De Novo Assembly of the Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Nodule Transcriptome by Vladimir A. Zhukov, Alexander I. Zhernakov, Olga A. Kulaeva, Nikita I. Ershov, Alexey Y. Borisov, Igor A. Tikhonovich

“…We obtained more than 58,000 and 37,000 contigs from “Nodules” and “Root Tips” assemblies, respectively. …”
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Central Aortic Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Parkinson’s Disease: A Comparative Study by Mehmet Balal, Meltem Demirkiran, Saime Paydas

“…Central aortic pressure (CAP) is the systolic blood pressure (SBP) at the root of the aorta. In young people, CAP is lower than peripheral arterial blood pressure. …”
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ABO and RhD blood groups as contributors to dyslipidaemia – a cross-sectional study by Malin Mickelsson, Kim Ekblom, Kristina Stefansson, Per Liv, Anders Själander, Ulf Näslund, Johan Hultdin

“…Previous studies are scarce for the RhD blood group, but we recently showed that RhD − young individuals are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis. …”
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Effect of Radiation, Organic Solvents and Vibration Occupational Exposure on the Thyroid Disease: Results from Project ELEFANT by Bibo Yuan, Citlalli Osorio-Yáñez, Junkai Fang, Lei Zhao, Ander Wilson, Marco Sanchez-Guerra, Hongbin Liu, Peng-Hui Li, Liqiong Guo

“…We reviewed the medical records, including the thyroid disease history, of young adult participants and measured the TSH levels in the females via automated immunometric assay. …”
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A Contemporary Insight Into the Seroepidemiology of Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in the Sub-Himalayan Region by Sangeeta Deka, Mithilesh Kumar Jha, Pratima Gupta, Putul Mahanta, Deepjyoti Kalita

“…Females from Uttarakhand, compared to adjoining states (p value: 0.041) and both men and women residing in hilly terrain compared to plains (p value: 0.018; p value: 0.030), showed significantly lower prevalence, while urban-dwelling men showed higher seropositivity (p value: 0.048). Thus, HSV-1/2 seroprevalence is lower in this region, especially in young, rural, and hill dwellers, indicating majority are vulnerable to acquiring new infections. …”
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INTEGRATION OF THE BALTIC STOCK MARKETS WITH GLOBAL MARKETS DURING THE PREVIOUS DECADE by Anmar Pretorius

“…The explanatory power of the regressions thus indicates the degree of integration of the stock market with global markets. …”
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Microiontophoretic Application of Dynorphin in Dental Pain: Excitatory or Inhibitory Effects by Choi SH, Kim YM, Son JY, Ahn DK

“…Seung-Ho Choi,* Yu-Mi Kim,* Jo-Young Son, Dong-Kuk Ahn Department of Oral Physiology, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Dong-Kuk Ahn, Department of Oral Physiology, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, 2177, Dalgubeol-Daero, Jung-Gu, Daegu, 41940, Korea, Tel +82-53-660-6840, Email dkahn@knu.ac.krBackground: The tooth exhibits increased sensitivity to noxious stimuli due to the dense innervation of thin myelinated Aδ fibers and unmyelinated C fibers within the dental pulp. …”
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Malignant Phyllodes Tumor and Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia Sharing a Common Clonal Origin by Yngvar Fløisand, Klaus Beiske, Geir Erland Tjønnfjord, Dag Heldal, Bodil Bjerkehagen, Mona-Elisabeth Revheim, Sverre Heim, Øyvind Sverre Bruland, Kirsten Sundby Hall, Anne Tierens, Jan Delabie

“…These rare malignancies have been shown to share a common clonal origin, often deduced from the finding of isochromosome 12p, i(12p), in cells from both the solid tumor and the leukemia, and thus are now known to represent different manifestations of the same clonal process. …”
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JointTracker: Real-time inertial kinematic chain tracking with joint position estimation [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Michael Lorenz, Didier Stricker, Markus Miezal, Gabriele Bleser-Taetz, Bertram Taetz

“…In contrast, inertial motion capture does not suffer from occlusions, thus being a promising approach for capturing motion outside the laboratory. …”
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De la façon de nommer aux usages des plantes adventices des cultures en pays Jbala (nord du Maroc) by Louise Clochey, Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas

“…Moreover, analyzing the practices linked to them, allows an outline of the role played by these plants in the relations between people, and among people and animals, within the investigated territory.…”
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Evaluation of the willingness to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with automated external defibrillator (AED) among Hong Kong Chinese using the theory of planned behavio... by Victor C W Tam, Anthony Wai Leung Kwok

