Association between exposure to urinary metal and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in US adults. by Ting Cheng, Dongdong Yu, Geng Li, Xiankun Chen, Li Zhou, Zehuai Wen

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Combining all models, it is possible that Sb may have a more stable impact on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. …”
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Expression of miRNA and Occurrence of Distant Metastases in Patients with Hürthle Cell Carcinoma by Rok Petric, Barbara Gazic, Katja Goricar, Vita Dolzan, Radan Dzodic, Nikola Besic

“…Hürthle cell thyroid carcinoma (HCTC) is a rare type of thyroid carcinoma. In the present study, we investigated whether the expression of miRNAs of interest is associated with the occurrence of metastases in patients with HCTC. …”
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透出液免疫球蛋白G与腹膜透析相关性腹膜炎的关系 by 唐杏明, 郑玮, 胡洁萍, 唐俪文, 邓惠钊

“…两组比较发现，腹膜炎组的基线腹水中总蛋白、IgG、免疫球蛋白A（IgA） 、转铁蛋白（TRF）均高于非腹膜炎组，而血清甘油三酯和血清胆固醇低于非腹膜炎组（<italic>P</italic> ＜0.1）；基线透出液IgG越高，发生PDAP的风险越大；基线高透出液IgG（IgG&gt;0.089 g/L）是腹膜炎发生的独立危险因素［HR =1.046，95%CI 为（0.696，1.571），<italic>P</italic> =0.018］。…”
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Evaluation of Extra-High Translucent Dental Zirconia: Translucency, Crystalline Phase, Mechanical Properties, and Microstructures by Hiroto Nakai, Masanao Inokoshi, Hengyi Liu, Motohiro Uo, Manabu Kanazawa

“…X-ray diffraction was conducted for the crystalline phase analysis, followed by Rietveld refinement. A biaxial flexural strength test using the Weibull analysis was performed to evaluate the mechanical properties. …”
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Effects of Artificial Flooding for Hydroelectric Development on the Population of Mansonia humeralis (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Paraná River, São Paulo, Brazil by Marcia Bicudo de Paula, Almério de Castro Gomes, Delsio Natal, Ana Maria Ribeiro de Castro Duarte, Luís Filipe Mucci

“…Collection methods used were an aspirator, a Shannon trap, and the Human Attractive Technique. …”
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Height Constitutes an Important Predictor of Mortality in End-Stage Renal Disease by Tsuneo Takenaka, Takahiko Sato, Hitoshi Hoshi, Nobutaka Kato, Keita Sueyoshi, Masahiro Tsuda, Yusuke Watanabe, Hiroshi Takane, Yoichi Ohno, Hiromichi Suzuki

“…Height is an important determinant of augmentation index (AI) that anticipates cardiovascular prognosis. There is a scanty of the data whether short height predicts survival in patients with end-stage renal diseases, a high risk population. …”
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Changes in Angiotensin Receptor Distribution and in Aortic Morphology Are Associated with Blood Pressure Control in Aged Metabolic Syndrome Rats by Verónica Guarner-Lans, Elizabeth Soria-Castro, Rocío Torrico-Lavayen, Araceli Patrón-Soberano, Karla G. Carvajal-Aguilera, Vicente Castrejón-Tellez, María Esther Rubio-Ruiz

“…RAS might participate in a compensatory mechanism decreasing blood pressure and allowing MS rats to reach 18 months of age and it might form part of therapeutical procedures to ameliorate MS. …”
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Impact of Combined Antiretroviral Treatment (cART) on Latent Cytomegalovirus Infection by Aura Temereanca, Luminita Ene, Gratiela Tardei, Camelia Grancea, Cristian L. Achim, Simona Ruta

“…In total, 78% of the tested patients had robust CMV-specific T-cell responses, measured by an IFN-γ release assay. A good immune response to treatment was significantly associated with CMV-specific cellular immunity: IFN-γ level was positively correlated with CD4 and CD8-T cell counts. …”
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Studying the biochemical composition of peanut accessions from the VIR collection by V. D. Bemova, T. V. Shelenga, M. Sh. Asfandiyarova, T. V. Yakusheva, N. V. Kishlyan

“…‘Otradokubansky’ was used as a reference. ANOVA was applied for statistical data processing. …”
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Brain Activation and Psychomotor Speed in Middle-Aged Patients with Type 1 Diabetes: Relationships with Hyperglycemia and Brain Small Vessel Disease by Misun Hwang, Dana L. Tudorascu, Karen Nunley, Helmet Karim, Howard J. Aizenstein, Trevor J. Orchard, Caterina Rosano

