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BMC Public Health ; 23(1): 1082, 2023 06 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37280555

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BACKGROUND: Toybox is a kindergarten-based intervention program that targets sedentary behavior, snacking and drinking habits, as well as promoting physical activity in an effort to improve healthy energy balance-related behaviors among children attending kindergartens in Malaysia. The pilot of this program was conducted as a randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving 837 children from 22 intervention kindergartens and 26 control kindergartens respectively. This paper outlines the process evaluation of this intervention. METHODS: We assessed five process indicators: recruitment, retention, dosage, fidelity, and satisfaction for the Toybox program. Data collection was conducted via teachers' monthly logbooks, post-intervention feedback through questionnaires, and focus group discussions (FGD) with teachers, parents, and children. Data were analyzed using quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods. RESULTS: A total of 1072 children were invited. Out of the 1001 children whose parents consented to join, only 837 completed the program (Retention rate: 88.4%). As high as 91% of the 44 teachers and their assistants engaged positively in one or more of the process evaluation data collection methods. In terms of dosage and fidelity, 76% of parents had received newsletters, tip cards, and posters at the appropriate times. All teachers and their assistants felt satisfied with the intervention program. However, they also mentioned some barriers to its implementation, including the lack of suitable indoor environments to conduct activities and the need to make kangaroo stories more interesting to captivate the children's attention. As for parents, 88% of them were satisfied with the family-based activities and enjoyed them. They also felt that the materials provided were easy to understand and managed to improve their knowledge. Lastly, the children showed positive behaviors in consuming more water, fruits, and vegetables. CONCLUSIONS: The Toybox program was deemed acceptable and feasible to implement by the parents and teachers. However, several factors need to be improved before it can be expanded and embedded as a routine practice across Malaysia.


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Obesidade Infantil , Pré-Escolar , Humanos , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , Malásia , Obesidade Infantil/prevenção & controle , Instituições Acadêmicas , Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde , Pais/educação
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Nat Mater ; 19(10): 1081-1087, 2020 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32929250

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The methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction refers collectively to a series of important industrial catalytic processes to produce either olefins or gasoline. Mechanistically, methanol conversion proceeds through a 'pool' of hydrocarbon species. For the methanol-to-olefins process, these species can be delineated broadly into 'desired' lighter olefins and 'undesired' heavier fractions that cause deactivation in a matter of hours. The crux in further catalyst optimization is the ability to follow the formation of carbonaceous species during operation. Here, we report the combined results of an operando Kerr-gated Raman spectroscopic study with state-of-the-art operando molecular simulations, which allowed us to follow the formation of hydrocarbon species at various stages of methanol conversion. Polyenes are identified as crucial intermediates towards formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, with their fate determined largely by the zeolite topology. Notably, we provide the missing link between active and deactivating species, which allows us to propose potential design rules for future-generation catalysts.

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Phys Rev Lett ; 123(18): 182501, 2019 Nov 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31763910

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Backward-angle meson electroproduction above the resonance region, which was previously ignored, is anticipated to offer unique access to the three quark plus sea component of the nucleon wave function. In this Letter, we present the first complete separation of the four electromagnetic structure functions above the resonance region in exclusive ω electroproduction off the proton, ep→e^{'}pω, at central Q^{2} values of 1.60, 2.45 GeV^{2}, at W=2.21 GeV. The results of our pioneering -u≈-u_{min} study demonstrate the existence of a unanticipated backward-angle cross section peak and the feasibility of full L/T/LT/TT separations in this never explored kinematic territory. At Q^{2}=2.45 GeV^{2}, the observed dominance of σ_{T} over σ_{L}, is qualitatively consistent with the collinear QCD description in the near-backward regime, in which the scattering amplitude factorizes into a hard subprocess amplitude and baryon to meson transition distribution amplitudes: universal nonperturbative objects only accessible through backward-angle kinematics.

