Genome-Wide Association Study of Liver Enzymes in Korean Children by Tae-Joon Park, Joo-Yeon Hwang, Min Jin Go, Hye-Ja Lee, Han Byul Jang, Youngshim Choi, Jae Heon Kang, Kyung Hee Park, Min-Gyu Choi, Jihyun Song, Bong-Jo Kim, Jong-Young Lee

“…We performed a genome-wide association study to identify new genetic loci for liver enzyme levels in a Korean childhood cohort (n = 484). We observed three novel loci (rs4949718, rs80311637, and rs596406) that were multiply associated with elevated levels of alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase. …”
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Some utilisation options for cattle dung as soil amendment and their effects in coarse-textured Ultisols and maize growth by Solange Ndzeshala, Sunday Obalum, Charles Igwe

“…Also, NPK-15:15:15 was added at 400 kg ha–1 equivalent after sowing.Results After 9 weeks, BC, CDU and PD had similar effects on soil pH, organic matter, total N and available P which increased by 49-51%, 30-34%, 200-333% and 164-176%, respectively relative to the control. …”
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Des mains à la bouche dans l'épouillage mutuel des chimpanzés sauvages de Fongoli : Latéralité, synchronisation mains‑lèvres et origine du langage by Adrien Meguerditchian, Marie Plouvier, Mélissa Berthet, Jill Pruetz, William D Hopkins

“…De tels liens entre la main et la bouche ne semblent donc pas exclusivement liés au langage et s'étendent même au système moteur : Par exemple, il n'est pas rare de produire des mouvements de lèvres ou de langue involontaires lorsque nous réalisons des activités manuelles précises (comme jouer de la guitare ou dessiner par exemple). …”
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Residual TPO Content of Photopolymerized Additively Manufactured Dental Occlusal Splint Materials by Philipp Messer-Hannemann, Max Wienhold, Hoda Esbak, Alexander Brunner, Andreas Schönebaum, Falk Schwendicke, Susanne Effenberger

“…Grid-shaped specimens were fabricated using the recommended workflow of each manufacturer (n = 18). TPO extraction was conducted using a maximum of eight extraction cycles of 72 h at a temperature of 37 °C until no more TPO eluates were detected by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). …”
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Efficacy and safety of pharmacotherapy for cancer cachexia: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis by Hao Chen, Masashi Ishihara, Hiroki Kazahari, Ryusuke Ochiai, Shigeru Tanzawa, Takeshi Honda, Yasuko Ichikawa, Nobuyuki Horita, Hisashi Nagai, Kiyotaka Watanabe, Nobuhiko Seki

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Baseline FIB‐4 May Be a Risk Factor of Recurrence After SBRT in Patients With HBV‐Related Small HCC by Zhan Zeng, Yifan Han, Wengang Li, Hongyu Chen, Ning Lin, Yanyan Yu, Xiaoyuan Xu

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Effectiveness of a personal health coaching intervention (diabetescoach) in patients with type 2 diabetes: protocol for an open-label, pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Oliver Faude, Fiona Streckmann, Lukas Zahner, Markus Gerber, Vivien Hohberg, Jan-Niklas Kreppke, Jan Kohl, Eleonora Seelig, Daniel König

“…All enrolled patients (n=90) will receive the standard medical treatment for T2D. …”
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Differential attainment at national selection for higher surgical training: a retrospective cohort study by Amanda Lee, Jennifer Cleland, John Hines, Peter Brennan, Ricky Ellis, Yasin Al-Tawarah

“…Logistic regression models identified sociodemographic predictors of success after adjusting for prior academic attainment (Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) performance).Results Of all applications to HST (n=2875), 66.5% were successful at the first attempt. …”
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Copper Super-Dosing Improves Performance of Heat-Stressed Broiler Chickens through Modulation of Expression of Proinflammatory Cytokine Genes by Sudipto Haldar, Amrita Kumar Dhara, Sayantani Sihi Arora, Arpana Verma Mukherjee, Arup Nayak

“…To ascertain the optimum dose response that may be beneficial in sustaining the performance of chickens under heat stress (HS), broiler chickens (n = 400) were exposed to high ambient temperature (between 27.2°C and 35.3°C) during 1–35 d. …”
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Quaternized Molecular Brush‐Grafted Injectable Microgel with Anti‐Inflammatory and Drainage Properties for Efficient Therapy of Anal Fistula by Runxian Wang, Pengwei Ma, Siqi He, Xiao Wang, Jinquan Zhang, Junwen Ye, Mingli Su, Xingxing Shi, Ruoxu Dou

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Highlights of the Fourth Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C: Moving towards a National Action Plan by Selena M. Sagan, Benoit Dupont, Jason Grebely, Mel Krajden, Sonya A. MacParland, Jennifer F. Raven, Sahar Saeed, Jordan J. Feld, D. Lorne Tyrrell, Joyce A. Wilson

