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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Daily injections of recombinant human growth hormone are the standard of care to treat growth failure due to pediatric growth hormone deficiency (GHD). While effective, daily injections are burdensome and...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been associated with incidence of cardiovascular disease and with nocturnal angina, but evidence of a link with coronary atherosclerosis and myocardial ischemia is limited...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedWith a cluster of commodity hardware, how can we efficiently find all connected components of an enormous graph containing hundreds of billions of nodes and edges? The problem of finding connected components has been...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Medial meniscal extrusion (MME) is the medial displacement of the meniscus, which extends beyond the tibial margin. Studies have shown an association between MME and knee pain and that surgical treatment can...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedPurpose To investigate the positive predictive value of ultrasound classification of non-mass breast lesions (NMLs) following breast imaging reporting and data system (BI-RADS), and enhance understanding of NMLs....
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedPotent broad-spectrum antiviral agents are urgently needed to combat existing and emerging viral infections. This is particularly important considering that vaccine development is a costly and time consuming process and...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedVulnerable populations such as camped refugees are often exposed to spread of infectious diseases because of their living conditions, limited resources available to them and exclusion from social services. This study...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedAim Covert hepatic encephalopathy (CHE) adversely affects clinical outcomes in patients with liver cirrhosis, although its diagnosis is difficult. This study aimed to establish a simple CHE screening model based on...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground and purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of incorporating chitosan (Ch) and chitosan oligosaccharides (ChO) into the commercially premixed antibiotic-loaded bone cement (ALBC). We...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedMany people living around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (CNPP) have been exposed to .sup.137 Cs for several decades after the CNPP accident. Although half-life of .sup.137 Cs is about 30 years, some wild forest...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedObjectives Studies have identified increased cancer risk among patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) compared to the general population. However, evidence of all-cause and site-specific cancer risk...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedDuring an investigation program of faunal diversity in the shallow reef zone of the active volcanic island off northeastern Taiwan in July and September 2020, numerous individuals of the starfish Echinaster luzonicus...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedIn recent years, the interest on baby-leaf lettuce has grown steadily, because it is richer in bioactive compounds than other traditional vegetables. However, the quality of lettuce is being increasingly affected by...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedCOVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) hit Europe in January 2020. By March, Europe was the active centre of the pandemic. As a result, widespread "lockdown" measures were enforced across the various European countries,...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedFor the nervous system to develop properly, neurons must connect in a precise way to form functional networks. This requires that outgrowing neuronal processes (axons) navigate to their target areas, where they establish...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedNon-neutral wrist postures have been reported to cause decreased carpal tunnel volume (CTV) contributing to impingement of the median nerve and development of carpal tunnel syndrome. Recent analysis found CTV did not...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground and objectives Reference ranges are widely used to locate the major range of the target probability distribution. When future measurements fall outside the reference range, they are classified as atypical...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed
Audit lead selection and yield prediction from historical tax data using artificial neural networks.
Tax audits are a crucial process adopted in all tax departments to ensure tax compliance and fairness. Traditionally, tax audit leads have been selected based on empirical rules and randomization methods, which are not... -
From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed
A single application of fertilizer can affect semi-natural grassland vegetation over half a century.
Restoration of species-rich semi-natural grassland requires not only a seed source but also appropriate soil properties. In Europe, approximately 10 years are required for the properties of fertilized soils to reach... -
From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedLeft atrial appendage (LAA) size is crucial for determining the indication of transcatheter LAA closure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences in LAA morphology according to the types of atrial...