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Clin Radiol ; 74(8): 654.e1-654.e5, 2019 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31153595

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AIM: To evaluate the outcomes of higher risk screening in Northern Ireland (NI) and compare with the UK National Health Service Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Higher risk breast screening commenced in NI in April 2013. Data on the programme were audited retrospectively through the Higher Risk screening centre. As there are no national standards for attendance rates and cancer detection rates, screening data and standards from the NHSBSP were used as a baseline for comparison. RESULTS: Attendance rates for the higher risk screening population have increased each of the last 3 years up to 77.7%. Recall rates have improved year on year from initial 14.2%-8.6%. Cancer detection rates have varied each year with a range from 21.5 per 1,000 women screened to 30.9 per 1,000 women screened. CONCLUSION: The Higher Risk Breast Screening Programme in NI represents a success story in risk stratified screening. Performance outcomes are excellent. The data outcomes may be used to inform standards of acceptable practice in the wider NHSBSP.


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Neoplasias da Mama/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias da Mama/epidemiologia , Mamografia/métodos , Mamografia/estatística & dados numéricos , Auditoria Médica/métodos , Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Adulto , Mama/diagnóstico por imagem , Feminino , Humanos , Auditoria Médica/estatística & dados numéricos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Irlanda do Norte/epidemiologia , Encaminhamento e Consulta/estatística & dados numéricos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Risco , Medicina Estatal , Adulto Jovem
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J Public Health (Oxf) ; 40(suppl_1): i64-i70, 2018 03 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29538721

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Background: Embedded research (ER) is recognized as one way to strengthen the integration of evidence into public health (PH) practice. In this paper, we outline a promising example of the co-production of research evidence between Fuse, the UKCRC Centre for Translational Research in Public Health and a local authority (LA) in north east England. Methods: We critically examine attempts to share and use research findings to influence decision-making in a LA setting, drawing on insights from PH practitioners, managers, commissioners and academic partners involved in this organizational case study. We highlight what can be achieved as a co-located embedded researcher. Results: The benefits and risks of ER are explored, alongside our reflections on the added value of this approach and the institutional prerequisites necessary for it to work. We argue that while this is not a new methodological approach, its application in PH as a way to facilitate evidence use is novel, and raises pragmatic and theoretical questions about the nature of impact and the extent to which it can be engineered. Conclusion: With increased situated understanding of organizational culture and norms and greater awareness of the socio-political realities of PH, ER enables new co-produced solutions to become possible.


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Prática Clínica Baseada em Evidências/métodos , Pesquisa sobre Serviços de Saúde/métodos , Prática de Saúde Pública , Fortalecimento Institucional , Tomada de Decisões Gerenciais , Pesquisa sobre Serviços de Saúde/organização & administração , Humanos , Pesquisa Translacional Biomédica/métodos , Pesquisa Translacional Biomédica/organização & administração , Reino Unido
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BMC Health Serv Res ; 18(1): 200, 2018 03 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29566687

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BACKGROUND: A growing number of Local Authorities (LAs) have introduced integrated wellness services as part of efforts to deliver cost effective, preventive services that address the social determinants of health. This study examined which elements of an integrated wellness service in the north east of England were effective in improving health and wellbeing (HWB). METHODS: The study used a mixed-methods approach. In-depth semi-structured interviews (IVs) were conducted with integrated wellness service users (n = 25) and focus groups (FGs) with group based service users (n = 14) and non-service users (n = 23) to gather the views of stakeholders. Findings are presented here alongside analysis of routine monitoring data. The different data were compared to examine what each data source revealed about the effectiveness of the service. RESULTS: Findings suggest that integrated wellness services work by addressing the social determinants of health and respond to multiple complex health and social concerns rather than single issues. The paper identifies examples of 'active ingredients' at the heart of the programme, such as sustained relationships, peer support and confidence building, as well as the activities through which changes take place, such as sports and leisure opportunities which in turn encourage social interaction. Wider wellbeing outcomes, including reduced social isolation and increased self-efficacy are also reported. Practical and motivational support helped build community capacity by encouraging community groups to access funding, helped navigate bureaucratic systems, and promoted understanding of marginalised communities. Fully integrated wellness services could support progression opportunities through volunteering and mentoring. CONCLUSIONS: An integrated wellness service that offers a holistic approach was valued by service users and allowed them to address complex issues simultaneously. Few of the reported health gains were captured in routine data. Quantitative and qualitative data each offered a partial view of how effectively services were working.