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Dinámica de las formas de P en un haplustol de la región semiárida pampeana durante 13 años de trigo continuo by J.A. Galantini, L. Suñer, H. Krüger

“…El objetivo del presente trabajo fue evaluar los cambios en el tiempo de las diferentes formas de fósforo en un Haplustol con monocultivo de trigo (Triticum aestivum) con (f) y sin (nf) fertilización (N+P). Se realizó el fraccionamiento en húmedo por tamaño de partícula del suelo. …”
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The Effect of the Teach-Back Method on Knowledge, Performance, Readmission, and Quality of Life in Heart Failure Patients by Ali Rahmani, Amir Vahedian-Azimi, Masoud Sirati-Nir, Reza Norouzadeh, Hamid Rozdar, Amirhossein Sahebkar

“…This clinical trial was conducted in patients with heart failure (n = 70) hospitalized in the internal wards of the Baqiyatallah al-Azam Medical Center in Tehran (2019). …”
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Identifying Risk Factors Associated With False‐Negative Results in US‐Guided Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Lung Biopsy of Subpleural Pulmonary Lesions by Jiawei Yi, Mengjun Shen, Junhui He, Runhe Xia, Xinyu Zhao, Yin Wang

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Inversion of Water Quality Parameters from UAV Hyperspectral Data Based on Intelligent Algorithm Optimized Backpropagation Neural Networks of a Small Rural River by Manqi Wang, Caili Zhou, Jiaqi Shi, Fei Lin, Yucheng Li, Yimin Hu, Xuesheng Zhang

“…The results show that the GA–PSO–BPNN model for turbidity (TUB), ammonia nitrogen (NH₃-N), total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphorus (TP) prediction exhibited optimal accuracy with coefficients of determination (<i>R</i>²) of 0.770, 0.804, 0.754, and 0.808, respectively. …”
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Feasibility and Field Performance of a Simultaneous Syphilis and HIV Point-of-Care Test Based Screening Strategy in at Risk Populations in Edmonton, Canada by Joshua Bergman, Jennifer Gratrix, Sabrina Plitt, Jayne Fenton, Chris Archibald, Tom Wong, Ameeta E. Singh

“…The objectives of the study were to evaluate the feasibility and diagnostic performance of performing both HIV and syphilis POC testing in outreach settings and to document new cases identified in the study population. 1,265 outreach testing visits were offered syphilis and HIV POC testing and 81.5% (n=1,031) consented to testing. In our population, the SD Bioline 3.0 Syphilis Test had a sensitivity of 85.3% [CI (68.9–95.0)], specificity of 100.0% [CI (99.6–100.0)], positive predictive value (PPV) of 100.0% [CI (88.1–100.0)], and negative predictive value (NPV) of 99.5% [CI (98.9–99.8)]. …”
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Multidrug efflux pumps of Pseudomonas aeruginosa show selectivity for their natural substrates by Léna Mazza, Léna Mazza, Alexandre Bory, Alexandre Bory, Alexandre Luscher, Alexandre Luscher, Joachim Kloehn, Jean-Luc Wolfender, Jean-Luc Wolfender, Christian van Delden, Christian van Delden, Thilo Köhler, Thilo Köhler

“…We constructed a PA14 mutant, genetically deleted in the major multidrug efflux pumps MexAB-OprM, MexCD-OprJ, MexXY-OprM, and MexEF-OprN and expressed in this mutant each efflux pump individually from an inducible promoter. …”
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Almajiri health; a scoping review on disease, health literacy and space for participatory research. by Muzzammil Imran Muhammad, Amna Hassana Abdulsalam, Fadhina Petit-Clair, Amber Acquaye, Autumn Nobles, Brian Fleischer, Chigoziri Konkwo, Yusuf Ransome, Elijah Paintsil

“…Included studies found high rates of malaria, intestinal parasitosis, urinary tract infection, N. meningitidis, and occupational injury among almajirai. …”
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A human acellular dermal matrix coated with zinc oxide nanoparticles accelerates tendon repair in patients with hand flexor tendon injuries in zone 5 of the hand by Seyedeh-Sara Hashemi, Mohsen Pirmoradi, Alireza Rafati, Mehdi Kian, Ali Akbar Mohammadi, Mohamad Ali Hoghoughi

“…For clinical evaluations, 20 patients with a flexor tendon injury in zone 5 were randomly divided into control and treatment with ADM/ZnO-NPs groups (n=10 each). The control group had routine reconstructive surgery, while the other group received the ADM/ZnO- NPs graft during their surgery. …”
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Comportamiento de la mortalidad en la provincia Cienfuegos. 2013-2015 by Ling Denisse Santeiro Pérez, María Lina Valdés Gómez, José Aurelio Díaz Quiñones, Julio César Díaz Marrero, Leticia Castro Morejón

“…<br /><strong>Métodos:</strong> estudio descriptivo, de corte transversal, que analizó la totalidad de fallecidos (N=10 558) en el período 2013-2015, según variables clínico epidemiológicas seleccionadas. …”
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