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Vet Rec Open 2022 Dec 20;9(1):e39. Epub 2022 Jun 20.

School of Veterinary Medicine and Science University of Nottingham Leicestershire UK.

Background: Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is a midge-borne arbovirus that first emerged in the European ruminant population in 2011 and has since settled to an endemic pattern of disease outbreaks on an approximately 4-year cycle when herd immunity from the previous circulation drops to a point allowing renewed widescale virus circulation. The impacts of trade restrictions on genetic products (semen, embryos) from affected areas were severe, particularly after the discovery that the virus is intermittently shed in the semen of a small number of bulls. The trade in small ruminant (ram and goat) semen is less than that of bulls; nonetheless, there has been no study into the shedding rate of SBV in ram semen. Read More

Sci Rep 2022 Jun 27;12(1):10842. Epub 2022 Jun 27.

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA.

The Last Glacial Termination (T1) featured major changes in global circulation systems that led to a shift from glacial to interglacial climate. While polar ice cores attest to an antiphased thermal pattern at millennial timescales, recent well-dated moraine records from both hemispheres suggest in-phase fluctuations in glaciers through T1, which is inconsistent with the bipolar see-saw paradigm. Here, we present a glacier chronology based on 30 new Be surface exposure ages from well-preserved moraines in the Lago Palena/General Vintter basin in northern Patagonia (~ 44°S). Read More

BMC Pulm Med 2022 Jun 25;22(1):249. Epub 2022 Jun 25.

Department of Pulmonary Function Test, School of Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200433, China.

Background And Objective: End-tidal PCO (PetCO) patterns during exercise testing as well as ventilatory equivalents for CO have been reported for different pulmonary vascular diseases but seldomly for the significant differences in exercise response depending on the etiology of pulmonary hypertension. We aimed to compare PetCO change pattern in IPAH and CTEPH with varying severity during incremental cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET).

Methods: 164 IPAH patients and 135 CTEPH patients referred to Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital between 2012 and 2019 were retrospectively recruited into the study. Read More

J Environ Manage 2022 Sep 9;317:115311. Epub 2022 Jun 9.

State Key Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China. Electronic address:

Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (CyanoHABs) are a health-threatening and increasingly prevalent environmental issue at both regional and global levels. An improved understanding of the short-term dynamics of CyanoHABs is required to better capture their spatial pattern and temporal evolution. However, the heterogeneous and dynamic nature of CyanoHABs, and the interacting factors and processes that drive them, make interpreting and predicting the blooms a very challenging task. Read More

Molecules 2022 Jun 13;27(12). Epub 2022 Jun 13.

Guangxi Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, Nanning 530022, China.

Maoji Jiu (MJ) is a kind of medicinal wine that has been widely used by Chinese people for many years to nourish and promote blood circulation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the hematopoietic effect of MJ on the metabolism of blood deficient rats and to explore the underlying hematopoietic regulation mechanisms. Blood deficiency model rats were induced by subcutaneous injection of N-acetylphenylhydrazine (APH) and intraperitoneal injection of cyclophosphamide (CTX). Read More