PAIN SENSITIVITY AT REST AND DURING MUSCLE CONTRACTION IN PERSONS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: A SUBSTUDY WITHIN THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS 2010 STUDY

Pain sensitivity at rest and during muscle contraction in persons with rheumatoid arthritis: a substudy within the Physical Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis 2010 study

Abstract Background We aimed to explore pressure pain sensitivity and the function of segmental and plurisegmental exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH) in persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared with healthy control subjects (HC).Methods Forty-six participants with RA (43 female, 3 male) and 20 HC (16 female, 4 male) participated in the study

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Variation in breeding practices and geographic isolation drive subpopulation differentiation, contributing to the loss of genetic diversity within dog breed lineages

Abstract Background Discrete breed ideals are not restricted to delimiting dog breeds from another, but also are key drivers of subpopulation differentiation.As genetic differentiation due to population fragmentation results in increased rates of inbreeding and loss of genetic diversity, detecting and alleviating the reasons of population fragmenta

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Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders: Clinical Survey Among a Rural Cohort of Italian Patients

Giulia Milano,1,* Hayley M Vergani,1,* Simone Cattedra,1 Roberto Carrozzino,2 Francesca Mattioli,1 Luigi Robbiano,1 Antonietta Martelli1 1Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology Unit, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; 2Department of Addiction, Health Service ASL2 Savonese, Savona, Italy*These authors contributed equal

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Integrating Open Access Geospatial Data to Map the Habitat Suitability of the Declining Corn Bunting (Miliaria calandra)

The efficacy of integrating open access geospatial data to produce habitat suitability maps for the corn bunting (Miliaria calandra) was investigated.Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+), Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) and Corine (Coordination of Information on the Environment) land cover data for the year 2000 (CLC2000) were proce

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