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• Purification and biochemical analysis of native AMPA receptors from three different mammalian species.

  Authors:Prashant Rao and Eric GouauxFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 20236,146 words Report 1580LThe majority of fast, excitatory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system (CNS) is mediated by [alpha]-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors (AMPARs), which are glutamate-activated ion...

• Autonomic nervous system balance in parturient mares: Spontaneous vs induced delivery.

  Authors:Martina Felici, Micaela Sgorbini, Paolo Baragli, Antonio Lanatà, Paola Marmorini, and Francesco CamilloFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 20235,662 words Report 1400LDelivery is not easily predictable in horses and the consequences of dystocia can be serious for both the mare and foal. An induction protocol with low doses of oxytocin has been reported as a safe procedure. This study...

• Driving anger dimensions and their relationship with aberrant driver behavior in Lebanon: Results from a national self-reported survey.

  Authors:Dalal Youssef, Pascale Salameh, Linda Abou-Abbas, and Louis-Rachid SalmiFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 20237,926 words Report 1480LDriving anger may vary across countries due to culture. This might affect driver behavior, which, in turn, impacts the driving outcomes. This study aims to investigate the relationship between socio-demographic...

• Psychometric properties of an innovative smartphone application to investigate the daily impact of hypoglycemia in people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes: The Hypo-METRICS app.

  Authors:Uffe Søholm, Melanie Broadley, Natalie Zaremba, Patrick Divilly, Giesje Nefs, Jill Carlton, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 20237,191 words Report 1520LIntroduction The aim of this study was to determine the acceptability and psychometric properties of the Hypo-METRICS (Hypoglycemia MEasurement, ThResholds and ImpaCtS) application (app): a novel tool designed to...

• Transcriptomes reveal microRNAs and mRNAs in different photoperiods influencing cashmere growth in goat.

  Authors:Bin Liu, Ruoyang Zhao, Tiecheng Wu, Yuejun Ma, Yulin Gao, Yahan Wu, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 20234,898 words Report 1370LCashmere goat has a typical characteristic in seasonal growth of cashmere. Studies have shown that one of the main factors affecting the cyclical growth of the cashmere is the photoperiod, however, its molecular...

• Modification of the structural stability of human serum albumin in rheumatoid arthritis.

  Authors:Hsien-Jung L. Lin, David H. Parkinson, J. Connor Holman, W. Chad Thompson, Christian N. K. Anderson, Marcus Hadfield, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 202312,065 words Report 1530LDifferential scanning calorimetry (DSC) can indicate changes in structure and/or concentration of the most abundant proteins in a biological sample via heat denaturation curves (HDCs). In blood serum for example, HDC...

• An intrauterine cavity morcellator: A novel approach to high volume uterus morcellation. Ex-vivo study.

  Authors:Meir Pomeranz, Ron Schonman, Yael Yagur, Rina Tamir Yaniv, Zvi Klein, and Yair DaykanFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 20234,521 words Report 1390LObjective Uterine size is one of the essential factors determining the feasibility of a minimally invasive gynecologic surgery approach. A traditional electromechanical morcellator is a well-known tool but not without...

• Large and small financial incentives may motivate COVID-19 vaccination: A randomized, controlled survey experiment.

  Authors:Jessica Fishman, David S. Mandell, Mandy K. Salmon, and Molly CandonFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 20236,204 words Report 1420LIntroduction Experts continue to debate how to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates. Some experts advocate for financial incentives. Others argue that financial incentives, especially large ones, will have...

• Burden and severity of deranged electrolytes and kidney function in children seen in a tertiary hospital in Kano, northern Nigeria.

  Authors:Patience N. Obiagwu, Brenda Morrow, Mignon McCulloch, and Andrew ArgentFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 20235,418 words Report 1600LIntroduction Derangement in serum electrolytes and kidney function is often overlooked, especially in resource-constrained settings, and associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to...

• Validation of a stereological method for estimating particle size and density from 2D projections with high accuracy.

  Authors:Jason Seth Rothman, Carolina Borges-Merjane, Noemi Holderith, Peter Jonas, and R. Angus SilverFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 202326,814 words Report 1470LStereological methods for estimating the 3D particle size and density from 2D projections are essential to many research fields. These methods are, however, prone to errors arising from undetected particle profiles due...

• The importance of oxytocin neurons in the supraoptic nucleus for breastfeeding in mice.

  Authors:Mitsue Hagihara, Kazunari Miyamichi, and Kengo InadaFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 20237,897 words Report 1430LThe hormone oxytocin, secreted from oxytocin neurons in the paraventricular (PVH) and supraoptic (SO) hypothalamic nuclei, promotes parturition, milk ejection, and maternal caregiving behaviors. Previous experiments with...

