Is Month of Birth a Risk Factor for Colorectal Cancer? by N. K. Francis, N. J. Curtis, E. Noble, M. Cortina-Borja, E. Salib

“…A case-control study was performed with month of birth extracted from a dedicated colorectal cancer database. Age and gender matched patients were used as a control group. …”
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Safety evaluation and whole genome sequencing for revealing the ability of Penicillium oxalicum WX-209 to safely and effectively degrade citrus segments by Xiao Hu, Yujiao Qian, Zhipeng Gao, Gaoyang Li, Fuhua Fu, Jiajing Guo, Yang Shan

“…Data availability: The whole genome sequencing data in this study can be found in GenBank database of NCBI website with the accession number PRJNA 715321. …”
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Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 is associated with tumor microenvironment remodeling of bladder cancer by Fang Fang, Tiange Wu, Mengxue Wang, Wenchao Li, Zonghao You, Ming Chen, Han Guan

“…We utilized these two algorithms to analyze the immune components of 433 bladder cancer cases from The Cancer Genome Atlas database, aiming to compensate for the current lack of large-sample single-cell information. …”
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GPX8 as a Novel Prognostic Factor and Potential Therapeutic Target in Primary Glioma by Zhao-shou Yang, Qin Yang, Xiao-xiao Sun, Kui Xiong, Xiao-ting Zhu, Yi-chen Wang, Qian-yao Ren, Guo-hui Wu, Shi-min Wang, Xu-qin Cao, Xiao-rong Yang, Wen-gong Jiang

“…Here, we leveraged Chinese Glioma Genome Atlas (CGGA), The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), and Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) database to investigate the association between GPX8 and overall survival (OS) of patients with primary gliomas, and our results showed that GPX8 expression was negatively correlated with OS. …”
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Replication-Based Query Management for Resource Allocation Using Hadoop and MapReduce over Big Data by Ankit Kumar, Neeraj Varshney, Surbhi Bhatiya, Kamred Udham Singh

“…The technique allows for capabilities to inform a massive database of information, from storage and indexing techniques to the distribution of queries, scalability, and performance in heterogeneous environments. …”
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Evaluating the Effect of Ramadan Fasting on Muslim Patients with Diabetes in relation to Use of Medication and Lifestyle Patterns: A Prospective Study by Melanie Yee Lee Siaw, Daniel Ek Kwang Chew, Rinkoo Dalan, Shaikh Abdul Kader Kamaldeen Abdul Shakoor, Noorani Othman, Chor Hui Choo, Nur Hidayah Shamsuri, Siti Nurhana Abdul Karim, Sui Yung Chan, Joyce Yu-Chia Lee

“…The patients’ responses and clinical outcomes from the clinic database were collected before, during, and after Ramadan. …”
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Novel drug targets for monkeypox: From viral to host proteins by Zhaozhong Zhu, Qin Sun, Yunhai Xu, Youya Niu, Fei Yang, Shuidong Feng

“…Results: We constructed a comprehensive protein–protein interaction (PPI) network between MPXV and humans, using data from the P-HIPSTer database. This network included 113 viral proteins and 2 607 MPXV-interacting human proteins (MIPs). …”
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Dentin-derived alveolar bone graft for alveolar augmentation: A systematic review by Dedy Agoes Mahendra, Kavanila Bilbalqish, Alexander Patera Nugraha, Arief Cahyanto, Kaushik Sengupta, Kamal Hanna, Asti Meizarini, Ninuk Hariyani

“…Material and methods: A search of systematic literature was conducted in Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Embase from database inception to October 2023. The review included both randomized controlled trials (RCT), pilot studies, clinical trials, and retrospective studies reporting on dentin-derived ABG use for alveolar augmentation. …”
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The role of CLDN11 in promotion of granulosa cell proliferation in polycystic ovary syndrome via activation of the PI3K-AKT signalling pathway by Min Wang, Tong Chen, Jiani Zheng, Caomeihui Shen, Guitian He, Jingshun Zhang, Boqi Zhang, Lianwen Zheng

“…This study established a rat model of PCOS and, in conjunction with clinical samples and database data, analysed the role of claudin 11 (CLDN11) in follicular granulosa cells (GCs) in regulating the proliferation of GCs. …”
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DNA Barcoding and Phylogenetic Analysis of Culex and Anopheles Species in Siirt, Türkiye by Halil Dilmen, Behcet İnal, Mehmet Salih Özgökçe, Mustafa Cemal Çiftçi, Hilmi Kara, Sedriye Çatkın, Meryem Özer Dilmen, Gülcihan Koyunçu

“…Mitochondrial gene PCR products were sequenced, and the sequences were uploaded to the NCBI database for public access. Phylogenetic analysis was conducted using these sequences to investigate the genetic distances and evolutionary relationships among the mosquito species. …”
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Transcriptome of the Deep-Sea Black Scabbardfish, Aphanopus carbo (Perciformes: Trichiuridae): Tissue-Specific Expression Patterns and Candidate Genes Associated to Depth Adaptatio... by Sergio Stefanni, Raul Bettencourt, Miguel Pinheiro, Gianluca De Moro, Lucia Bongiorni, Alberto Pallavicini

