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Carbon-Nanotube-Coated 3D Microspring Force Sensor for Medical Applications
Flexible electronic materials combined with micro-3D fabrication present new opportunities for wearable biosensors and medical devices. This Research Article introduces a novel... -
Original data
Original data of individual measurements (n = 24) obtained in 12 subjects in two subsequent studies. Abbreviations: F: female; M: male; DM: diabetic; ND: non-diabetic; BMI: body... -
Eye, Hepatobiliary, and Renal Disorders of Erlotinib in Patients with Non-Sma...
Abstract Background: Erlotinib is an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors used to treat EGFR mutation positive non-small-cell lung cancer... -
Trends in anemia care in non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (CKD) ...
Background The objective of the study was to examine overall anemia management trends in non-dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) from 2006 to 2015, and to... -
The ‘Dark Side’ and ‘Bright Side’ of Personality: When Too Much Conscientious...
Theory suggests that personality traits evolved to have costs and benefits, with the effectiveness of a trait dependent on how these costs and benefits relate to the present... -
Altering pyrroloquinoline quinone nutritional status modulates mitochondrial,...
We have reported that pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) improves reproduction, neonatal development, and mitochondrial function in animals by mechanisms that involve mitochondrial... -
Robo-investment aversion.
In five experiments (N = 3,828), we investigate whether people prefer investment decisions to be made by human investment managers rather than by algorithms (“robos”). In all of... -
An assessment of healthcare professionals’ knowledge about and attitude towar...
Background Vaccinating healthcare professionals against influenza is considered an effective infection control measure. However, there is a low uptake of influenza vaccine among... -
Medical and pharmacy student concerns about participating on international se...
Background International Service Learning Trips (ISLT) provide health professional students the opportunity to provide healthcare, under the direction of trained faculty, to... -
Food perception without ingestion leads to metabolic changes and irreversible...
Background Developmental physiology is very sensitive to nutrient availability. For instance, in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, newly hatched L1-stage larvae require food... -
Delayed antibody dependent enhancement of low passage dengue virus 4 isolates
Background The concept of antibody dependent enhancement (ADE) of dengue virus (DENV) infection is a cornerstone of our current understanding of dengue pathogenesis, although... -
What enables good end of life care for people with dementia? A multi-method q...
Background People with advanced dementia often experience suboptimal end of life care (EoLC) with inadequate pain control, increased hospitalisation, and fewer palliative care... -
Impact of tobacco control policies on adolescent smokeless tobacco and cigar ...
Background While increasing cigarette taxes has been a major policy driver to decrease smoking, taxes on other tobacco products have received less attention. Our aims were to... -
High school science fair: Positive and negative outcomes
AbstractThe goal of our ongoing research is to identify strengths and weaknesses of high school level science fair and improvements that can help science educators make science... -
IL-17 signalling restructures the nasal microbiome and drives dynamic changes...
Background The bacterial pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizes the nasopharynx prior to causing disease, necessitating successful competition with the resident microflora.... -
Adherence to HAART: a systematic review of developed and developing nation pa...
Background Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) medication is the greatest patient-enabled predictor of treatment success and mortality for those who have... -
Herbal remedies and functional foods used by cancer patients attending specia...
Background Cancer is a major disease worldwide, and many patients use complementary and alternative treatments. The purpose of this study was to identify the herbal remedies and... -
Beaming into the rat world: enabling real-time intereaction between rat and h...
Immersive virtual reality (IVR) typically generates the illusion in participants that they are in the displayed virtual scene where they can experience and interact in events as... -
Misrepresentation of neuroscience data might give rise to misleading conclusi...
Background There is often a huge gap between neurobiological facts and firm conclusions stated by the media. Data misrepresentation in the conclusions and summaries of... -
The Golgi apparatus acts as a platform for TBK1 activation after viral RNA se...
Background After viral infection and the stimulation of some pattern-recognition receptors, TANK-binding kinase I (TBK1) is activated by K63-linked polyubiquitination followed...