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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedSince the discovery of klotho as an anti-aging gene, its association with tumors has been studied. Several previous studies have reported the down-expression of klotho in various human cancers, and much of its mechanism...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Chewing well is essential for successful diet therapy and control of blood glucose level in patients with diabetes. In addition, long-term hyperglycemia is a risk factor for microvascular complications,...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIn the past few decades, constitution-making processes have shifted from being undertakings performed by elites and closed off from the public to ones incorporating democratic mechanisms. Little is known, however, about...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedContract farming is a growing practice in agricultural economy. A well-designed crop-planting and buyout contract, offered by an enterprise, to a fraction of contract farmers brings benefit to farmers as well as to the...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) syndrome is an ultrarare lung disease with unclear prevalence and incidence. Our study aimed to identify the epidemiological and clinical features of BHD syndrome by using nationwide...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground Intraoperative hypertension and blood pressure (BP) fluctuation are known to be associated with negative patient outcomes. During robotic lower abdominal surgery, the patient's abdominal cavity is filled...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are still a major public health problem in Indonesia. Studies have shown that risk factors of NCDs are associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity and...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe integration of family planning (FP) with childhood immunisations is considered a promising approach to addressing postpartum women's unmet need for FP in resource limited settings. This study set out to examine...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAs information about COVID-19 safety behavior changed, people had to judge how likely others were to protect themselves through mask-wearing and vaccination seeking. In a large, campus-wide survey, we assessed whether...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground Recent studies indicate that vitamin D supplementation may decrease respiratory tract infections, but the association between vitamin D and COVID-19 is still unclear. Objective To explore the association...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThis study seeks answers to questions such as: what is fiscal adjustment? Which fiscal strategy will result in a reduction in public debt liabilities? In the pursuit of answers to these questions, the study has defined...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAlthough scatter correction improves SPECT image contrast and thus image quality, the effects of quantitation accuracy under various conditions remain unclear. The present study aimed to empirically define the conditions...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground Strokes are common in people with atrial fibrillation (AF), and can have devastating consequences, especially in the elderly and if AF is untreated. However, community-based studies on screening for...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground We aimed to provide regional data on clinical symptoms, medical resource utilization (MRU), and risk factors for increased MRU in hospitalized respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-infected Belgian pediatric...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedPlain language summaries (PLSs) have been introduced to communicate research in an understandable way to a nonexpert audience. Guidelines for writing PLSs have been developed and empirical research on PLSs has been...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Vitamin D supplementation has been suggested to enhance immunity during respiratory infection season. We tested the effect of active vitamin D (calcitriol) supplementation on key airway innate immune...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe evolution of the remarkably complex primate brain has been a topic of great interest for decades. Multiple factors have been proposed to explain the comparatively larger primate brain (relative to body mass), with...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedNatural silks crafted by spiders comprise some of the most versatile materials known. Artificial silks-based on the sequences of their natural brethren-replicate some desirable biophysical properties and are increasingly...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction People with schizophrenia spectrum disorder diagnoses commonly have poor sleep, which predicts various negative outcomes. The problems are diverse, including substantial circadian dysregulation, sleep-wake...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground Since December 2019, COVID-19 began to spread throughout the world for nearly two years. During the epidemic, the travel intensity of most urban residents has dropped significantly, and they can only...