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Prestação Integrada de Cuidados de Saúde/organização & administração , Promoção da Saúde/métodos , Serviços de Saúde Mental/organização & administração , Adulto , Inglaterra , Feminino , Grupos Focais , Pesquisa sobre Serviços de Saúde , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Pesquisa Qualitativa , Determinantes Sociais da Saúde
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Appetite ; 116: 82-89, 2017 09 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28432007

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Maintaining a healthy weight may involve compensating for previously consumed calories at subsequent meals. To test whether heavier children demonstrated poorer caloric compensation across a range of conditions, and to explore whether compensation failure was the result of inadequate adjustment of overall intake or specific over-consumption of highly palatable, high energy-density 'junk' foods, we administered two compensation tests to a sample of 4-5 y olds. For Test A, preloads varied only in carbohydrate content and were organoleptically indistinguishable (200 ml orange-flavored beverage [0 kcal vs. 200 kcal]). For Test B, the preloads varied substantially in both macronutrient composition and learned gustatory cues to caloric content (200 ml water [0 kcal] vs. 200 ml strawberry milkshake [200 kcal]). Each preload was followed 30 min later by a multi-item ad-libitum meal containing junk foods (chocolate cookies, cheese-flavored crackers) and core foods (fruits and vegetables, bread rolls, protein foods). Testing took place at the children's own school under normal lunch-time conditions. Children were weighed and measured. Caloric compensation occurred in both tests, in terms of total, junk and core food intake (RMANOVA, all p < 0.01). Higher BMI z scores were associated with greater average caloric compensation (r = -0.26; p < 0.05), such that overweight/obese children showed least compensation (41%), children over the 50th centile the next least (59%), and children under the 50th centile (80%) the most. For Test A only, obese/overweight children compensated less well than normal-weight children in terms of junk food intake (RMANOVA preload-by-weight group interaction p < 0.05), with no significant effect for core foods. Our results suggest that caloric compensation is consistently poorer in heavier children, and that overweight/obese children's preferences for junk foods may overwhelm intake regulation mechanisms within meals containing those foods.


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Regulação do Apetite , Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Nutrição Infantil , Dieta Saudável , Ingestão de Energia , Preferências Alimentares , Cooperação do Paciente , Índice de Massa Corporal , Comportamento Infantil , Pré-Escolar , Comportamento de Escolha , Fast Foods/efeitos adversos , Feminino , Serviços de Alimentação , Frutas , Humanos , Londres , Almoço , Masculino , Sobrepeso/etiologia , Sobrepeso/fisiopatologia , Sobrepeso/prevenção & controle , Obesidade Infantil/etiologia , Obesidade Infantil/fisiopatologia , Obesidade Infantil/prevenção & controle , Escolas Maternais , Verduras
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Appetite ; 109: 24-32, 2017 02 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27825940

