Psychological Impact of Alopecia Areata by Suchana Marahatta, Sudha Agrawal, Baikuntha Raj Adhikari

“…Anxiety and depression are common psychological problems in patients with alopecia areata. …”
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Integrated Proteomic and Metabolomic Analysis of Muscle Atrophy Induced by Hindlimb Unloading by Yuan Wang, Xi Li, Na Li, Jiawei Du, Xiaodong Qin, Xiqing Sun, Yongchun Wang, Chengfei Li

“…Hindlimb unloading is a commonly used model of muscle atrophy. However, the underlying mechanism of muscle atrophy induced by hindlimb unloading remains unclear, particularly from the perspective of the myocyte proteome and metabolism. …”
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Comparison between Carotid Artery Wall Thickness Measured by Multidetector Row Computed Tomography Angiography and Intimae-Media Thickness Measured by Sonography by Živorad N. Savić, Ivan I. Soldatović, Milan D. Brajović, Aleksandra M. Pavlović, Dušan R. Mladenović, Vesna D. Škodrić-Trifunović

“…We observed an excellent agreement between CD-US and MDCTA in the evaluation of the common carotid artery thickness, with a bias between methods of 0.029 mm (which is a highly statistically important difference of absolute values [t = 43.289; p < 0.01] obtained by paired T test), and limits of agreement from 0.04 to 0.104. …”
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How May Coexisting Frailty Influence Adherence to Treatment in Elderly Hypertensive Patients? by Bartosz Uchmanowicz, Anna Chudiak, Izabella Uchmanowicz, Grzegorz Mazur

“…Hypertension is considered to be the most common condition in the general population. It is the most important risk factor for premature deaths in the world. …”
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Hemodynamic Response to Upper Airway Obstruction in Hypertensive and Normotensive Pregnant Women by John Reid, Riley A. Glew, Joe Mink, John Gjevre, Mark Fenton, Robert Skomro, Femi Olatunbosun

“…Mild obstructive sleep apnea is common in pregnancy and may have an exacerbating role in gestational hypertension, although currently the interaction between these two diseases is uncertain. …”
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NATIONAL SECURITY AND BORDER MANAGEMENT IN WEST AFRICA: A STUDY OF NIGERIA-NIGER RELATIONS by IYANU-OLUWA AYOBAMI AYODELE, UMARU TOYIN SHIRU

“…This paper also interrogates the recent withdrawal of Niger from ECOWAS and MNJTF and its implications to Nigeria-Niger security arrangement particularly with the presence of various security threats common to both states. Nigeria requires Niger continuous security/military cooperation to ensure its national security is not breached around the border region. …”
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Set of 15 SNP-SNP Markers for Detection of Unbalanced Degraded DNA Mixtures and Noninvasive Prenatal Paternity Testing by Ranran Zhang, Yu Tan, Li Wang, Hui Jian, Jing Zhu, Yuanyuan Xiao, Mengyu Tan, Jiaming Xue, Fan Yang, Fan Yang, Weibo Liang

“…Unbalanced and degraded mixtures (UDM) are very common in forensic DNA analysis. For example, DNA signals from criminal suspects are masked by a large amount of DNA from victims, or cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) in maternal plasma is masked by a high background of maternal DNA. …”
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Cognitive prehabilitation for geriatric patients undergoing elective surgery: a PRISMA-P-compliant protocol for a systematic review by Yu He, Nianyi Sun, Wenchen Zou, Anren Zhang, Xiaochai Han, Caitao Chen

“…Neurocognitive disorders are the most common complications experienced in the postoperative period by older individuals. …”
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Aurora kinase A expression in pleomorphic adenoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, and mucoepidermoid carcinoma of salivary glands: an immunohistochemical study by Razieh Zare, Leila Izadi, Mario Alberto Alarcón-Sánchez, Masumeh Taghva, Mohammad Ali Ranjbar

“…The aim of the present study was to evaluate the expression pattern of AurkA in the most common benign and malignant salivary gland tumors by immunohistochemistry. …”
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Comparative analysis of unicortical vs. subchondral locking screws in osteoporotic proximal humerus fractures by Mohammad Khak, Jeffrey J. Olson, Patrick Williamson, Mohammad Javad Shariyate, Ahmad Hedayatzadeh Razavi, Kaveh Momenzadeh, Mohammadreza Abbasian, Nadim Kheir, Edward K. Rodriguez, Ara Nazarian

