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1. Introduction {#sec1-sensors-18-02788} =============== Since the concept of multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) radar has been proposed in recent years, it has drawn a great attention of scholars in the field of radar research \[[@B1-sensors-18-02788],[@B2-sensors-18-02788]\]. Since the MIMO radar transmits th...
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Kheiri B, Al Salihi M, Maldonado D, Nakhleh R, Bachuwa G. Warfarin‐induced spontaneous iliopsoas hematoma --- An unusual complication. Clin Case Rep. 2018;6:1639--1640. 10.1002/ccr3.1665 QUIZ QUESTION: WHAT IS THE DIAGNOSIS AND THE MANAGEMENT? {#ccr31665-sec-0001} ======================================================...
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Digital neuropathology: Is it really needed? {#s1} ============================================ Digital technology is progressively changing our vision of the practice of neuropathology. The usefulness of digital technology in medicine has already been well demonstrated through consensus reviews, quality assurance, ti...
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**Question:** Can we treat neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy? **Finding & Meaning:** Both HIF-1α and HIF-2α may promote cell survival in animal model of neonatal hypoxia-ischemia. Developmental age, degree and type of injury are all factors in the expression and action of HIF-1α and HIF-2α. Early HIF-2α upregul...
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Abbreviations ============= miRNAmicroRNAPMParticulate matterPM~2.5~Particulate matter with diameter less than 2.5 μmNO~2~Nitrogen dioxideCIConfidence intervalBMIBody mass indexFDRFalse discovery rateqRT-PCRQuantitative real-time polymerase chain reactionRSReporter assayqPqPCRWBWestern blotIPImmunoprecipitationMAMicro...
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Introduction {#sec1} ============ The achievement of a complete inventory of the earth\'s biota remains an urgent priority for biodiversity conservation. One of the main challenges is exploring the wilder regions of the world where intact habitats of high conservation value remain unknown. Arid areas are a major terre...
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INTRODUCTION {#s1} ============ Squat exercise is the most commonly used exercise among various weight training methods because it is easily accessible without using tools[@r1]^)^. Squat exercises strengthen the gluteal, quadriceps, and trunk muscles that are important for running, jumping, and lifting[@r2]^)^. It is ...
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Microtubules are hollow, cylindrical polymers of αβ-tubulin that display dynamic instability, the apparently random switching between phases of growing and shrinking. The dynamic instability of microtubules is essential for formation of the mitotic spindle that organizes chromosome segregation, and for numerous other p...
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INTRODUCTION {#s1} ============ Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease that is caused by a novel bunyavirus named SFTS virus (SFTSV) in the *Bunyaviridae* family. Since its discovery in 2009 in the middle east of China, SFTSV infection has been documented in 19 provinces, ...
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See related research by Meyer *et al*., <http://arthritis-research.com/content/15/6/R210> and related letter by Toussirot, <http://arthritis-research.com/content/16/2/407> We thank Dr Toussirot for his interest \[[@B1]\] in our work demonstrating that serum-level adiponectin is associated with subsequent radiographic ...
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Introduction ============ Caustic soda is an alkaline-based substance. Tissue contact with alkaline pH leads to liquefactive necrosis. Distal esophageal injury is more likely after ingestion of liquids, rather than solids, as they travel further.[@b1-tcrm-12-129] The immediate injury consists of acute necrosis, hypere...
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Background ========== Protein secretion into the extra-cellular environment is one of most desirable strategy to allow a rapid and not expensive recovery of recombinant proteins. Secretion to the culture medium has several advantages over intracellular recombinant protein production. These advantages include simplifie...
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1. Introduction {#sec1-sensors-19-04952} =============== To provide new services and offer new features with excellent quality, modern critical infrastructure such as power plants, smart grids, and water plants nowadays use ICT technologies \[[@B1-sensors-19-04952]\]. However, even if ICT technologies have made possib...
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First we\'d like to thank V. Malkhasyan and Jan Hrbacek \[[@CIT0001], [@CIT0002]\] for their kind comments. We thank Jan Hrbácek for his kind comments regarding our institution, we\'re all very glad your time here was such a positive experience. Jan Hrbacek is correct in pointing out some of the major shortcomings of...
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Introduction {#s1} ============ In the general case, peptides are called natural substances consisting of submolecular blocks (20 standard amino acid residues) connected by a peptide bond (Sewald and Jakubke, [@B11]). Obviously, the minimal linear peptide is a chemical structure in which two amino acid residues are co...
