experience, and the visibility of distress through the body. The findings highlight the importance of recognizing adolescents' bodily feelings, reassuring them by ruling out serious causes, and supporting their search for meaning, which is crucial for their development and social adaptation.
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY AND MENTAL HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Laya Rajan, Cameron C. McKay, Gabriel Santos Malave, Alaina L. Pearce, J. Bradley C. Cherry, Eleanor Mackey, Evan P. Nadler, Chandan J. Vaidya
Summary: Neurocognitive differences in pediatric obesity may be related to cortical structural alterations. Following vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG), adolescents with severe obesity showed changes in cortical thickness in certain brain regions, suggesting surgery may lead to structural adjustments in the brain.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Yuanheng Zhao, Cristina Bilbao-Sainz, Delilah Wood, Bor-Sen Chiou, Matthew J. Powell-Palm, Liubiao Chen, Tara McHugh, Boris Rubinsky
Summary: Isochoric freezing is a pressure freezing technique that can preserve the beneficial effects of food storage at temperatures below freezing point without ice damage. The study found that processing procedure and freezing temperature/pressure were highly significant factors affecting the quality attributes of frozen potatoes, while the compression rate had a lower significance.
Article
Plant Sciences
Weiling Wang, Xiao Wang, Zengshuai Lv, Anab Khanzada, Mei Huang, Jian Cai, Qin Zhou, Zhongyang Huo, Dong Jiang
Summary: This study revealed that cold and SA priming treatment could enhance sucrose and free proline accumulation in wheat leaves under freezing stress, leading to increased freezing tolerance. Additionally, cold and SA priming also up-regulated the catabolism of glucose and the assimilation of ammonia, contributing to the improvement of freezing tolerance in wheat leaves.
JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Lilian Lourenco, Silvia Luis
Summary: The study found that welders have a higher incidence of musculoskeletal disorders compared to non-welders, particularly in the cervical, dorsal, lumbar, wrists, and hands. The presence of these disorders was associated with increased bodily pain and decreased health-related quality of life.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Monica M. Whent, Holly D. Childs, Shawn Ehlers Cheang, Jiani Jiang, Devanand L. Luthria, Michael R. Bukowski, Carlito B. Lebrilla, Liangli Yu, Pamela R. Pehrsson, Xianli Wu
Summary: This study examined the effects of blanching, freezing, and canning on carbohydrates in sweet corn. The results showed that canning significantly reduced sucrose and total simple sugar concentrations, while oligosaccharide and starch content changed with different processing methods. In addition, the composition and glycosidic linkage of total polysaccharides were altered by different food processing methods.
Article
Plant Sciences
Jiaping Wei, Guoqiang Zheng, Xingwang Yu, Sushuang Liu, Xiaoyun Dong, Xiaodong Cao, Xinling Fang, Hui Li, Jiaojiao Jin, Wenbo Mi, Zigang Liu
Summary: The study conducted a comprehensive investigation on winter rapeseed freezing tolerance, revealing that factors such as signal transduction, protein and secondary metabolite biosynthesis play critical roles in enhancing plant freezing resistance.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
R. G. M. van der Sman, Bjorn van den Oudenhoven
Summary: In this study, dust formation in the industrial processing of frozen french fries is analyzed, and its similarities with flaking in par-baked french baguettes are identified. The amount of dust is non-linearly correlated with the moisture content of the crust and the freezing rate. Furthermore, the dust decreases with the increase of frozen storage time, explained by viscoelastic relaxation of locked-in stress mediated by moisture migration. Industry can potentially control the dust problem, but trade-offs with other objectives need to be considered.
CURRENT RESEARCH IN FOOD SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Afthab Saeed Panayampadan, Mohammed Shafiq Alam, Raouf Aslam, Satish Kumar Gupta, Gagandeep Kaur Sidhu
Summary: This study focuses on the effects of alternating magnetic fields on the freezing process of guava. The results suggest that the application of magnetic fields during freezing improves the freezing characteristics of guava, leading to shorter freezing time.
LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ruth Bernstein, Isabella Conte, Lauren D. Gulley, Reagan L. Miller, Emma L. M. Clark, Rachel G. Lucas-Thompson, Lauren B. Shomaker
Summary: The interpersonal model explains the association between poor friendship quality and disordered eating in adolescents through depression. However, the protective role of mindfulness in the face of interpersonal stress and its influence on depression and disordered eating is not yet known.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Lihua Wang, Gui Geng, Zhi Pi, Yao Xu, Yu Liu, Renren Li, Maoqian Wang, Gang Wang, Piergiorgio Stevanato, Lihua Yu, Yuguang Wang
Summary: Comparing two sugar beet cultivars under freezing stress, the freezing-tolerant cultivar showed higher photosynthetic rate, antioxidant enzyme activity, proline and abscisic acid levels, lower malondialdehyde and gibberellin levels, and lower relative conductivity compared to the freezing-sensitive cultivar. Proteomic analysis revealed that proteins involved in various metabolic pathways were more abundant in the freezing-tolerant cultivar, indicating their role in improving freezing tolerance. Upregulation of proteins related to tryptophan synthesis was specifically observed in the freezing-tolerant cultivar, and the exogenous application of tryptophan reduced the mortality rate of sugar beet seedlings under freezing stress.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Antje Riepenhausen, Ilya M. Veer, Carolin Wackerhagen, Zala C. Reppmann, Goeran Koeber, Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Sophie A. Bogemann, Giovanni Corrao, Mireia Felez-Nobrega, Josep Maria Haro Abad, Erno Hermans, Judith van Leeuwen, Klaus Lieb, Vincent Lorant, Murielle Mary-Krause, Roberto Mediavilla, Maria Melchior, Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, Matteo Monzio Compagnoni, Kuan-Yu Pan, Lara Puhlmann, Karin Roelofs, Marit Sijbrandij, Pierre Smith, Oliver Tuescher, Anke Witteveen, Matthias Zerban, Raffael Kalisch, Hannes Kroeger, Henrik Walter
Summary: This study identified several psychological risk and protective factors related to psychological distress outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The relevance of longitudinal assessments and the implications for targeted prevention and intervention programs during highly stressful times were discussed.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lycia D. de Voogd, Eline Hagenberg, Ying Joey Zhou, Floris P. de Lange, Karin Roelofs
Summary: In threatening situations, individuals may rely more on bottom-up sensory processing rather than prior expectations to make perceptual decisions. Changes in heart rate may contribute to increased perceptual sensitivity.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lars Jaswetz, Lycia D. de Voogd, Eni S. Becker, Karin Roelofs
Summary: Simultaneous execution of memory retrieval and cognitively demanding interventions can alter the subjective experience of aversive memories. However, the well-established cognitively demanding intervention did not alter the reconsolidation process of conditioned threat memories.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Lisa Luther, Jorn M. Horschig, Jacobien M. van Peer, Karin Roelofs, Ole Jensen, Muriel A. Hagenaars
Summary: Emotional cues can enhance attention and information processing. Electrophysiological brain research suggests that increased gamma band activity and decreased alpha band activity over posterior brain areas are associated with attention allocation. This study investigated whether the modulation of brain oscillations occurs in a stimulus-induced manner or leads to prolonged state-like changes. The results showed decreased alpha and increased gamma power in response to unpleasant pictures compared to pleasant pictures, supporting a stimulus-induced effect of alpha and gamma power. The findings also suggest event-related attention toward unpleasant pictures and are discussed in relation to previous EEG research and behavioral research on threat-induced freezing-like response.