“…Median response time in seconds (longer = worse performance) and brain activation were measured while performing a psychomotor speed task. Exposure to hyperglycemia, measured as glycosylated hemoglobin A1c, was associated with longer response time and with higher activation in the inferior frontal gyrus and primary sensorimotor and dorsal cingulate cortex. …”
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Percepción y Aceptación del B-Learning en Matemáticas para Ingeniería por Estudiantes: Un Enfoque Basado en TAM by Elia Trejo, Natalia Trejo Trejo

“…La facilidad de condiciones, incluyendo el acceso a internet y el apoyo docente, influyó positivamente en la percepción de utilidad y facilidad de uso del b-learning. …”
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Batı Asya Ülkelerinde Yaşam Kalitesi: IDOCRIW-MARA Metoduyla İncelenen Değişkenler ve Elde Edilen Bulgular by Nazife Şahin Macit

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XRD as an Alternative Technique for Cation Distribution Characterization of MFe2O4 Magnetic Nanoparticles by Michel Fernando Montañez Molina, Franklin David Muñoz Muñoz, Ana Karina Cuentas Gallegos, David Alejandro Dominguez Vargas, Jose Trinidad Elizalde Galindo, Gerardo Soto Herrera, Hugo Tiznado, Mario H. Farias, Javier Alonso Lopez Medina

“…This material exhibits a saturation magnetization of 124.88 emu g−1. Consequently, the X-ray diffraction technique opens the possibility of obtaining reliable information related to nanoparticles’ morphological and chemical properties with spinel structure.…”
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Resultados evaluativos de los exámenes de diferentes rotaciones del quinto año de Medicina en Cienfuegos. Curso 2015- 2016 by Lino Ortiz Santiesteban, José Julio Ojeda González, Belquis de la Caridad Pérez Hernández

“…<br /><strong>Conclusiones:</strong> en el estudio se abordan las características del curso referentes a la evaluación cuantitativa, se presenta una primera aproximación a los elementos fundamentales relacionados con estos resultados, los cuales no fueron satisfactorios.…”
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Inhibition of miR-652-3p Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Inflammatory Cytokine Secretion of Macrophages to Alleviate Atherosclerosis by Improving TP53 Expression by Haiyun Liu, Changpeng Zuo, Lijuan Cao, Naiquan Yang, Tingbo Jiang

“…Conclusion. miR-652-3p regulates the lipid metabolism of macrophages to alleviate atherosclerosis by inhibiting TP53 expression. It might be a potential target for atherosclerosis treatment.…”
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Value of Perfusion CT, Transcranial Doppler Sonography, and Neurological Examination to Detect Delayed Vasospasm after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage by Ekkehard Kunze, Mirko Pham, Furat Raslan, Christian Stetter, Jin-Yul Lee, Laszlo Solymosi, Ralf-Ingo Ernestus, Giles Hamilton Vince, Thomas Westermaier

“…An acceleration of MFV in TCD (>140 cm/s) had an accuracy of 0.64, positive PCT-findings of 0.69 with a higher sensitivity, and negative predictive value than TCD. …”
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Examining the Gm18 and mG Modification Positions in tRNA Sequences by Mayavan Subramanian, Thangavelu Srinivasan, Dorairaj Sudarsanam

“…Whereas the m1G37 modification base G is formed only on tRNAArg, tRNALeu, tRNAPro, and tRNAHis, the rest of the tRNAs contain adenine (A) next to the anticodon. Thus, we hypothesize that Gm18 modification and m1G modification occur irrespective of a G residue in tRNAs.…”
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The Effect of Common Knowledge Construction Model-Based Instruction on 5th Grade Students' Conceptual Understanding of Biodiversity by Veysel Haydari, Bayram Costu

“…In this model, two experimental groups (Experiment 1 and Experiment 2) and a control group are randomly selected among 5th grade students. …”
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The relationship between primitive reflex profile and development of vestibular maturity in early school years by Erzsébet Stephens-Sarlós

“…In kindergartens and schools, 443 participants performed reflex inhibition exercises 3&ndash;5 times a week for 7 months. A control group of 63 individuals attended only regular PE lessons. …”
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Variation in the Phenolic Compounds Profile and Antioxidant Activity in Different Parts of Hawthorn (Crataegus pentagyna Willd.) During Harvest Periods by Jovana Pavlovic, Snežana Mitić, Milan Mitić, Gordana Kocić, Aleksandra Pavlović, Snežana Tošić

“…Statistical analysis showed a strong correlation between the total phenolics content and the antioxidant activity. …”
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