BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is often preceded by underlying cardiac diseases causing ventricular pressure overload.OBJECTIVE: It was our aim to investigate the progression of atrial remodeling in a small animal model of ventricular pressure overload and its association with induction of AF.METHODS: Male mice were subjected to transverse ao
A Cordeiro,1,2 B Campos,3 SE Pereira,1 CJ Saboya,3 A Ramalho1 1Department of Social Applied Nutrition, Micronutrients Research Center (NPqM), Institute of Nutrition, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 2Department of Biomedicine, Unit of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), Porto, Por
The concept of mentalizing has been widely studied, but almost exclusively through tasks with explicit instructions.Recent studies suggest that people also mentalize on a more implicit level.However, to our knowledge, no study to date has directly contrasted the effects of implicit and explicit mentalizing processes on an implicit dependent measure
Cell wall thickening and development of secondary cell walls was a major step in plant terrestrialization that provided the mechanical support, effective functioning of water-conducting elements and fortification of the surface tissues.Despite its importance, the diversity, emergence and evolution of secondary cell walls in early land plants have b
On the eve of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a tremendous increase in the production of facemasks across the world.The primary raw materials Kratom Powder for the manufacturing of the facemasks are non-biodegradable synthetic polymers derived from petrochemicals.Disposal of these synthetic facemasks increases waste-load in the envi