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Admission criteria and academic performance in medical school.
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BMC Medical Education
, 2023 , Article)
Different variables have been used to predict the academic performance of students in medical schools. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of demographics, admission system, and high-school background on the ...
Biomimetic Strategy to Enhance Epithelial Cell Viability and Spreading on PEEK Implants
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American Chemical Society
, 2022 , Article)
Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is a biocompatible material widely used in spinal and craniofacial implants, with potential use in percutaneous implants. However, its inertness prevents it from forming a tight seal with the ...
Oral-Health-Related Self-Efficacy among the Elderly Population in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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MDPI
, 2022 , Article)
Oral health self-efficacy is a fundamental determinant of behavioral changes among elderly patients. Objective: To assess the oral self-efficacy among the Saudi population aged 65 years old and above in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ...
Comparison of nutritional status between lacto-ovo vegetarian and non-vegetarian Jordanian adults
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: Vegetarian diets exclude meat, fish and poultry and/or egg and dairy products, these diets are based on grains, fruits, vegetables, legumes and seeds. The purpose of this study is to compare the nutritional status ...
Platelet–Neutrophil Association in NETs-Rich Areas in the Retrieved AIS Patient Thrombi
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2022 , Article)
Histological structure of thrombi is a strong determinant of the outcome of vascular recanalization therapy, the only treatment option for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients. A total of 21 AIS patients from this study ...
Mitigating Cardiotoxicity of Dendrimers: Angiotensin-(1-7) via Its Mas Receptor Ameliorates PAMAM-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction in the Isolated Mammalian Heart
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2022 , Article)
Aim: The influence of the physiochemical properties of dendrimer nanoparticles on cardiac contractility and hemodynamics are not known. Herein, we investigated (a) the effect of polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer generation ...
Guggulsterone Induces Apoptosis in Multiple Myeloma Cells by Targeting High Mobility Group Box 1 via Janus Activated Kinase/Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription Pathway
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2022 , Article)
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematological disorder characterized by the abnormal expansion of plasma cells in the bone marrow. Despite great advances over the past three decades in discovering the efficacious therapies for ...
Characterizing trends and associations for hepatitis C virus antibody prevalence in the Middle East and North Africa: meta-regression analyses
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Springer Nature
, 2022 , Article)
This study characterized population-level trends and associations with hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody (Ab) prevalence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Data source was the standardized and systematically gathered ...
Combined Noncoding RNA-mRNA Regulomics Signature in Reprogramming and Pluripotency in iPSCs
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2022 , Article)
Somatic cells are reprogrammed with reprogramming factors to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), offering a promising future for disease modeling and treatment by overcoming the limitations of embryonic stem ...
Updates on androgen replacement therapy and lower urinary tract symptoms: a narrative review
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Taylor & Francis
, 2022 , Article)
Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are caused by higher tension at the bladder neck level (due to fibrosis or stiffness) or benign prostatic hyperplasia, which causes static obstruction of the bladder outlet. Both forms ...