by Kiril Fedorov  , Sonia Sheikh  , Alex Romaschin  and Michael Thompson

Received: 03 May 2020;  Published: 18 August 2020;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2003019

During a variety of medical procedures such as renal dialysis, bypass surgery, and lung transplantation patient blood is exposed to the surface of a number of polymeric materials such as polycarbonate (PC), poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC) and polysulfone (PS) for a period up to several days. Such exposure may result in undesirable protein-material interactions that can potentially trigger deleterious biological processes including thrombosis, which may be responsible for other complications such as cognitive disability [...]

by Phillip Aouad  , Nerissa Soh  and Kristin Stedal

Received: 05 May 2020;  Published: 18 August 2020;  doi: 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2003070

Consensus for where along the eating disorder spectrum the pathological eating behaviour of Chew and Spit (CHSP) falls has been a point of contention in academic literature. Using the case of Mary1, a 30 year old female from Australia who has engaged in excessive restrictive behaviour, was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa (AN) and has been engaging in Chew and Spit (CHSP) behaviour for over 10 years, the current paper examines the similarities from a neurobiological perspective between restrictive behaviours (akin w [...]

by Nicole Mölders

Received: 11 August 2020;  Published: 17 August 2020;  doi: 10.21926/aeer.2003001

by Marina Moguilevitch  , Michael Rufino  , Shalom Frager  and Tracey Straker

Received: 28 May 2020;  Published: 17 August 2020;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2003116

Liver transplant is a life-saving therapy for patients with end stage liver disease and liver cancer. Liver re-transplantation cases are usually more challenging and riskier than primary surgery, they require careful consideration and larger recourse utilization. Decision making on who receives transplantation surgery includes individual patient risks and benefits, physician judgment, specific transplant center policies, surgical experience, geographic organ availability, and ethical considerations. Several mathema [...]

by Fawzy Georges

Received: 21 April 2020;  Published: 13 August 2020;  doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2003115

The challenges which face the world today can be summed up in a few words: An increasingly congested world with dwindling areas of viable cultivated land and accelerating climate instability. The combined effect of these realities, together with the trend of striving to extend the average human life, puts the world on the path toward future catastrophe. This situation makes it imperative to seek realistic and practical solutions, which must be able to address food shortages and climate problems in a timely manner. [...]

by Jacob Ladenburg

Received: 28 April 2020;  Published: 12 August 2020;  doi: 10.21926/jept.2003015

Visual external costs are significant elements in the cost-benefit analysis of wind farm locations. This has been demonstrated well in the literature. However, in the assessment of the visual costs, a large share of the earlier studies used no or only simplistic visualizations of the visual impacts at stake. The cost estimates thus rely on the respondents’ ability to imagine the visual impacts associated with wind turbines of different sizes and at different locations. This has been argued to potentially reduce the [...]

by Monika Pliszka  and Leszek Szablewski

Received: 06 March 2020;  Published: 07 August 2020;  doi: 10.21926/obm.hg.2003050

The human gut is a house to approximately 1,000 different species of bacteria. The bacterial composition of gut microbiota is influenced by several factors, including age, sex, mode of delivery, geographical location, ethnicity, diet, drugs, and administration of prebiotics and/or probiotics. Similarly, human health depends on the composition of gut microbiome, with gut bacteria playing a crucial role in human physiology. For instance, gut microbiota synthesizes vitamins and amino acids, and affects the biotransfor [...]

by Amanda Baker

Received: 04 May 2020;  Published: 07 August 2020;  doi: 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2003069

Psychiatry is seeking interventions that could reliably sustain weight gain and psychosomatic recovery of patients with severe anorexia nervosa (AN). Currently, patients with AN, even after receiving individually-tailored therapeutic interventions, often relapse following marginal weight restoration. Also, the evidence regarding the effectiveness of psychotropic medications in relieving and treating AN symptomology is limited. The research in the field is aiming to mitigate shortcomings associated with common pract [...]

by Ramesh Alluri  , Hardik Ghelani  , Shayal Devi  , Vamsi Krishna Inampudi  and Srinivas Nammi

Received: 03 May 2020;  Published: 07 August 2020;  doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.2003036

To investigate the blood glucose lowering effect of the seed powder of T. foenum-graecum Linn (Papilionaceae) in normal and alloxan-induced diabetic rabbits. The blood glucose lowering effect of the seed powder was determined in normal and alloxan-induced (100 mg/kg, i.v.) diabetic rabbits, after oral administration of doses of 50, 100 and 150 mg/kg body weight. Blood samples were collected from the marginal ear vein before and also at 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 20 and 24 h after drug administration and blood glucose [...]

by Ugo Testa  , Germana Castelli  and Elvira Pelosi

Received: 27 May 2020;  Published: 06 August 2020;  doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2003114

Cancer is characterized by sequential and progressive genetic and epigenetic alterations in key proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, which ultimately lead to tumor development. Advances in the technology of analysis of molecular mechanisms have increased the efficiency of clinical management of cancer patients. Recent years have witnessed a progressive development in technologies that enable the detection of specific molecular abnormalities associated with various types of solid tumors in body fluids, a proc [...]