“…The assembly of 544,491 high quality reads provided 8,319 contigs, 55.6% of which retrieved blast hits against the NCBI nonredundant database or were annotated with ESTscan. Comparison of functional genes at both the protein sequences and protein stability levels, associated with adaptations to depth, revealed similarities between A. carbo and other bathypelagic fishes. …”
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Improved insulin sensitivity and reproductive profile in overweight/obese PCOS patients undergoing integrative treatment with carnitines, L-arginine, L-cysteine and myo-inositol by Alessandro D. Genazzani, Christian Battipaglia, Martina Foschi, Elisa Semprini, Claudia Aio, Eleonora Spelta, Anna Kostrzak, Maria Laura Rusce, Anna Szeliga, Blazej Meczekalski

“…Objective To evaluate the effects of a combination of carnitines, L-arginine, L-cysteine and myo-inositol on metabolic and reproductive parameters in PCOS overweight/obese patients.Methods This was a retrospective study analyzing information of a group of PCOS (n = 25) overweight/obesity patients, not requiring hormonal treatment, selected from the database of the ambulatory clinic of the Gynecological Endocrinology Center at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. …”
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Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acid in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Meta-Analysis by Wenxia Lu, Sainan Li, Jingjing Li, Jianrong Wang, Rong Zhang, Yuqing Zhou, Qin Yin, Yuanyuan Zheng, Fan Wang, Yujing Xia, Kan Chen, Tong Liu, Jie Lu, Yingqun Zhou, Chuanyong Guo

“…MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, CINAHL, Science Citation Index (ISI Web of Science), Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) were searched for relevant randomized controlled trials on the effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in patients with NAFLD from inception to May 2015. …”
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Is insomnia a risk factor for new-onset asthma? A population-based study in Taiwan by Shih-Feng Weng, Chih-Cheng Lai, Yu-Chieh Lin, Chih-Chiang Chien, Chin-Ming Chen, Shyh-Ren Chiang, Chung-Han Ho, Kuo-Chen Cheng

“…Objectives To determine whether insomnia at baseline is a risk factor for new-onset asthma.Methods We recruited 48 871 patients with insomnia (insomnia group) newly diagnosed between 2002 and 2007, and 97 742 matched controls without insomnia (control group) from Taiwan’s Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000. All of the patients were followed up for 4 years to see whether new-onset asthma developed. …”
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Production Thematic Maps of Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundation for Al-Basrah Soil Using Standard Penetration Data and GIS by Majeed Sabaa, Alaa Salman, Ammar Dakhil, Saba Jawad, Mahdi Karkush, Ahmed Athab

“…The Geographic Information System (GIS) is one of the modern database software which is used to collect, analyze, display, processing and produce geographic information maps for a specific objective. …”
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Incidence and Characteristics of Patients with Visual Impairment due to Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion in a Representative Canadian Cohort by Robert J. Petrella, Julie Blouin, Brian Davies, Martin Barbeau

“…This observational, retrospective study used records from the Southwestern Ontario database to observe the annual incidence, demographics, and comorbidity characteristics of patients with VI due to ME secondary to RVO. …”
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Genetic Polymorphisms of Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Antigen 4 in Primary Biliary Cholangitis: A Meta-Analysis by Xing-Chen Yang, Masayuki Fujino, Song-Jie Cai, Shao-Wei Li, Chi Liu, Xiao-Kang Li

“…PubMed and the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database were used to search correlative literatures, and the documents which were about the relationships between the polymorphisms of CTLA4 (rs231775, rs231725, rs3087243, and rs5742909) and PBC were collected as of June 2016. …”
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Comprehensive analysis reveals the tumor suppressor role of macrophage signature gene FCER1G in hepatocellular carcinoma by Deyu Kong, Yiping Zhang, Linxin Jiang, Nana Long, Chengcheng Wang, Min Qiu

“…We obtained single-cell se-quencing data from seven HCC samples in the GEO database. Through principal component analysis and t-SNE dimensionality reduction, we identified 2,000 highly variable genes and per-formed clustering and annotation of 17 cell clusters, revealing 482 macrophage-related feature genes. …”
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Colonic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: A Population-Based Analysis of Incidence and Survival by Zhiqiang Liu, Yan Sun, Yongfeng Li, Jingyuan Zhao, Shihong Wu, Zibo Meng, Heshui Wu

“…The patients were selected from 2000 to 2015 based on Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Patients’ demographics, tumor characteristics, incidence, treatment, and survival were retrieved for analysis. …”
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Trends in Brazilian productions on the assistive technologies’ effectiveness for patient safety by Christiani Andrea Marquesini Rambo, Giulia Dos Santos Goulart, Eveline do Amaral Antonello, Tânia Solange Bosi de Souza Magnago, Yuliett Mora Pérez, Graziella María Rosa Cauduro

“…Data collection was in June 2023, from the Catalog of Theses and Dissertations of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel database. Two search strategies were used, associating the keywords. …”
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