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A randomized controlled trial for families with preschool children - promoting healthy eating and active playtime by connecting to nature

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2016
Background Promotion of healthy lifestyles in children focuses predominantly on proper nutrition and physical activity, elements now widely recognised as essential for a healthy life.
Tanja Sobko, Michael Tse, Matthew Kaplan
doaj   +1 more source

Epigenetic reprogramming of lineage switching in cancer

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Cancer cells rarely commit to a single identity. Epigenetic mechanisms and tumor microenvironment cues push epithelial cells toward flexible, hybrid states that can shift into mesenchymal, neuroendocrine, or stem‐like fates, driving metastasis, drug resistance, and tumor heterogeneity. Targeting the epigenetic regulators behind these transitions, using
Ezgi Boyvatlı   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nature connectedness: an investigation into alleviating emotional disturbances among university students [PDF]

open access: yes
Emotional disturbances among undergraduate students have proven to affect students’ learning performance physically, emotionally and mentally. Among non-clinical treatments or techniques identified to address emotional disturbances is exposure to ...
Abdul Rashid, Khadijah Khalilah   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Autophagy and mitophagy in pancreatic β‐cell homeostasis and their involvement in diabetes pathophysiology

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This review focuses on the role of autophagy and mitophagy in maintaining pancreatic β‐cell function and homeostasis. We discuss how genetic defects affecting these pathways contribute to the development of type 1, type 2, monogenic, and gestational diabetes. We further explore their potential as therapeutic targets. Created in BioRender.
Yunkyeong Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the relationship between nature exposure, nature connectedness and wellbeing in individuals with cancer

open access: yes
Prior quantitative research has highlighted the benefits that nature brings to the well-being of cancer survivors. Here, an Interpretative phenomenological analysis was adopted to investigate the relationship between nature exposure, nature connectedness
Haughton, Melanie   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Psychopathy moderates the relationship between nature connectedness and cognitive reappraisal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The innate relationship that humans share with the natural world is becoming increasingly strained. Our connection to nature - reflected through the psychological construct of nature connectedness - has been shown to benefit areas of physical and mental ...
Louise Wallace   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Bridging the political ideology climate gap through connecting individuals to nature

open access: yesPeople and Nature
Human's abstraction from nature has created a situation where the impacts of an array of environmentally detrimental behaviours are realised across scales, challenging the resilience of at‐risk communities.
Daniel G. Pilgreen, Gerard T. Kyle
doaj   +1 more source

Connections with nature and environmental behaviors. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
The influence of environmental attitudes on environmental behaviors has long been discussed. However, few studies have addressed the foundation of such attitudes. In the present study, we explored primitive belief underlying environmental attitudes, i.e.,
Liuna Geng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structural and biochemical analysis of a B12 superbinder

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
BtuG proteins are vitamin B12 scavengers in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a dominant human gut bacterium. We present crystal structures of three BtuG homologs bound to cobalamin and its precursor cobinamide, revealing picomolar binding affinities, among the highest known for any natural protein.
Jose M. Martinez Felices   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self-esteem mediates the relationship between connectedness to nature and body appreciation in women, but not men [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Connectedness to nature (i.e., an affective and experiential connection to nature) is known to have a positive effect on psychological well-being, but its specific associations with body image have not been fully examined. To attend to this oversight, we
Swami, V.   +8 more
core   +1 more source

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