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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), the most common endocrine condition in women, is often anecdotally associated with binge eating behaviours and food cravings; however there is a paucity of research. This study aimed to report the prevalence of binge eating and food cravings and their relation to obesity risk in women with PCOS. Participants completed an online survey including the Bulimia Investigatory Test, Edinburgh, Food Cravings-Trait Questionnaire and the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire revised-18. The study included obese (n = 340), overweight (n = 70) and lean (n = 45) women with PCOS and lean healthy women (n = 40). Sixty percent of obese women with PCOS were categorised with binge-eating behaviour, with 39% presenting with clinically significant behaviour. Obese women with PCOS presented with high mean food cravings-trait scores (131.6 ± 28.9) that were significantly greater compared with lean (114.0 ± 34.9) and overweight women with PCOS (120.1 ± 29.5; p < 0.001). Multiple regression exploring relations between eating styles and adiposity explained 57% of the variance in binge eating symptom scores in women with PCOS (F = 130.4; p < 0.001, n = 463): significant predictors were food cravings total score (beta = 0.53; p < 0.001), emotional eating score (beta = 0.18; p < 0.001), body mass index (beta = 0.11; p < 0.001) and uncontrolled eating score (beta = 0.009; p = 0.02). Compared with lean healthy women, lean women with PCOS exhibited significantly higher binge eating symptom scores (10.9 ± 7.8 versus 7.4 ± 6.0; p < 0.05), though similar total food craving scores (114.0 ± 34.9 versus 105.6 ± 26.6: NS). This study is the largest, to date, to robustly report that a high proportion of women with PCOS exhibit binge eating behaviours. We recommend screening women with PCOS for binge eating behaviours to help inform the choice of weight management approach for this clinical population.


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Bulimia/psicologia , Fissura , Obesidade/psicologia , Sobrepeso/psicologia , Síndrome do Ovário Policístico/psicologia , Adulto , Índice de Massa Corporal , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Comportamento Alimentar/psicologia , Feminino , Alimentos , Humanos , Inquéritos e Questionários
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Public Health ; 152: 99-107, 2017 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28881219

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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this article is to examine the factors affecting the design, commissioning and delivery of integrated health and well-being services (IHWSs), which seek to address multiple health-related behaviours, improve well-being and tackle health inequalities using holistic approaches. STUDY DESIGN: Qualitative studies embedded within iterative process evaluations. METHODS: Semi-structured interviews conducted with 16 key informants as part of two separate evaluations of IHWSs in North East England, supplemented by informal observations of service delivery. Transcripts and fieldnotes were analysed thematically. RESULTS: The study findings identify a challenging organisational context in which to implement innovative service redesign, as a result of budget cuts and changes in NHS and local authority capacity. Pressures to demonstrate outcomes affected the ability to negotiate the practicalities of joint working. Progress is at risk of being undermined by pressures to disinvest before the long-term benefits to population health and well-being are realised. The findings raise important questions about contract management and relationships between commissioners and providers involved in implementing these new ways of working. CONCLUSIONS: These findings provide useful learning in terms of the delivery and commissioning of similar IHWSs, contributing to understanding of the benefits and challenges of this model of working.


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Prestação Integrada de Cuidados de Saúde/organização & administração , Serviços de Saúde Mental/organização & administração , Inglaterra , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Modelos Organizacionais , Pesquisa Qualitativa
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Faraday Discuss ; 188: 387-98, 2016 07 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27101412

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The adsorption of methanol on haematite has been investigated using temperature programmed methods, combined with in situ DRIFTS. Model catalysts based on this material have then been made with a shell-core configuration of molybdenum oxide monolayers on top of the haematite core. These are used as models of industrial iron molybdate catalysts, used to selectively oxidise methanol to formaldehyde, one of the major chemical outlets for methanol. Haematite itself is completely ineffective in this respect since it oxidises it to CO2 and the DRIFTS shows that this occurs by oxidation of methoxy to formate at around 200 °C. The decomposition behaviour is affected by the absence or presence of oxygen in the gas phase; oxygen destabilises the methoxy and enhances formate production. In contrast, when a monolayer of molybdena is placed onto the surface by incipient wetness, and it remains there after calcination, the pathway to formate production is blocked and formaldehyde is the main gas phase product in TPD after methanol dosing.

