Omega 3 Fatty Acids Supplementation and Oxidative Stress in HIV-Seropositive Patients. A Clinical Trial by Norma Amador-Licona (2576329)

“…The aim of this study was to assess the effect of omega 3 fatty acids on different markers of oxidative stress in HIV-seropositive patients. We performed a randomized parallel controlled clinical trial in The Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, a public health hospital. 70 HIV-seropositive patients aged 20 to 55 on clinical score A1, A2, B1 or B2 receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) were studied. …”

Economic and public health impact of decentralized HIV viral load testing: A modelling study in Kenya by M. de Necker (6407402)

“…The GeneXpert system is a diagnostic point-of-care technology that can quantify, amongst others, HIV VL. …”

Plausibility of the zebrafish embryos/larvae as an alternative animal model for autism: A comparison study of transcriptome changes by Sangwoo Lee (1727713)

“…<div><p>Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a serious neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired or abnormal social interaction and communication and by restricted and repetitive behaviour. …”

Proteomics Analysis of Human Obesity Reveals the Epigenetic Factor HDAC4 as a Potential Target for Obesity by Mohamed Abu-Farha (25322)

“…<div><p>Sedentary lifestyle and excessive energy intake are prominent contributors to obesity; a major risk factors for the development of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. …”

Pharmaceutical industry payments to NHS trusts in England: A four-year analysis of the Disclosure UK database by Piotr Ozieranski (8662758)

“…</p> <p><strong>Results</strong>: Between 2015 and 2018, 116 companies reported paying £60,253,421.86 to 235 trusts. As a share of payments to all healthcare organisations the number of payments to trusts rose from 38.64% to 39.48%, but their value dropped from 33.01% to 23.61%. …”

HIV and tuberculosis co-infection among migrants in Europe: A systematic review on the prevalence, incidence and mortality by Ana Maria Tavares (4477183)

“…Additionally, while HIV-TB incidence rates have decreased among migrants and nationals, migrants are still at a higher risk for this co-infection. …”

Spontaneous cephalic version and risk factors for persistent breech presentation: a longitudinal retrospective cohort study by Zehong Zhou (6927917)

“…<p>To address the rate of spontaneous version in breech presentation until term and explore the risk factors for persistent breech presentation diagnosed by the second-trimester ultrasound examination.</p> <p>This is a retrospective cohort study of pregnant women with a singleton pregnancy who had their ultrasound examination conducted at the time of 22–26 weeks of gestation in the Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center. …”

Image2_A Stable Chemokine Gradient Controls Directional Persistence of Migrating Dendritic Cells.tiff by Thomas Quast (249407)

“…In contrast to Dictyostelium amoeba, DCs are unable to decode oscillatory stimulation of soluble chemokine traveling waves into a directional response toward the wave source. …”

Image_2_Dry Eye and Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.TIF by Qiang Lu (49688)

“…Patients with pre-existing meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) had worsened subjective symptoms of dry eye (1.31, 95% confidence interval (CI) [0.66, 1.95], P < 0.0001), a reduced tear break-up time (BUT) (−2.27, 95% CI [−2.66, −1.88], P < 0.0001), and a worse corneal fluorescein staining (CFS) score (0.75, 95% CI [0.5, 1.0], P < 0.0001) after phacoemulsification cataract surgery, whereas in the general population, the subjective symptoms score and CFS remained unchanged and BUT decreased slightly after surgery. …”

Table_1_Exploring temporal trends and burden of traumatic shoulder dislocation: a global perspective.DOCX by Cheng Chen (136164)

“…Lastly, the study studied the correlation between age-standardized rates and the socio-demographic index (SDI).</p>Results<p>Over a span of 30 years, both the crude and age-standardized rates of incidence and years lived with disability (YLDs) rates for all genders displayed a slight fluctuating downward trend. …”

Translation, Adaptation, Validation and Evaluation for use in Brazil of a British Inventory to Assist in the Choice of Medical Specialty by Iago da Silva Caires (4700479)

“…<p></p><p>ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to translate, validate and evaluate a British specialty choice inventory. This tool processes the answers to 130 items and returns a 59-medical specialty ranking, in decreasing order of recommendation, based on the candidate’s profile adjustments to specialty characteristics. …”

Table_1_Droughts Over Amazonia in 2005, 2010, and 2015: A Cloud Cover Perspective.docx by Juan C. Jimenez (210924)

“…Results show a significant decreasing trend (p < 0.05) for TCC over southern Amazonia during the dry season (around −2% per decade), in contrast to the significant increasing trend found over northern Amazonia during this season and the significant widespread increasing trend during the wet season (between +2 and +4% per decade). …”

CNE1 mediates direct autoregulation and positive feedback via a paired domain binding site. by Steven Moore (466458)

“…<p>(A) CNE1-Motif1 is homologous to the 5′ region of defined PD binding sites, however the alignment diverges in the 3′ region. …”

Quantifying skeletal muscle volume and shape in humans using MRI: A systematic review of validity and reliability by Christelle Pons (5196740)

“…Segmentation on one slice (n = 11) increased volume errors. The Deformation of a Parametric Specific Object (DPSO) method (n = 5) decreased the number of manually-segmented slices required for any chosen level of error. …”

Table1_Efficacy and safety of metformin for melasma treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.pdf by Pajaree Mongkhon (8160222)

Table_2_Dry Eye and Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.XLSX by Qiang Lu (49688)

“…Patients with pre-existing meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) had worsened subjective symptoms of dry eye (1.31, 95% confidence interval (CI) [0.66, 1.95], P < 0.0001), a reduced tear break-up time (BUT) (−2.27, 95% CI [−2.66, −1.88], P < 0.0001), and a worse corneal fluorescein staining (CFS) score (0.75, 95% CI [0.5, 1.0], P < 0.0001) after phacoemulsification cataract surgery, whereas in the general population, the subjective symptoms score and CFS remained unchanged and BUT decreased slightly after surgery. …”

MC^α2 bursts synchronize type A PC firing in slow frequencies. by Markus M. Hilscher (473981)

“…Kernel density estimates (orange) show increased (peaks) and decreased (valleys) co-occurrences of APs. (B) Mean power spectral density plots for both cases revealed peaks around 2 Hz (<i>top</i>) but flat mean coherence plots (<i>bottom</i>), suggesting no synchronization (correlation) between firing of type A PCs within a frequency range of 0–20 Hz (<i>n</i> = 24 cells). …”

DataSheet_1_Plasma acylcarnitine and diabetic retinopathy: A study from Eastern China.docx by Dongzhen Jin (12256313)

“…</p>Conclusions<p>Our findings suggest higher ACar 8:0 is significantly associated with a decreased risk of DR, which provides a unique window for early identification of DR.…”

Table 1_A global analysis of nasopharynx cancer burden attributable to occupational formaldehyde exposure.docx by Jian Li (41607)

“…Background<p>Occupational formaldehyde is a significant risk factor for nasopharynx cancer. …”

Image_1_A Multilevel Assessment of Plasticity in Response to High-Altitude Environment for Agama Lizards.pdf by Yin Qi (314969)

“…Both lizards were capable of acclimating to the high-altitude environment without sacrificing their performance in bite force, but they also showed high plasticity in tail display behavior by either decreasing the intensity of a specific display component (P. forsythii) or by the trade-off between display components (P. axillaris). …”