Lipemia Interferences in Biochemical Tests, Investigating the Efficacy of Different Removal Methods in comparison with Ultracentrifugation as the Gold Standard by Neda Soleimani, Sahand Mohammadzadeh, Fateme Asadian

“…Introduction. As a common interferer in clinical chemistry, lipemic specimens could be a source of significant analytical errors. …”
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Diabetic Distal Symmetrical Polyneuropathy: Correlation of Clinical, Laboratory, and Electrophysiologic Studies in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Yi-Ching Weng, Sung-Sheng Tsai, Rong-Kuo Lyu, Chun-Che Chu, Long-Sun Ro, Ming-Feng Liao, Hong-Shiu Chang, Chiung-Mei Chen, Jawl-Shan Hwang, Hung-Chou Kuo

“…DSPN correlated strongly with male gender and higher glycohaemoglobin levels; NCS abnormality correlated with higher glycohaemoglobin levels; DSPN severity correlated with NCS of each stimulating nerve. DPNP commonly occurred with clinical and electrophysiologic evidence of DSPN. …”
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Cooperative maximum adhesion tracking control for multi-motor electric locomotives by Leiting Zhao, Yongxiang Wang, Kan Liu, Liran Li, Jingyuan Zhan, Qingliang Liu

“…The method is intended to optimize the output torque of each motor, maximize the utilization of train adhesion within the total torque command, reduce the train skidding/sliding phenomenon and achieve optimal adhesion utilization for each axle, thus realizing the optimal allocation of the multi-motor electric locomotives. …”
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Investigation of Vibration Energy Harvesting in Multilayer Composite Plates with Anisotropic Piezoelectric Patches by Asghar Jamshiddoust, Morteza Karamooz Mahdiabadi, Amin Farrokhabadi

“…The investigation focuses on two common boundary conditions: cantilevered composite plate (CFFF) and all-four-edges clamped (CCCC), employing a combination of analytical techniques and numerical simulations. …”
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Germline-restricted chromosomes of the songbirds by P. M. Borodin

“…This indicates that GRC originated in the common ancestor of the songbirds. The germline-restricted chromosome is permanently absent from somatic cells of the songbird, while female germline cells usually contain two copies of GRC and male ones have one copy. …”
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Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Deficiency Attenuates Experimental Colitis-Induced Adipose Tissue Lipolysis by Liming Liu, Cuiqing Zhao, Ying Yang, Xiaoxia Kong, Tuo Shao, Li Ren, Xinyu Zhuang, Baishuang Yin, Gerald Dryden, Craig McClain, Weimin Luan, Wenke Feng

“…Nutrient deficiencies are common in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). …”
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Knowledge, Habits and Attitudes in Photoprotection to Prevent Skin Cancer by Asbely Yera Sánchez, Yanet Blanco Fleites, Yuleydi Alcaide Guardado, Mario Ávila Sánchez, Greta Margarita Arrechea García, Jacobo Cambil Martín

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> skin cancer is one of the most common neoplasms, with an increase in the last two decades. …”
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The Fungi-specific histone Acetyltransferase Rtt109 mediates morphogenesis, Aflatoxin synthesis and pathogenicity in Aspergillus flavus by acetylating H3K9 by Ruilin Sun, Meifang Wen, Lianghuan Wu, Huahui Lan, Jun Yuan, Shihua Wang

“…Abstract Aspergillus flavus is a common saprophytic filamentous fungus that produces the highly toxic natural compound aflatoxin during its growth process. …”
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Haplotype tagging efficiency and tagSNP sets portability in worldwide populations in NAT2 gene by Audrey Sabbagh, Pierre Darlu, André Langaney, Estella S. Poloni

“…For 28 population samples (including 3,994 individuals) from four continental regions (Africa, Europe, Asia, America), we evaluated haplotype tagging efficiency at NAT2 and defined population-specific sets of haplotype tagging SNPs (htSNPs) to be used for future association studies. Tagging common haplotypes yielded 2- to 3-fold savings in European and East Asian samples, while no gains from tagging were observed in samples of African ancestry, which displayed high haplotype diversity at NAT2. htSNPs sets appeared to be portable among populations from a same continent, provided that the continent-specific htSNPs sets were selected with a stringent criterion. …”
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Safety and performance of oropharyngeal muscle strength training in the treatment of post-stroke dysphagia during oral feeding: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xin Wang, Ying Wang, Fenghua Zhou, Minxing Gao, Lingyuan Xu, Heying Wang, Jinan Song, Xiaoqiu Yang

