SPEECH VERSUS SINGING: INFANTS CHOOSE HAPPIER SOUNDS

Speech versus singing: Infants choose happier sounds

Infants prefer speech to non-vocal sounds and to non-human vocalizations, and they prefer happy-sounding speech to neutral speech.They also exhibit an interest in singing, but there is little knowledge of their relative interest in speech and singing.The present study explored infants’ attention to unfamiliar audio samples of speech and singing.I

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Evaluation of plasma H2S levels and H2S synthesis in streptozotocin induced Type-2 diabetes-an experimental study based on Swietenia macrophylla seeds

Objective: To evaluate the plasma H2S levels and H2S synthesis activity in streptozotocin induced type 2 diabetes rats compared to the healthy controls and also to observe the effect of the aqueous extract of Swietenia macrophylla (S.macrophylla) seeds on the experimental groups.Methods: Seeds of S.macrophylla were separated, washed, shed-dried and

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Mitochondrial Dysfunction: A Basic Mechanism in Inflammation-Related Non-Communicable Diseases and Therapeutic Opportunities

Obesity is not necessarily a predisposing factor for disease.It Power Saws is the handling of fat and/or excessive energy intake that encompasses the linkage of inflammation, oxidation, and metabolism to the deleterious effects associated with the continuous excess of food ingestion.The roles of cytokines and insulin resistance in excessive energy

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