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Obesity is associated with depression in Malaysian schoolchildren: A cross-sectional study
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Universitas Indonesia
, 2020 , Article)
Background: Overweight and obesity, which may lead to depression, have become prevalent among children worldwide. Hence, this study aimed to measure obesity and depression among schoolchildren in Kuantan. Methods: This ...
Production of flexible nanocomposite membranes for x-ray detectors
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Flexible membranes of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) polymer and CuO nanoparticles for x-ray detection applications are reported in this work. PVA represents a polymer matrix for nanoparticles, and its flexibility and electrical ...
First principle investigation of H2Se, H2Te and PH3 sensing based on graphene oxide
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Detecting toxic gases is of great importance to protect our health and preserve the quality of life. In this work, graphene (G) and graphene oxide with three different modifications (G–O, G–OH, and G–O–OH) have been used ...
DFT investigation of H2S adsorption on graphenenanosheets and nanoribbons: Comparative study
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Graphenenanosheet (GNS), armchair graphenenanoribbon (AGNR), and zigzag graphenenanoribbon (ZGNR) systems were investigated by first principle calculations using the density functional theory (DFT). The DFT calculations ...
Molecular Mechanisms of Colon Cancer Progression and Metastasis: Recent Insights and Advancements.
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article Review)
Colorectal cancer (CRC), the third most common type of cancer, is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality rates worldwide. Although modern research was able to shed light on the pathogenesis of CRC and provide ...
Association between response rates and monetary incentives in sample study: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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BMJ Publishing Group
, 2020 , Article)
To investigate the effect of monetary incentive and the dose-response relationship of participants' response rates in surveys. Three databases were searched for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that investigated the ...
أثر ضغط الثقافة الغالبة على المفاهيم: الجهاد والإرهاب نموذجا
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INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA
, 2020 , Article)
ن أكثر عرضةً للهجومِ من غيرها، مثل مفهومِ الجِهاد، وذلك في ظِلِّ نداءات العالمِ الحديثِ بالتنديدِ بالإرهاب، إلى درجة تمَّ زحزحة تلك المفاهيم فيها عن موضِعِها؛ بل ليس من قبيل المبالغة أن تصلَ هذه الزحزحة إلى درجةِ الإحلال، ...
Naked Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimer Nanoparticles Exhibit Intrinsic Embryotoxicity During the Early Stages of Normal Development.
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American Science Publishers ASP
, 2020 , Article)
To investigate the impact of poly(amidoamine) dendrimers (PAMAMs) in the embryo, we explored the outcome of different generations (G₄ and G) on the early stages of embryogenesis using the chicken embryo as a model. We also ...
Laplace approximation, penalized quasi-likelihood, and adaptive Gauss-Hermite quadrature for generalized linear mixed models: Towards meta-analysis of binary outcome with sparse data
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BMC
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 The Author(s). Background: In meta-analyses of a binary outcome, double zero events in some studies cause a critical methodology problem. The generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) has been proposed as a valid ...
Arcsine-based transformations for meta-analysis of proportions: Pros, cons, and alternatives
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Wiley Open Access
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 The Authors. Health Science Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. Meta-analyses have been increasingly used to synthesize proportions (eg, disease prevalence) from multiple studies in recent years. Arcsine-based ...