Identifying genetic susceptibility loci associated with human coronary artery disease. by Aqsa Zahid, Andleeb Batool, Abdul Wajid, Yurong Wu, Chun Liang, Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Amin Ullah, Kashif Iqbal Sahibzada, Hong Xue

“…In linkage analysis Chromosome 6 (Position 70.810): LOD = 3.16, Chromosome 7 (Position 107.190): LOD = 3.16, and chromosome 19 (Position 31.470): LOD = 3.90 also showed significant association with disease as p < 0.05. …”
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Social media use is associated with body image concern in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic by Marina de Sá Azevedo, Brenda Esper-Pereira, Larissa Vaz-Gonçalves, Raquel Machado Schincaglia, Marília Mendonça Guimarães, Karine Anusca Martins, Luciana Bronzi de Souza

“…An association between social media use and a greater chance of developing body image concerns was observed in the following outcomes (p<0.05): body comparison (OR:157.22), social media influence on perception/body relation (OR:56.31), influence to "cut out" foods considered "unhealthy" (OR:10.66), follow diets (OR:7.13), follow profiles of diet (OR:6.46), and felt motivated to change aspects of their body (OR:6.14). …”
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Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) for Moderate and High Myopia: Seven-Year Outcomes of Refraction, Corneal Tomography, and Wavefront Aberrations by Fei Xia, Yang Shen, Tian Han, Jing Zhao, Haipeng Xu, Xingtao Zhou

“…A mean refractive regression of −0.17 D was observed between 1 month and 7 years postoperatively. …”
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重组人内皮抑素对胃肠间质瘤血管形成及生长的抑制作用

“…【目的】 研究重组人内皮抑素(recombinant human endostatin,rhES)能否抑制胃肠间质瘤(gastrointestinal stromal tumor,GIST)裸鼠移植肿瘤血管生成及生长,探讨抑制血管形成作为GIST治疗方法的可行性65377;【方法】 随机将20只荷瘤裸鼠分为实验组与对照组65377;对照组瘤周注射生理盐水,实验组瘤周注射rhES,连用10 d65377;自用药开始,每5 d测量肿瘤体积,直至用药结束后5 d65377;计算抑瘤率和肿瘤缩小率65377;比较实验组与对照组肿瘤体积65380;微血管密度(microvascular density,MVD)65380;bcl-2阳性表达率65380;凋亡指数(AI)及实验组治疗前后肿瘤体积差异是否具有显著性65377;【结果】 用药前实验组与对照组肿瘤体积无差别(P = 0.628)65377;用药后实验组肿瘤体积逐渐减小65377;用药结束后5 d,实验组肿瘤体积与用药前及对照组相比均明显缩小(P = 0.000),抑瘤率86.5%,肿瘤缩小率为55.5%65377;所有瘤株CD117均为阳性表达65377;实验组MVD低于对照组(P = 0.020)65377;实验组bcl-2阳性表达率均低于对照组(P = 0.023)65377;实验组AI高于对照组(P = 0.020)65377; 【结论】 rhES抑制GIST血管生成65380;促进肿瘤细胞凋亡及遏制肿瘤生长,有可能成为治疗GIST的有效方法之一65377;…”
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The Influences of Visceral Fat Area on the Sites of Esophageal Mucosal Breaks in Subjects with Gastroesophageal Reflux Diseases by Ji Hyung Nam, Eirie Cho, Jeung Sook Kim, Eun-Cheol Park, Jae Hak Kim

“…In multivariate analysis, higher VAT (odds ratio (OR) 2.90, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.18 to 7.13, 3rd vs. 1st quartile, P=0.021; OR 3.63, 95% CI 1.44 to 9.10, 4th vs. 1st quartile, P=0.006) and the VAT/SAT ratio (OR 2.91, 95% CI 1.11 to 7.61, 3rd vs. 1st quartile, P=0.03; OR 3.02, 95% CI 1.17 to 7.83, 4th vs. 1st quartile, P=0.023) were significantly associated with mucosal breaks in the LC group. …”
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携带EGFP基因的逆转录病毒载体的构建及初步应用

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Living through the psychological consequences of COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review of effective mitigating interventions by Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Angkana Lekagul, Chawisa Suradom, Peeraya Piancharoen, Anamika Chattong

“…Half of the studies conducted for general population (51.7%). One-third of studies (8, 27.6%) provided interventions to patients with COVID-19 and 20.7% to healthcare workers. …”
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Assessing medical students’ beliefs about the opioid crisis and their post-graduation plans: a cross-sectional study by Samuel Borgemenke, Nicholas Durstock, Elizabeth A. Beverly

“…Abstract Background The number of deaths in the United States attributed to overdose was 70,237 in 2017 and 67,367 in 2018. Approximately 67.7% and 69.5%, respectively, of these deaths involved the use of opioids. …”
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Numerical Test Study of the Microscale Failure Modes and Fractal Analysis of Lower Cambrian Shale Based on Digital Images by Hengtao Cui, Zhonghu Wu, Liping Li, Jing Wang, Shuguang Song, Shangqu Sun, Yujun Zuo, Hao Liu, Yili Lou

