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Aesthet Surg J Open Forum 2022 20;4:ojac051. Epub 2022 Jun 20.

Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.

Buttock augmentation is a commonly performed aesthetic surgery. Several methods have been described, but only the use of implants or autologous fat is consensually deemed safe and effective. Synthetic fillers in gluteal augmentation have been described despite potential severe long-term complications, both medical and aesthetic. Read More

Gen Comp Endocrinol 2022 Aug 13:114104. Epub 2022 Aug 13.

Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali, Biologiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy. Electronic address:

High-fat diet (HFD) affects the physiology of reproduction in males, and many studies have investigated its detrimental effects. In this study, we investigated the cellular response induced by an HFD in the rat testis, focusing on the mitochondrial compartment. After five weeks of HFD, an increase in the levels of malondialdehyde and of reduced form of glutathione in the rat testis indicated an increase in lipid peroxidation. Read More

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2022 Jun 20. Epub 2022 Jun 20.

Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY, United States. Electronic address:

Background: Because of the recent attention focused on the aesthetics of the leg, outcomes in the literature are under-reported and require further investigation. We summarized the available evidence on the surgical techniques to augment the volume and dimension of the calf based on clinical outcomes and satisfaction rates.

Methods: An electronic search was conducted across PubMed MEDLINE, Web of Science, Scopus, and Ovid MEDLINER(R) in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) statement. Read More

Chemosphere 2022 Aug 11;307(Pt 3):135952. Epub 2022 Aug 11.

Department of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, United Kingdom. Electronic address:

Slaughterhouse wastewater (SWW) contains a significant volume of highly polluted organic wastes. These include blood, fat, soluble proteins, colloidal particles, suspended materials, meat particles, and intestinal undigested food that consists of higher concentrations of organics such as biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), nitrogen and phosphorus hence an efficient treatment is required before discharging into the water bodies. The effluent concentrations and performance of simultaneous sequential batch biofilm reactor (SBBR) with recycled plastic carrier media support are better than the local single-stage sequential batch reactor (SBR), which is lacking in the literature in terms of COD, NH, NO, and PO treatment efficiency. Read More

Endocrinology 2022 Aug 11. Epub 2022 Aug 11.

Edison Biotechnology Institute, Ohio University, Athens Ohio.

Growth hormone receptor knockout (GHRKO) mice have been used for 25 years to uncover some of the many actions of growth hormone (GH). Since they are extremely long-lived with enhanced insulin sensitivity and protected from multiple age-related diseases, they are often used to study healthy aging. To determine the impact that adipose tissue has on the GHRKO phenotype, our laboratory recently created and characterized adipocyte-specific GHRKO (AdGHRKO) mice, which have increased adiposity but appear healthy with enhanced insulin sensitivity. Read More