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Presentation of Professor Daniel Barnett (Johns Hopkins University) at FIReS Webinar 1. 15 February 2022.

Additional file 10: Table s2. Mouse Cohorts.

Additional file 9: Table s1. Primers.

Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-bds-10.1177_20539517211023533 for Toxicity and verbal aggression on social media: Polarized discourse on wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic by Paola Pascual-Ferrá, Neil Alperstein, Daniel J Barnett and Rajiv N Rimal in Big Data & Society

Dietary intake of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) increases circulating and tissue levels of these substances, contributing to a state of increased oxidative stress and inflammation. A low dietary AGE intervention has been shown to reduce body AGE content. Mediterranean diets (MD) are theoretically considered low in AGEs, but the specific effects of a MD on AGEs serum levels has not been tested. Methodology: forty-seven overweight and obese premenopausal women underwent a three-month calorie restriction treatment (20 kcal / kg initial weight) with a Mediterranean-type diet that excluded wine intake. The adherence to the MD was assessed before and at the end of treatment using an on-line questionnaire, which scores from 0 to 14 (minimal to maximal adherence). Body composition, insulin resistance, lipoproteins and carboxymethyl- lisine (CML) serum levels were measured at both time periods. Serum CML was assessed through ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay). Compliance to calorie restriction was assessed according to weight loss (< or > 5 % initial weight). Results: mean body weight, body fat, waist circumference, total cholesterol, triglycerides and serum CML fell significantly, together with an increase in the Mediterranean score, although none of the patients reached the highest score. Significant changes in CML and insulin resistance were observed in 17 women classified as compliant to caloric restriction, but not in the 27 participants who were considered adherent to the MD (according to improvement of the Mediterranean Score).Conclusions: CML serum levels can be reduced through calorie restricted - Mediterranean-type diet. We could not reach a high enough MD score, so we cannot conclude whether the MD itself has an additive effect to caloric restriction. La ingesta dietaria de productos finales de glicación avanzada (AGEs) aumenta los niveles séricos y tisulares de estas sustancias, lo que contribuye a un estado de mayor estrés oxidativo e inflamación. Una intervención dietaria con bajo contenido de AGEs ha demostrado reducir el contenido de AGEs en el cuerpo. La dieta mediterránea (DM) se considera teóricamente baja en AGEs, pero los efectos específicos de este tipo de intervención en los niveles séricos de AGEs no ha sido probado. Metodología: cuarenta y siete mujeres premenopáusicas con sobrepeso u obesidad se sometieron a tres meses de restricción calórica (20 kcal por kg de peso corporal inicial) con una dieta de tipo mediterráneo que excluía la ingesta de vino. La adherencia a la DM se evaluó al comienzo y al final del tratamiento utilizando una encuesta on-line, con puntuaciones de 0 a 14 (mínima a máxima adherencia a la DM). La composición corporal, la resistencia a la insulina, los niveles séricos de lipoproteínas y carboximetil-lisina (CML) se midieron en ambos períodos. El CML sérico se evaluó mediante ELISA (ensayo inmunoenzimático). La adherencia a la restricción calórica se evaluó de acuerdo con la pérdida de peso (< o > 5% del peso inicial). Resultados: la media de peso corporal, grasa corporal, circunferencia de la cintura, colesterol total, triglicéridos y CML sérica disminuyeron significativamente, junto con un aumento en el puntaje de adherencia a la DM, aunque ninguno de los pacientes alcanzó la máxima puntuación. Hubo cambios significativos en los niveles de CML y de resistencia a la insulina en 17 mujeres clasificadas como adherentes a la restricción calórica, pero no en las 27 participantes que fueron consideradas adherentes a la DM (de acuerdo con la mejoría en el puntaje de la encuesta).Conclusiones: los niveles séricos de CML disminuyeron tras la restricción calórica con una dieta tipo mediterránea. Dado que no se pudo alcanzar la puntuación máxima en la encuesta de DM, no podemos concluir si la propia DM tiene un efecto aditivo a la restricción calórica.

