A proof-of-concept study of extracting patient histories for rare/intractable diseases from social media by Atsuko Yamaguchi, Núria Queralt-Rosinach

“…To explore this question, we attempted to extract patient-centric knowledge from social media as a task for the 3-day Biomedical Linked Annotation Hackathon 6 (BLAH6). We selected amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and multiple sclerosis as use cases of rare and intractable diseases, respectively, and we extracted patient histories related to these health conditions from Twitter. …”
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Contextualizing Wilson’s Information Behavior model in Seeking Indigenous Information for HIV prevention among Adolescents in Secondary schools, Uganda by Olivia Nina, Rugambwa, Lyaka, Martha, Mutibwa, Lois Nankya

“…Health programs promoting both biomedical and indigenous representations in HIV prevention have been found to be more effective than those that ignore lay representations. …”
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Advanced delivery systems for gene editing: A comprehensive review from the GenE-HumDi COST Action Working Group by Alessia Cavazza, Francisco J. Molina-Estévez, Álvaro Plaza Reyes, Victor Ronco, Asma Naseem, Špela Malenšek, Peter Pečan, Annalisa Santini, Paula Heredia, Araceli Aguilar-González, Houria Boulaiz, Qianqian Ni, Marina Cortijo-Gutierrez, Kristina Pavlovic, Inmaculada Herrera, Berta de la Cerda, Emilio M. Garcia-Tenorio, Eva Richard, Sergio Granados-Principal, Arístides López-Márquez, Mariana Köber, Marijana Stojanovic, Melita Vidaković, Irene Santos-Garcia, Lorea Blázquez, Emily Haughton, Dongnan Yan, Rosario María Sánchez-Martín, Loubna Mazini, Gloria Gonzalez Aseguinolaza, Annarita Miccio, Paula Rio, Lourdes R. Desviat, Manuel A.F.V. Gonçalves, Ling Peng, Cecilia Jiménez-Mallebrera, Francisco Martin Molina, Dhanu Gupta, Duško Lainšček, Yonglun Luo, Karim Benabdellah

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A self-powered soft triboelectric-electrohydrodynamic pump by Fangming Li, Shuowen Sun, Xingfu Wan, Minzheng Sun, Steven L. Zhang, Minyi Xu

“…Abstract Soft pumps have the potential to transform industries including soft robotics, wearable devices, microfluidics and biomedical devices, but their efficiency and power supply limitations hinder prolonged operation. …”
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Biological Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles by Cell-Free Extract of Spirulina platensis by Gaurav Sharma, Nakuleshwar Dut Jasuja, Manoj Kumar, Mohammad Irfan Ali

“…Use of such a microalgal system provides a simple, cost-effective alternative template for the biosynthesis of nanomaterials of silver in a large scale that could be of great use in biomedical applications.…”
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Design of a Savitzky-Golay Filter-Based vEMG-FES System by Ruikai Cao, Yixuan Sheng, Anqin Dong, Honghai Liu

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Serum Transthyretin Level as a Plausible Marker for Diagnosis of Child Acute Malnutrition by Behailu Tsegaye, Amha Mekasha, Solomon Genet

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Mechanism of modified mRNA structure in COVID-19 vaccines for inducing neutralizing antibodies by Sabighoh Zanjabila, Beti Ernawati Dewi

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Aura phenomenon: a proposal for an etiology-based clinical classification by Umberto Pensato, Andrew M. Demchuk, Jens P. Dreier, Kevin C. Brennan, Simona Sacco, Michele Romoli

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The Effects of Self-Efficacy and Physical Activity Improving Methods on the Quality of Life in Patients with Diabetes: A Systematic Review by Sajjad Hamidi, Zahra Gholamnezhad, Narges Kasraie, Amirhossein Sahebkar

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Development of RNA interference-based therapy for rare genetic diseases by Milya Urfa Ahmad, Syarifah Dewi

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Insights on the use of genetic algorithm to tessellate voronoi structures in materials science by Luana Souza Almeida, Paulo Rangel Rios

“…Some applications of Voronoi structures are in reducing the weight of automotive and aerospace parts and developing biomedical implants. Metaheuristics are being used to optimize these structures while improving their mechanical properties. …”
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COVID-19: Impact in endothelial function and therapy with Mesenchymal Stromal Cells by Carla Longo de Freitas, Priscilla Yuri Okochi Alves da silva, Maria do Carmo Pinho Franco, Danilo Candido de Almeida

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Mean Daily Dosage of Aspirin and the Risk of Incident Alzheimer’s Dementia in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study in Taiwan by Cheng-Wei Chang, Jorng-Tzong Horng, Chi-Chang Hsu, Jui-Ming Chen

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Criteria to define rare diseases and orphan drugs: a systematic review protocol by Katie Kerr, Ghada Mohammed Abozaid, Amy McKnight, Hussain A Al-Omar

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Validity of patient-derived xenograft mouse models for lung cancer based on exome sequencing data by Jaewon Kim, Hwanseok Rhee, Jhingook Kim, Sanghyuk Lee

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A Rare Case of Intermittent Claudication Associated with Impaired Arterial Vasodilation by J. J. Posthuma, K. D. Reesink, M. Schütten, C. Ghossein, M. E. Spaanderman, H. ten Cate, G. Schep

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Biological Effects of Culture Substrates on Human Pluripotent Stem Cells by Yohei Hayashi, Miho Kusuda Furue

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Design of hollow tapered PMMA polymeric microneedles for enhanced structural stability and drug delivery efficiency by Aswani Kumar Gera, Rajesh Kumar Burra

“…This research paper analyzes the mechanical performance and fluid flow behavior of hollow cylindrical tapered shaped microneedles with polymethyl methacrylate, a biocompatible polymer, as material, considering its mechanical properties and also the material being widely used in biomedical applications. The finite element analysis tool is used to enhance the microneedle design by varying the outer base radius and tip radii to mitigate the von Mises stress that is exhibited during axial load and bending load conditions. …”
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The history of Drosophila studies: steps in the development of genetics by N. N. Yurchenko, A. V. Ivannikov, I. K. Zakharov

“…Drosophila has become a test ground to try new genetic methods, and its studies contribute much to biomedical science. The paper outlines several top priority fields in modern Drosophila studies.…”
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