Genetics and Epigenetics of Parkinson's Disease by Fabio Coppedè

“…In 1997 a mutation in the a-synuclein (SNCA) gene was associated with familial autosomal dominant Parkinson’s disease (PD). …”
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Advance Care Planning Initiatives in Critical Care Centers in Japan: A Case Report by Yuni Kamimura, Michihiro Tsubaki, Jun Hattori, Marina Oi, Takaaki Maruhashi, Haruyo Ota, Miho Oki, Kota Takanashi, Maika Takahashi, Yoko Sakurai, Yasushi Asari

“…Emergency transport experience allows patients and their families to realistically discuss her ACP.…”
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An Ecological Comparison of Floristic Composition in Seasonal Semideciduous Forest in Southeast Brazil: Implications for Conservation by Sérgio de Faria Lopes, Ivan Schiavini, Ana Paula Oliveira, Vagner Santiago Vale

“…Arboreal flora totaled 242 species, 163 genera, and 58 families. Fabaceae (38 species) and Myrtaceae (20 species) were families with the largest number of species. …”
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The use of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire to assess mental health in adolescents with parents diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Stefan Nilsson, Nina Malmström, Ingela Nygren, Joakim Öhlén, Birgitta Jakobsson Larsson, Anneli Ozanne

“…Data were collected from 11 Swedish families, including 14 adolescents (aged 8–25), 9 parents with ALS, and 8 co-parents. …”
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Benthic Macroinvertebrates along the Haraz Downstream in Southern Caspian Sea Basin: In Gradient of the Physicochemical Parameters by Amir Faraz Ghasemi, Morteza Kamali

“…Some sensitive (Hydropsychidae, Heptageniidae, Baetidae, and Leuctridae) and tolerant families (Tipulidae and Naididae/Tubificidae) are introduced as potential bioindicators of clean and disturbed river’s area, respectively.…”
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Current Evidence and Insights about Genetics in Thoracic Aorta Disease by Gianluigi Bisleri, Lorenzo Bagozzi, Claudio Muneretto

“…However, during the past decade, there has been increasing evidence that almost 20% of thoracic aortic aneurysms may be associated with a genetic disease, often within a syndromic or familial disorder. Moreover, the presence of congenital anomalies, such as bicuspid aortic valve, may have a unique common genetic underlying cause. …”
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WHEAT ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES by T. I. Odintsova, T. V. Korostyleva, L. L. Utkina, Ya. A. Andreev, A. A. Slavokhotova, E. A. Istomina, V. A. Pukhal’skii, T. A. Egorov

“…We provide a concise review of properties and gene structures of major AMP families discovered by the authors in Triticum kiharae seeds, including glycine-rich peptides, defensins, hevein-like peptides and the so-called 4-Cys peptides.…”
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Pathology and gene mutations of aldosterone-producing lesions by Koshiro Nishimoto, Tadashi Ogishima, Yuki Sugiura, Makoto Suematsu, Kuniaki Mukai

“…We discovered aldosterone-producing cell clusters (APCCs) and possible APCC-to-APA transitional lesions (pAATLs) and further visualized aldosterone-producing lesions for rare forms of PA including familial hyperaldosteronism type 3 and novel non-familial juvenile PA. …”
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Low Frequency of MKRN3 and DLK1 Variants in Chinese Children with Central Precocious Puberty by Ting Chen, Linqi Chen, Haiying Wu, Rongrong Xie, Fengyun Wang, Xiuli Chen, Hui Sun, Fei Xiao

“…We screened 173 Chinese patients (9 males and 164 females; 9 familial and 164 sporadic) with ICPP and 43 patients (9 males and 34 females; 3 familial and 40 sporadic) with early puberty for variants in MKRN3. …”
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On the 𝑞-Bernoulli Numbers and Polynomials with Weight 𝜶 by T. Kim, J. Choi

“…We present a systemic study of some families of higher-order 𝑞-Bernoulli numbers and polynomials with weight 𝛼. …”
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The gift of health promotion in a celebration: A descriptive observational study of community baby showers on YouTube by Aysha Jawed, Colin Gardiner

“…Introduction: Although community baby showers have persisted as a global health promotion practice for infants and their families over the past decades, to date there is no study that has evaluated coverage and engagement of community baby showers across social media as a rising global health communication medium in this contemporary digital era. …”
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Biodiversity and integration of ecological characteristics of species in spatial pattern analysis by Z. Mohebi, H. Mirzaei

“…The Scrophulariaceae, Malvaceae, Papaveraceae, and Euphorbiaceae families were not found in vegetation Type 1, and vegetation Type 2 had no species of the Boraginaceae, Rosaceae, Thumeliaceae, Capparidaceae, Oleaceae, Sistaceae, and Dispaceae families. …”
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Effect of Single Parenting on Children’s Social Welfare in Chahi Sub-County Kisoro District. by Nyiraneza, Gloria

“…The study concluded that single-parent families in Chahi Sub-County face significant economic and educational challenges. …”
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IL-1β and IL-6 Are Highly Expressed in RF+IgE+ Systemic Lupus Erythematous Subtype by Yongkang Wu, Bei Cai, Junlong Zhang, Beilei Shen, Zhuochun Huang, Chunyu Tan, Carla C. Baan, Lanlan Wang

“…Results. Three familial SLE patients and 5 noninherited SLE cases are with features of RF+IgE+. …”
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Calabi-Yau Threefolds in Weighted Flag Varieties by Muhammad Imran Qureshi, Balázs Szendrői

“…We review the construction of families of projective varieties, in particular Calabi-Yau threefolds, as quasilinear sections in weighted flag varieties. …”
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The protein structurome of Orthornavirae and its dark matter by Pascal Mutz, Antonio Pedro Camargo, Harutyun Sahakyan, Uri Neri, Anamarija Butkovic, Yuri I. Wolf, Mart Krupovic, Valerian V. Dolja, Eugene V. Koonin

“…ABSTRACT Metatranscriptomics is uncovering more and more diverse families of viruses with RNA genomes comprising the viral kingdom Orthornavirae in the realm Riboviria. …”
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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC RELEVANCE OF TRADITIONAL THRIFT AND CREDIT ASSOCIATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN SOCIETY by ROBERT MARTINS EZE

“…The thrift and credit associations have remained vital in Nigeria, considering the mass poverty ravaging the rural population, and they are also relevant as they have helped many families rise above the poverty line. This paper is conceptual, as secondary data were used. …”
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A Survey of Avian Fauna in Kabale Municipality, South Western Uganda by Sarah, Nachuha, Fortunate, Twagiramaria

“…Birds were categorized into families and the Shannon–Weaver (H') diversity index and the abundance of all the species was calculated. …”
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A Note on the Modified q-Bernoulli Numbers and Polynomials with Weight α by T. Kim, D. V. Dolgy, S. H. Lee, B. Lee, S. H. Rim

“…A systemic study of some families of the modified q-Bernoulli numbers and polynomials with weight α is presented by using the p-adic q-integration ℤp. …”
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DSD and Professionalism from a Multilateral View: Supplementing the Consensus Statement on the Basis of a Qualitative Survey by Jürg C. Streuli, Birgit Köhler, Knut Werner-Rosen, Christine Mitchell

“…Treatment and support of a child with DSD calls for experience and expertise in diagnosis, surgical techniques, understanding of psychosocial issues, and recognizing and accepting the significance of individual values of children, families, and support groups. The range of what is considered “appropriate” care and treatment is still very broad and critics point at major gaps between ethical guidelines and current clinical practice. …”
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