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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.18 days of predator odor exposure altered gut microbiota, increased anxiety‐like behaviors, and elevated hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis activity in Brandt's voles, with males showing behavioral habituation and females remaining sensitive. Cecal microbiota transplantation experiments confirmed that only female recipients of microbiota from predator‐
Chen Gu +6 more
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Breathing in Plants and Chaos—Cosmic Tree Events in Cameroon and Beyond
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contemporary practices of tapping into the wisdom of ancestral trees are described through three entangled recent events lived within the context of Bantu practices in Cameroon. In the three instances, the steered or chance encounters with high potency trees were serendipitous telling moments which brought something new to the horizon.
Julie Laplante +3 more
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Birth, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Continuous intrapartum support is associated with improved childbirth experiences and clinical outcomes and is central to the WHO Labor Care Guide. Although related to practical support, “being with” a laboring woman is not identical to doing tasks; “being with” is described as a professional ideal and the cornerstone of woman ...
Louise Lundborg +7 more
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‘Don't Forget Me, I'm Important Too’: Amplifying Self‐Advocate Voice Through Disability Theatre
British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Across Canada, people with an intellectual disability continue to face systemic barriers and inequities in employment. To raise awareness and promote change, a self‐advocate led participatory disability theatre project acted as both inquiry and advocacy.
Leyton Schnellert +5 more
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Cholinergic inputs to motoneurons in the spinal cord augment focal muscle spasticity in rodents
British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.Background and Purpose Cholinergic premotor inputs to motoneurons support high levels of motor output when required. However, the possible role of these inputs in pathologically elevated muscle tone has not been characterised. To address this, we examined the modulatory effect of spinal acetylcholine (ACh) on experimental spastic paralysis ...
Patrik Meglić +10 more
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Mitochondrial respiration and characteristics of skeletal muscles in children with cerebral palsy
Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.Skeletal muscles utilize numerous mitochondria for energy production needed during muscle contraction. Mitochondria produce this energy through the electron transport chain. After an injury such as ACL‐injury in typically developing children, there is a reduction in muscle mitochondrial respiration and content.
Sudarshan Dayanidhi +10 more
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Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.Abstract Aim To report on changes to the Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination (HINE) proforma that facilitate the recording of neurological findings. Method We first identified items that would benefit from more detail in the way they were presented on the proforma to aid correct administration and scoring.
Eugenio Mercuri +5 more
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Sartre's Private Language Argument
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract Various commentators have noted striking parallels between Wittgenstein's reflections on privacy and Sartre's discussions of the body in Being and Nothingness. Nevertheless, these aspects of Sartre's thought have seldom been explored in detail.
Alex Englander
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An Argument for Minimalism about Action
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract Minimalism is the view that the mark of action is object‐causation, rather than intentionality, voluntariness or goal‐directedness. Actions, on this view, are instances of objects causing change. Despite a recent surge of interest in the view, it is still seldom regarded as a serious alternative to orthodox theories of action, according to ...
Robin T. Bianchi
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