“…Background: Proximal humerus fractures are common in adults aged 65 and older and provide challenges for osteoporotic patients due to the risk of suboptimal fixation and complications. …”
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Suboptimal but intact integration of Bayesian components during perceptual decision-making in autism by Laurina Fazioli, Bat-Sheva Hadad, Rachel N. Denison, Amit Yashar

“…Method We addressed this gap by quantitatively assessing both the independent and interdependent contributions of priors and sensory uncertainty to perceptual decision-making in autistic and non-autistic individuals (N = 126) during an orientation categorization task. Results Contrary to common views, autistic individuals integrated the two Bayesian components into their decision behavior, and did so indistinguishably from non-autistic individuals. …”
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The Relationship Between Attachment Styles and Difficulty in Emotion Regulation: Investigating the Moderating Role of Reflective Functioning by Fatemeh Arab Alidoosti, Mahmoud Dehghani, Maryam Roshan, Somayeh Robat Milli

“…The term  a new concept in psychoanalysis that refers to psychological processes grounded in mentalization. This concept shares common roots with these two constructs and has been examined in the present study. …”
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Emergence and Distribution of Diverse Serovars of Non-Typhoidal Salmonellae in Mangalore, Coastal Karnataka: A 12-year Experience by Beena Antony, Anup Kumar Shetty, Thomas S. Kuruvilla

“…Serotyping of these strains revealed that the most common NTS species was Salmonella Typhimurium (44.8%), followed by Salmonella Oslo (15.2%) and Salmonella Weltevreden (11.5%). …”
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A Small Target Detection Method Based on the Improved FCN Model by Guofeng Ma

“…However, in practice, small target objects in the image must be detected in addition to large targets. Common small target detection (STD) is mainly used in intelligent transportation, video surveillance, and other fields. …”
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Automatic Detection of Cracks in Cracked Tooth Based on Binary Classification Convolutional Neural Networks by Juncheng Guo, Yuyan Wu, Lizhi Chen, Guanghua Ge, Yadong Tang, Wenlong Wang

“…Cracked tooth syndrome is a commonly encountered disease in dentistry, which is often accompanied by dramatic painful responses from occlusion and temperature stimulation. …”
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Factors Affecting Persistent Postoperative Pain in Patients with Hip Fractures by Kyo Goto, Hideki Kataoka, Ayana Honda, Junichiro Yamashita, Kaoru Morita, Tatsuya Hirase, Junya Sakamoto, Minoru Okita

“…Osteoporotic fractures are common among older people, and hip fractures (HF) can be devastating. …”
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Effects of balanced opioid-free anesthesia on post-operative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracic surgery: a randomized trial by Xiang Yan, Chen Liang, Jia Jiang, Ying Ji, An-Shi Wu, Chang-Wei Wei

“…Abstract Objectives Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is common after video-assisted thoracic surgery, which may be associated with the use of intraoperative opioids. …”
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Community science as a potential tool to monitor animal demography and human-animal interactions by Laëtitia Maréchal, Raul Lobo, Fintan McAdam, Elizabeth Simpson, Josephine Woolston, Mae Stanley, Teresa Romero, Jenny C. Dunn

“…This is the first systematic quantification of the frequency of interaction of wild waterfowl with humans through supplementary feeding in the Northern hemisphere; we highlight potential impacts of this common human-wildlife interaction for both birds and people. …”
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Systematic Framework to Predict Early-Stage Liver Carcinoma Using Hybrid of Feature Selection Techniques and Regression Techniques by Marium Mehmood, Nasser Alshammari, Saad Awadh Alanazi, Fahad Ahmad

“…Cancer is one of the most common diseases of the liver and also the most fatal of all. …”
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Benefits of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis’s floral volatile components on human emotions and moods by Yan Cai, Hannan Chen, Xin Zhang, Wanning Bu, Wei Ning

“…This study centered on the common indoor potted flower Gardenia jasminoides Ellis to delve into its aroma and the influence of its volatiles on the physical, mental, and emotional recovery of college students. …”
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