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1.. Introduction ================ In the past a few decades, long-period fiber gratings (LPFG) have been broadly investigated for both communication \[[@b1-sensors-13-14055]\] and sensing applications \[[@b2-sensors-13-14055]\]. Traditional long period gratings (LPGs) are inscribed in a germanium (Ge)-doped fiber or a...
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There is current interest in the design and manufacture of various two-dimensional (2D) ultrathin layered nanosheet materials[@b1][@b2]. 2D nanostructures may find use in more efficient energy-producing, energy-absorbing, and energy storage devices, because their ultrahigh fraction of surface atoms could enable nearly ...
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Introduction {#S5} ============ Crohn\'s disease (CD), one of the two types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), is characterized by inappropriate and continuous activation of the mucosal immune system \[[@R1],[@R2]\]. In the normal small intestine, Paneth cells, an important part of the innate mucosal immune system, ...
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It is known that elderly individuals are at increased risk of cognitive decline after general anesthesia[@b1][@b2][@b3]. Anesthesia may also be one of the contributing factors for sporadic Alzheimer disease (AD), a devastating neurodegenerative disease characterized clinically by cognitive deficit and also the most com...
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**What was known?** FDH is a rare genetic disorder with developmental anomalies of, cutaneous skeletal, dental, and ocular systems, and facial dysmorphism. Introduction {#sec1-1} ============ Focal dermal hypoplasia (FDH) is a rare mesoectodermal disorder inherited by an X-linked dominant gene, which is lethal in ho...
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*Cldn4* : *claudin 4* ESC : embryonic stem cell FS : functional state GIP : insulinotropic polypeptide GLP1 : glucagon‐like peptide‐1 TJ : tight junction A large array of critical regulatory molecules such as transcription factors [1](#feb412735-bib-0001){ref-type="ref"} have been well documente...
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Intraosseous migration of unerupted tooth is a rare and unusual dental anomaly which occurs mostly in the permanent dentition of the lower jaw. When the tooth crosses the midline, this rare phenomenon is known as dental transmigration and it occurs almost exclusively with mandibular canines with an incidence of 0.34%.[...
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Introduction ============ *Streptococcus pneumonia* is commonly found in nasopharyngeal mucosa of healthy people and can cause various diseases, such as pneumonia and meningitis.[@b3-idr-11-1043] The bacterium is a relatively uncommon cause of septic arthritis, including pyogenic sacroiliitis, which is a rare manifest...
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Background {#Sec1} ========== Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is estimated to affect 0.2 % of the population \[[@CR1], [@CR2]\]. As the most common inherited cardiac disease, HCM is characterized by asymmetrical septal hypertrophy \[[@CR3], [@CR4]\]. The phenotypes are ranging from minor to severe life-threatening s...
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Muscle fat infiltration is recognized as a hallmark pathological feature in dystrophin glycoprotein complex (DGC)[^3^](#FN4){ref-type="fn"}-related muscular dystrophies ([@B1]) that include dystrophinopathies ([@B2], [@B3]) and sarcoglycanopathies (LGMD2C-F) ([@B4]). In agreement, magnetic resonance imaging measurement...
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Background {#Sec1} ========== Inorganic and organic wastes produced by human activities have resulted in high volumes of contaminated waters which threaten the health of human beings and other living organisms \[[@CR1]\]. Water pollution is one of the most serious environmental problems nowadays, which hinders the dev...
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Introduction {#s1} ============ Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder, the lifetime prevalence of which is nearly 1% worldwide ([@B1]). The prevalence of violent offenses in schizophrenic patients is higher than that of the general population ([@B2]--[@B4]). In China, meta-analysis from our group showed, the preva...
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Introduction {#Sec1} ============ Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major public health concern. Approximately 350 million individuals worldwide are estimated to be HBV carriers, and 650,000 deaths each year are associated with HBV infection^[@CR1],[@CR2]^. Asian populations have a much higher prevalence ...
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The following article is being retracted. Sehgal R, Misra S, Anand N, Sharma M. Microarray in parasitic infections. Trop Parasitol 2012;2:6-12 **Editor, Trop Parasitol**
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Introduction ============ As a common type of inflammatory arthritis, gout is typically characterized by an elevated concentration of serum uric acid (hyperuricemia) and a subsequent deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in and around joints ([@b1-ijmm-45-04-1047]-[@b3-ijmm-45-04-1047]). The prevalence of gout...
