Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Barbados, West Indies by Anselm J. M. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton, Suh-Yuh Wu, Desiree H.-A. Skeete, Barbara Nemesure, M. Cristina Leske

“…Prostate cancer risks are lower in Caribbean-origin populations than previously believed, while mortality rates appeared to be higher than reported in African-American men. …”
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Blood Vessel Segmentation and Classification of Diabetic Retinopathy with Machine Learning-Based Ensemble Model by Cihan Akyel, Bünyamin Ciylan

“…By using Gray Level Cooccurrence Matrix (GLCM) attributes in the classification phase, a lower resource requirement was aimed for. A Dice coefficient of 85.95% was achieved for the segmentation of blood vessels in the Stare dataset, in addition to 97.46% accuracy for binary classification and 96.10% accuracy for classifying DR into five classes in the dataset APTOS 2019.…”
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Unique quantitative electroencephalography differences and related behavioral dynamics in Crohn’s disease by Yihan Zhuang, Hairu Yang, Xinyi Huang, Guanghua Guo, Quan Shi, Yiting Lin, Wenwen Xue, Zeyu Huang, Sisi Zhou, Jiahui Cai, Haizhu Tan, Jing Yu

“…Analysis showed that the LZC of QEEG in electrode positions O1, O2 and P4 was lower in the CD group than in the control group. …”
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General and Electrophysiological Toxic Effects of Manganese in Rats following Subacute Administration in Dissolved and Nanoparticle Form by Edina Horváth, Zsuzsanna Máté, Szabolcs Takács, Péter Pusztai, András Sápi, Zoltán Kónya, László Nagymajtényi, András Papp

“…Changes in evoked electrophysiological responses (cortical sensory evoked potential and nerve action potential) indicated that the 3 plus 3 weeks combined exposure caused equal or higher changes in the latency of these responses than 6 weeks of exposure, although the calculated summed Mn dose in the former case was lower. The results showed the importance of the physicochemical form of Mn in determining the toxic outcome, and suggested that neurofunctional markers of Mn action may indicate the human health effect better than conventional blood Mn measurement.…”
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Aromatic Amino Acid Mutagenesis at the Substrate Binding Pocket of Yarrowia lipolytica Lipase Lip2 Affects Its Activity and Thermostability by Guilong Wang, Zimin Liu, Li Xu, Yunjun Yan

“…The activities of mutant enzymes dropped to some extent towards p-nitrophenyl palmitate (pNPC16) and their optimum temperature was 35°C, which was 5°C lower than that of the wild-type. However, the thermostability of I100F increased 22.44% after incubation for 1 h at 40°C and its optimum substrate shifted from p-nitrophenyl laurate (pNPC12) to p-nitrophenyl caprate (pNPC10). …”
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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2: The First Decade by Nicola E. Clarke, Anthony J. Turner

“…As a result there has been huge interest in ACE2 over the past decade as a potential therapeutic for lowering blood pressure, especially elevation resulting from excess Ang II. …”
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Displacement Transmissibility Characteristics of Harmonically Base Excited Damper Isolators with Mixed Viscous Damping by Xiaojuan Sun, Jianrun Zhang

“…The resonant frequency always shifts to a lower value as the nonlinear damping component of the force fd(x˙)=c1x˙+c2|x˙|x˙ becomes stronger, and when the damping ratio in the corresponding linear model is relatively high, the relative transmissibility decreases at frequencies higher than the resonance frequency of the corresponding linear damping system and the absolute one increases for the frequency ratios above 2. …”
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A comparative study of proximate compositions, phytochemical constituents, and anti-nutritional contents of pulps and seeds of Garcinia buchananii fruit by Zeneba Kadir Abdisa, Kumsa Negasa Andersa, Abebe Yimer Tadesse, Endris Hussen Ahmed, Tolcha Techane Alemu, Hayat Hassen Mohammed

“…The pulp exhibited higher levels of total phenolic content (31.62 %), total flavonoid content (22.27 %), ascorbic acid (0.67 %), and inhibition percentage (15.31 %), but was lower in beta-carotene (4.60 %). The fruit seed has higher anti-nutritional values than the pulp. …”
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MEDIATING ROLE OF UNEMPLOYMENT ANXIETY IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENERAL SELF-EFFICACY AND JOB SEARCHING COMPETENCE LEVEL by Özlem Karadağ Ak, Aslan Şendoğdu, Ayşe Elif Yazgan

“…It was determined that those with work experience had lower overall unemployment anxiety and a higher level of job search competence. …”
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Mental Health, Emotional Regulation, and Psychosocial Work Factors Among Scientific Researchers: A Cross-Sectional Study from Paraguay by Julio Torales, Anthon Torres-Romero, Iván Barrios, Marcelo O’Higgins, Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez, João Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia, Antonio Ventriglio