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Br J Nutr ; 113(2): 350-65, 2015 Jan 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25572038

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Common pharmacological treatments of mood disorders aim to modulate serotonergic neurotransmission and enhance serotonin levels in the brain. Brain serotonin levels are dependent on the availability of its food-derived precursor essential amino acid tryptophan (Trp). We tested the hypothesis that delivery of Trp via food may serve as an alternative treatment, and examined the effects of a Trp-rich, bioavailable dietary supplement from egg protein hydrolysate on cognitive and emotional functions, mood state, and sleep quality. In a randomised, placebo-controlled, parallel trial, fifty-nine mentally and physically healthy women aged 45-65 years received placebo (n 30) or the supplement (n 29) (both as 0.5 g twice per d) for 19 d. Emotional processing was significantly changed by supplementation, exhibiting a shift in bias away from negative stimuli. The results for the Affective Go/No-Go Task exhibited a slowing of responses to negative words, suggesting reduced attention to negative emotional stimuli. The results for the Facial Emotional Expression Rating Task also supported a shift away from attention to negative emotions and a bias towards happiness. An increase in arousal-like symptoms, labelled 'high energy', shorter reaction times and a slight benefit to sustained attention were observed in the treated subjects. Finally, when the supplement was taken 60-90 min before bedtime, a feeling of happiness before going to bed was consistently reported. In summary, daily consumption of a low-dose supplement containing bioavailable Trp may have beneficial effects on emotional and cognitive functions.


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Disfunção Cognitiva/prevenção & controle , Suplementos Nutricionais , Proteínas Dietéticas do Ovo/uso terapêutico , Fadiga Mental/prevenção & controle , Hidrolisados de Proteína/uso terapêutico , Estresse Psicológico/prevenção & controle , Triptofano/uso terapêutico , Idoso , Antidepressivos/efeitos adversos , Antidepressivos/sangue , Antidepressivos/metabolismo , Antidepressivos/uso terapêutico , Bebidas , Disfunção Cognitiva/sangue , Disfunção Cognitiva/metabolismo , Estudos de Coortes , Depressão/sangue , Depressão/metabolismo , Depressão/prevenção & controle , Suplementos Nutricionais/efeitos adversos , Método Duplo-Cego , Proteínas Dietéticas do Ovo/efeitos adversos , Proteínas Dietéticas do Ovo/metabolismo , Metabolismo Energético , Feminino , Humanos , Fadiga Mental/sangue , Fadiga Mental/metabolismo , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Nootrópicos/efeitos adversos , Nootrópicos/sangue , Nootrópicos/metabolismo , Nootrópicos/uso terapêutico , Hidrolisados de Proteína/efeitos adversos , Hidrolisados de Proteína/metabolismo , Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica , Tempo de Reação , Serotoninérgicos/efeitos adversos , Serotoninérgicos/sangue , Serotoninérgicos/metabolismo , Serotoninérgicos/uso terapêutico , Transtornos do Sono-Vigília/sangue , Transtornos do Sono-Vigília/metabolismo , Transtornos do Sono-Vigília/prevenção & controle , Estresse Psicológico/sangue , Estresse Psicológico/metabolismo , Triptofano/efeitos adversos , Triptofano/sangue , Triptofano/metabolismo
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Phys Rev Lett ; 112(18): 182501, 2014 May 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24856691

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The study of exclusive π(±) electroproduction on the nucleon, including separation of the various structure functions, is of interest for a number of reasons. The ratio RL=σL(π-)/σL(π+) is sensitive to isoscalar contamination to the dominant isovector pion exchange amplitude, which is the basis for the determination of the charged pion form factor from electroproduction data. A change in the value of RT=σT(π-)/σT(π+) from unity at small -t, to 1/4 at large -t, would suggest a transition from coupling to a (virtual) pion to coupling to individual quarks. Furthermore, the mentioned ratios may show an earlier approach to perturbative QCD than the individual cross sections. We have performed the first complete separation of the four unpolarized electromagnetic structure functions above the dominant resonances in forward, exclusive π(±) electroproduction on the deuteron at central Q(2) values of 0.6, 1.0, 1.6 GeV(2) at W=1.95 GeV, and Q(2)=2.45 GeV(2) at W=2.22 GeV. Here, we present the L and T cross sections, with emphasis on RL and RT, and compare them with theoretical calculations. Results for the separated ratio RL indicate dominance of the pion-pole diagram at low -t, while results for RT are consistent with a transition between pion knockout and quark knockout mechanisms.