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Sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in modern intensive care units (ICUs). Although several studies have provided epidemiological data on sepsis in ICU patients in the developed world \[[@CIT0001]\], there is limited information on the global burden of sepsis worldwide \[[@CIT0007], [@CIT0008]\]. Yet, su...
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Self-assembled monolayers (SAM) have been studied intensively due to their technological importance in various fields, from organic electronics to friction and catalysis (see, for example, refs [@b1], [@b2], [@b3], and references therein). Commonly it is assumed that the structure of the molecules within the SAM is onl...
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Citation: Khodayarian M, Mazloomi-Mahmoodabad SS, Lamyian M, Morowatisharifabad MA, Tavangar H. Response costs of mammography adherence: Iranian women's perceptions. Health Promot Perspect. 2016;6(2):85-91. doi:[10.15171/hpp.2016.15](http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/hpp.2016.15). Introduction {#s1} ============ Breast canc...
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Background ========== Lung ischemia/reperfusion injury (LIRI) is a critical problem in research and in clinical practice \[[@b1-medscimonit-24-1251],[@b2-medscimonit-24-1251]\]. It is well known that LIRI can occur after lung transplant, cardiopulmonary bypass, pneumonectomy, and post-enucleation of pulmonary embolism...
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Background {#Sec1} ========== Arterial spin labeling of the heart has been shown to estimate myocardial perfusion and perfusion reserve at a single short-axis slice for coronary artery disease assessment. However, current spatial labeling methods suffer from transit delay effects when imaging is extended to more than ...
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Introduction {#Sec1} ============ Nanoparticle-based systems containing more than one functional components represent an active research field having a great potential in numerous technological applications^[@CR1]^. Among others, magnetic core-shell nanoparticles offer new opportunities in the biomedical field, cataly...
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The global campaign to eradicate dracunculiasis (or Guinea worm disease \[GWD\]), which began at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1980 and has been led by the Carter Center since 1986, has assisted 17 of 21 affected countries to interrupt transmission. In 1986, an estimated 3.5 million cases occu...
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INTRODUCTION {#sec1-1} ============ Vascular malformations of spinal cord are rare clinical entities.\[[@ref6][@ref8][@ref15]\] Traditionally, they are classified into three categories depending upon the arterial supply and anatomic characteristics.\[[@ref7]\] Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (SDAVF) constitutes 70-...
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Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) or epidermoid carcinoma arises in stratified epithelia including skin, head and neck, oesophagus, or cervix but also in simple epithelia (25--30% of lung cancer; <http://www.cancer.org> <http://www.cancer.gov>). SCCs are often aggressive and have poor prognosis causing significant death nu...
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Sake F‐T‐N, Wong K, Bartlett DJ, Saini B. Benzodiazepine usage and patient preference for alternative therapies: A descriptive study. Health Sci Rep. 2019;2:e116 10.1002/hsr2.116 1. INTRODUCTION {#hsr2116-sec-0005} =============== Benzodiazepines are widely prescribed for their hypnotic,[1](#hsr2116-bib-0001){ref-typ...
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INTRODUCTION ============ The great benefits of using nanomaterials in modern technologies are no longer questioned. However, the potential negative effects associated with the propagation and accumulation of nanomaterial components, such as nano-particles and nanofibers in the environment, require further study \[[@R...
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1. Introduction {#sec0005} =============== Epidemiological studies of birth and death records led to "Barker\'s hypothesis" almost 30 years ago, suggesting the influence of perturbed gestational milieu on the development of diseases later in life ([@bib0060]). This generated a great deal of interest in the fetal origi...
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Influenza-associated acute encephalopathy has been described in children, and results in a high frequency of neurologic sequelae and death. Altered consciousness, disorientation, and seizures occur within a few days after the onset of fever and respiratory symptoms ([@R1]*--*[@R3]). In some patients, symptoms are trans...
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Introduction ============ Children are exposed to diverse types of evaluative feedback regarding their behavior, intelligence, and performance in their social lives. Parents and teachers often provide children with positive feedback to enhance their intrinsic motivation and boost their self-esteem ([@B16]; [@B5]). How...
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1. Introduction {#sec1-materials-12-03635} =============== Laser cutting is a process in which a (continuous or pulsed) laser beam melts, simultaneously melts and evaporates, or melts and/or burns away the material in the cut (the kerf). It is a thermal cutting process that uses a large amount of energy that is focuse...
