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Assessing the use of the anatomical method for the estimation of sub-adult stature in Black South Africans
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Article)
Stature estimation is rarely attempted in sub-adults due to the general lack of available standards as a result of the dearth of sufficiently large sub-adult skeletal collections with known demographic information. To ...
Curcumin potentiates the function of human ? 7 -nicotinic acetylcholine receptors expressed in SH-EP1 cells
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Effects of curcumin, a biologically active ingredient of turmeric, were tested on the Ca 2+ transients induced by the activation of ? 7 subunit of the human nicotinic acetylcholine (? 7 nACh) receptor expressed in SH-EP1 ...
Clinical presentation, management, and pathophysiology of neuropathic itch
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Lancet Publishing Group
, 2018 , Article Review)
Unlike conventional itch, neuropathic itch develops in normal skin from excess peripheral firing or dampened central inhibition of itch pathway neurons. Neuropathic itch is a symptom of the same central and peripheral ...
Cytokine responses in campylobacteriosis: Linking pathogenesis to immunity
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article Review)
Campylobacter jejuni is an important enteric pathogen that causes diarrheas of different degrees of severity and several extra-intestinal manifestations, including Guillain-Barre syndrome. The variability of disease outcomes ...
A new improved graphical and quantitative method for detecting bias in meta-analysis.
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Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
, 2018 , Article)
Detection of publication and related biases remains suboptimal and threatens the validity and interpretation of meta-analytical findings. When bias is present, it usually differentially affects small and large studies ...
Voltage dependence of the Ca2+ transient in endocardial and epicardial myocytes from the left ventricle of Goto Kakizaki type 2 diabetic rats
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Springer New York LLC
, 2018 , Article)
Diabetes mellitus is a major global health disorder and, currently, over 450 million people have diabetes with 90% suffering from type 2 diabetes. Left untreated, diabetes may lead to cardiovascular diseases which are a ...
Intersection between genes controlling vascularization and angiogenesis in renal cell carcinomas
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Springer Nature
, 2018 , Article)
To show that application of the systemic analysis may significantly improve comparison of different datasets. Different genes and proteins may converge on the same functional outputs. A comparison of 2 datasets by only ...
Expression of sperm PLC? and clinical outcomes of ICSI-AOA in men affected by globozoospermia due to DPY19L2 deletion
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Globozoospermia is characterized by the presence of 100% acrosomeless round-headed spermatozoa in an ejaculate. Failed fertilization after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is commonly reported for globozoospermic ...
Taxonomy of communications in the operating room
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Springer Verlag
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
US hospitals are facing critical problems of nurse shortage. One report predicts that there will be a shortage of 260,000 registered nurses by 2025 in the USA, and it was found out that patient mortality risk is 6% higher ...
Effectiveness of Different Topical Treatments in the Healing of Pressure Injuries: A Network Meta-analysis.
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Article)
Pressure injuries (PIs) are one of the most common types of complex wounds and impose a huge economic burden on the healthcare system and the patients. A plethora of topical treatments is widely available for PI treatment, ...