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Open AccessIn silico analysis of Phaseolus vulgaris L. metalloprotease FtsH gene: characterization and expression in drought and salt stress
Proteases help plants maintain protein quality and break down protein subsets in reply to environmental, developmental, biotic, and abiotic stressors. Filamentation temperature-sensitive H (FtsH) is an ATP-dep...
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Cross-sectional war** and precision of the first-order shear deformation theory for vibrations of transversely functionally graded curved beams
The war** may become an important factor for the precise transverse vibrations of curved beams. Thus, the first aim of this study is to specify the structural design parameters where the influence of cross-s...
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Investigating the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis with recovered paper consumption, human development index, urbanization, and forest footprint
The aim of this study, which covers the period from 1991 to 2017, is to analyze the relationships between recovered paper consumption, human development index, urbanization rate, and forest footprint in the fr...
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A Stream X-Machine Tool for Modelling and Generating Test Cases for Chronic Diseases Based on State-Counting Approach
In the biomedical domain, diagrammatical models have been extensively used to describe and understand the behaviour of biological organisms (biological agents) for decades. Although these models are simple and...
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Open AccessCost analysis of inguinal hernia repair: the influence of clinical and hernia-specific factors
As in the rest of the world, in Germany, inguinal hernia operations are among the most common operations. From an economic standpoint, very little is known about the influence of demographic, clinical or herni...
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Elektive Versorgung von Leistenhernien in der universitären Chirurgie – eine ökonomische Herausforderung
Die Leistenhernienchirurgie stellt für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgen elektiv wie auch notfallmäßig eine zentrale Aufgabe dar. Als Standardprozedur gilt sie im deutschen DRG-System als eher erlösschwach, was...
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A comparison of laparoscopic and open repair of subxiphoid incisional hernias
Incisional hernias to the subxiphoid region are rare and anatomically challenging, with bony and cartilaginous structures attaching, as well as conflating abdominal fascia. The repair of hernias in this region...
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Open AccessESICM LIVES 2016: part three
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Framingham risk score and severity of coronary artery disease
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Easy-to-perform and reliable parameters are needed to predict the presence and severity of CAD and to implement efficient ...
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Halitosis: a new definition and classification
Suggests previous halitosis classification systems omit some aetiologies, and their diagnoses hinged on single occasion halitometric and organoleptic findings,...
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Transient hyperinsulinemia may be responsible from electrolyte abnormalities of refeeding syndrome seen in very low birth weight infants with intrauterine growth-restriction
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Plateletcrit
Saphenous vein graft disease (SVGD) after by-pass surgery is an important cause of morbidity and mortality for patients with coronary artery disease. Comprehensive evaluation of biochemical and hematological p...
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Is the use of prophylactic theophylline safe for the prevention of severe renal dysfunction in term and post-term neonates with perinatal asphyxia?
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Left main coronary artery atresia and concomitant intercoronary communication
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First septal artery originating from the left main coronary artery
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Persistent left superior vena cava, absence of the innominate vein, and upper sinus venosus defect
Superior vena cava anomalies are rare malformations that are typically seen with other congenital cardiac defects. Although a persistent left superior vena cava is the most common anomaly of the systemic venou...
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Aortic elastic properties
The aim of this study was to compare the effects of the new generation β-blocker anti-hypertensive drugs carvedilol and nebivolol on aortic elastic properties which are important indicators of hypertension-rel...
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Tirofiban in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as broken heart syndrome, is similar to acute coronary syndrome. The absence of significant stenosis on coronary angiography and spontaneous improvement of ventricular akin...
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Protective effects of caffeic acid phenethyl ester on iron-induced liver damage in rats
Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) is a natural product with potent anti-inflammatory, antitumor, and antioxidant activities, and attenuates inflammation and lipid peroxidation. The purpose of the present stu...
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Effects of letrozole on bone biomarkers and femur fracture in female rats
We aimed to investigate the effects of the aromatase inhibitor letrozole on femur fracture and serum levels of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), calcium and phosphate in female rats. Intact 32 Sprague-Dawley female ...