Large Scale Genomic Instability as an Additive Prognostic Marker in Early Prostate Cancer by Maria E. Pretorius, Håkon Wæhre, Vera M. Abeler, Ben Davidson, Ljiljana Vlatkovic, Ragnhild A. Lothe, Karl-Erik Giercksky, Håvard E. Danielsen

“…Background: The clinical outcome for the individual prostate cancer patient is often difficult to predict, due to lack of reliable independent prognostic biomarkers. …”
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Higher Effective Oronasal versus Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Effect of Mandibular Stabilization by M Kaminska, A Montpetit, A Mathieu, V Jobin, F Morisson, P Mayer

“…BACKGROUND: In some individuals with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), oronasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) leads to poorer OSA correction than nasal CPAP. …”
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Potencjał metanogenny mieszanek substratów pochodzenia rolniczego by Anna Zamojska-Jaroszewicz, Anna Matuszewska, Marlena Owczuk, Dorota Wardzińska

“…It defines the biological methane potential of individual mixtures and proposes the best option for biogas production on a larger scale.…”
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Prevalence of Screening in Patients Newly Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer in Ontario by Chelsea Taylor, Susan E Schultz, Lawrence F Paszat, Susan Bondy, Linda Rabeneck

“…OBJECTIVES: The primary objective was to determine the proportion of individuals with a new diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) in Ontario in whom the cancer was screen detected. …”
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Initial Development of the Activity Card Sort-Advancing Inclusive Participation from a Homeless Population Perspective by Quinn P. Tyminski, Ronald R. Drummond, Claire F. Heisey, Shelby K. Evans, Audra Hendrix, Lisa A. Jaegers, Carolyn M. Baum

“…This initial work supports the future development of a tool that is inclusive of all occupations to obtain a holistic picture of an individual’s participation.…”
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Linking Plant Diversity and Urban Uses at the City-Block Scale to Inform Urban Planning by Muriel Deparis, Nicolas Legay, Arthur Castellanos, Chloé Duque, Ulysse Guilloteau, Francis Isselin-Nondedeu, Sébastien Bonthoux

“…Urban land reserved for future development and parks harbour unique community composition within the city. Collective and individual housings have the same average alpha diversity, but the variability in community composition was higher for individual housing blocks. …”
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Effects of Cinnamomum zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) extract on lipid profile, glucose levels and its safety in adults: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. by Dimuthu Muthukuda, Chamini Kanatiwela de Silva, Saumiyah Ajanthan, Namal Wijesinghe, Anuradha Dahanayaka, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>C. zeylanicum extract did not have significantly reduce LDL-C but demonstrated a significant FBS-lowering effect, particularly in individuals with T2DM, with a favorable safety profile.…”
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Persistent depressive symptom trajectory is associated with cognitive impairment: a population-based longitudinal study of aging in Taiwan by Hsiao-Chen Lin, Wai-Lam Lao, Te-Chia Tseng, Chih-Jung Yeh

“…The odds ratios for cognitive impairment were 3.17 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.41–7.15) in Model 1; 3.24 (95% CI: 1.42–7.41) in Model 2; and 2.95 (95% CI: 1.24–7.00) in Model 3 in individuals with persistent depressive symptom trajectory. …”
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Characterising SRD5A2 Gene Variants in 37 Indonesian Patients with 5-Alpha-Reductase Type 2 Deficiency by Nanis S. Marzuki, Firman P. Idris, Hannie D. Kartapradja, Alida R. Harahap, Jose R. L. Batubara

“…Moreover, we determined that 20 individuals contained harmful mutations, while the remaining 17 variants were benign. …”
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The Single Leg Squat Test: A “Top-Down” or “Bottom-Up” Functional Performance Test? by Lindsay A Carroll, Benjamin R Kivlan, RobRoy L Martin, Amy L Phelps, Christopher R Carcia

