Long-chain fatty acids activate the free fatty acid receptor 1 (FFA1) and FFA4.In the gastrointestinal system, FFA1 and FFA4 have been found in the pancreas and intestine.Fatty food and decreased lower esophageal sphincter (LES) motility are associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease.The effect of long-chain fatty acids on the esophageal motil
Abstract Background A well-studied internal barrier to regular physical activity, and more specifically brisk walking, is cognitive fatigue.However, thus far little research examined how cognitively fatigued individuals can be click here motivated to exercise, more specifically to engage in brisk walking.This study investigates whether humorous int
Abstract With their long lives and extreme reproductive output, social insect queens have escaped the classic trade-off between fecundity and lifespan, but evidence for a trade-off between fecundity and immunity has been inconclusive.This is in part because pathogenic effects are seldom decoupled from effects of immune induction.We conducted parall
The reactions of five commercial varieties of okra, Abelmoschus esculentus, to A.gossypii were evaluated under semiarid field conditions.Each experimental plant of varieties Clemson spineless, Clemson spineless 80, Lee, Perkins dwarf, and Local was infested 60 days after moen rothbury faucet emergence by three late-nymphal instars of the aphid.The