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The effectiveness of targeted relative to empiric prophylaxis on infectious complications after transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy: a meta-analysis
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Springer Verlag
, 2018 , Article Review)
Purpose: Rectal culture screening for fluoroquinolone (FQ)-resistant Enterobacteriaceae before transrectal ultrasound guided prostate (TRUSPB) biopsy and targeted antibiotic prophylaxis (TAP) may decrease post-TRUSPB ...
Flight Versus Ground Out-of-hospital Rapid Sequence Intubation Success: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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Taylor and Francis Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Introduction: Endotracheal intubation (ETI) is a critical procedure performed by both air medical and ground based emergency medical services (EMS). Previous work has suggested that ETI success rates are greater for air ...
Phospholipase C zeta and calcium oscillations at fertilisation: The evidence applications and further questions
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Oocyte activation is a fundamental event at mammalian fertilisation, initiated by a series of characteristic calcium (Ca2+) oscillations in mammals. This characteristic pattern of Ca2+ release is induced in a species-specific ...
Medical Education in Egypt: Historical Background, Current Status, and Challenges
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Article)
BackgroundFrom its beginnings in 1827, an important goal of medical education in Egypt has been to qualify physicians who can provide high-quality health care services for their local community and other communities in the ...
Long Sun-Exposures Influencing High Sub-Cutaneous Synthesis of Vitamin-D3 may be Associated with Exacerbation of Symptoms in Allergic-Asthma.
(2018 , Article)
Does excessive sun-exposure, non-use of sunscreen and/or high doses of vitamin-D3 supplements provoke exacerbation of asthma? Clinical examinations, retrospective records-access and questionnaire surveys were distributed ...
Driver Drowsiness Detection Study using Heart Rate Variability analysis in Virtual Reality Environment
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2018 , Conference)
Introduction Mobility and road safety is one of the grand challenges that Qatar is facing during the last decade. There are many ways to enhance the road safety. One way is to characterize the factors contributing to the ...
Calmodulin Mutations Associated with Congenital Cardiac Disease Display Novel Biophysical and Biochemical Characteristics
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Article)
Calmodulin (CaM) is a cytoplasmic multifunctional calcium (Ca2+)-binding messenger that interacts with the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2), a large transmembrane Ca2+ channel that mediates Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic ...
Editorial: Role of Iron in Bacterial Pathogenesis
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2018 , Article)
Iron is the fourth-most abundant element on the earth, and it is needed by most organisms, including bacteria. It exists in two oxidation states, Fe2+ and Fe3+, and is involved in many oxido-reduction reactions (Andrews ...
Identification of FAM173B as a protein methyltransferase promoting chronic pain
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Public Library of Science
, 2018 , Article)
Chronic pain is a debilitating problem, and insights in the neurobiology of chronic pain are needed for the development of novel pain therapies. A genome-wide association study implicated the 5p15.2 region in chronic ...
Distinct transcriptional responses of mouse sensory neurons in models of human chronic pain conditions [version 1; referees: 2 approved]
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F1000 Research Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Background: Sensory neurons play an essential role in almost all pain conditions, and have recently been classified into distinct subsets on the basis of their transcriptomes. Here we have analysed alterations in dorsal ...