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Nynke A. Groenewold, Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam, Alyssa R. Amod, Max A. Laansma, Laura S. Van Velzen, Moji Aghajani, Kevin Hilbert, Hyuntaek Oh, Ramiro Salas, Andrea P. Jackowski, Pedro M. Pan, Giovanni A. Salum, James R. Blair, Karina S. Blair, Joy Hirsch, Spiro P. Pantazatos, Franklin R. Schneier, Ardesheer Talati, Karin Roelofs, Inge Volman, Laura Blanco-Hinojo, Narcis Cardoner, Jesus Pujol, Katja Beesdo-Baum, Christopher R. K. Ching, Sophia Thomopoulos, Andreas Jansen, Tilo Kircher, Axel Krug, Igor Nenadic, Frederike Stein, Udo Dannlowski, Dominik Grotegerd, Hannah Lemke, Susanne Meinert, Alexandra Winter, Michael Erb, Benjamin Kreifelts, Qiyong Gong, Su Lui, Fei Zhu, Benson Mwangi, Jair C. Soares, Mon-Ju Wu, Ali Bayram, Mesut Canli, Rasit Tukel, P. Michiel Westenberg, Alexandre Heeren, Henk R. Cremers, David Hofmann, Thomas Straube, Alexander G. G. Doruyter, Christine Lochner, Jutta Peterburs, Marie-Jose Van Tol, Raquel E. Gur, Antonia N. Kaczkurkin, Bart Larsen, Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Courtney A. Filippi, Andrea L. Gold, Anita Harrewijn, Andre Zugman, Robin Buelow, Hans J. Grabe, Henry Voelzke, Katharina Wittfeld, Joscha Boehnlein, Katharina Dohm, Harald Kugel, Elisabeth Schrammen, Peter Zwanzger, Elisabeth J. Leehr, Lisa Sindermann, Tali M. Ball, Gregory A. Fonzo, Martin P. Paulus, Alan Simmons, Murray B. Stein, Heide Klumpp, K. Luan Phan, Tomas Furmark, Kristoffer N. T. Mansson, Amirhossein Manzouri, Suzanne N. Avery, Jennifer Urbano Blackford, Jacqueline A. Clauss, Brandee Feola, Jennifer C. Harper, Chad M. Sylvester, Ulrike Lueken, Dick J. Veltman, Anderson M. Winkler, Neda Jahanshad, Daniel S. Pine, Paul M. Thompson, Dan J. Stein, Nic J. A. Van der Wee
Summary: Limited convergence exists in neuroimaging investigations of subcortical brain region volumes in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Variations in methodological approaches and sample selection based on age and clinical characteristics may contribute to inconsistent findings. A global mega-analysis initiated by the ENIGMA-Anxiety Working Group revealed subtle volumetric alterations in subcortical regions in SAD patients. Differences were found in putamen and pallidum volumes, with additional factors such as comorbid anxiety disorders and age of SAD onset influencing these volumetric differences.
MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Educational
Maaike Verhagen, Mare Derks, Karin Roelofs, Dominique Maciejewski
Summary: Adolescent loneliness is associated with characteristics in infancy and childhood, and this relationship persists throughout early, middle, and late adolescence. The association between infant behavioral inhibition and social withdrawal is not moderated by parenting style, but rather indirectly affects adolescent loneliness through childhood social withdrawal.
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Karin Roelofs, Bob Bramson, Ivan Toni
Summary: Emotion regulation is crucial for survival in a rapidly changing world. The ability to switch between different emotional control strategies is important for dealing with various demands. The Flexible Emotion Control Theory (FECT) integrates insights from decision and affective sciences to explain how individuals can adapt their emotion-regulatory behavior. FECT proposes that rapid switching between emotional control strategies requires evaluating both current and alternative options, and involves specific prefrontal structures such as the frontal pole.
ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Caoimhe McLoughlin, Ingrid Hoeritzauer, Veronica Cabreira, Selma Aybek, Caitlin Adams, Jane Alty, Harriet A. Ball, Janet Baker, Kim Bullock, Chrissie Burness, Barbara A. Dworetzky, Sara Finkelstein, Beatrice Garcin, Jeannette Gelauff, Laura H. Goldstein, Anika Jordbru, Anne-Catherine M. L. Huys, Aoife Laffan, Sarah C. Lidstone, Stefanie Caroline Linden, Lea Ludwig, Julie Maggio, Francesca Morgante, Elizabeth Mallam, Clare Nicholson, Mary O'Neal, Suzanne O'Sullivan, Isabel Parees, Panayiota Petrochilos, Susannah Pick, Wendy Phillips, Karin Roelofs, Rachel Newby, Biba Stanton, Cordelia Gray, Eileen M. Joyce, Marina A. J. Tijssen, Trudie Chalder, Maxanne McCormick, Paula Gardiner, Indrit Begue, Margaret C. Tuttle, Isobel Williams, Sarah McRae, Valerie Voon, Laura McWhirter
Summary: Functional neurological disorder (FND) is often overlooked and misunderstood by clinicians, despite being a common and accurately diagnosable condition based on clinical signs. People with FND face discrimination from healthcare providers, researchers, and the public, reflecting the neglect of disorders primarily affecting women. We argue that FND is a feminist issue, drawing on historical and contemporary perspectives from clinical, research, and social domains. We call for equal attention and support for FND in medical education, research, and clinical services to ensure adequate care for those affected.