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bioRxiv ; 2024 Jun 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38915584

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Mice are able to navigate an odor plume with a complex spatiotemporal structure in the dark to find the source of odorants. We developed a protocol to monitor behavior and record Ca 2+ transients in dorsal CA1 stratum pyramidale neurons at the hippocampus (dCA1) in mice navigating an odor plume in a 50 cm x 50 cm x 25 cm odor arena. Ca 2+ transients were imaged by an epifluorescence miniscope focused through a GRIN lens on dCA1 neurons expressing the calcium sensor GCaMP6f in Thy1-GCaMP6f mice. We describe the behavioral protocol to train the mice to perform this odor plume navigation task in an automated odor arena. We provide the step-by-step procedure for the surgery for GRIN lens implantation and baseplate placement for imaging GCaMP6f in CA1. We provide information on real time tracking of the mouse position to automate the start of the trials and delivery of a sugar water reward. In addition, we provide information on the use of an Intan board to synchronize metadata describing the automation of the odor navigation task and frame times for the miniscope and a FLIR camera tracking mouse position. Moreover, we delineate the pipeline used to process GCaMP6f fluorescence movies by motion correction using NorMCorre followed by identification of regions of interest (ROIs) with EXTRACT. Finally, we describe use of artificial neural network (ANN) machine learning to decode spatial paths from CA1 neural ensemble activity to predict mouse navigation of the odor plume. SUMMARY: This protocol describes how to investigate the brain-behavior relationship in hippocampal CA1 in mice navigating an odor plume. We provide a step-by-step protocol including the surgery to access imaging of the hippocampus, behavioral training, miniscope GCaMP6f recording and processing of the brain and behavioral data to decode the mouse position from ROI neural activity.

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Nutrition ; 124: 112454, 2024 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38788341

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INTRODUCTION: Food Parenting Practices (FPPs) include the practices parents use in the act of feeding their children, which may further influence their health. OBJECTIVES: To assess associations between changes in FPPs (permissiveness, food availability, guided choices, water encouragement, rules and limits and the use of food as reward) over 1 year and dietary intake (water, energy-dense/nutrient-poor and nutrient-dense foods) at follow-up in 4- to 6-year-old preschool-aged children. METHODS: Longitudinal data from the control group of the ToyBox study, a cluster-randomized controlled intervention study, was used (NCT02116296). Multilevel ordinal logistic regression analyses including FPP as the independent variables and dietary intake as outcome. RESULTS: Nine hundred sixty-four parent-child dyads (50.5% boys and 95.0% mothers) were included. Limited changes on the use of FPPs were observed over time. Nevertheless, in boys, often having F&V at home was associated with higher F&V consumption (OR = 6.92 [1.58; 30.38]), and increasing home availability of F&V was directly associated with higher water consumption (OR = 7.62 [1.63; 35.62]). Also, not having sweets or salty snacks available at home was associated with lower consumption of desserts (OR = 4.34 [1.75; 10.75]). In girls, having F&V availability was associated with higher F&V consumption (OR = 6.72 [1.52; 29.70]) and lower salty snack consumption (OR = 3.26 [1.50; 7.10]) and never having soft drinks at home was associated with lower consumption of sweets (OR = 7.89 [6.32; 9.86]). Also, never being permissive about soft drink consumption was associated with lower soft drink consumption (OR = 4.09 [2.44; 6.85]). CONCLUSION: Using favorable FPPs and avoiding the negative ones is prospectively associated with healthier dietary intake, especially of F&V, and less intake of soft drinks, desserts, and salty snacks.


