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Richard Lu, Vu Tran Hoang, Wing-Keung Wong · 2020 · Studies in Economics and Finance
Purpose The literature has demonstrated that lump-sum (LS) outperforms dollar-cost averaging (DCA) in uptrend markets while DCA outperforms LS only when the asset price is mean-reverted or downtrend. To bridge the gap in the literature,…
View details →Marian Schini, Richard Jacques, Eleanor Oakes et al. · 2021 · European Journal of Endocrinology
Introduction The least significant change (LSC) is a term used in individuals in order to evaluate whether one measurement has changed significantly from the previous one. It is widely used when assessing bone mineral density (BMD) scans.…
View details →Pan Jiang, Junyi Jiang, Cong Yang et al. · 2023 · Atmosphere
Panicum milliaceum is a specialty crop that maintains the economic stability of agriculture in arid and barren regions of the world. Predicting the potential geographic distribution of Panicum milliaceum globally and clarifying the…
View details →Pedro Perim, Nathan Gobbi, Breno Duarte et al. · 2021 · European Journal of Sport Science
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of beta‐alanine supplementation on short‐duration sprints and final 4‐km simulated uphill cycling time‐trial performance during a comprehensive and novel exercise protocol representative of the…
View details →Matthew J Orringer, Nirav K Pandya · 2021 · International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching
Background Particularly at the level of professional athletics, injury prevention is of critical importance. We hypothesized that elevated in-game statistics over a period of 3-10 games places increased cumulative stress on players’ joints…
View details →Jingwen Yang, Xue Wu, Kyoshiro Sasaki et al. · 2021 · PeerJ
When people are confronted with health proposals during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it has been suggested that fear of COVID-19 can serve protective functions and ensure public health compliance. However, health…
View details →Per M. Kristoffersen, Nils Vetti, Lars Grøvle et al. · 2022 · Spine
Study Design. Exploratory subgroup analyses of a randomised trial [Antibiotics in Modic changes (AIM) study]. Objective. The aim was to assess the effect of amoxicillin versus placebo in reducing Modic change (MC) edema in patients with…
View details →Roberta De Bei, Lukas Papagiannis, Sigfredo Fuentes et al. · 2020 · OENO One
Aim: Shoot thinning is a common canopy management practice used to obtain a desired shoot density and to improve canopy microclimate. Since thinning is often carried out manually, the cost can be high. In this study the effect of severe…
View details →Fernando Tormos‐Aponte, James E. Wright, Heath Brown · 2021 · Social Science Quarterly
Abstract Objective This article identifies the role of structural racism in policy implementation and argues that a starting point to evaluate the potential outcomes of calls for systemic change is to better situate racism in the study of…
View details →Xuda Xu, Feng Jiang, Jianxiang Li et al. · 2024 · Materials
With the rapid development of the new energy vehicle market, the demand for extruded profiles for battery trays, mainly characterized by significant wall thickness differences in multiple chambers, is increasing, posing new challenges to…
View details →Rebecca Cutts, Steve Turner · 2013 · Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Abstract Background The principle aim of this study was to describe the variability of exhaled nitric oxide ( FE NO ) concentrations over 10 months in children with and without asthma. Methods FE NO was measured on six occasions at 2‐month…
View details →Remco van Egmond, Murray L Barclay, Paul KL Chin et al. · 2013 · Annals of Clinical Biochemistry: International Journal of Laboratory Medicine
Background Thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) enzyme activity is measured before initiating thiopurine therapy to reduce the risk of severe drug-associated myelotoxicity in patients with low enzyme activity. TPMT activity may vary over…
View details →Vinnycius de Oliveira, Ricardo Viana, Naiane Morais et al. · 2021 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
This study compared the exergame beach volleyball’s acute effects on state anxiety level in single vs. multiplayer mode in adult men. Sixty adult men (age: 21.98 [4.58] years, body mass: 75.40 [15.70] kg, height: 1.77 [0.09] m, and body…
View details →Chengcheng Huang, Tadashi Suzuki · 2020 · FEBS Letters
N‐ Glycosylated substrates that undergo ER‐associated degradation (ERAD) are often deglycosylated by the cytosolic peptide: N ‐glycanase (Ngly1) during their proteasomal degradation in the cytosol. Consequently, the presence of non‐ or…
View details →Yibin Xu, Yangyu Huang · 2019 · Security and Communication Networks
Blockchain mining should not be a game among power oligarchs. In this paper, we present the Multiple Winners Proof of Work Protocol (MWPoW), a mining-pool-like decentralised blockchain consensus protocol. MWPoW enables disadvantaged nodes…
