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**top choice** Thomson, G., Mollah, M., Partington, D., Jones, R., Argall, R., Tregenza, J., Fitzgerald, G. (2013) New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 41(2), 69-77 Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) increases the instantaneous rate of photosynthesis in C3 plants. With ample nutrients and water, this so-called “CO2 fertilization effect” generally leads to improved growth and production of many plant species that humans use as food. To determine whether increasing CO2 could be beneficial to growth and yield of leafy Brassica vegetables, trials were established in a Free Air…

Wheat, R.P.; Zuckerman, A.; Rantz, L.A. (1951) A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine, 88(4), 461-466 Infection of human beings by chromobacteria is a relatively rare occurrence. Hence, it has been of considerable interest in the past six months to observe in this hospital 11 cases of infection by these organisms, one of which had a fatal termination with bacterial endocarditis. The chromobacteria have been described as nonsporulating, aerobic bacilli, usually motile and usually Gram-negative, producing yellow, red, or violet pigment which is generally insoluble in water. The bacteria are ordinarily saprophytic…

Oberto, J., Drlica, K., Rouviere-Yaniv, J. (1994) Biochimie, 76(10-11), 901-908 In this review article, we present a compilation of the proteins homologous to Escherichia coli HU: the HU-like family. Two of these, HU and IHF from E coli have been extensively characterized genetically and biochemically. Due to their DNA binding activities, these proteins confer a condensed shape to the chromosome and regulate the transcription of selected sets of its genes. The parallel between the dual function of the HU-like proteins and the roles described for eukaryotic histone and HMG proteins…

Poti, J.M., Duffey, K.J., Popkin, B.M. (2014) The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 99(1), 162-171 BACKGROUND: Although fast food consumption has been linked to adverse health outcomes, the relative contribution of fast food itself compared with the rest of the diet to these associations remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to compare the independent associations with overweight/obesity or dietary outcomes for fast food consumption compared with dietary pattern for the remainder of intake. DESIGN: This cross-sectional analysis studied 4466 US children aged 2-18 y from NHANES 2007-2010. Cluster analysis identified…

Yamamoto, J.A., Yamamoto, J.B., Yamamoto, B.E., Yamamoto, L.G. (2005) The Journal of Adolescent Health: Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 37(5), 397-402 PURPOSE: To determine whether adolescents will modify their ordering behavior if calorie and fat nutrition information is posted on the restaurant menu. METHODS: Adolescent volunteers (aged 11 to 18 years) were asked to order a dinner of their choice from three different restaurant menus (McDonald’s, Panda Express, and Denny’s) and then from a second set of modified menus with calorie and fat content information posted next…

Broder, U.N.; Jaeger, T.; Jenal, U. (2016) Nature Microbiology, 2, 16184 Virulence of pathogenic bacteria is a tightly controlled process to facilitate invasion and survival in host tissues. Although pathways controlling virulence have been defined in detail, signals modulating these processes are poorly understood. The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes acute and chronic infections in humans. Disease progression is typically associated with a loss of acute virulence and the emergence of biofilms and chronic behavior. The acute-to-chronic switch is governed by the global Gac/Rsm pathway. Using a newly developed acute-chronic…

Weingarten, H.P. (1983) Science, 220(4595), 431-433 Pavlovian conditioning was used to teach rats an association between an arbitrary external cue and food. Presentation of the conditioned cue elicited feeding by sated animals. The meal constituted approximately 20 percent of daily intake, and it was compensated for by a reduction of subsequent intake. Subject headings: Animals; Conditioning, Classical; Eating; Energy Metabolism; Feeding Behavior; Humans; Male; Rats; Satiation; Vagotomy Find the full text: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/220/4595/431 Find more like this one (cited by): https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=778403423014966904&as_sdt=1000005&sciodt=0,16&hl=en Type: Journal Article Serial number: 2931

Makary, M.A.; Overton, H.N.; Wang, P. (2017) BMJ (Clinical Research ed.), 359, j4792 Public health crises come in two forms–those resulting from naturally occurring diseases and those that are the byproduct of medical care itself. The opioid crisis is the latest self inflicted wound in public health. In the US alone, there were 240 million opioid prescriptions dispensed in 2015, nearly one for every adult in the general population. In order to tackle the opioid epidemic, we must first tackle a major contributor–physician overprescribing. Subject headings: Analgesics, Opioid/administration & dosage;…

Bowlby, J. (1977) The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science, 130, 421-431 An account is given of how a clinician guided by attachment theory approaches the clinical conditions to which the theory is held to apply, which include states of anxiety, depression and emotional detachment. Assessment of a patient is in terms of the patterns of attachment and caregiving behavior which he commonly shows and of the events and situations, both recent and past, which may have precipitated or exacerbated his symptoms. The problems posed by…

Lo, B.; Grady, D. (2017) JAMA, 317(17), 1719-1720 The federal Open Payments database makes public the amount and type of payments from drug and device companies to individual physicians. It seems plausible that very large payments warrant greater concern about conflict of interest causing bias and undue influence. The degree of concern will vary, however, according to the type of financial relationship and the nature of the physician’s advice or activity. In several situations, the existence of bias can be investigated directly, or the financial relationship effectively and simply managed…