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All relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files. Introduction {#sec004} ============ A population of pluripotent adult somatic stem cells, well known as "neoblasts", has been extensively characterized and documented for free-living platyhelminthes (flatworms) \[[@pntd.0005418.ref001]--[@pn...
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All relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files. Introduction {#sec001} ============ Acid hot springs provide unique environments for the evolution and establishment of microbial communities and their response to various biogeochemical and metabolic processes involving hydrogen (H~2~), sul...
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INTRODUCTION ============ The ribonucleoprotein enzyme ribonuclease P (RNase P) throughout phylogeny removes 5′ leader sequences of precursor tRNAs (ptRNAs) to generate mature tRNA 5′ ends. The enzyme harbors a single RNA subunit (P RNA) of common ancestry, but only bacterial P RNAs are efficient catalysts *in vitro* ...
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Significance StatementThere is no single medical cause for autism, and there are very few controlled studies. This research suggests that stem cells from autologous cord blood are safe and potentially have an impact on socialization for children with autism. The safety and observed changes warrant further investigation...
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Breeding Science 69: 186--188 (2019) In the above article, sample names on an electrophoresis gel in Fig. 2 were wrongly placed. Therefore, we herewith would like to publish the correct arrangement. **False:** Lanes were mislabeled. **True:** Lane two should be MS and lane three should be F. There is no change in fi...
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Binyamin O, Larush L, Frid K, et al. *Int J Nanomedicine* 2015;10:7165--7174. On page 7165, the first affiliation and correspondence details were incorrectly written as "Department of Neurology, The Agnes Ginges Center of Human Neurogenetics, Hadassah University Hospital". It should be "Department of Neurology, The Ag...
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Molina‐Romero M, Gómez PA, Sperl JI, et al. A diffusion model‐free framework with echo time dependence for free‐water elimination and brain tissue microstructure characterization. Magn Reson Med. 2018;80:2155--2172. 10.1002/mrm.27181 29573009 **Funding information** German Excellence Initiative; European Commission, G...
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INTRODUCTION ============ Robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) has gained popularity around the world. This year the number of robotic cases again exceeds that of traditional open prostatectomy cases in the United States, with 85% performed robotically.^[@B1]^ We performed a review of our prostat...
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1. Introduction {#sec1-cancers-12-00417} =============== Small-molecule inhibitors such as tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) target intracellular signal pathways and are designed to cross cellular membranes passively due to their size and lipophilicity. Inside the cell they may exert their action by blocking the ATP-b...
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**Core tip:** Lymphoma is known to be a cause of syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH). Moreover, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has a high infection rate, and in very rare cases, it can lead to extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma. A very limited number of patients with lymphoma accompan...
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Specification TableSubjectBiomedical signal processing, NeuroscienceSpecific subject areaCognitive neuroscience, Steady-state visual evoked potential, EEG acquisition.Type of dataRaw data of 22-channel EEG signals and a single-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) signal before and after the stimulus (consumption of caffeinated...
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Background ========== The concept of self-management is not new and can be traced back in the UK to the start of the 20^th^ century \[[@B1]\]. Nevertheless, despite its longevity, defining self-management as a concept and clarifying its meaning for, and use, in practice has been found to be particularly challenging in...
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A 63-year-old male presented to the emergency department being shot with a hunting shotgun from a distance of more than 10 m. He had multiple entry wounds from pellets in the neck, thorax, abdomen, scrotum and upper extremities, with no exit wounds. He was haemodynamically stable and had a whole body CT scan with no in...
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1. Introduction {#sec1-ijerph-17-00691} =============== 1.1. The Links between Ageing, Potential Mobility, Choice and Well-Being {#sec1dot1-ijerph-17-00691} ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The importance of having the possibility to participate in society while ageing has been...
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***Cite this article as:*** Hosseini SS, Taheri K, Hosseini SM, Gholami M, Kouhsari E, Edalati E, Madani R, Mohammadzadeh R, Zahedi Bialvaei A, Sholeh M, Golchin Far F. Extraction and purification of the H9N2 virus nucleoprotein: A simple and practical method. *Med J Islam Repub Iran*. 2018 (21 Dec);32:128. https://doi...
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**BACKGROUND:** Skin flap vascularity is a critical determinant of aesthetic results in autologous ear reconstruction. In this work, we investigate the utility of intraoperative laser-assisted indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) as an adjunctive measure of skin flap vascularity in pediatric autologous ear reconstructi...