“…Researchers with doctoral degrees exhibited lower anxiety levels, emphasizing the protective role of advanced academic qualifications. …”
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Sociodemographic and Behavioral Factors Associated with HIV Vulnerability according to Sexual Orientation by Maria Aparecida A. O. Serra, Antoninho B. Milhomem, Samae B. Oliveira, Francisca Aline A. S. Santos, Roberta Araújo e Silva, Ana Cristina P. J. Costa, Maria da Conceição S. O. Cunha, Antônio Uelton A. Silva, Roberto Wagner J. F. Freitas, Márcio Flávio M. Araújo

“…These individuals demonstrated a lower chance of HIV infection (p<0.001), sexually transmitted infections (p<0.001), alcohol use (p<0.001) and condom use (p<0.001), compared to men who have sex with men and/or bisexuals. …”
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The Effects of Storage Conditions on Lycopene Content and Color of Tomato Hot Pot Sauce by He Li, Jian Zhang, Yong Wang, Jian Li, Yihe Yang, Xinqi Liu

“…Browning color was attributed to both Maillard reaction and degradation of lycopene. In conclusion, lower storage temperature and stronger oxygen barrier property of package could maintain color stability and extend shelf life.…”
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Frequency and Predictors of Self-Reported Hypoglycemia in Insulin-Treated Diabetes by Samir Malkani, Anupam Kotwal

“…Delineating factors predisposing to hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes is difficult. Lower HbA1c is a potential predictor of hypoglycemia in type 1 but not in type 2 diabetes. …”
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Evaluation of Microleakage in Flash-Free and Conventional Ceramic Brackets: A Microcomputed Tomography Study by Gökay Üstdal, Eyüp Burak Küçük

“…Results: Microleakage volume (mm3) and microleakage percentage (%) measured in Blugloo™ group was found significantly lower (p<0.05) then other groups. There was no significant difference in microleakage volume (mm3) and percentage (%) in comparison of gingival and occlusal regions (p>0.05). …”
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PLZF Expression during Colorectal Cancer Development and in Normal Colorectal Mucosa according to Body Size, as Marker of Colorectal Cancer Risk by Francesco Mariani, Paola Sena, Giulia Magnani, Stefano Mancini, Carla Palumbo, Maurizio Ponz de Leon, Luca Roncucci

“…This study shows that overexpression of PLZF and exclusion of NK cells in dysplastic microenvironment are very early events in the stepwise sequence leading to CRC and that lower levels of CD56+ cells in NM, together with increased levels of PLZF+ cells, can be a reflection of colon cancer risk due to obesity.…”
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Evaluation of Clinical Effectiveness and Subjective Satisfaction of a New Toothbrush for Postsurgical Hygiene Care: A Randomized Split-Mouth Double-Blind Clinical Trial by Marco Montevecchi, Annalisa Moreschi, Maria Rosaria Gatto, Luigi Checchi, Vittorio Checchi

“…A more evident PI reduction was recorded for test toothbrush where a regular decrease was observed till day 14; then, this parameter tended to stabilize, remaining however lower than that recorded for the control toothbrush. …”
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Breast Cancer Profile among Patients with a History of Chemoprevention by Freya R. Schnabel, Sarah Pivo, Jennifer Chun, Shira Schwartz, Ana Paula Refinetti, Deborah Axelrod, Amber Guth

“…Patients in this group were diagnosed with earlier stage disease and had lower rates of ER/PR-positivity (73%/65%) than the nonchemoprevention group (84%/72%). …”
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The Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Factitious Oral Ulcers in a 6-Year-Old Boy by Priscilla Santana Pinto Gonçalves, Daniela Alejandra Cusicanqui Mendez, Paulo Sérgio da Silva Santos, José Humberto Damante, Daniela Rios, Thiago Cruvinel

“…Clinically, a significant swelling was observed, hard on palpation, located at the right lower third of the face, next to the posterior area of the mandible. …”
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Finger Length Ratios in Serbian Transsexuals by Svetlana Vujović, Srdjan Popović, Ljiljana Mrvošević Marojević, Miomira Ivović, Milina Tančić-Gajić, Miloš Stojanović, Ljiljana V. Marina, Marija Barać, Branko Barać, Milena Kovačević, Dragana Duišin, Jasmina Barišić, Miroslav L. Djordjević, Dragan Micić

“…Control male’s left hand ratio was lower than in control female’s left hand. There was no difference in 2D : 4D between MFT and control males. …”
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A Multiuser Detector Based on Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for DS-UWB Systems by Zhendong Yin, Xiaohui Liu, Zhilu Wu

“…The simulation results demonstrate that the BER and the near-far effect resistance performances of this proposed algorithm are quite close to those of the optimum multiuser detector (OMD) while its computational complexity is much lower than that of OMD. Furthermore, the BER performance of SCM-ABC-MUD is not sensitive to the number of active users and can obtain a large system capacity.…”
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