“… # Results There were 33 individuals in the pass group and 32 in the fail group. …”
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Posterior Occipitocervical Fusion for Unstable Upper Cervical Trauma in Old and Elderly Population, Although Decreases Upper Cervical Rotation, Does Not Significantly Increase Neck... by Panagiotis Korovessis, Vasileios Syrimpeis, Evangelia Mpountogianni, Ioannis Papaioannou, Vasileios Tsekouras

“…POCF sufficiently restored occipitocervical sagittal balance along with functional outcome similar to controls in adult and elderly individuals with evident upper cervical degeneration. …”
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Virological and Immunological Aspects of AIDS Pathogenesis by Brian Conway, Francisco J Diaz-Mitoma

“…However. large variability in proviral load among individuals with comparable or dissimilar CD4 cell counts precludes the use of this measurement as an individual marker of the severity of immune disease. …”
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The Utah Population Database. A Model for Linking Medical and Genealogical Records for Population Health Research by Ken R. Smith, Alison Fraser, Diana Lane Reed, Jahn Barlow, Heidi A. Hanson, Jennifer West, Stacey Knight, Navina Forsythe, Geraldine P. Mineau

“…The UPDB provides access to information on more than 11 million individuals and supports nearly 400 research projects. …”
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Life-course socioeconomic status and breast and cervical cancer screening: analysis of the WHO's Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) by Dejana Braithwaite, Tomi Akinyemiju, Kemi Ogunsina, Swati Sakhuja, Valentine Ogbhodo

“…We examined the association between individual, parental and life-course SES in relation to breast and cervical cancer screening using education-based and employment-based measures of SES.Participants 22 283 women aged 18–65 years, recruited from China, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa.Results Having a college degree (OR 4.18; 95% CI 2.36 to 7.40) increased the odds of breast cancer screening compared with no formal education. …”
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Personal culture as a goal of continuing developmental education: Philosophical and methodological substantiation by N. L. Hudyakova, A. B. Nevelev, V. S. Neveleva

“…The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that for the first time in the philosophy of education, the authors consider the formation of personal culture in conjunction with the development by individuals of groups of cultural means corresponding to the main stages of human cultural development.Practical significance. …”
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Can Thinning Foster Forest Genetic Adaptation to Drought? A Demo‐Genetic Modelling Approach With Disturbance Regimes by Victor Fririon, Hendrik Davi, Sylvie Oddou‐Muratorio, Gauthier Ligot, François Lefèvre

“…We focused on two variable traits: individual vigour, determining diameter growth potential without stress as the deviation from average stand growth, and individual sensitivity to drought stress as the slope of the relationship between diameter growth and drought stress level. …”
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Migration of primordial germline cells is negatively regulated by surrounding somatic cells during early embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster by N. V. Dorogova, A. S. Khruscheva, Iu. A. Galimova, D. Yu. Oshchepkov, D. E. Maslov, E. D. Shvedkina, K. A. Akhmetova, S. A. Fedorova

“…To determine the role of the cell environment in the regulation of individual cell migration, we studied the migration of primordial germline cells (PGC) during early embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. …”
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Socio-economic determinants and spatial analysis of access to sanitation among older adults in Ghana by Ebenezer Nana Kwaku Boateng, Yvonne Ami Adjakloe, Addae Boateng Adu-Gyamfi, Amos Apraku, Simon Mariwah, Razak M. Gyasi

“…These data highlight the need for integrated approaches considering spatial variations and individual-level determinants to effectively address disparities in sanitation access.…”
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METTL3-dependent DLG2 inhibits the malignant progression of cervical cancer by inactivating the Hippo/YAP signaling by Mei Pu, Xia Xiao, Shasha Lv, Daqing Ran, Qian Huang, Mingming Zhou, Qirong Lei, Lingshuang Kong, Qing Zhang

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Traditional medicine use and associated factors in chronic patients in Jamalpur, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study by Mahmuda Akter Poli, Md Jamil Hossain, Ibrahim Kholil, Sumaya Yasmin, Bishwjit Bhowmick, Lakshmi Rani Kundu

“…Older individuals utilized it more compared to younger ones. …”
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