The Design and Validation of an Open-Palm Data Glove for Precision Finger and Wrist Tracking by Olivia Hosie, Mats Isaksson, John McCormick, Oren Tirosh, Chrys Hensman

“…In static conditions, it was found that the IMU had a worst case error across three trials of 7.01° and a mean absolute error (MAE) averaged over three trials of 4.85°, while RFSs had a worst case error of 3.77° and a MAE of 1.25° averaged over all five RFSs used. …”
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Direct-Acting Antivirals for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C: Open Issues and Future Perspectives by Hee Bok Chae, Seon Mee Park, Sei Jin Youn

“…Most clinical trials have examined DAAs in combination with standard of care (SOC) regimens. …”
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The Relationship between Branched-Chain Amino Acid Related Metabolomic Signature and Insulin Resistance: A Systematic Review by Xue Zhao, Qing Han, Yujia Liu, Chenglin Sun, Xiaokun Gang, Guixia Wang

“…We performed systematic review, searching MEDLINE, EMASE, ClinicalTrials.gov, the Cochrane Library, and Web of Science from inception to March 2016. …”
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The Potential Use of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Their Derived Exosomes as Immunomodulatory Agents for COVID-19 Patients by Faisal A. Alzahrani, Islam M. Saadeldin, Abrar Ahmad, Dipak Kumar, Esam I. Azhar, Arif Jamal Siddiqui, Bassem Kurdi, Abdulrahim Sajini, Abdulmajeed F. Alrefaei, Sadaf Jahan

“…For example, in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and pneumonia patients, MSCs-Exo and MSCs provide similar healing properties and some clinical trials have used cell-based inhalation therapy which show great promise. …”
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Efficacy of 25% dextrose versus breast milk on pain and duration of cry during heel prick in neonates: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Sabitri Acharya, Pity Koul, Santosh Pokhrel, Talagatoti David Ratna Paul

“…For the meta-analysis, the authors utilized RevMan 5.4. All eligible trials were analyzed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool to assess the quality of the included studies and evaluate the risk of bias. …”
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Immunotherapies to Nano-Immunotherapies: Advances in Immune Targeting in Bladder Cancer by Beatriz Ramos, Dakota Rogers

“…Additionally, nanovaccine strategies incorporating tumor-associated antigens and immune adjuvants show potential for personalized cancer immunotherapy. …”
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Suppression of Aedes aegypti may not affect sympatric Aedes albopictus populations: findings from two years of entomological surveillance in Singapore by Wei Jian Wong, Cheong Huat Tan, Matthew Gregory Verkaik, Lee Ching Ng, Ary Anthony Hoffmann, Chee-Seng Chong

“…Abstract Globally, multiple trials have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of novel tools, such as the sterile and incompatible insect techniques, in suppressing Aedes aegypti populations. …”
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Context modulates evidence accumulation in split-second handball penalty decisions by Henrietta Weinberg, Florian Müller, Rouwen Cañal-Bruland

“…., contextual) information regarding the shot direction being manipulated in half of the trials. Results showed that contextual information systematically affected the drift rate, indicating faster evidence accumulation when context information predicts the subsequent action. …”
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Validity and reliability of a sport participant psychosocial well-being instrument: a preliminary study by Endang Sepdanius, Nurul Diyana Binti Sanuddin, Mohad Anizu Bin Mohd Nor, M. Adli Bin Mohd Sidi, Bekir Erhan Orhan, Mohd Salleh Aman, Rini Afriani

“…Conclusion: This study shows that the Psychosocial Well-being Instrument for sports participants has excellent validity and reliability, with validation results from experts and test-retest tests showing strong consistency. …”
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Microglia-secreted TNF-α affects differentiation efficiency and viability of pluripotent stem cell-derived human dopaminergic precursors. by Shirley D Wenker, María Isabel Farias, Victoria Gradaschi, Corina Garcia, Juan Beauquis, María Celeste Leal, Carina Ferrari, Xianmin Zeng, Fernando J Pitossi

