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The balance model for teaching linear equations: a systematic literature review
Abstract This paper reports a systematic literature review of the balance model, an often-used aid to teach linear equations. The purpose of the review was to report why such a... -
Multicollinear physical activity accelerometry data and associations to cardi...
Abstract Background The analysis of associations between accelerometer-derived physical activity (PA) intensities and cardiometabolic health is a major challenge due to... -
Mobility assessment of a rural population in the Netherlands using GPS measur...
Background: The home address is a common spatial proxy for exposure assessment in epidemiological studies but mobility may introduce exposure misclassification. Mobility can be... -
Crowdsourced direct-to-consumer genomic analysis of a family quartet
Abstract Background We describe the pioneering experience of a Spanish family pursuing the goal of understanding their own personal genetic data to the fullest possible extent... -
Untapped potential of multicenter studies: a review of cardiovascular risk pr...
Abstract Background Clinical prediction models are often constructed using multicenter databases. Such a data structure poses additional challenges for statistical analysis... -
Serum phospholipid fatty acids, dietary patterns and type 2 diabetes among ur...
Background Previously, a “purchase” pattern (rich in vegetable oil, manufactured foods, red meat and poultry, fruits, and vegetables) was identified among adults in urban Ghana... -
Best practice recommendations for the use of external telemetry devices on pi...
Pinnipeds spend large portions of their lives at sea, submerged, or hauled-out on land, often on remote off-shore islands. This fundamentally limits access by researchers to... -
Serum vitamin D levels in Berliners of Turkish descent –a cross-sectional study
Background: Vitamin D levels may differ between migrant and non-migrant populations, especially among non-western immigrants living in a country with limited sun exposure such... -
Outcome reporting in neonates experiencing withdrawal following opioid exposu...
Abstract Background Neonatal withdrawal secondary to in utero opioid exposure is a growing global concern stressing the psychosocial well-being of affected families and scarce... -
Can linear transportation infrastructure verges constitute a habitat and/or a...
Abstract Background The role of linear transportation infrastructures (roads, railways, oil and gas pipelines, power lines, rivers and canals) in fragmenting natural habitats... -
Cold seawater induces early sexual developmental stages in the BPG axis of Eu...
Abstract Background The impossibility of closing the life cycle of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in captivity troubles the future of this critically endangered species.... -
Detection of suspicious interactions of spiking covariates in methylation data
Abstract Background In methylation analyses like epigenome-wide association studies, a high amount of biomarkers is tested for an association between the measured continuous... -
BioVeL: a virtual laboratory for data analysis and modelling in biodiversity ...
Abstract Background Making forecasts about biodiversity and giving support to policy relies increasingly on large collections of... -
Effects of reproduction and environmental factors on body temperature and act...
Abstract Background Mammals in the far north are exposed to extreme seasonal changes in environmental conditions, such as temperature and photoperiod, which have notable effects... -
MRI-detected spinal disc degenerative changes in athletes participating in th...
Abstract Objective To describe the frequency and the distribution of degenerative disc disease (DDD) detected in athletes who underwent spine MRI in the 2016 Summer Olympic... -
Sustainable fertilizer-drawn forward osmosis for the vegetable industry in re...
Forward osmosis has been widely used due to its advantages such as low energy consumption and low membrane fouling. Conventional treatment of vegetable industry wastes leaving... -
Mineral precipitation-induced porosity reduction and its effect on transport ...
Abstract Background In geochemically perturbed systems where porewater and mineral assemblages are unequilibrated the processes of mineral precipitation and dissolution may... -
Navigating uncertain waters: a critical review of inferring foraging behaviou...
MIDC PhD studentship co-funded by Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) and School of Marine Science and Engineering, Plymouth University. DJFR is supported by National... -
Uncertainty Management and the Dynamic Adjustment of Deep Decarbonization Pat...
Contrary to ‘static’ pathways that are defined once for all, this article deals with the need for policy makers to adopt a dynamic adaptive policy pathway for managing... -
The functional divergence between SPA1 and SPA2 in Arabidopsis photomorphogen...
Abstract Background Plants have evolved complex mechanisms to adapt growth and development to the light environment. The COP1/SPA complex is a key repressor of...
