Eat, breathe, sleep with Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Background Although Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) affects the connective tissue causing extremely brittle bones with consequent skeletal deformities, it is important to go beyond bones.
Antonella LoMauro +6 more
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WSAVA Nutritional Assessment Guidelines [PDF]
Objectives Careful assessment of the nutritional needs of cats and dogs must be taken into consideration in order to maintain optimum health, be part of a treatment regimen for a diseased state, or to maximize the quality of life in all animals. The goal of these World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) Guidelines is that a nutritional ...
Lisa, Freeman +9 more
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Optimising nutrition in residential aged care: A narrative review [PDF]
In developed countries the prevalence of protein-energy malnutrition increases with age and multi-morbidities increase nutritional risk in aged care residents in particular.
Agarwal, Ekta +3 more
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Human Bisphenol A Exposure and the “Diabesity Phenotype”
Bisphenol A (BPA), a known endocrine disruptor, is a food contaminant suspected of being a contributing factor to the present-day increase in obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
Simona Bertoli +2 more
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The aim of the study was to verify the hypothesis that β-carotene, vitamin E, vitamin C administered individually or in combination may differently modify their levels in blood plasma being also markers of the oxidative stress.
Wawrzyniak Agata +8 more
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Background Domestic pigs have an evolutionary conserved exploratory behaviour. To comply with this requirement, the European Union aims at setting standards for appropriate enrichment materials for pigs (Council Directive 2008/120/EC).
Felicitas Koch +7 more
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Improving standards of nutritional care on a cancer ward:the development and evaluation of a nutritional care assistant role [PDF]
Purpose: Patients with cancer are particularly at risk of malnutrition and suffer a range of nutritional problems as a consequence of their disease and its treatment.
Davie, Jackie +3 more
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Assessing Non-Invasive Liver Function in Patients With Intestinal Failure Receiving Total Parenteral Nutrition-Results From the Prospective PNLiver Trial [PDF]
Liver abnormalities in intestinal failure (IF) patients receiving parenteral nutrition (PN) can progress undetected by standard laboratory tests to intestinal failure associated liver disease (IFALD). The aim of this longitudinal study is to evaluate the
Bednarsch, Jan +10 more
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Combined nutritional stress and a new systemic pesticide (flupyradifurone, Sivanto®) reduce bee survival, food consumption, flight success, and thermoregulation. [PDF]
Flupyradifurone (FPF, Sivanto®) is a new butenolide insecticide that, like the neonicotinoids, is a systemic nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) agonist.
Nieh, James C, Tong, Linda, Tosi, Simone
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Objective and subjective nutritional assessment of patients with cancer in palliative care [PDF]
This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status of patients with cancer in palliative care and to examine the interrelationship between objective and subjective nutritional assessment measures.
Ang, Yee Kwang, Kandiah, Mirnalini
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