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Dietary nitrate and nitrite protect against doxorubicin‐induced cardiac fibrosis and oxidative protein damage in tumor‐bearing mice

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Chemotherapies such as doxorubicin can have toxic effects on healthy cardiovascular/heart tissue. Following up on a doxorubicin toxicity study in mice without tumors where nitrate water was cardioprotective (lessened toxicity), this study with tumor‐bearing mice undergoing doxorubicin treatment showed no negative effect of nitrate and nitrite on drug ...
Rama D. Yammani, Xiaofei Chen, Nildris Cruz‐Diaz, Xuewei Zhu, Swati Basu, Daniel B. Kim‐Shapiro, David R. Soto‐Pantoja, Leslie B. Poole   +7 more
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Diabetes‐induced vascular calcification is associated with low pyrophosphate and its oral supplementation prevents calcification in diabetic mice

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Induction of diabetes in three different mouse strains uniformly resulted in an increase in TNAP activity and a reduction in pyrophosphate (PPi) in the circulation. Inhibition of TNAP restored plasma PPi. Diabetes‐induced calcification in the media layer of the aorta was detected only in the Abcc6−/− strain, which is predisposed to ectopic ...
Krisztina Fülöp, Eszter Kozák, Natália Tőkési, Lilian Kocsis, Anikó Kelemen, Zsuzsanna Geszti, Adriána Kutás, Mariann Harangi, Ágnes Diószegi, Zsolt Rapi, József Balla, Olivier Le Saux, András Váradi, Viola Pomozi   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Volunteer tourism : altruism, empathy or self enhancement? [PDF]

, 2011
Volunteer tourism being an ambiguous concept could be seen equally as an expression of social conscience and civil duty but also as cynical exploitation of human qualities like altruism and empathy.
Butler, Richard, Tomazos, Konstantinos
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Volunteer Frame and Volunteer Culture

Ewha Journal of Social Sciences, 2011
한국사회의 경제적 위기와 함께 사회복지의 욕구는 증가하였으나, 사회적 안정망 구축이 아직 충분하지 않은 현실에서 시민사회의 역할의 중요성이 부각되기 시작했다. 본 연구는 심리학의 ``프레임(frame)`` 개념을 원용하여 자원봉사운동을 활성화하고 자원봉사문화를 조성하는 방법을 탐색하는 이론적 관점을 제시하고자 한다.
null Kim,Kyong-Dong, null 김여진
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Impact of a senior research thesis on students' perceptions of scientific inquiry in distinct student populations

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This study addressed how a senior research thesis is perceived by undergraduate students. It assessed students' perception of research skills, epistemological beliefs, and career goals in Biochemistry (science) and BDC (science‐business) students. Completing a thesis improved confidence in research skills, resilience, scientific identity, closed gender‐
Celeste Suart, Haley L. Zubyk, Michelle Ogrodnik, Caitlin E. Mullarkey, Felicia Vulcu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

MOTIVATION FACTORS TO INVOLVE IN SPORTS VOLUNTEER AMONG UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA (UM) STUDENTS

Journal of Academia, 2021
Volunteers are a vital human resource at any sporting event, and numerous experiments have been undertaken to clarify the motivation factors of volunteers in multiple situations.
SITI AIDA LAMAT , AMIRA DIYANA HIDZIR , NUR DALILAH DAHLAN , MUHAMMAD WAFI A. RAHMAN , NUR HANI SYAZWANI BAKRI   +4 more
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Navigating new norms: a systematic review of factors for the development of effective digital tools in higher education

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
What factors make for an effective digital learning tool in Higher Education? This systematic review identifies elements of a digital tool that published examples reveal to be features of an engaging and impactful digital tool. A systematic literature search yielded 25 research papers for analysis.
Akmal Arzeman, Jessica Haines, Connie Pritchard, Stephen Rutherford, Nigel Francis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Home-Start peer support scheme for women with low mood following childbirth [PDF]

, 2015
Perinatal mental health problems vary in impact and severity, and can have long-lasting effects on maternal health and child psychological health and development.
Hayter, Mark, Jomeen, Julie, Jones, Catriona C.G.   +2 more
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Accelerated Progression of Gait Impairment in Parkinson's Disease and REM Sleep Without Atonia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective People with Parkinson's disease (PD) and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep without atonia (RSWA) often have more severe gait disturbances compared to PD without RSWA. The association between the presence and expression of RSWA and the rate of progression of gait impairment in PD is unknown.
Sommer L. Amundsen‐Huffmaster, Jae Woo Chung, Maria E. Linn‐Evans, Matthew N. Petrucci, Chiahao Lu, Destiny J. Weaver, Joshua De Kam, Scott E. Cooper, Paul J. Tuite, Aleksandar Videnovic, Michael J. Howell, Colum D. MacKinnon   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Taking care of people experiencing homelessness: a community case study on the practice of the Volunteer Association “A doctor for you” in Brescia, Italy

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionAlthough homelessness is a much-studied phenomenon today, statistics indicate a steady increase in homelessness globally. UN General Assembly itself recommends implementing strategies through the commitment of the various stakeholders ...
A. Pasini, E. Pasini, E. Pasini, F. Puccio, C. Seddio, P. Bocci, R. Lovati, M. Amadini   +7 more
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