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Dieta , Poder Familiar , Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Pré-Escolar , Estudos Longitudinais , Dieta/estatística & dados numéricos , Dieta/métodos , Criança , Comportamento Alimentar/psicologia , Relações Pais-Filho
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Phys Rev Lett ; 110(1): 012502, 2013 Jan 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23383783

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An experiment with a newly developed high-resolution kaon spectrometer and a scattered electron spectrometer with a novel configuration was performed in Hall C at Jefferson Lab. The ground state of a neutron-rich hypernucleus, (Λ)(7)He, was observed for the first time with the (e, e'K+) reaction with an energy resolution of ~0.6 MeV. This resolution is the best reported to date for hypernuclear reaction spectroscopy. The (Λ)(7)He binding energy supplies the last missing information of the A = 7, T = 1 hypernuclear isotriplet, providing a new input for the charge symmetry breaking effect of the ΛN potential.

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Nutr Res Rev ; 26(1): 22-38, 2013 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23680169

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Foods and dietary patterns that enhance satiety may provide benefit to consumers. The aim of the present review was to describe, consider and evaluate research on potential benefits of enhanced satiety. The proposal that enhanced satiety could only benefit consumers by a direct effect on food intake should be rejected. Instead, it is proposed that there is a variety of routes through which enhanced satiety could (indirectly) benefit dietary control or weight-management goals. The review highlights specific potential benefits of satiety, including: providing appetite control strategies for consumers generally and for those who are highly responsive to food cues; offering pleasure and satisfaction associated with low-energy/healthier versions of foods without feeling 'deprived'; reducing dysphoric mood associated with hunger especially during energy restriction; and improved compliance with healthy eating or weight-management efforts. There is convincing evidence of short-term satiety benefits, but only probable evidence for longer-term benefits to hunger management, possible evidence of benefits to mood and cognition, inadequate evidence that satiety enhancement can promote weight loss, and no evidence on which consumers would benefit most from satiety enhancement. The appetite-reducing effects of specific foods or diets will be much more subtle than those of pharmaceutical compounds in managing hunger; nevertheless, the experience of pharmacology in producing weight loss via effects on appetite suggests that there is potential benefit of satiety enhancement from foods incorporated into the diet to the consumer.


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Dieta , Alimentos , Saciação/fisiologia , Afeto , Regulação do Apetite , Cognição/fisiologia , Ingestão de Alimentos/fisiologia , Ingestão de Alimentos/psicologia , Ingestão de Energia , Promoção da Saúde , Humanos , Fome , Prazer , Redução de Peso
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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37028202

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The omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) eicosapentaenoic- (EPA), docosahexaenoic- (DHA) and docosapentaenoic acid (DPAn-3) are promising therapeutic options in reducing the severity of anxious and depressive symptoms. However, meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) yield mixed findings. This systematic review and meta-analysis reviewed the evidence and assessed the efficacy of EPA, DHA and DPAn-3 in reducing the severity of anxiety and depression with specific consideration to methodological complications unique to the field e.g., dose and ratio of omega-3 PUFAs and placebo composition. Random-effects meta-analysis of ten RCTs comprising 1426 participants revealed statistically significant reduction in depression severity with EPA-enriched interventions at proportions ≥ 60% of total EPA + DHA (SMD: -0.36; 95% CI: -0.68, -0.05; p = 0.02) (I2 = 86%) and EPA doses between ≥ 1 g/day and < 2 g/day (SMD: -0.43; 95% CI: -0.79, -0.07; p = 0.02) (I2 = 88%); however, EPA doses ≥ 2 g/day were not associated with significant therapeutic effects (SMD: -0.20; 95% CI: -0.48, 0.07; p = 0.14). Only one study reported significant reduction in anxiety severity with 2.1 g/day EPA (85.6% of total EPA + DHA), therefore meta-analysis was not possible. No trials administering DPAn-3 were identified. Visual examination of the funnel plot revealed asymmetry, suggesting publication bias and heterogeneity amongst the trials. These results support the therapeutic potential of EPA in depression at proportions ≥ 60% of total EPA + DHA and doses ≥ 1 g/day and < 2 g/day. The observed publication bias and heterogeneity amongst the trials reflect the need for more high-quality trials in this area with consideration to the unique nature of omega-3 PUFAs research, to more fully elucidate the therapeutic potential of EPA, DHA and DPAn-3.