Energy expenditure (EE) may decrease in subjects on hypocaloric diets, in amounts that exceed body mass loss, favoring weight regain. Objective: to verify if a short-term caloric restriction lowers Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) and Total Energy Expenditure (TEE) more than predicted by changes in body composition, and if this reduction of EE is related with compliance to the diet. Methods: twenty-two women aged 23-44 years with a body mass index (BMI) of 25-32 kg/m², underwent a three-month calorie restriction treatment (20 kcal / kg initial weight) and were encouraged to increase their physical activity. At the beginning and end of the intervention, body composition (DEXA), REE, Physical Activity Energy Expenditure (PAEE) and TEE were assessed, through a combination of indirect calorimetry and actigraphy. Participants, who lost more or equal than 5% of their initial weight were considered compliant with the diet. Results: in the compliant group, REE decreased, when expressed in absolute numbers or when adjusted by fat free mass (FFM) [-164 ± 168 kcal/day (10,6%) and -4,3 ± 4,6 kcal/kg FFM (10,5%)]. This decline was significantly greater than that observed in the non-compliant group [-6,2 ± 1.42 Kcal/day (0.16%) and -0,5 ± 3,4/Kg FFM (0.96%)]. FFM did not change in any of the two groups. At baseline, there was a significant correlation between FFM and REE (r = 0, 56 p < 0,05), which was lost at the end of the intervention. Conclusions: compliant women showed a significant reduction in both absolute and adjusted REE, which together with the loss of correlation between REE and FFM at the end of the intervention suggests a metabolic adaptation. El gasto energetico (GE) puede disminuir en sujetos sometidos a dietas hipocaloricas, en una magnitud que excede la reduccion explicada por los cambios en la composicion corporal; dificultando la mantencion del peso perdido. Objetivo: verificar si el Gasto Energetico en Reposo (GER) y Total (GET) experimentan una disminucion mayor a lo atribuible a cambios en la composicion corporal y dependen de la adherencia al tratamiento dietario. Metodologia: veintidos mujeres (23-44 anos) con Indice de Masa Corporal (IMC) entre 25 y 32 kg/m² fueron sometidas a tres meses de restriccion calorica (20 kcal/kg de peso inicial) y motivadas a aumentar su actividad fisica. Al inicio y al final se evaluo: peso, masa grasa (MG) y masa libre de grasa (MLG) con DEXA, GER (calorimetria indirecta), Gasto Energetico por Actividad Fisica (GEAF) y GET (actigrafia). Las participantes que perdieron . 5% del peso inicial fueron consideradas como adherentes a la dieta. Resultados: el grupo adherente tuvo una disminucion significativa del GER absoluto [-164 �± 168 kcal/dia (10,6%) y -4,3 �± 4,6 kcal/kg MLG (10,5%)]. Esta disminucion fue significativamente mayor que la observada en el grupo no adherente [-6,2 ± 1.42 kcal/dia (0.16%) y -0,5 ± 3,4/kg FFM (0.96%)]. La MLG no cambio en ninguno de los dos grupos. Existio asociacion significativa entre MLG y GER (r = 0,56; p < 0,05) solo al inicio en el grupo total. Conclusiones: las mujeres adherentes a la restriccion calorica mostraron una reduccion en el GER tanto absoluto como ajustado por la MLG, lo cual, junto con la perdida de correlacion entre el GER y la MLG al final de la intervencion, sugieren adaptacion metabolica.

Dietary intake of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) increases circulating and tissue levels of these substances, contributing to a state of increased oxidative stress and inflammation. A low dietary AGE intervention has been shown to reduce body AGE content. Mediterranean diets (MD) are theoretically considered low in AGEs, but the specific effects of a MD on AGEs serum levels has not been tested. Methodology: forty-seven overweight and obese premenopausal women underwent a three-month calorie restriction treatment (20 kcal / kg initial weight) with a Mediterranean-type diet that excluded wine intake. The adherence to the MD was assessed before and at the end of treatment using an on-line questionnaire, which scores from 0 to 14 (minimal to maximal adherence). Body composition, insulin resistance, lipoproteins and carboxymethyl- lisine (CML) serum levels were measured at both time periods. Serum CML was assessed through ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay). Compliance to calorie restriction was assessed according to weight loss (< or > 5 % initial weight). Results: mean body weight, body fat, waist circumference, total cholesterol, triglycerides and serum CML fell significantly, together with an increase in the Mediterranean score, although none of the patients reached the highest score. Significant changes in CML and insulin resistance were observed in 17 women classified as compliant to caloric restriction, but not in the 27 participants who were considered adherent to the MD (according to improvement of the Mediterranean Score).Conclusions: CML serum levels can be reduced through calorie restricted - Mediterranean-type diet. We could not reach a high enough MD score, so we cannot conclude whether the MD itself has an additive effect to caloric restriction.

Energy expenditure (EE) may decrease in subjects on hypocaloric diets, in amounts that exceed body mass loss, favoring weight regain. Objective: to verify if a short-term caloric restriction lowers Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) and Total Energy Expenditure (TEE) more than predicted by changes in body composition, and if this reduction of EE is related with compliance to the diet. Methods: twenty-two women aged 23-44 years with a body mass index (BMI) of 25-32 kg/m², underwent a three-month calorie restriction treatment (20 kcal / kg initial weight) and were encouraged to increase their physical activity. At the beginning and end of the intervention, body composition (DEXA), REE, Physical Activity Energy Expenditure (PAEE) and TEE were assessed, through a combination of indirect calorimetry and actigraphy. Participants, who lost more or equal than 5% of their initial weight were considered compliant with the diet. Results: in the compliant group, REE decreased, when expressed in absolute numbers or when adjusted by fat free mass (FFM) [-164 ± 168 kcal/day (10,6%) and -4,3 ± 4,6 kcal/kg FFM (10,5%)]. This decline was significantly greater than that observed in the non-compliant group [-6,2 ± 1.42 Kcal/day (0.16%) and -0,5 ± 3,4/Kg FFM (0.96%)]. FFM did not change in any of the two groups. At baseline, there was a significant correlation between FFM and REE (r = 0, 56 p < 0,05), which was lost at the end of the intervention. Conclusions: compliant women showed a significant reduction in both absolute and adjusted REE, which together with the loss of correlation between REE and FFM at the end of the intervention suggests a metabolic adaptation.

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Memo for CEC from CEV instructing all facilities scheduled for demolition must be reviewed for potential inclusion on the National Historic Preservation List (National Register of Historic Places).

Paperwork regarding a 1998 plane crash including handwritten notes and statements of work for plane recovery.

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