“…Knowledge level was not associated with either CPR or AED willingness, thus was eliminated in backward selection in the MOR. …”
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Limb-belt resisted sprint training improves physical fitness and ball-throw velocity in pubertal handball players by Emna Makni, Firas Zghal, Raouf Hammami, Mohamed Abdelkader, Raghad Tarwneh, Mohamed Elloumi

“…The study assessed the effect of six weeks of biweekly upper and lower limbs’ weighted-belt resisted sprint training (BRST) and weighted-vest resisted sprint training (VRST), or normal sprint training (NST) on muscle strength, speed, change of direction and handball-throwing velocity in young handball players. Twenty-seven pubertal male handball players aged 14.4 years were randomly assigned into BRST ( n = 9), VRST ( n = 8), and NST ( n = 8) groups. …”
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'Sanctifying Sex': Exploring 'Indecent' Sexual Imagery in Pentecostal Liturgical Practices by Sarojini Nadar, Johnathan Jodamus

“…As a result, instead of encouraging safer sexual practices, the churches have been known to enforce abstinence outside of marriage, or sexual restrictions within it, thus marking sex in general as 'indecent'. Some of the consequences of this repression of sexuality are young people being forced into early marriages to avoid 'living in sin', teenage pregnancies as a consequence of not wanting to disobey the church's teaching on sex and contraceptives, as well as more serious consequences of unbridled sexual expressions resulting in sexually transmitted viruses. …”
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Markers of Biological Stress and Mucosal Immunity during a Week Leading to Competition in Adolescent Swimmers by E. Papadopoulos, C. Muir, C. Russell, B. W. Timmons, B. Falk, P. Klentrou

“…In conclusion, salivary cortisol did not change between the two weeks, and thus competition stress was relatively low, and mucosal immunity was unaffected in these young athletes prior to competition.…”
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Wood Chip Incorporation in Almond Orchard Planting Berms Increased Gravimetric Water Content, Soil CO2 Efflux, and Fine Root Length Density by Hana You, Paul Martinez, Mae Culumber, Brent Holtz, Astrid Volder

“…Thus, although root foraging was increased in planting berms with WCs incorporated, this was not due to a change in root architectural traits.…”
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Prevalence of gastrointestinal nematode parasites of dogs and associated risk factors in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia by Tsedalu Yirsa, Amare Bihone, Getenew Teshager, Yimer Muktar, Abebe Berihun

“…Female dogs were 4.5 times (COR: 4.55) and young dogs were 3.5 times (COR: 3.5) more likely exposed to these parasites than their respective male and adult dogs. …”
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Temporally and Spatially Controlled Age-Related Prostate Cancer Model in Mice by Sen Liu, Keyi Shen, Zixuan Li, Seleste Rivero, Qiuyang Zhang

“…In the history of age-related PCa research, mice have become a more popular animal model option than any other species due to their short lifespan and rapid reproduction. …”
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Characterization of terpenoids and norisoprenoids from base and retail Qingke Baijiu by GC × GC-TOFMS and multivariate statistical analysis by Xinlei Wang, Lin Zhu, Xuebo Song, Si Jing, Fuping Zheng, Mingquan Huang, Shengbao Feng, Luzhong La

“…According to the principal component analysis (PCA) plot, young, aged, and retail Qingke Baijiu could be differentiated clearly. …”
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La nécropole de Vannes/Darioritum : données inédites sur les pratiques funéraires armoricaines dans un secteur occupé du ier au ive s. apr. J.-C. by Annaïg Le Martret, Marie Grall, Vanessa Brunet

“…While necropolises began to be abandoned during the 3rd century AD, as urban centres contracted, this does not appear have been the case in Vannes, where several late tombs have been discovered. Thus, the practice of cremation on the site is attested as early as the 1st century AD, from the study of ceramics from the funeral pyre, and continues until the 3rd or even 4th century AD.There are 78 identified secondary cremation deposits, which include 74 secondary deposits in ossuary vessels (ceramic or glass), 3 potential secondary deposits in perishable containers and one undetermined deposit. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Maria Lenk, Antony Mason, Markus Rutsche

“…Beyond asking people what their preferred birth year would be in the context of such a thought experiment, it is possible to compare the attractiveness of actual birth years (and thus epochs in which to lead one’s life) from official statistics. …”
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