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Open AccessThe association between supportive social ties and autonomic nervous system function—differences between family ties and friendship ties in a cohort of older adults
Supportive family and friendship ties can serve different functions and thus might show different associations with an individual’s health. Particularly, older adults might show varying health benefits of diff...
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Body sha** with high-intensity focused electromagnetic technology
The field of non-invasive body sha** has long been represented solely by fat reducing technologies, and the condition of the underlying muscles could be altered only by physical exercise. In 2018, high-inten...
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Open AccessIdentification of starting points to promote health and wellbeing at the community level – a qualitative study
As health is influenced by the social, economic and environmental conditions in which individuals live, local communities are an ideal setting to promote health and wellbeing. However, up to now various health...
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Open AccessAssociations between dietary factors and obesity-related biomarkers in healthy children and adolescents - a systematic review
The obesity prevalence in children and adolescents has increased worldwide during the past 30 years. Although diet has been identified as one risk factor for develo** obesity in this age group, the role of s...
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Open AccessContextual influences on physical activity and eating habits -options for action on the community level
This conceptual paper aims to illustrate the ways in which communities are able to advance health improvements on a population level. Outcome measures may include increased physical activity and healthier eati...
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Open AccessTrends in educational inequalities in obesity in 15 European countries between 1990 and 2010
The prevalence of obesity increased dramatically in many European countries in the past decades. Whether the increase occurred to the same extent in all socioeconomic groups is less known. We systematically as...
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Modeling ligand recognition at the P2Y12 receptor in light of X-ray structural information
The G protein-coupled P2Y12 receptor (P2Y12R) is an important antithrombotic target and of great interest for pharmaceutical discovery. Its recently solved, highly divergent crystallographic structures in complex...
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Open AccessA high-throughput approach to identify genomic variants of bacterial metabolite producers at the single-cell level
We present a novel method for visualizing intracellular metabolite concentrations within single cells of Escherichia coli and Corynebacterium glutamicum that expedites the screening process of producers. It is ba...
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Open AccessErratum to: A participatory parent-focused intervention promoting physical activity in preschools: Design of a cluster-randomized trial
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Erratum to: Transcriptome profiling of degU expression reveals unexpected regulatory patterns in Bacillus megaterium and discloses new targets for optimizing expression
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Transcriptome profiling of degU expression reveals unexpected regulatory patterns in Bacillus megaterium and discloses new targets for optimizing expression
The first whole transcriptome assessment of a Bacillus megaterium strain provides unanticipated insights into the degSU regulon considered to be of central importance for exo-enzyme production. Regulatory pattern...
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Open AccessA participatory parent-focused intervention promoting physical activity in preschools: design of a cluster-randomized trial
With rates of childhood obesity increasing, physical activity (PA) promotion especially in young children has assumed greater importance. Given the limited effectiveness of most interventions to date, new appr...
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Lipid class distribution of fatty acids including conjugated linoleic acids in healthy and cancerous parts of human kidneys
In this study the FA compositions of healthy and cancerous human renal tissues from the same patients are compared with special reference to the CLA and PUFA content. CLA was preferentially incorporated into n...
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New application of a subcellular fractionation method to kidney and testis for the determination of conjugated linoleic acid in selected cell organelles of healthy and cancerous human tissues
To clarify the mechanism of the anticarcinogenic effect of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), its intracellular distribution needs to be determined. Subcellular fractionation using centrifugation techniques is a ...
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Distribution of polyunsaturated fatty acids including conjugated linoleic acids in total and subcellular fractions from healthy and cancerous parts of human kidneys
Differences in the FA composition of subcellular fractions from healthy and cancerous kidney tissues from the same patients were examined. Only minor differences in CLA content were found between the healthy a...
