Operant Self-medication for Assessment of Spontaneous Pain Relief and Drug Abuse Liability in Mouse Models of Chronic Pain

The search for safe and efficient chronic pain treatments is dampened by the lack of reliable models that faithfully reproduce current pharmacological treatments for chronic spontaneous pain in humans.Preclinical models often assess the antinociceptive efficacy of non-contingent pharmacological treatments evaluated in the short-term.Here, we provid

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Non-Destructive Current Sensing for Energy Efficiency Monitoring in Buildings with Environmental Certification

Nowadays, buildings environmental certifications encourage the implementation of initiatives aiming to Paper Plates/Bowls increase energy efficiency in buildings.In these certification systems, increased energy efficiency arising from such initiatives must be demonstrated.Thus, a challenge to be faced is how to check the increase in energy efficien

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Can functional walk tests add value to the prediction of cardiorespiratory fitness after stroke? A prospective cohort study

Background Cardiorespiratory fitness is often impaired following stroke, and peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak) is an important prognostic value of all-cause mortality.The primary objective was to investigate whether functional walk tests assessed in the subacute phase after stroke added value in predicting VO2peak in chronic stroke, in addition to

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