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Behavioral Sciences
Birgit Szabo, Eva Ringler
Summary: Neophobia, the fear of novelty, plays an ecologically important role in helping animals avoid potential harm. This study focused on captive tokay geckos and aimed to measure their cognitive process in different contexts involving novel prey, novel objects, and a novel space. The study found that the geckos hesitated when encountering novel prey and prey close to objects, and hesitated the most when entering a novel space. The repeatability of their behavior across contexts was low, suggesting that neophobia may not be expressed similarly in different situations. This research has implications for understanding how captivity, enrichment, rearing environment, and cognition affect fear responses in lizards.
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Ecology
Jean-Francois Le Galliard, Chloe Chabaud, Denis Otavio Vieira de Andrade, Francois Brischoux, Miguel A. Carretero, Andreaz Dupoue, Rodrigo S. B. Gavira, Olivier Lourdais, Marco Sannolo, Tom J. M. Van Dooren
Summary: The study compiled a global and standardized EWL database for squamate reptiles, including total, respiratory, and cutaneous water loss data for 325 species. It also provided valuable companion data and annotations for future research on animal adaptability to climate change. This database is essential for understanding physiological adaptations and ecological responses to global change.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Chang S. S. Han, Niels J. J. Dingemanse
Summary: Behavioural ageing patterns vary among individuals and can predict changes in behavioural repeatability. Age-related alterations in behavioural repeatability can stem from changes in within-individual behavioural variation. This study of male water striders found that mating attempts decline with age, and both among- and within-individual behavioural variation contribute to age-related changes in repeatability.
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jessica S. Little, Rebekah M. Dedrick, Krista G. Freeman, Madison Cristinziano, Bailey E. Smith, Constance A. Benson, Tulip A. Jhaveri, Lindsey R. Baden, Daniel A. Solomon, Graham F. Hatfull
Summary: The use of bacteriophage in combination with antimicrobial therapy was effective in improving disease response in a patient with multidrug-resistant M. chelonae infection. Despite the development of neutralizing antibodies against the bacteriophage, the patient continued to show stable improvement with no evidence of bacterial resistance to the phage.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
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Engineering, Biomedical
Akihito Miyamoto, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Sunghoon Lee, Tomoyuki Yokota, Masayuki Amagai, Takao Someya
Summary: A method is reported for continuous monitoring of skin electrical resistance and transepidermal water loss, which can evaluate the barrier function of the skin and reflect the dynamic changes of skin physiology.
ADVANCED HEALTHCARE MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Gerrit B. Nanninga, Assaf Pertzelan, Moshe Kiflawi, Roi Holzman, Isolde Plakolm, Andrea Manica
Summary: The study found that variation in MP ingestion rates in early life stages of marine fish can affect responses to MP exposure at different treatment levels, indicating individual-level effects. High MP ingestion rates led to inferior escape responses, highlighting the importance of considering individual variation in environmental exposure experiments.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2021)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Helen B. Everts, Eleonore-Nausica Akuailou
Summary: Animal studies in the 1920s showed that vitamin A deficiency could lead to cancer in epithelial tissues, but typically results in death in humans. Recent research indicates that a high dietary intake of vitamin A can reduce the risk of skin cancer, specifically caused by excess exposure to UVB. This highlights the potential importance of vitamin A in preventing certain types of cancer.
Article
Ecology
Barbora Winterova, Lumir Gvozdik
Summary: The study demonstrates significant variability in seasonal acclimation responses among individuals of two newt species, with poor short- and long-term repeatability in the effects of fluctuating temperatures on metabolic rate and locomotor activity. This suggests limitations in the adaptive evolution of plastic responses.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Physiology
Gregory W. McGarr, Kelli E. King, Samah Saci, Daphnee Leduc, Ashley P. Akerman, Naoto Fujii, Glen P. Kenny
Summary: Regional differences in NO-dependent cutaneous vasodilatation during local skin heating were found in young adults, with the abdomen showing larger NO contributions and the chest showing smaller NO contributions. This study helps to advance understanding of the mechanisms influencing regional variations in the cutaneous vasodilator response in young adults.
EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Gregory W. McGarr, Samah Saci, Ashley P. Akerman, Naoto Fujii, Glen P. Kenny
Summary: This study evaluated the reliability of laser-Doppler flowmetry in assessing cutaneous vasodilation during gradual local heating. The results showed that the reliability of the measurements improved with heating and there were no significant differences between sexes and body parts.
MICROVASCULAR RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Marisa C. Nielsen, Nan Wang, Sunny C. Jiang
Summary: This study found that the composition of the skin microbiome is altered after swimming, and the abundance and diversity of antibiotic resistance genes, antibiotic biosynthesis genes, and virulence factor genes on the skin increase post-swim.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Wen-Yao Wang, Hong-Qing Cai, Si-Yuan Qu, Wei-Hao Lin, Cheng-Cheng Liang, Hao Liu, Ze-Xiong Xie, Ying-Jin Yuan
Summary: Fungal infections pose a serious threat to public health, and the development of antifungal resistance is a major contributing factor. This article reviews the genomic variation-mediated fluconazole resistance in the yeast Candida, with the aim of highlighting the functional consequences of genomic variations for antifungal resistance.
Article
Physiology
Kat G. Fisher, W. Larry Kenney, S. Tony Wolf
Summary: Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure reduces nitric oxide (NO)-dependent cutaneous vasodilation. Increased melanin in the skin is also associated with decreased NO-dependent cutaneous vasodilation. The impact of within-limb variation in skin melanization on NO-dependent cutaneous vasodilation is unknown.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Eleni Panoutsopoulou, Jarmila Zbytovska, Katerina Vavrova, Georgios Paraskevopoulos
Summary: This study successfully developed IMQ-loaded microemulsions based on phospholipids and oleic acid to improve IMQ penetration into the epidermis. One of the microemulsions (ME1) delivered similar amounts of IMQ to the human epidermis ex vivo as the commercial product, while using a 5-fold lower IMQ dose.
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Jan Holmback, Vibhu Rinwa, Jenny Johansson, Joakim Hakansson, Puneet Rinwa, Anders Carlsson, Bengt Herslof
Summary: Topical antibiotics are crucial in managing mild to moderate skin and soft tissue infections. A water-free lipid-based formulation system that can be applied via spraying has been developed to enhance drug delivery. These formulations containing sodium fusidate exhibit higher skin permeability and stronger antibacterial effects, potentially reducing treatment duration and minimizing the risk of bacterial resistance development.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Biology
Christopher E. Oufiero, Tammy Nguyen, Annie Sragner, Angelah Ellis
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Anatomy & Morphology
Christopher E. Oufiero
JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Biology
Jay A. Nelson, Kelly J. Rieger, Danielle Gruber, Melinda Cutler, Bailee Buckner, Christopher E. Oufiero
Summary: The study suggests that urbanization alters the thermal profile of streams and affects the physiology of fish species, but blacknose dace in urban streams appear to have good thermal tolerance and the ability to adapt to different temperatures, while remaining unaffected by thermal shocks.
JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Christopher E. Oufiero
Summary: Juveniles of a species may face similar ecological pressures as adults, such as obtaining food and avoiding predation, but their smaller size may limit their performance. Studies on vertebrates suggest that juveniles may exhibit higher locomotion and escape performances but lower feeding performance. Few studies have examined the scaling of feeding performance in invertebrates, but results from a study on praying mantises suggest that juveniles may be limited in certain aspects of their prey capture strikes, such as less linear displacement and slower linear velocity of their forelegs, but may compensate through increased joint angles and body usage.
EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biology
C. E. Oufiero
INTEGRATIVE ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
(2019)