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ERα-36 regulates progesterone receptor activity in breast cancer
Abstract Background Alterations in estrogen and progesterone signaling, via their respective receptors, estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) and progesterone receptor (PR),... -
Trends in lung cancer emergency presentation in England, 2006–2013: is there ...
Abstract Background Emergency presentations (EP) represent over a third of all lung cancer admissions in England. Such presentations usually reflect late stage disease and are... -
Current infection control practices used in Australian and New Zealand cystic...
Abstract Background The 2013 update of the Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) Guideline outlined recommendations to prevent the spread of CF respiratory pathogens. We... -
Improved sugar yields from biomass sorghum feedstocks: comparing low-lignin m...
Abstract Background For biofuel production processes to be economically efficient, it is essential to maximize the production of monomeric carbohydrates from the structural... -
Design, synthesis and biological activity of hydroxybenzoic acid ester conjug...
Abstract We prepared 16 novel hydroxybenzoic acid ester conjugates of phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA) and investigated their biological activity. Most of the synthesized... -
External validation of a multivariable claims-based rule for predicting in-ho...
Abstract Background Low-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) patients may be candidates for outpatient treatment or abbreviated hospital stay. There is a need for a claims-based... -
The discriminative value of inflammatory back pain in patients with persisten...
Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of inflammatory back pain (IBP) characteristics and analyse the discriminative value of IBP relative to axial spondyloarthritis (SpA)... -
The development and evaluation of a self-marking unit to estimate malaria vec...
Abstract Background A clear understanding of mosquito biology is fundamental to the control efforts of mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria. Mosquito mark-release-recapture... -
Ozone and childhood respiratory disease in three US cities: evaluation of eff...
Abstract Background Ground-level ozone is a potent airway irritant and a determinant of respiratory morbidity. Susceptibility to the health effects of ambient ozone may be... -
Lactate clearance as a prognostic marker of mortality in severely ill febrile...
Abstract Background Hyperlactataemia (HL) is a biomarker of disease severity that predicts mortality in patients with sepsis and malaria. Lactate clearance (LC) during... -
Performance of Nano-Submicron-Stripe Pd Thin-Film Temperature Sensors
Abstract Dozens of small dual-beam thin-film temperature sensors with a total width down to 430 nm were fabricated and tested. The sensors were all made from 90-nm-thick Pd thin... -
The interaction of behavioral context and motivational-volitional factors for...
Abstract Background In order to generate more effective interventions to promote exercise and sport in adolescence, a better understanding of the interaction of influencing... -
Protocol: optimisation of a grafting protocol for oilseed rape (Brassica napu...
Abstract Background Grafting is a well-established technique for studying long-distance transport and signalling processes in higher plants. While oilseed rape has been the... -
Effect of structured training programme on the knowledge and behaviors of bre...
Abstract Background Breast cancer and cervical cancer are the most common cancers among women in the world. Many studies on the early detection of cancer have been conducted... -
Optical add-drop filters based on photonic crystal ring resonators
We present here an optical add-drop filter (ADF) design based on ultra-compact photonic crystal ring resonators (PCRRs). The normalized transmission spectra for single-ring and... -
Food security in the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority Zone of Ghana...
Abstract Background Food security has been observed to be severe in northern Ghana than any other area of the country. Though this has been acknowledged, few attempts have been... -
The fiscal value of human lives lost from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in C...
Abstract Objective According to the WHO coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation report 35, as of 24th February 2020, there was a total of 77,262 confirmed COVID-19 cases in... -
N2O and CH4 emission from Miscanthus energy crop fields in the infertile Loes...
Abstract Background The greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation is one of the most important environmental benefits of using bioenergy replacing fossil fuels. Nitrous oxide (N2O) and... -
Why is tobacco control progress in Indonesia stalled? - a qualitative analysi...
Abstract Background Indonesia shoulders a significant tobacco burden, with almost two million cases of tobacco-related illnesses and more than two hundred thousand... -
Fecal metatranscriptomics of macaques with idiopathic chronic diarrhea reveal...
Abstract Background Idiopathic chronic diarrhea (ICD) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality among juvenile rhesus macaques. Characterized by chronic inflammation of the...