View details →Mehmet K. Aktas, Wojciech Zareba, Javed Butler et al. · 2022 · Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology
Abstract Background Patients with heart failure (HF) represent a large population of patients who are at high risk for complications related to undiagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF). However, currently there are limited modalities available…
View details →Haili Yu, Tiejun Wang, Andrew Skidmore et al. · 2022 · Journal of Fungi
Fungi are a hyper-diverse kingdom that contributes significantly to the regulation of the global carbon and nutrient cycle. However, our understanding of the distribution of fungal diversity is often hindered by a lack of data, especially…
View details →Menghui Duan, Huanming Xiao, Meijie Shi et al. · 2024 · BMC Infectious Diseases
Abstract Background and aims Numerous HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with persistently normal ALT have significant liver histopathology. It is imperative to identify true “immune tolerant” patients. We aimed to evaluate…
View details →Juan Pimentel, Paola López, Anne Cockcroft et al. · 2022 · BMC Medical Education
Abstract Background Cultural safety training is not yet standard in Colombian medical education. If incorporated, it could address currently adversarial interactions between health professionals and the 40% of people who use traditional…
View details →Tianxing Pang, Jianping Peng, Ruiling Bian et al. · 2022 · Biology
RNA silencing is a host innate antiviral mechanism which acts via the synthesis of viral-derived small interfering RNAs (vsiRNAs). We have previously reported the infection of phytopathogenic fungi by plant viruses such as cucumber mosaic…
View details →Tzuan A. Chen, Lorraine R. Reitzel, Ezemenari M. Obasi et al. · 2021 · Nutrients
Nutrition assistance programs such as school meals and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are designed to provide a safety net for the dietary intake of children from low-income families. However, compared with eligible…
View details →Craig R. Miller, Anna C. Nagel, LuAnn Scott et al. · 2016 · PeerJ
Parallelism is important because it reveals how inherently stochastic adaptation is. Even as we come to better understand evolutionary forces, stochasticity limits how well we can predict evolutionary outcomes. Here we sought to quantify…
View details →Emily E. Fay, Lindsay C. Czuba, Jennifer E. Sager et al. · 2021 · Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Background: Bupropion (BUP) is a chiral antidepressant and smoking cessation aide with benefits and side effects correlated with parent and active metabolite concentrations. BUP is metabolized by CYP2B6, CYP2C19, and CYP3A4 to hydroxy-BUP…
View details →Tania Ionin, Maria Goldshtein, Tatiana Luchkina et al. · 2021 · Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism
Abstract This paper reports on an experimental investigation of what second language (L2) learners and heritage speakers of Russian know about the relationship between word order and information structure in Russian. The participants…
View details →Caio SM Motoyama, Mônica JS Pinto, Fabio S Lira et al. · 2010 · Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
Abstract Introduction The increased intake of dietary fructose can be associated with alterations on energy homeostasis and lipid/carbohydrate metabolism, such as insulin resistance and dislipidemia. On the other hand, the ingestion of…
View details →Matthew P. Steinberg, Rand Quinn, J. Cameron Anglum · 2020 · Journal of Education Finance
abstract: We estimate the impact of school finance reform on adequate and equitable district spending, school resources and student achievement in Pennsylvania. From the 2008-09 to the 2010-11 school years, amid the Great Recession,…
View details →Debankur Sanyal, Avik Mukherjee, Amin Rahhal et al. · 2023 · Frontiers in Soil Science
Introduction Cover crop (CC) is an essential tool to improve or maintain soil health, potentially improving cash crop productivity. Several recent reports of cash crop yield reduction following cover cropping necessitated this research to…
View details →Kostas Iakovou, Kleopatra Schulpis · 2019 · International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
Abstract Introduction Classical Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a metabolic disease characterized by high phenylalanine (phe) levels in blood and brain. PKU patients are commonly treated with low phe diet supplemented with amino acid free…
View details →Fei Ke, Renbao Wang, Zihao Wang et al. · 2022 · Viruses
As nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses, replication of ranaviruses (genus Ranavirus, family Iridoviridae) involves a series of viral and host proteins. We have described that the replication and transcription machinery of Andrias…
View details →Ann Armstrong · 2024 · Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal
Purpose I examine if current diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives can actually accomplish what they aim and claim to do. I argue that perforce they cannot, as they remain instruments of capitalist corporations and other…
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