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A loop‐mediated isothermal amplification assay to detect insect‐associated Serratia spp. in the critically endangered insect Dryococelus australis

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 18, Issue 5, Page 775-785, September 2025.
Inclusion of a novel sample cleanup step prior to extraction of bacterial DNA from insect frass enhanced rates of bacterial cell recovery and removed insect and plant cells. Development of a robust LAMP assay allowed detection of insect‐associated members of the Serratia marcescens complex in frass from live insects. Results from the LAMP assay applied
Nicholas P. Doidge, Joanne L. Allen, Rhys Bushell, Michael Lynch, Glenn F. Browning, Marc S. Marenda   +5 more
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Nicotine addiction : a review [PDF]

, 2013
Nicotine, the major psychoactive compound in tobacco, acts as a potent addictive drug in humans. The addictive nature of nicotine leads to more than 6 million deaths a year.
Di Giovanni, Giuseppe, Vella, Jacob
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Targeting Intracellular Calcium Stores Alleviates Neurological Morbidities in a DFP-Based Rat Model of Gulf War Illness [PDF]

, 2019
Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a chronic multi-symptom disorder afflicting the veterans of the First Gulf War, and includes neurological symptoms characterized by depression and memory deficits.
Blair, Robert, Deshpande, Laxmikant, Phillips, Kristin, Santos, Edna   +3 more
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Safeguarding Health at the Workplace: A Study of Work Engagement, Authenticity and Subjective Wellbeing among Religious Workers [PDF]

, 2019
: Research in work and organizational psychology has paid little attention to religious workers, something certainly surprising as faith-based organizations play a key role in the welfare state of many countries.
Ariza Montes, José Antonio, Leal Rodríguez, Antonio Luis, Molina Sánchez, Horacio, Ramírez Sobrino, Jesús N.   +3 more
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Building Happiness Indicators Some Philosophical and Political Issues

Les Ateliers de l’Ethique, 2015
Happiness has become a central theme in public debates. Happiness indicators illustrate this importance. This article offers a typology of the main challenges conveyed by the elaboration of happiness indicators, where happiness can be understood as ...
Xavier Landes
doaj   +1 more source

Reconceptualizing anhedonia: novel perspectives on balancing the pleasure networks in the human brain

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2015
Anhedonia, the lack of pleasure, has been shown to be a critical feature of a range of psychiatric disorders. Yet, it is currently measured primarily through subjective self-reports and as such has been difficult to submit to rigorous, objective ...
Kristine eRømer Thomsen, Kristine eRømer Thomsen, Kristine eRømer Thomsen, Peter C Whybrow, Morten L Kringelbach, Morten L Kringelbach   +5 more
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Can understanding reward help illuminate anhedonia? [PDF]

, 2019
Purpose of review: The goal of this paper is to examine how reward processing might help us understand the symptom of anhedonia. Recent findings: There are extensive reviews exploring the relationship between responses to rewarding stimuli and ...
A Michel-Chávez, A Naguy, Ahmad Daghigh, Barry J. Everitt, Bernard W. Balleine, Bing Cao, Chong Chen, Ciara McCabe, Colin H. Stanton, D Ducasse, Dana L. McMakin, DI Lubman, Diego A. Pizzagalli, E. Samuel Winer, Erika E. Forbes, Erika E. Forbes, Erika E. Forbes, Erin C. Walsh, Ewelina Rzepa, F. Vinckier, Femke T.A Pijlman, G Hasler, Hannah Carl, Hiroshi Nagayama, Ian M Goodyer, Isobel W. Green, J Wacker, Jamie L. Hanson, Jamie L. Hanson, Jason Dean, Jennifer Keller, Jessica A Cooper, John M. Pearce, Kent C Berridge, Kent C Berridge, Marcus Rothkirch, Mark G. Baxter, Masud Husain, Michael T. Treadway, Mitul A. Mehta, N Pornpattananangkul, Niki H. Kamkar, NS Corral-Frías, P. Kumar, R Bogdan, R. Admon, RA Rescorla, Rafal Rygula, Randy P. Auerbach, Rebecca Kerestes, Rudolf N. Cardinal, Ryan Bogdan, Sakina J. Rizvi, Sarah D. Lichenstein, Siyabend Kaya, Sona Dimidjian, Thomas Enkel, VB Gradin, W Schultz, Wayne C. Drevets, WH Liu, Yuliya S. Nikolova, Zhuo-ya Yang   +62 more
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The psychology and science of happiness: What does the research say? [PDF]

, 2013
This paper surveys the scientific evidence regarding the nature of human happiness by drawing upon numerous studies in social science domains: namely psychology, but also related fields of business leadership and consulting, economics, and behavioral ...
Dubner, David
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Trajectories and predictors of adolescent purpose development in self‐driven learning

Child Development, Volume 96, Issue 2, Page 691-704, March/April 2025.
Abstract Purpose offers several important benefits to youth. Thus, it is necessary to understand how a sense of purpose develops in supportive contexts and what psychological resources can help. From 2021 to 2022, this study investigated purpose change among 321 youth (Mage = 16.4 years; 71% female; 25.9% Black, 33.3% Asian, 15.6% Hispanic/Latinx, 13.4%
Kaylin Ratner, Hou Xie, Gaoxia Zhu, Melody Estevez, Anthony L. Burrow   +4 more
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Positive well‐being and dampened emotional reactivity to daily family conflict and family cohesion

Child Development, Volume 96, Issue 2, Page 797-811, March/April 2025.
Abstract Conflict and a lack of cohesive daily family relationships can negatively affect adolescent adjustment, although adolescents differ in how they respond (i.e., their emotional reactivity) to these daily experiences. The present study assessed whether adolescents' well‐being (i.e., life satisfaction, purpose) was associated with dampened ...
Danny Rahal, Gregory M. Fosco
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