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Letter
Neurosciences
Karin Roelofs, Felix H. Klaassen, Peter Dayan
NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Agnieszka K. Adamczyk, Miroslaw Wyczesany, Karin Roelofs, Jacobien M. van Peer
Summary: Evolutionary threats (ETs) elicit stronger fear responses and specific phobias compared to modern threats (MTs). The processing of ET relies on lower-order neural fear circuits, making it less susceptible to higher-order cognitive emotion regulation. In a study involving ERP, participants passively viewed high- and low-threat pictures and successfully downregulated responses using cognitive reappraisal or distraction strategies. ET triggered stronger attention processing compared to MT, and distraction was more effective in early and stronger downregulation of responses.
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Anna Tyborowska, Inge Volman, Hannah C. M. Niermann, Anna L. Dapprich, Sanny Smeekens, Antonius H. N. Cillessen, Ivan Toni, Karin Roelofs
Summary: A paradoxical effect of testosterone is observed in social emotional behavior between adolescents and adults. While high testosterone levels are associated with increased emotion control in the prefrontal cortex during adolescence, this neuro-endocrine relationship is reversed in adulthood. This study investigated whether this functional transition also occurs in human adolescents and young adults. The findings suggest that testosterone-dependent maturation of the prefrontal-amygdala circuit supporting emotion control changes during the transition from middle adolescence into young adulthood, with a decrease in prefrontal cortex engagement and an increase in testosterone-modulated amygdala reactivity.
DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Sonsoles Alonso, Anna Tyborowska, Nessa Ikani, Roel J. T. Mocking, Caroline A. Figueroa, Aart H. Schene, Gustavo Deco, Morten L. Kringelbach, Joana Cabral, Henricus G. Ruhe
Summary: 《Dynamic Changes in Brain Network Connectivity during Recurrence of Major Depressive Disorder》This study investigated the dynamic changes in brain connectivity during the transition from remission to recurrence in major depressive disorder (MDD) patients. The findings showed that during recurrence, there was increased activity in the basal ganglia-anterior cingulate cortex and visuo-attentional networks, as well as a longer duration of activation in the default mode network. Additionally, the synchrony between the reward network and the rest of the brain was significantly reduced during recurrence. These results provide initial evidence of altered dynamical exploration of functional networks during a recurrent depressive episode.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Bob Bramson, Sjoerd Meijer, Annelies van Nuland, Ivan Toni, Karin Roelofs
Summary: It is not well understood why anxious individuals fail to control emotional behaviour. This study shows that highly anxious individuals have an overexcitable lateral frontopolar cortex (FPl) and do not recruit this region during emotional action control. Their FPl is overexcitable and receives stronger amygdalofugal projections, but fails to be recruited during emotional action control, leading to a functional anatomical shift to other prefrontal areas.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Simone Kuehn, Katharina Schmalen, Roseriet Beijers, Anna Tyborowska, Karin Roelofs, Carolina de Weerth
Summary: There is growing evidence that green spaces have positive effects on mental and brain health. This study examined the relationship between different types of green spaces and MRI brain structure in children from the Netherlands over time. The results showed that green open space and sky view were positively associated with grey matter volume in prefrontal clusters, while tree cover density had a negative association. The visibility of sky was found to be the most important predictor in the medial prefrontal cortex. These findings have implications for evidence-based urban planning that promotes health.
ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Shanshan Xiao, Natalie C. Ebner, Amirhossein Manzouri, Tie-Qiang Li, Diana S. Cortes, Kristoffer N. T. Mansson, Hakan Fischer
Summary: The mechanisms through which intranasal oxytocin affects the brain are not fully understood, but recent research suggests that brain regions with a higher density of oxytocin receptors may play a key role. This study used resting-state fMRI to investigate the effects of intranasal oxytocin administration on connectivity between these receptor-enriched regions and other regions in the brain, and found that the effects varied depending on the age of the participants.
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Lisa Haase, Antonia Vehlen, Julia Strojny, Gregor Domes
Summary: This study found no significant changes in the cortisol awakening response (CAR) over the menstrual cycle, and no significant association with variations in estradiol and progesterone. These results suggest that CAR is largely robust against hormonal variations across the menstrual cycle.
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Derek Schaeuble, Tyler Wallace, Sebastian A. Pace, Shane T. Hentges, Brent Myers
Summary: Depression and cardiovascular disease are influenced by daily life stress, but the biological mechanisms behind this connection are not well understood. This study shows that the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) plays a role in regulating stress responses and behavior, with sex-specific effects. In males, the vmPFC-PH circuitry promotes positive motivation and reduces stress responses, while in females it elevates stress responses. This suggests that cortical regulation of stress reactivity and behavior is mediated by projections to the hypothalamus in a sex-specific manner.
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Jose M. Guzman, Montana H. Boone, Gabriela L. Suarez, Colter Mitchell, Christopher S. Monk, Luke W. Hyde, Nestor L. Lopez-Duran
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased life stress and internalizing disorders, with a disproportionate impact on women. This study focused on the neuroendocrinology of stress-related disorders and found that women have lower cortisol responses and higher DHEA responses to stress. However, lower cortisol and higher DHEA are associated with internalizing disorders in women, while the opposite is true in men. The study also examined the relationship between COVID-related stress and internalizing symptoms and found gender differences in the association between DHEA and cortisol and internalizing outcomes. These findings suggest distinct neuroendocrine pathways for stress-related disorders in young men and women.
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Meriah L. Dejoseph, Keira B. Leneman, Alyssa R. Palmer, Emily R. Padrutt, Otiti A. Mayo, Daniel Berry
Summary: Childhood and adolescence are critical periods for the development of the stress response system. This study found a modest positive relation between the adrenocortical and sympathetic systems, as well as between the adrenocortical and parasympathetic systems. The strength of these associations varied based on methodological and sociodemographic characteristics.
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Qiong Xiang, Jia-Sheng Tao, Shuai Dong, Xiao-Lin Liu, Liang Yang, Li-Ni Liu, Jing Deng, Xian-Hui Li
Summary: Chronic hyperglycemia accelerates the pathological process of cognitive dysfunction, but the heterogeneity of hippocampal cells under long-term high glucose conditions is not well known. In this study, single-cell RNA sequencing was performed on diabetic mice, and distinct cell sub-clusters and important genes involved in neuroplasticity regulation were identified.
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Roger Mcintosh, Hannah Hoogerwoerd, Salman S. Ahmad, Cassandra Michel, Kaitlyn Dillon, Mahendra Kumar, Gail Ironson
Summary: The study found that a 4-session guided written emotional disclosure intervention led to significant reductions in total output and concentration of epinephrine in urine for up to 6 months in individuals living with HIV. This effect was especially pronounced in women. However, there were no significant changes in norepinephrine output in urine.
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Meredith Gruhn, Adam Bryant Miller, Tory A. Eisenlohr-Moul, Sophia Martin, Matthew G. Clayton, Matteo Giletta, Paul D. Hastings, Matthew K. Nock, Karen D. Rudolph, George M. Slavich, Mitchell J. Prinstein, Margaret A. Sheridan
Summary: This study investigates how early life adversity characterized by threat impacts the association between neural activity and cortisol production during emotion processing. The results suggest that threat exposure may moderate the relationship between neural activation and cortisol response.
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2024)
