Health-promoting properties of bioactive peptides derived from milk proteins in infant food : a review

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Étude sur le rôle des substances psychoactives en lien avec les manifestations de comportements violents chez les jeunes contrevenants de la région de Montréal

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Dérèglement des cytokines inflammatoires chez les schizophrènes avec abus de substances

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Mise au point d'une méthode de culture tissulaire pour l'évaluation de l'effet antiangiogène de quelques substances

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Relation entre une ischémie cardiaque transmurale ou partielle (sous-endocardique) et les changements ECG chez le porc : implication des substances vasoactives

Thèse numérisée par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Criminally Involved Parents Who Misuse Substances and Children’s Odds of Being Arrested as a Young Adult: Do Drug Treatment Courts Mitigate the Risk?

© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.This paper examined (1) the association between parents who are convicted of a substance-related offense and their children’s probability of being arrested as a young adult and (2) whether or not parental participation in an adult drug treatment court program mitigated this risk. The analysis relied on state administrative data from North Carolina courts (2005–2013) and from birth records (1988–2003). The dependent variable was the probability that a child was arrested as a young adult (16–21). Logistic regression was used to compare groups and models accounted for the clustering of multiple children with the same mother. Findings revealed that children whose parents were convicted on either a substance-related charge on a non-substance-related charge had twice the odds of being arrested as young adult, relative to children whose parents had not been observed having a conviction. While a quarter of children whose parents participated in a drug treatment court program were arrested as young adults, parental completion this program did not reduce this risk. In conclusion, children whose parents were convicted had an increased risk of being arrested as young adults, irrespective of whether or not the conviction was on a substance-related charge. However, drug treatment courts did not reduce this risk. Reducing intergenerational links in the probability of arrest remains a societal challenge.

Étude sur le rôle des substances psychoactives en lien avec les manifestations de comportements violents chez les jeunes contrevenants de la région de Montréal

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Dérèglement des cytokines inflammatoires chez les schizophrènes avec abus de substances

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Mise au point d'une méthode de culture tissulaire pour l'évaluation de l'effet antiangiogène de quelques substances

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Relation entre une ischémie cardiaque transmurale ou partielle (sous-endocardique) et les changements ECG chez le porc : implication des substances vasoactives

Thèse numérisée par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Ocean acidification and the loss of phenolic substances in marine plants

Rising atmospheric CO2 often triggers the production of plant phenolics, including many that serve as herbivore deterrents, digestion reducers, antimicrobials, or ultraviolet sunscreens. Such responses are predicted by popular models of plant defense, especially resource availability models which link carbon availability to phenolic biosynthesis. CO2 availability is also increasing in the oceans, where anthropogenic emissions cause ocean acidification, decreasing seawater pH and shifting the carbonate system towards further CO2 enrichment. Such conditions tend to increase seagrass productivity but may also increase rates of grazing on these marine plants. Here we show that high CO2 / low pH conditions of OA decrease, rather than increase, concentrations of phenolic protective substances in seagrasses and eurysaline marine plants. We observed a loss of simple and polymeric phenolics in the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa near a volcanic CO2 vent on the Island of Vulcano, Italy, where pH values decreased from 8.1 to 7.3 and pCO2 concentrations increased ten-fold. We observed similar responses in two estuarine species, Ruppia maritima and Potamogeton perfoliatus, in in situ Free-Ocean-Carbon-Enrichment experiments conducted in tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay, USA. These responses are strikingly different than those exhibited by terrestrial plants. The loss of phenolic substances may explain the higher-than-usual rates of grazing observed near undersea CO2 vents and suggests that ocean acidification may alter coastal carbon fluxes by affecting rates of decomposition, grazing, and disease. Our observations temper recent predictions that seagrasses would necessarily be "winners" in a high CO2 world.

Novel P(3HB) Composite Films Containing Bioactive Glass Nanoparticles for Wound Healing Applications

Bioactive glass (BG) is considered an ideal material for haemostasis as it releases Ca2+ ions upon hydration, which is required to support thrombosis. In this study the effect of the presence of the BG nanoparticles in P(3HB) microsphere films on the structural properties, thermal properties and biocompatibility of the films were studied. The nanoscaled bioactive glass with a high surface area was also tested for its in vitro haemostatic efficacy and was found to be able to successfully reduce the clot detection time. In an effort to study the effect of the roughness induced by the formation of HA on the cellular functions such as cell adhesion, cell mobility and cell differentiation, the composite films were immersed in SBF for a period of 1, 3 and 7 days. From the SEM images the surface of the P(3HB)/n-BG composite microsphere films appeared fairly uniform and smooth on day 1, however on day 3 and day 7 a rough and uneven surface was observed. The presence of HA on the composite microsphere films on day 3 and day 7 influenced the surface roughness of the films. However, when the P(3HB)/n-BG composite microspheres with enhanced surface roughness were tested for biocompatibility, reduced amount of protein adsorption and cell adhesion were observed. This study thus revealed that there is an optimal surface roughness for the P(3HB) microsphere films for increased cell adhesion, beyond which it could be deleterious for cell adhesion and differentiation.

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of novel psychoactive substances using polymer-stabilized Ag nanoparticle aggregates

A set of seized "legal high'' samples and pure novel psychoactive substances have been examined by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy using polymer-stabilized Ag nanoparticle (Poly-SERS) films. The films both quenched fluorescence in bulk samples and allowed identification of mu g quantities of drugs collected with wet swabs from contaminated surfaces.