High prevalence of overweight/obesity and central obesity among women in a rural district of Nepal in 2012–2013: a population-based study by Chandra Yogal, Chandra Yogal, Astrid Kamilla Stunes, Astrid Kamilla Stunes, Sunila Shakya, Biraj Karmarcharya, Rajendra Koju, Mats P. Mosti, Mats P. Mosti, Miriam K. Gustafsson, Miriam K. Gustafsson, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Berit Schei, Unni Syversen, Unni Syversen

“…Data concerning socioeconomic and lifestyle factors were collected.ResultsAltogether, 1,391 women 43.1 ± 14.4 years of age were included. The majority belonged to the Adhivasi/Janajati ethnicity, were uneducated and worked in agriculture. …”
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MRI-based analysis of the microstructure of the thalamus and hypothalamus and functional connectivity between cortical networks in episodic cluster headache by Chiara Abagnale, Antonio Di Renzo, Giada Giuliani, Gabriele Sebastianelli, Francesco Casillo, Lucia Ziccardi, Vincenzo Parisi, Cherubino Di Lorenzo, Mariano Serrao, Francesca Caramia, Vittorio Di Piero, Gianluca Coppola

“…Abstract Background Neuroimaging studies have shown that hypothalamic/thalamic nuclei and other distant brain regions belonging to complex cerebral networks are involved in cluster headache (CH). …”
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E_N_T_R_O_P_Y: Monocentric analysis of rectal cancer radio-chemotherapy treatment in patients of young age by E. Meldolesi, A. Nicolì, N. Dinapoli, G. Chiloiro, A. Romano, R. Menghi, R. Persiani, F. Pacelli, C. Coco, C. Ratto, S. Manfrida, L. Boldrini, B. Corvari, M.A. Gambacorta

“…Results: All patients were classified in different risk groups, according to the ESMO 2017 rectal cancer clinical practice guidelines. 88 % of patients under 55 years old at the diagnosis belonged to the bad or advanced risk groups with an equal division. …”
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How Marine Megabenthos Fauna Responds to River Discharge and Artificial Flood in Large River Estuary by Debin Sun, Qinglu Fu, Jiao Wang, Linlin Chen, Jing Chen, Yilin Wang, Baoquan Li

“…All 210 species were collected during three periods, belonging to 16 classes and 51 orders. The typical estuarine communities were mainly distributed in the key area within 30 km of the estuary during the low‐flow periods. …”
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Evaluasi Penerapan IT Governance pada Bank berdasarkan Cobit 5 (Studi Kasus pada Bank XYZ) by Surjandy Surjandy, Erick Fernando, A.Raharto Condrobimo, Mohammad Rizky Yudho

“… Pencurian dana nasabah dengan menggunakan Teknologi Informasi masih terjadi hingga saat ini seperti yang dilaporkan pada web Finance.detik.com dimana dana tabungan nasabah hilang dan hal ini terjadi tidak hanya pada 1 bank namun beberapa bank.  …”
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Preclinical evaluation of avutometinib and defactinib in high‐grade endometrioid endometrial cancer by Tobias Max Philipp Hartwich, Miranda Mansolf, Cem Demirkiran, Michelle Greenman, Stefania Bellone, Blair McNamara, Shuvro P. Nandi, Ludmil B. Alexandrov, Yang Yang‐Hartwich, Silvia Coma, Jonathan Pachter, Alessandro D. Santin

“…Results WES results demonstrated multiple EAC cell lines to harbor genetic derangements in the RAS/MAPK pathway including KRAS/PTEN/PIK3CA/BRAF/ARID1A, potentially sensitizing to FAK and RAF/MEK inhibition. …”
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A novel virulent core genome multilocus sequence type CT 11424 of Listeria monocytogenes isolate causing stillbirth in Bangladesh by Muntasir Alam, Md Saiful Islam, M. Ishrat Jahan, Arpita Shyama Deb, Afruna Rahman, Zahidul Islam, Atique Iqbal Chowdhury, Kazi Munisul Islam, Mohammad Zahid Hossain, Dilruba Ahmed, Shams El Arifeen, Emily S. Gurley, Mustafizur Rahman

“…Results The isolate Lm-BD-CHAMPS-01 was identified as a novel cgMLST CT11424. It belonged to ST 308, Serotype 4b, Clonal Complex 1, and Phylogenetic Lineage 1. …”
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Hidden Urban Biodiversity: A New Species of the Genus <i>Scincella</i> Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Southwest China by Ru-Wan Jia, Zong-Yuan Gao, Di-Hao Wu, Guan-Qi Wang, Gang Liu, Min Liu, Ke Jiang, De-Chun Jiang, Jin-Long Ren, Jia-Tang Li

“…The genus <i>Scincella</i> Mittleman, 1950, belonging to the family Scincidae, exhibits considerable morphological convergence, complicating species delimitation and resulting in underestimated diversity. …”
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Clinical significance of PCT, CRP, IL-6, NLR, and TyG Index in early diagnosis and severity assessment of acute pancreatitis: A retrospective analysis by Xu Xinyu, Zhou Jiang, Ai Qing, Li Lihua, Liu Xiehong, Zhou Lin

