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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Measuring national capability over big science’s multidisciplinarity: A case ...

    In the era of big science, countries allocate big research and development budgets to large scientific facilities that boost collaboration and research capability. A nuclear...
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    The relationship between diver experience levels and perceptions of attractiv...

    Artificial reefs are increasingly used worldwide as a method for managing recreational diving since they have the potential to satisfy both conservation goals and economic...
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    How repeated exposure to informal science education affects content knowledge...

    Over two million men, women, and youth are incarcerated in the United States. This large and ethnically diverse population has, in general, more limited exposure to education,...
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    Contribution of genome-wide association studies to scientific research: a bib...

    In genetic epidemiology, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are used to rapidly scan a large set of genetic variants and thus to identify associations with a particular...
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    Establishing a Minimum Dataset for Prospective Registration of Systematic Rev...

    BACKGROUND: In response to growing recognition of the value of prospective registration of systematic review protocols, we planned to develop a web-based open access...
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    Cost Analysis of Integrating the PrePex Medical Device into a Voluntary Medic...

    Background Fourteen African countries are scaling up voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention. Several devices that might offer alternatives to the three...
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    Underrepresentation of women in the senior levels of Brazilian science.

    Despite significant progress, there is still a gender gap in science all over the world, especially at senior levels. Some progressive countries are recognizing the need to...
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    Career Coaches as a Source of Vicarious Learning for Racial and Ethnic Minori...

    Introduction Many recent mentoring initiatives have sought to help improve the proportion of underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities (URMs) in academic positions across...
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    Global and Local Concerns: What Attitudes and Beliefs Motivate Farmers to Mit...

    In response to agriculture's vulnerability and contribution to climate change, many governments are developing initiatives that promote the adoption of mitigation and adaptation...
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    Association of the ACTN3 R577X (rs1815739) polymorphism with elite power spor...

    Objective The special status accorded to elite athletes stems from their uncommon genetic potential to excel in world-class power sports (PS). Genetic polymorphisms have been...
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    Challenges in Translational Research: The Views of Addiction Scientists

    Objectives To explore scientists' perspectives on the challenges and pressures of translating research findings into clinical practice and public health policy. Methods...