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Ácido Eicosapentaenoico , Ácidos Graxos Ômega-3 , Adulto , Humanos , Ácido Eicosapentaenoico/uso terapêutico , Ácidos Docosa-Hexaenoicos/uso terapêutico , Depressão/tratamento farmacológico , Resultado do Tratamento , Ácidos Graxos Ômega-3/uso terapêutico , Ácidos Graxos Insaturados , Ansiedade/tratamento farmacológico , Ensaios Clínicos Controlados Aleatórios como Assunto
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bioRxiv ; 2023 Oct 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37873178

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Sequential neural dynamics encoded by "time cells" play a crucial role in hippocampal function. However, the role of hippocampal sequential neural dynamics in associative learning is an open question. In this manuscript, we used two-photon Ca2+ imaging of dorsal CA1 pyramidal neurons in head-fixed mice performing a go-no-go associative learning task. We found that pyramidal cells responded differentially to the rewarded or unrewarded stimuli. The stimuli were decoded accurately from the activity of the neuronal ensemble, and accuracy increased substantially as the animal learned to differentiate the stimuli. Decoding the stimulus from individual pyramidal cells that responded differentially revealed that decision-making took place at discrete times after stimulus presentation. Lick prediction decoded from the ensemble activity of cells in dCA1 correlated linearly with lick behavior indicating that sequential activity of pyramidal cells in dCA1 constitutes a temporal memory map used for decision-making in associative learning.

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Behav Pharmacol ; 23(5-6): 442-60, 2012 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22854304

RESUMO

Comfort eating, that is eating induced by negative affect, has been a core theme of explanations for overeating and obesity. Psychobiological explanations and processes underlying comfort eating are examined, as well as its prevalence in clinical and nonclinical populations, to consider who may be susceptible, whether certain foods are comforting, and what the implications for treatment may be. Comfort eating may occur in a substantial minority, particularly in women and the obese. Human and animal theories and models of emotional or stress-induced eating show some convergence, and may incorporate genetic predispositions such as impulsivity and reward sensitivity, associated with dopamine dysregulation underlying incentive salience. Comfort eaters show vulnerability to depression, emotional dysregulation and a need to escape negative affect and rumination. During negative affect, they preferentially consume sweet, fatty, energy-dense food, which may confer protection against stress, evidenced by suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response, although activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis may itself drive appetite for these palatable foods, and the risk of weight gain is increased. Benefits to mood may be transient, but perhaps sufficient to encourage repeated attempts to prolong mood improvement or distract from negative rumination. Cognitive behavioural treatments may be useful, but reliable drug therapy awaits further pharmacogenomic developments.


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Comportamento Alimentar/efeitos dos fármacos , Comportamento Alimentar/psicologia , Transtornos da Alimentação e da Ingestão de Alimentos/tratamento farmacológico , Transtornos da Alimentação e da Ingestão de Alimentos/psicologia , Preferências Alimentares , Animais , Suscetibilidade a Doenças , Transtornos da Alimentação e da Ingestão de Alimentos/etiologia , Transtornos da Alimentação e da Ingestão de Alimentos/terapia , Humanos , Hiperfagia/etiologia , Hiperfagia/psicologia , Hiperfagia/terapia , Obesidade/etiologia , Obesidade/prevenção & controle , Obesidade/psicologia
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