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The effect of acute caffeine ingestion on upper and lower body anaerobic exercise performance [PDF]

, 2019
The current study examined the effect of acute caffeine ingestion on mean and peak power production, fatigue index and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) during upper body and lower body Wingate anaerobic test (WANT) performance.
Andre T., Borg G., Duncan M. J., Emma Eyre, Green M. J., Jason Tallis, Jozo Grgic, Marlat G. A., Michael J. Duncan, Peterson M. D.   +9 more
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The Thin White Line: Adaptation Suggests a Common Neural Mechanism for Judgments of Asian and Caucasian Body Size

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
Visual adaptation has been proposed as a mechanism linking viewing images of thin women’s bodies with body size and shape misperception (BSSM). Non-Caucasian populations appear less susceptible to BSSM, possibly because adaptation to thin Caucasian ...
Lewis Gould-Fensom, Lewis Gould-Fensom, Chrystalle B. Y. Tan, Kevin R. Brooks, Kevin R. Brooks, Kevin R. Brooks, Jonathan Mond, Jonathan Mond, Richard J. Stevenson, Richard J. Stevenson, Richard J. Stevenson, Ian D. Stephen, Ian D. Stephen, Ian D. Stephen   +13 more
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Mortality from plastic ingestion and net entanglement in marine birds - description of three cases [PDF]

Veterinarski Glasnik
Plastic debris is a significant threat to marine ecosystems, notably affecting seabird populations globally. In this report, the authors document deaths related to plastic ingestion in a Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus, Linnaeus, 1758) and net ...
Garcês Andreia, Soeiro Vanessa, Loio Sara, Pires Isabel   +3 more
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Metabolic Reliance on Photosynthesis Depends on Both Irradiance and Prey Availability in the Mixotrophic Ciliate, Strombidium cf. basimorphum

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Many species of the ciliate genus Strombidium can acquire functional chloroplasts from a wide range of algal prey and are thus classified as generalist non-constitutive mixotrophs.
Erin Ann Hughes, Maira Maselli, Helle Sørensen, Per Juel Hansen   +3 more
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Glucose enhancement of memory is modulated by trait anxiety in healthy adolescent males [PDF]

, 2011
Glucose administration is associated with memory enhancement in healthy young individuals under conditions of divided attention at encoding. While the specific neurocognitive mechanisms underlying this ‘glucose memory facilitation effect’ are currently ...
Chiron C, Craft S, Delis DC, Gold PE, Hilary L Hii, JAM van Eekelen, Jonathan K Foster, Kaplan RJ, Michael A Smith, Parent MB, Pettersen JA, Plat L, Riby LM, Spielberger CD, Strauss E   +14 more
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Microplastics in large marine herbivores: Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in Tampa Bay

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Although there is growing concern about ingestion of microplastics by marine organisms, little research has been conducted on marine herbivores. This is the first study to document microplastic ingestion within the family Sirenia.
Shannon Gowans, Amy N. S. Siuda
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Assessment of Radon Concentration in Groundwater with Associated Human-Health Implications around Bagwai and Shanono Artisan Gold Mining Site Kano State, Northwestern Nigeria [PDF]

Physics Access
This study assesses the activity concentration of Radon in underground water around Bagwai and Shanono artisan gold mining Sites in Kano State, Northwestern Nigeria.
Yakubu Hannafi, Koki F Salmanu, Musa S Abdulhamid, Ali Yakubu, Abubakar Muhammed, Aliyu Rilwan   +5 more
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Ingestion of Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer: A case report

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Alcohol-based hand sanitizers containing ethanol or isopropanol are being used in order to prevent person-to-person transmission during the COVID-19.
T. Gutierrez Higueras, F. Calera Cortés, B. Hernández Gajate, E.D. Servin López, S. Sainz De La Cuesta Alonso, S. Vicent Forés   +5 more
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Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Chlorogenic Acid on Macrophages: A Simplified Simulation of Pharmacokinetics Following Ingestion Using a Windup Syringe Pump

Applied Sciences, 2023
Cell-culture-based drug tests are usually performed in an instantaneous delivery manner. However, in vivo pharmacokinetic studies have shown a steady increase in the concentration of bioactive compounds in the plasma following oral administration, with ...
Lei Cao, Won Han, Sang Gil Lee, Joong Ho Shin   +3 more
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The effect of carbohydrate ingestion on the Interleukin-6 response to a 90-minute run time trial [PDF]

, 2009
Fatigue is a predictable outcome of prolonged physical activity; yet its biological cause remains uncertain. During exercise, a polypeptide messenger molecule interleukin- 6 (IL-6) is actively produced.
Ansley, Les, Barwood, Martin, Eglin, Clare, Robson-Ansley, Paula   +3 more
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