• Effect of antiretroviral therapy on decreasing arterial stiffness, metabolic profile, vascular and systemic inflammatory cytokines in treatment-naïve HIV: A one-year prospective study.

  Authors:Pedro Martínez-Ayala, Guillermo Adrian Alanis-Sánchez, Monserrat Álvarez-Zavala, Karina Sánchez-Reyes, Vida Verónica Ruiz-Herrera, Rodolfo Ismael Cabrera-Silva, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 20236,001 words Report 1400LIntroduction Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death among people living with HIV (PLH). Non-treated PLH show increased levels of inflammation and biomarkers of vascular activation, and arterial stiffness as a...

• Clinical courses, impact and prognostic indicators for a persistent course of low back pain: Results from a population-based cohort study.

  Authors:Luís Antunes Gomes, Ana Maria Rodrigues, Jaime C. Branco, Helena Canhão, and Eduardo Brazete CruzFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 20236,223 words Report 1570LBackground Low back pain (LBP) is a long-term health condition with distinct clinical courses. Its characterization together with the identification of prognostic factors for a persistent LBP course may trigger the...

• Correlations of intracranial pathology and cause of head injury with retinal hemorrhage in infants and toddlers: A multicenter, retrospective study by the J-HITs (Japanese Head injury of Infants and Toddlers study) group.

  Authors:Mihoko Kato, Masahiro Nonaka, Nobuyuki Akutsu, Ayumi Narisawa, Atsuko Harada, and Young-Soo ParkFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 20233,875 words Report 1450LIntroduction In infants who have suffered head trauma there are two possible explanations for retinal hemorrhage (RH): direct vitreous shaking and occurrence in association with intracranial lesions. Which possibility...

• Vitrification of porcine immature oocytes and zygotes results in different levels of DNA damage which reflects developmental competence to the blastocyst stage.

  Authors:Tamás Somfai, Seiki Haraguchi, Thanh Quang Dang-Nguyen, Hiroyuki Kaneko, and Kazuhiro KikuchiFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 20238,796 words Report 1510LThe present study investigated the effects of vitrification of porcine oocytes either at the immature Germinal Vesicle (GV) stage before in vitro maturation (GV-stage oocytes) or at the pronuclear stage after in vitro...

• Cost-effectiveness of expanded hepatitis A vaccination among adults with diagnosed HIV, United States.

  Authors:Taiwo O. Abimbola, Michelle Van Handel, Yunfeng Tie, Lijing Ouyang, Noele Nelson, and John WeiserFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 20234,464 words Report 1610LHepatitis A virus can cause severe and prolonged illness in persons with HIV (PWH). In July 2020, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) expanded its recommendation for hepatitis A vaccination to include...

• Staphylococcus aureus binding to Seraph.sup.® 100 Microbind.sup.® Affinity Filter: Effects of surface protein expression and treatment duration.

  Authors:Malin-Theres Seffer, Martin Weinert, Gabriella Molinari, Manfred Rohde, Lothar Gröbe, Jan T. Kielstein, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 20236,377 words Report 1450LIntroduction Extracorporeal blood purification systems represent a promising alternative for treatment of blood stream infections with multiresistant bacteria. Objectives The aim of this study was to analyse the...

• "What else to say?"-Primary health care in times of COVID-19 from the perspective of German general practitioners: An exploratory analysis of the open text field in the PRICOV-19 study.

  Authors:Stefanie Stark, Marie Kluge, Emmily Schaubroeck, Felix Werner, Esther van Poel, Sara Willems, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 20236,722 words Report 1430LBackground The international collaboration study PRICOV-19 -Primary Health Care in times of COVID-19 aims to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the organisation of primary health care. The German part...

• Public attitudes towards sexual behavior-Results of the German Health and Sexuality Survey (GeSiD).

  Authors:Julia Ludwig, Franziska Brunner, Christian Wiessner, Peer Briken, Miriam G. Gerlich, and Olaf von dem KnesebeckFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 20236,019 words Report 1500LPopulation-level data on predictors for attitudes towards sexual behavior are missing for Germany. The current study investigated sexual attitudes in the German population with regard to sociodemographic and...

• The impact of hyperglycemia upon BeWo trophoblast cell metabolic function: A multi-OMICS and functional metabolic analysis.

  Authors:Zachary J. W. Easton, Xian Luo, Liang Li, and Timothy R. H. RegnaultFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 17, 202314,768 words Report 1590LPre-existing and gestationally-developed diabetes mellitus have been linked with impairments in placental villous trophoblast cell metabolic function, that are thought to underlie the development of metabolic diseases...