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Evaluation of different suspicion indices in identifying patients with Nieman...
Abstract Background Niemann-Pick disease Type C (NP-C) is a lysosomal lipid storage disorder with varying symptomatology depending on the age of onset. The diagnosis of NP-C is... -
The Ussing chamber system for measuring intestinal permeability in health and...
Abstract Background The relationship between intestinal epithelial integrity and the development of intestinal disease is of increasing interest. A reduction in mucosal... -
Postponed or immediate drainage of infected necrotizing pancreatitis (POINTER...
Abstract Background Infected necrosis complicates 10% of all acute pancreatitis episodes and is associated with 15–20% mortality. The current standard treatment for infected... -
Deciphering how LIP2 and POX2 promoters can optimally regulate recombinant pr...
Abstract Background In recent years, the non-conventional model yeast species Yarrowia lipolytica has received much attention because it is a useful cell factory for producing... -
Computed tomography derived bone density measurement in the diabetic foot
Abstract Background The accurate and reliable measurement of foot bone density is challenging and there is currently no gold standard technique. Such measurement is particularly... -
Antioxidant activities and oxidative stress inhibitory effects of ethanol ext...
Abstract Background Cornus officinalis, is a deciduous tree native to the eastern Asia, distributes mainly in (e.g. Korea, as well as China, and Japan). It is used as folk... -
Interaction according to urinary sodium excretion level on the association be...
Objective: We examined an interaction according to the estimated 24-h urinary sodium excretion on the association between ATP2B1 rs17249754 and incident hypertension. Methods:... -
Blood donors’ knowledge and attitude towards blood donation at North Gondar d...
Abstract Objective Blood transfusion saves millions of lives. But, the need and the actual number of donations are not balanced in Ethiopia. The actual reason is not clearly... -
Velamentous cord insertion: results from a rapid review of incidence, risk fa...
Abstract Background Velamentous cord insertion (VCI) is an umbilical cord attachment to the membranes surrounding the placenta instead of the central mass. VCI is strongly... -
Air pollution-induced placental epigenetic alterations in early life: a candi...
Particulate matter (PM) exposure during in utero life may entail adverse health outcomes in later-life. Air pollution's adverse effects are known to alter gene expression... -
A longitudinal study investigating cervical changes during labor using a wire...
Purpose: Cervical assessment during digital vaginal examination (DVE) includes assessing cervical dilatation, effacement, position, and consistency. Only cervical dilatation... -
Structurally isolated photoactuation of graphene-mixed temperature-responsive...
Abstract This paper presents fabrication and actuation methods for a soft microrobot with a hybrid structure composed of soft microactuators and a rigid supporting body. This... -
CYP1A1 methylation mediates the effect of smoking and occupational polycyclic...
Abstract Background Multiple factors, including co-exposure between lifestyle and environmental risks, are important in susceptibility to oxidative DNA damage. However, the... -
Increased risk of maternal and neonatal complications in hormone replacement ...
Abstract Background The endometrial preparation during frozen embryo transfer (FET) can be performed by natural cycle (NC), hormone replacement therapy (HRT) cycle and cycle... -
New inducible promoter for gene expression and synthetic biology in Yarrowia ...
Abstract Background The oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica is increasingly used as alternative cell factory for the production of recombinant proteins. At present, several... -
Skin autofluorescence is associated with inappropriate left ventricular mass ...
Abstract Background Enhanced advanced glycation end products deposition within myocardial tissue may cause diastolic dysfunction. However, whether this is related to left... -
Validating self-reporting of hearing-related symptoms against pure-tone audio...
Objective: To validate self-reported hearing-related symptoms among personnel exposed to moderately high occupational noise levels at an obstetrics clinic. Design: Sensitivity,... -
Fiber-based polarization-sensitive OCT for birefringence imaging of the anter...
We demonstrate a prototype system of polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) designed for clinical studies of the anterior eye segment imaging. The system... -
Effect of maternal sleep, physical activity and screen time during pregnancy ...
Abstract Background Early life exposure in the uterus had a long-term effect on children’s health. As the prevalence of allergies is increasing with a remarkable sex difference,... -
Multi-organ protection of ulinastatin in traumatic cardiac arrest model
Abstract Background Post-cardiac arrest syndrome, which has no specific curative treatment, contributes to the high mortality rate of victims who suffer traumatic cardiac arrest...