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Introduction {#Sec1} ============ Neurologic diseases in the elderly, such as dementia and stroke, will pose an ever increasing burden on societies over the next couple of decades \[[@CR1]--[@CR4]\]. However, effective therapeutic or preventive strategies are lacking. In order to develop such strategies, knowledge on ...
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**Correction to**: *Leukemia*; doi:[10.1038/leu.2012.119](/doifinder/10.1038/leu.2012.119); advance online publication, 3 May 2012 Since the publication of this article, the authors have noticed an error in Figure 4a, specifically that the structures of the methyl-pomalidomide enantiomers were missing a carbonyl group...
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1. Introduction {#sec1-pharmaceutics-12-00422} =============== Electroporation is a physical method for exogenous molecule delivery through the plasma membrane that is used to increase the plasma membrane permeability by applying short (ns--ms) but strong electric pulses \[[@B1-pharmaceutics-12-00422]\]. The permeabil...
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Background {#Sec1} ========== Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a complex three-dimensional (3-D) deformity of the spine, with a prevalence of 1.5--3% within the general population, that normally develops in the beginning of the growth spurt of previously healthy adolescents \[[@CR1], [@CR2]\]. For diagnosis, m...
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Introduction ============ Corneal diseases represent the second leading cause of blindness, affecting 4.9 million people worldwide; these individuals could potentially have their sight restored through corneal transplantation \[[@r1],[@r2]\]. Penetrating keratoplasty is the standard procedure used for the treatment of...
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Commentary {#Sec1} ========== "*Complexity is the enemy of transparency*" \[[@CR1]\]. Today, *BMC Medicine* publishes another paper on journalology (publication science) \[[@CR2]\]. Attributing authorship, and authorship order, is complex and often a 'black box' for prospective authors. Professor Marušić and colleague...
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Baker SC, Arlt VM, Indra R, et al. Differentiation‐associated urothelial cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase predicates the xenobiotic‐metabolizing activity of "luminal" muscle‐invasive bladder cancers. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 2018;57: 606--618. <https://doi.org/10.1002/mc.22784> 29323757 ABS : adult bovine serum AHR...
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Osteoporosis is a common skeletal disease, affecting millions of individuals worldwide, and the prevention of fractures is an important public health goal. Currently, the osteoporosis treatments that are used substantially reduce vertebral fracture risk, whereas nonvertebral fracture risk has only moderately been impro...
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Introduction {#s1} ============ Surgical endodontic retreatment is essential in cases of failed endodontic treatment or when conventional endodontic treatment cannot be undertaken. Endodontic surgery entails raising a mucoperiosteal flap and performing osteotomy, followed by root-end resection, root-end preparation, a...
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Study Highlights**WHAT IS THE CURRENT KNOWLEDGE ON THE TOPIC?**☑ More than half of ulcerative colitis (UC) patients fail to achieve mucosal healing with conventional drug therapy.☑ The efficacy of probiotics in the treatment of UC remains controversial.☑ We previously identified a long‐chain polyphosphate from *Lactoba...
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Background ========== The obesity epidemic in Australia is generally monitored by the proportion of the population whose body mass index (BMI) exceeds 30 kg/m^2^\[[@B1]\]. However, what is not as evident is the growing proportion of those who are morbidly obese. This issue is important as adverse health risks and heal...
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Introduction ============ Many students in higher education are not successful and encounter academic failure ([@B66]). One of the factors associated with academic failure is academic procrastination ([@B57]; [@B29]), although there are also instances in which the pressure created by procrastination can improve perfor...
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Background {#Sec1} ========== Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative joint condition characterized by a progressive destruction of the articular cartilage leading to pain and functional loss (Cross et al. [@CR7]). OA affects more than 39 million people in Europe. These changes lead to a degradation of the extra...
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Introduction ============ Chronic musculoskeletal neck and back pain are prevalent and disabling conditions among adults \[[@ref1]\]. The report on global economic burden of disease published in 2010 indicated low back pain and neck pain ranked sixth and 21st, respectively, out of 291 diseases and injuries \[[@ref2]\]...
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INTRODUCTION ============ Some groups of pseudomonads, indigenous in the rhizosphere, produce and excrete secondary metabolites that are inhibitory to plant pathogens \[[@R1]\]. They offer a sustainable alternative to pesticides and can provide disease control when the use of pesticides is legally restricted. Among th...
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