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University of Bedfordshire
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About: University of Bedfordshire is a education organization based out in Luton, Bedford, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Social work. The organization has 3860 authors who have published 6079 publications receiving 143448 citations. The organization is also known as: University of Luton.
Topics: Population, Social work, Poison control, Curriculum, Health care
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated whether emotional and stressfulness intensity, and certain types of experiences influence the likelihood of a waking-life experience being incorporated into a dream, and found that those that were incorporated into the dream were significantly more emotionally and stressier but no more stressful.
Abstract: The continuity hypothesis of dreaming states that waking life is continuous with
dreams, but many of the factors that have been postulated to influence wake–dream
continuity have rarely been studied. The present study investigated whether certain
factors—emotional and stressfulness intensity, and certain types of experiences—
influence the likelihood of a waking-life experience being incorporated into a dream.
Participants (N � 32) kept dream diaries and waking-life experience logs for 14
consecutive days, and waking-life experiences were matched to dream reports.
Waking-life experiences that were incorporated into dreams were significantly more
emotional, but no more stressful, than those that were not incorporated into dreams.
Major daily activities were incorporated significantly less than the combination of
personally significant experiences, major concerns, and novel experiences. Results are
discussed in terms of dream functionality, particularly in relation to a postulated
emotional memory assimilation theory of dream function.
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TL;DR: The twin-stage impinger (TSI) was used to deposit potentially respirable particles of varying molecular weight dextrans labelled with fluorescein isothiocyanate onto Calu-3 cells, a model of the bronchial epithelium, for the assessment of compound dissolution and transport rates after particle deposition.
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TL;DR: BE demonstrates the potential to enhance performance in power tasks such as jumps and sprints and the role of acute augmentations in lower limb stiffness is proposed as an additional mechanism that may further explain the PAP response following BE.
Abstract: Post-activation potentiation (PAP) refers to the acute enhancement of muscular function as a direct result of its contractile history. Protocols designed to elicit PAP have commonly employed heavy resistance exercise (HRE) as the pre-activation stimulus; however, a growing body of research suggests that low-load ballistic exercises (BE) may also provide an effective stimulus. The ability to elicit PAP without the need for heavy equipment would make it easier to utilise prior to competition. It is hypothesised that BE can induce PAP given the high recruitment of type II muscle fibres associated with its performance. The literature has reported augmentations in power performance typically ranging from 2 to 5 %. The performance effects of BE are modulated by loading, recovery and physical characteristics. Jumps performed with an additional loading, such as depth jumps or weighted jumps, appear to be the most effective activities for inducing PAP. Whilst the impact of recovery duration on subsequent performance requires further research, durations of 1–6 min have been prescribed successfully in multiple instances. The effect of strength and sex on the PAP response to BE is not yet clear. Direct comparisons of BE and HRE, to date, suggest a tendency for HRE protocols to be more effective; future research should consider that these strategies must be optimised in different ways. The role of acute augmentations in lower limb stiffness is proposed as an additional mechanism that may further explain the PAP response following BE. In summary, BE demonstrates the potential to enhance performance in power tasks such as jumps and sprints. This review provides the reader with some practical recommendations for the application of BE as a pre-activation stimulus.
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TL;DR: Two studies indicate that the quality and resilience of the epidermal water barrier is impaired in the scalp of dandruff sufferers, and propose that the perturbed barrier leaves d andruffsufferers more prone to the adverse effects of microbial and fungal toxins, and environmental pollutants, thus perpetuating their impaired barrier.
Abstract: Dandruff is a major problem, yet little is known about the underlying mechanism and subsequent biochemical changes occurring in the scalp skin that lead to its manifestation. The characteristic flaking and scaling of the scalp experienced by dandruff sufferers suggests, similar to the changes classically seen in xerosis, that the desquamation process is impaired. We initiated studies to quantify the biochemical nature of the stratum corneum in the scalp of healthy individuals and dandruff sufferers. Total amounts and relative ratios of stratum corneum lipids species were analysed in scalp stratum corneum samples collected during studies conducted in the UK and Thailand in order to examine ethnic differences. In both populations, dandruff was associated with a dramatic decrease in free lipid levels, with significant decreases in ceramides, fatty acids, and cholesterol. Detailed sub-analysis of the major ceramide species within the total ceramide fraction revealed a decrease in ceramide 1 and increased proportions of ceramide 6i and 6ii. In a separate study, we demonstrated that dandruff sufferers show both an elevated blood flow and an increased reported incidence of itch in response to histamine topically applied to the scalp compared with no-dandruff controls. Taken together these two studies indicate that the quality and resilience of the epidermal water barrier is impaired in the scalp of dandruff sufferers. We propose that the perturbed barrier leaves dandruff sufferers more prone to the adverse effects of microbial and fungal toxins, and environmental pollutants, thus perpetuating their impaired barrier.
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Jie Zhang | 178 | 4857 | 221720 |
Oscar H. Franco | 111 | 822 | 66649 |
Timothy J. Foster | 98 | 420 | 32338 |
Christopher P. Denton | 95 | 675 | 42040 |
Ian Kimber | 91 | 620 | 28629 |
Michael J. Gidley | 86 | 420 | 24313 |
David Carling | 86 | 186 | 45066 |
Anthony Turner | 79 | 489 | 24734 |
Rhys E. Green | 78 | 285 | 30428 |
Vijay Kumar Thakur | 74 | 375 | 17719 |
Dave J. Adams | 73 | 283 | 19526 |
Naresh Magan | 72 | 400 | 17511 |
Aedin Cassidy | 70 | 218 | 17788 |
David A. Basketter | 70 | 325 | 16639 |
Richard C. Strange | 67 | 249 | 17805 |