“…On the microscale, based on digital image processing technology, this paper characterizes the nonuniformity of minerals in shale, a numerical model that can reflect the true microstructure of shale. Then, the failure process of shale under different confining pressures was simulated. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of rural and suburban areas about brucellosis in Central Bosnia by Sabina Šečić-Selimović, Emsel Papić, Aida Katica, Mohammad Abou El Ardat, Zarema Obradović

“…In this study, 117 respondents participated with 60 respondents (51.3%) from rural areas and 57 (48.7%) from suburban areas. …”
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Fabrication and Electrical Characterization of Low-Temperature Polysilicon Films for Sensor Applications by Filipa C. Mota, Inês S. Garcia, Aritz Retolaza, Dimitri E. Santos, Patrícia C. Sousa, Diogo E. Aguiam, Rosana A. Dias, Carlos Calaza, Alexandre F. Silva, Filipe S. Alves

“…This work demonstrates, for the first time, the fabrication of a 200 nm polycrystalline silicon thin film through a metal-induced crystallization process mediated by an AlSiCu alloy at temperatures as low as 450 °C on top of silicon and polyimide (PI) substrates. …”
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Analysis of Heavy Metal Pollution in the Water of the Halda River: A Distinctive Breeding Habitat for Carp Fish in Bangladesh by Afsana Kamal, Md. Manzoorul Kibria, Shahadat Hossain, Chowdhury Kaiser Mahmud, Rashmi Roy, Nighat Sultana Resma

“…Results The obtained order of mean concentrations of heavy metals for four seasons was winter > spring > monsoon > pre‐monsoon, and the assessed mean concentrations (mg/L) of heavy metals follow the trend: Fe (9.129) > Pb (0.033) > Zn (0.024) > Cr (0.017) > Cu (0.012) > Cd (0.002). The concentration of Fe was found above the permissible limit set by the World Health Organization (WHO) (Guidelines for Water Quality) and ECR (1997), and the concentrations for Pb were found above the USEPA (2006) limit in all four seasons. …”
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pACP-HybDeep: predicting anticancer peptides using binary tree growth based transformer and structural feature encoding with deep-hybrid learning by Shahid, Maqsood Hayat, Wajdi Alghamdi, Shahid Akbar, Ali Raza, Rabiah Abdul Kadir, Mahidur R. Sarker

“…The selected feature vector is subsequently trained using a CNN + RNN-based deep learning model. Our proposed pACP-HybDeep model demonstrated a high training accuracy of 95.33%, and an AUC of 0.97. …”
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Retrospective Cohort Analysis of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection following Introduction of a Central Line Bundle in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit by Molly Bannatyne, Judith Smith, Malavika Panda, Mohamed E. Abdel-Latif, Tejasvi Chaudhari

“…Central line utilisation ratio (CLUR: ratio of central line days to bed days) was also reduced between pre- and postintervention periods, from 0.177 (4414/25013) to 0.13 (3633/27384; p<0.001). …”
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Bioinformatics analysis combined with experimental validation reveals the biological role of the ILK gene in prostate cancer by Xiao-xiang Yu, Yi Liu, Rong-jiang Luo, Zi-xuan Song, Wen-kai Chen, Zeng-mi Mo, Feng-jing Wang

“…Conclusions The ILK is an oncogene mainly through influencing the C-MYC in PCa. Inhibition of ILK expression would be a promising method for treating the development and progression of PCa.…”
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NT-proBNP and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Who Received Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Prospective... by Zuoan Qin, Yaoyao Du, Quan Zhou, Xuelin Lu, Li Luo, Zhixiang Zhang, Ning Guo, Liangqing Ge

“…The effect sizes and confidence intervals of the left and right sides of the inflection point were 1.07 and 0.84–1.36 (P=0.5730) and 3.47 and 2.06–5.85 (P<0.0001), respectively. …”
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Problematic Issues of Protecting Property Rights from Illegal Actions of Public Authorities by K. I. Varava

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Diabetes Management and Outcomes among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Attending a Renal Service by Elizabeth Skalkos, Rohit Rajagopal, David Simmons

“…Insulin treatment was more associated with chronic kidney disease stages 4-5 (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 2.41, 95% CI 1.07-5.43), retinopathy (aOR 3.10, 95% CI 1.04-9.27), and podiatry review (aOR 5.06, 95% CI 1.20-21.38). …”
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Non-invasive blood glucose monitoring using PPG signals with various deep learning models and implementation using TinyML by Mahdi Zeynali, Khalil Alipour, Bahram Tarvirdizadeh, Mohammad Ghamari

“…The results showed an average root mean squared error (RMSE) of 19.7 mg/dL, with 76.6% accuracy within the A zone and 23.4% accuracy within the B zone of the Clarke Error Grid Analysis (CEGA), indicating a 100% clinical acceptance. …”
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Effects of spray dried plasma on litter growth performance and oxidative stress and inflammation of sows kept in a hot environment by Hannah M. Bailey, Natalia S. Fanelli, Joy M. Campbell, Hans H. Stein

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