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, DeLong test, and Bonferroni correction were used to evaluate predictive performance. …”
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The Lipo-DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction: A Valuable Innovation for Maximizing Abdominal Tissue Volume by Benedetto Longo, MD, PhD, Gennaro D’Orsi, MD, Alessio Farcomeni, PhD, Martina Giacalone, MD, Elettra Gagliano, Lisa Vannucchi, MD, Maximilian Catenacci, MD, Gianluca Vanni, MD, Claudio Oreste Buonomo, MD, Valerio Cervelli, MD

“…We prospectively enrolled patients with BMI less than 25 kg/m2 and candidates for lipo-DIEP flap BR (group A) comparing them with a control group (group B) undergoing traditional DIEP flap BR with the same characteristics of the first group (BMI < 25 kg/m2). Patients belonging to group A underwent magnetic resonance imaging preoperatively and 6 months after the BR, evaluating the adipose tissue volume retained in the retropectoral space. …”
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Polymorphism of genes associated with infectious lung diseases in Northern Asian populations and in patients with community-acquired pneumonia by S. V. Mikhailova, L. V. Shcherbakova, N. I. Logvinenko, I. I. Logvinenko, M. I. Voevoda

“…It has also been reported that rs10902158 at the PKP3-SIGGIR-TMEM16J genetic locus belongs to a haplotype race-specifically associated with tuberculosis. …”
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Re-annotation of SARS-CoV-2 proteins using an HHpred-based approach opens new opportunities for a better understanding of this virus by Brézellec, Pierre

“…Secondly, we show that the SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a protein shares similarities with human G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), such as Lutropin-choriogonadotropic hormone receptor, primarily belonging to the "Rhodopsin family". To further investigate these similarities, we compared Prominin 1 and Lutropin-choriogonadotropic hormone receptor to a set of viral proteins using HHPRED. …”
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Housing Price Forecasting Using AI (LSTM) by Hossein Ziyadi, Erfan Salavati, Mohammad Mahdi Lotfi Heravi

“…ConclusionAmong the four different models of this research, the best prediction belonged to the multivariate stacked-LSTM model, which was empowered by the highly correlated macroeconomic variables. …”
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Viability of pollen in sweet cherry (<i>Cerasus avium</i>) varieties of different ecogeographic origin in the Northwestern region of Russia by S. Yu. Orlova, A. V. Pavlov, V. G. Verzhuk

“…Twenty-four sweet cherry accessions belonging to five different groups were studied: I – Northwestern (bred at VIR); II – Central; III – Central Black Soil (all three are regions in Russia); IV – Belarus; and V – Estonia. …”
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Emission Characteristics of Hazardous Air Pollutants from Construction Equipment by Sungwoon Jung, Sunmoon Kim, Yunsung Lim, Jongtae Lee, Taekho Chung, Heekyoung Hong, Sunhee Mun, Seunghwan Lee, Woojun Jang, Jaehyun Lim

“…Abstract The emission characteristics of mobile air pollution sources belonging to the non-road sector have yet to be thoroughly investigated, especially when compared to those of on-road vehicles. …”
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The members of zinc finger-homeodomain (ZF-HD) transcription factors are associated with abiotic stresses in soybean: insights from genomics and expression analysis by Hafiz Muhammad Rizwan, Jiayi He, Muhammad Nawaz, Keyu Lu, Mingfu Wang

“…Abstract Background Zinc finger homeodomain (ZF-HD) belongs to the plant-specific transcription factor (TF) family and is widely involved in plant growth, development and stress responses. …”
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Value of Assessing Autonomic Nervous Function by Heart Rate Variability and Heart Rate Turbulence in Hypertensive Patients by Yijun Yu, Yanling Xu, Mingjing Zhang, Yuting Wang, Wusong Zou, Ye Gu

“…Turbulence slope (TS) belongs to HRT parameters. Results. TS, rMSSD, pNN50, VLF, LF, and HF values were significantly lower in the HP group than in the N-HP group. …”
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Gross recurrent laryngeal nerve invasion by extranodal extension in thyroid carcinoma by Xin Li, Xiang-yun Yao, Shi-rong Liu, Fang Mei, Bo Yu, Bing-yan Wang, Shi-bing Song, Shi Tan

“…Permanent vocal cord paralysis occurred in two (13.3%) cases receiving neurectomy, of which one was of the PTC group, and the other one belonged to the MTC group. At the end of the follow-up period, two patients in the PTC group experienced locoregional recurrence. …”
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Cultural aspects of organizational agility affecting digital innovation by Dulce Goncalves, Magnus Bergquist, Richard Bunk, Sverker Alänge

“…In our sample, the incumbents predominantly adhered to the first two cultures, while the startups typically belonged to the second group. The most successful startups were even able to create a combination of Clan and Adhocracy cultures — a concept we here term ‘Agile culture.’ …”
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Relationship between Tai Chi and clinical outcomes in elderly patients with COVID-19: a protocol for systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis by Yang Wang, Na Li, Xiao Peng, Chun Wang, Sheng He, Jinfeng Yang, Yuanpeng Liao

“…Tai Chi as a traditional Chinese exercisethat belongs to traditional Chinese medicine has proven its effectiveness against COVID-19. …”
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