“…In addition, our data show that the microglia-derived pro-inflammatory microenvironment has a negative impact on survival and differentiation of dopaminergic precursors. …”
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Therapeutic potential of boric acid as a local drug delivery agent in periodontitis: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis by Reham Abdel-Fatah, Ghada A. Elhusseiny, Wafaa Saleh

“…While early outcomes may not show significance, sustained benefits are evident at longer follow-up periods. …”
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The continually evolving landscape of novel therapies in oncogene-driven advanced non-small-cell lung cancer by Barbara Melosky, Rosalyn A. Juergens, Shantanu Banerji, Adrian Sacher, Paul Wheatley-Price, Stephanie Snow, Ming-Sound Tsao, Natasha B. Leighl, Ilidio Martins, Parneet Cheema, Geoffrey Liu, Quincy S. C. Chu

“…Clinical efficacy data were extracted from eligible reports and summarized in text and tables. Findings show that research into alteration-directed therapies in oncogene-driven, advanced NSCLC is an extremely active research field. …”
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Feature optimization-guided high-precision and real-time metal surface defect detection network by Sixian Chan, Suqiang Li, Hongkai Zhang, Xiaolong Zhou, Jiafa Mao, Feng Hong

“…Furthermore, we further illustrated the efficacy of our approach using several ablation trials and visualization detection outcomes.…”
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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

“…Current clinical diagnostic trials include traditional methods (such as occlusion test, probing, cold stimulation, etc.) and X-rays based medical imaging (periapical radiography (PR), cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), etc.). …”
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Phase I Study of Anti-CD3 x Anti-Her2 Bispecific Antibody in Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer Patients by Ulka Vaishampayan, Archana Thakur, Ritesh Rathore, Nicola Kouttab, Lawrence G. Lum

“…These results provide a strong rationale for developing phase II trials to determine whether aATC are effective for treating CRPC.…”
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Diagnostic and prognostic significance of premature ventricular complexes in community and hospital-based participants: A scoping review. by Sukardi Suba, Kirsten E Fleischmann, Hildy Schell-Chaple, Priya Prasad, Gregory M Marcus, Xiao Hu, Michele M Pelter

“…Community-based longitudinal studies, which make up most of the literature, show that PVCs are associated with structural and coronary heart disease, lethal arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation, stroke, all-cause and cardiac mortality. …”
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Vascular endothelial growth factor A: friend or foe in the pathogenesis of HIV and SARS-CoV-2 infections? by Mieke A. van der Mescht, Helen C. Steel, Ronald Anderson, Theresa M. Rossouw

“…In this context, a few clinical trials have described a diminished requirement for oxygen therapy during anti-VEGF treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection. …”
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A High-Precision Micro-Roll Forming Facility for Fuel Cell Metal Bipolar Plate Production by Matthias Weiss, Peng Zhang, Michael Pereira

“…Proof of concept is provided through micro-roll forming trials performed on ultra-thin titanium sheets that show that the proposed technology can achieve tight dimensional tolerances in the sub-millimeter scale that suits bipolar plate applications.…”
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The Role of Clopidogrel in 2020: A Reappraisal by Giuseppe Patti, Giuseppe Micieli, Claudio Cimminiello, Leonardo Bolognese

“…Although newer, more potent P2Y12 inhibitors (prasugrel and ticagrelor) show a greater reduction in ischemic risk compared with clopidogrel in randomized trials of ACS patients, these newer P2Y12 inhibitors are often associated with an increased risk of bleeding. …”
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Test-Retest Reliability of Two Computationally-Characterised Affective Bias Tasks by Alexandra C. Pike, Katrina H. T. Tan, Hoda Tromblee, Michelle Wing, Oliver J. Robinson

“…Affective biases are commonly seen in disorders such as depression and anxiety, where individuals may show attention towards and preferential processing of negative or threatening stimuli. …”
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