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Animal Assisted Intervention and How It Can Improve Attention and Positive Emotion [PDF]

, 2021
The purpose of this study is to determine if animal-assisted intervention, known as ATT, can improve a person\u27s attention span and assist with a better emotional state. In this study, attention is being measured by a facial recognition attention task,
McIntosh, Alexis D
core   +1 more source

Effects of canine-assisted intervention on stress and depression in humans

Journal of Animal Science and Technology
The demand for mental health support systems has been increasing because of the rising prevalence of mental health issues globally. These challenges related to mental health have been addressed through animal-assisted intervention.
Yujin Song, Youngwook Jung, Yeonju Choi, Minjung Yoon   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Metastatic niche shaped by host factors influences disseminated cancer cell fate

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Metastasis is shaped not only by cancer cells but also by the environments they encounter. This review explores how factors such as aging, diet, the microbiome, lifestyle, and environmental exposures remodel organ‐specific niches in the lung, liver, bone, and brain, influencing where metastatic cells survive, remain dormant, or grow, and ultimately ...
Gwennan Delyth Ward, Álvaro Ruiz‐Tabas, Patricia Altea‐Manzano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soft motions encoded by the fold and mediated by conserved hinge sites drive V‐ATPase allosteric machinery and autoinhibition

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Vacuolar H+‐ATPase (V‐ATPase) is a multisubunit rotary proton pump that acidifies intracellular compartments. Using elastic network models, we identified conserved hinge residues that govern its large‐scale functional motions. We show that intrinsically encoded ‘soft modes’ drive critical functional transitions, including rotary catalysis and ...
Diksha Parwana, Xiaowei Bogetti, Stuti Sharma, Ivet Bahar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Cat Welfare: A Literature Review on Behavioural, Physiological and Health Parameters with a Focus on Animal-Assisted Services (AAS)

Veterinary Sciences
Cat welfare assessment in Animal-assisted aervices (AAS) is necessary to ensure engagement in AAS does not impair welfare. An initial systematic search conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA ...
Giulia Russo, Carmen Borrelli, Karen L. Overall, Chiara Mariti   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dog Training Intervention Shows Social-Cognitive Change in the Journals of Incarcerated Youth

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018
There is limited research assessing the effectiveness of Animal-Assisted Therapy in at-risk adolescent populations. In a recent study, 138 adjudicated adolescents participated in a randomized controlled trial of an animal-assisted intervention, in which ...
Tiffany Syzmanski, Rita J. Casey, Amy Johnson, Annmarie Cano, Dana Albright, Nicholas P. Seivert   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tumour–host interactions in Drosophila: mechanisms in the tumour micro‐ and macroenvironment

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This review examines how tumour–host crosstalk takes place at multiple levels of biological organisation, from local cell competition and immune crosstalk to organism‐wide metabolic and physiological collapse. Here, we integrate findings from Drosophila melanogaster studies that reveal conserved mechanisms through which tumours hijack host systems to ...
José Teles‐Reis, Tor Erik Rusten
wiley   +1 more source

Pets, animal-assisted therapy and social inclusion

, 2018
Purpose: Humans have close relationships with animals for companionship and in working roles. The purpose of this paper is to discuss recent papers on pets and dog-assisted interventions, and relates their findings to social inclusion.
Holttum, S.
core   +1 more source

Well-Being Indicators in Autistic Children and Therapy Dogs During a Group Intervention: A Pilot Study

Animals
Animal-assisted services (AAS) have been shown in multiple studies to improve a range of human psychological and physical health benefits. The aim of this pilot study is to investigate simultaneously two psycho-physiological indicators of the valence of ...
Viviana Orsola Giuliano, Luigi Sacchettino, Alina Simona Rusu, Davide Ciccarelli, Valentina Gazzano, Martina de Cesare, Michele Visone, Vincenzo Mizzoni, Francesco Napolitano, Danila d’Angelo   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hijacking emergency granulopoiesis: Neutrophil ontogeny and reprogramming in cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Neutrophils are highly plastic innate immune cells; their functions in cancer extend beyond the tumour microenvironment. This Review summarises current understanding of neutrophil maturation and heterogeneity and highlights tumour‐induced granulopoiesis as a systemic programme that expands immature, immunosuppressive neutrophils via tumour‐derived ...
Gabriela Marinescu, Yi Feng
wiley   +1 more source