Accepting higher morbidity in exchange for sacrificing fewer animals in studies developing novel infection-control strategies. [PDF]
Preventing bacterial infections from becoming the leading cause of death by the year 2050 requires the development of novel, infection-control strategies, building heavily on biomaterials science, including nanotechnology.
Busscher, Henk J. +16 more
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Marine Alkaloids: Compounds with In Vivo Activity and Chemical Synthesis
Marine alkaloids comprise a class of compounds with several nitrogenated structures that can be explored as potential natural bioactive compounds. The scientific interest in these compounds has been increasing in the last decades, and many studies have ...
Paulo E. S. Munekata +7 more
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Flocking together : collective animal minds in contemporary fiction [PDF]
The remarkable coordination displayed by animal groups such as an ant colony or a flock of birds in flight is not just a behavioral feat; it reflects a full-fledged form of collective cognition.
Caracciolo, Marco
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SYRCLE’s risk of bias tool for animal studies
BackgroundSystematic Reviews (SRs) of experimental animal studies are not yet common practice, but awareness of the merits of conducting such SRs is steadily increasing.
C. Hooijmans +5 more
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A theoretical framework for estimation of AUCs in complete and incomplete sampling designs. [PDF]
Nonclinical in vivo animal studies have to be completed before starting clinical studies of the pharmacokinetic behavior of a drug in humans. The drug exposure in animal studies is often measured by the area under the concentration versus time curve (AUC)
Jaki, Thomas, Wolfsegger, Martin J.
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Animal Farm’s Lessons for Literary (and) Animal Studies
Susan McHugh
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Gaze cuing of attention in snake phobic women: the influence of facial expression [PDF]
Only a few studies investigated whether animal phobics exhibit attentional biases in contexts where no phobic stimuli are present. Among these, recent studies provided evidence for a bias toward facial expressions of fear and disgust in animal phobics ...
Dalmaso, Mario +3 more
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“Petishism”, or Animals in the City and on the Islands: Case Study of the Island of Silba
The first part of this paper (by Suzana Marjanić) documents the fact that city authorities throughout Croatia do not encourage needed care for stray dogs and cats, specifically the construction of state and private shelters for abandoned and lost animals,
Suzana Marjanić, Rosana Ratkovčić
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Formulation and release of timolol maleate from ocusert based on gelatin-N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N-ethylcarbodiimide polymer [PDF]
Context: Glaucoma is a disease of the eyes characterized by an increase in the intraocular pressure. Timolol maleate is commonly used as eye drops for chronic glaucoma treatment.
Mohammed Q. Kanaan +3 more
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C-reactive protein and cardiovascular disease: From animal studies to the clinic (Review)
C-reactive protein (CRP) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) have long been important research topics. CRP is an acute phase protein, while CVD is an inflammatory condition.
Yu Fu, Yi Wu, Enqi Liu
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