“…Introduction Dysphagia is a common functional disorder after stroke. Most patients post-stroke are incapable of oral feeding, which often leads to complications such as malnutrition, aspiration pneumonia and dehydration that seriously affect the quality of life of patients. …”
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Youth Understanding of Healthy Eating and Obesity: A Focus Group Study by Allison C. Sylvetsky, Monique Hennink, Dawn Comeau, Jean A. Welsh, Trisha Hardy, Linda Matzigkeit, Deanne W. Swan, Stephanie M. Walsh, Miriam B. Vos

“…Our analysis suggests that urban youth in Georgia commonly recognize obesity as a problem, but there is less understanding of the link to lifestyle choices or the connection to future morbidities, suggesting a need for education to connect lifestyle behaviors to development of obesity.…”
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AdipoR1 enhances the radiation resistance via ESR1/CCNB1IP1/cyclin B1 pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma cells by Yuhan Gan, Linhui Zhu, Yimo Li, Ruoting Ge, Jiahe Tian, Yuxin Chen, Xiang He, Shumei Ma, Xiaodong Liu

“…Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most common malignant tumors, and radiotherapy plays a pivotal role in its therapeutic regimen. …”
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Staging in the treatment of chronic calculous cholecystitis, complicated by choledocholithiasis by Alexander V. Smirnov, Vladimir R. Stankevich, Dmitry V. Sazonov, Artur R. Akhmedianov, Aishe A. Keshvedinova, Nikolay A. Solovyev, Yury V. Ivanov, Robert I. Khabazov

“…BACKGROUND: Chronic calculous cholecystitis is the most widespread disease in scheduled surgery departments, which in 10–15% of observations is complicated by choledocholithiasis. As of today, the commonly acknowledged staged treatment tactics includes first an endoscopic lithoextraction, later followed by the laparoscopic cholecystectomy, with the durations of performing the latter not being defined. …”
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Electrical Property of 3D Printed Continuous Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composite Mesh Reflecting Surfaces by Kunyang Lin, Xiaofei Ma, Zhen Cui, Youwei Kang, Pengfei Huang, Huanxiao Li, Di Wu, Guanlong Su, Xiaoyong Tian

“…The reflecting surfaces of common mesh antennas are usually prepared by gold-plated molybdenum wire which is expensive and hard to produce. …”
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‘Stupid Girls’ vs. ‘Real Men’: Identity Construction and Social Media Polarization over Revenge Porn by Marta Sánchez Cócera

“…Women/victims are generally derogated for not conforming to societal views of common-sensical sexual behavior or praised for their strength in standing social judgment.…”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) of Human Populations towards Malaria Control in Four Ecoepidemiological Settings in Cameroon by Nelly Armanda Kala Chouakeu, Laura Gilberine Ngingahi, Roland Bamou, Abdou Talipouo, Carmen Sandra Ngadjeu, Marie Paul Audrey Mayi, Edmond Kopya, Parfait Awono-Ambene, Timoléon Tchuinkam, Christophe Antonio Nkondjio

“…Mosquito nets were the most commonly used protective measure against malaria, and the majority of nets in households came from the free-of-charge mass distribution campaigns organized by the government. …”
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Increased Apoptosis and Proliferative Capacity are Early Events in Cyst Formation in Autosomal-Dominant, Polycystic Kidney Disease by Salwa Ibrahim

“…Previous studies have highlighted epithelial proliferation and apoptosis in the cyst lining as common features in animal models of cystic disease. …”
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Simultaneous Inference of Past Demography and Selection from the Ancestral Recombination Graph under the Beta Coalescent by Korfmann, Kevin, Sellinger, Thibaut Paul Patrick, Freund, Fabian, Fumagalli, Matteo, Tellier, Aurélien

“…As a result, the genealogy of a sample is characterized by multiple individuals (more than two) coalescing simultaneously to the same common ancestor. The current methods developed to detect such multiple merger events do not account for complex demographic scenarios or recombination, and require large sample sizes. …”
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Study on Crack Evolution and Failure Mechanism of Fully Penetrated Fracture Grouting Body by Hanqing Wang, Li Li, Xinwang Li, Lichao Cheng, Pengfei Shen

“…Grouting is a common method used in reinforcing fractured rock, and it is important to study the crack evolution and mechanical properties of fractured rock after grouting under the influence of different excavation rates and crack geometries. …”
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Shallow tunneling's impact on surface settlements by Mohamed Djenane, Kamel Bezih

“…To carry out the study, the researcher used a finite element method (FEM) software package called Plaxis. This software is commonly used for geotechnical analysis and allows simulating and analyzing the subsurface conditions in Algiers underground in the context of excavating a shallow tunnel. …”
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