Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMathematics
Stanley E. Lazic, Elizaveta Semenova, Dominic P. Williams · 2020 · Scientific Reports
Regulatory authorities require animal toxicity tests for new chemical entities. Organ weight changes are accepted as a sensitive indicator of chemically induced organ damage, but can be difficult to interpret because changes in organ weight might reflect chemically-induced changes in overall body weight. A common solution is to calculate the relative organ weight (organ to body weight ratio), but this inadequately controls for the dependence on body weight - a point made by statisticians for decades, but which has not been widely adopted. The recommended solution is an analysis of covariance (
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Stephen E. Alway, Jean L. McCrory, Kalen Kearcher et al. · 2017 · The Journals of Gerontology Series A
Older men (n = 12) and women (n = 18) 65-80 years of age completed 12 weeks of exercise and took either a placebo or resveratrol (RSV) (500 mg/d) to test the hypothesis that RSV treatment combined with exercise would increase mitochondrial…
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Kevin C. Huoh, David W. Eisele · 2011 · Otolaryngology
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate etiologic factors for sialolithiasis in a population of patients from the United States. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective, cohort study. SETTING: Tertiary university. MATERIALS AND…
View details →DOI: 10.1177/0194599811415489Cited by 131 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Jaana Hartiala, Brian J. Bennett, W.H. Wilson Tang et al. · 2014 · Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
OBJECTIVE: Elevated levels of plasma trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), the product of gut microbiome and hepatic-mediated metabolism of dietary choline and L-carnitine, have recently been identified as a novel risk factor for the development…
View details →DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.114.303252Cited by 131 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEngineering
Payam Jalili, Ali Ahmadi Azar, Bahram Jalili et al. · 2023 · Results in Physics
This paper studies the effect of thermo-diffusion, electrical field, and nonlinear thermal radiation. Thermal radiant heat transfer has several industrial applications, and the analysis of radiation heat transfer in non-Newtonian fluids…
View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.rinp.2023.106371Cited by 130 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
Frida Magda Sumual, David Paul Elia Saerang, Herman Karamoy et al. · 2021 · Accounting
This present study intends to analyze the factors affecting the performance of the local government of North Sulawesi. The population of this study includes the members of the Regional People’s Representative Assembly and the leaders of Regional Apparatus Organizations managing the Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD). Those Regional Apparatus Organizations include Education and Culture Office, Health Office, Regional Revenue Service, Tourism Office, Public Works Office, and Auditor Inspectorate of North Sulawesi Province. The sampling technique used is the saturated sampling techniq
View details →DOI: 10.5267/j.ac.2021.4.022Cited by 130 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessDecision Sciences
Mukelabai M. Musheke, Jackson Phiri · 2021 · Open Journal of Business and Management
Communication is a very crucial and significant element in an organization, and it is necessary for creating collaboration within the work environment that has effects on organizational performance and decision making. This study on effects of effective communications on organizational performance using the systems theory is thus essential. The objectives of this study were to firstly identify the factors affecting effective communication based on the systems theory and secondly to devise a communication model that addresses these factors to improve organisational performance. A quantitative a
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Dion Bongaerts, Frank de Jong, Joost Driessen · 2017 · Review of Financial Studies
We use an asset pricing approach to compare the effects of the liquidity level and liquidity risk on expected U.S. corporate bond returns. Using signed transaction data, we estimate effective transaction costs for bond portfolios by a…
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Mareike Albert, Sandra U. Schmitz, Susanne M. Kooistra et al. · 2013 · PLoS Genetics
Embryonic development is tightly regulated by transcription factors and chromatin-associated proteins. H3K4me3 is associated with active transcription and H3K27me3 with gene repression, while the combination of both keeps genes required for development in a plastic state. Here we show that deletion of the H3K4me2/3 histone demethylase Jarid1b (Kdm5b/Plu1) results in major neonatal lethality due to respiratory failure. Jarid1b knockout embryos have several neural defects including disorganized cranial nerves, defects in eye development, and increased incidences of exencephaly. Moreover, in line
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Alan K. Burnett, Nigel H. Russell, Ann E. Hunter et al. · 2013 · Blood
Better treatment is required for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) not considered fit for intensive chemotherapy. We report a randomized comparison of low-dose Ara-C (LDAC) vs the novel nucleoside, clofarabine, in untreated…
View details →DOI: 10.1182/blood-2013-04-496596Cited by 130 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessAgricultural and Biological Sciences
Tariq M. Butt, Bethany P. J. Greenfield, Carolyn Greig et al. · 2013 · PLoS ONE
Metarhizium anisopliae, a fungal pathogen of terrestrial arthropods, kills the aquatic larvae of Aedes aegypti, the vector of dengue and yellow fever. The fungus kills without adhering to the host cuticle. Ingested conidia also fail to germinate and are expelled in fecal pellets. This study investigates the mechanism by which this fungus adapted to terrestrial hosts kills aquatic mosquito larvae. Genes associated with the M. anisopliae early pathogenic response (proteinases Pr1 and Pr2, and adhesins, Mad1 and Mad2) are upregulated in the presence of larvae, but the established infection proces
View details →DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081686Cited by 130 Negative / Null Result ReportEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
Tim Jenkinson, Howard Jones, José Vicente Martinez · 2015 · The Journal of Finance
ABSTRACT Investment consultants advise institutional investors on their choice of fund manager. Focusing on U.S. actively managed equity funds, we analyze the factors that drive consultants’ recommendations, what impact these…
View details →DOI: 10.1111/jofi.12289Cited by 130 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine
Teruko Tashiro, Sorin V. Pislaru, Jodi M Blustin et al. · 2014 · European Heart Journal
AIMS: Severe aortic stenosis (SAS) is a major risk factor for death after non-cardiac surgery, but most supporting data are from studies over a decade old. We evaluated the risk of non-cardiac surgery in patients with SAS in contemporary…
View details →DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu044Cited by 130 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessAgricultural and Biological Sciences
Clelia Gasparini, Leigh W. Simmons, Maxine Beveridge et al. · 2010 · PLoS ONE
Sperm competition is expected to favour the evolution of traits that influence the performance of sperm when they compete to fertilize a female's eggs. While there is considerable evidence that selection favours increases in sperm numbers, much less is known about how sperm quality contributes towards competitive fertilization success. Here, we determine whether variation in sperm quality influences competitive fertilization success in the green swordtail Xiphophorus helleri, a highly promiscuous livebearing fish. We use artificial insemination as a method of controlled sperm delivery and show
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Kevin W. Eva, Harold Reiter, Jack Rosenfeld et al. · 2012 · JAMA
CONTEXT: There has been difficulty designing medical school admissions processes that provide valid measurement of candidates' nonacademic qualities. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether students deemed acceptable through a revised admissions…
View details →DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.36914Cited by 130 Negative / Null Result ReportEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
Bo Xiong, John C. Beghin · 2011 · European Review of Agricultural Economics
We provide an ex post econometric examination of the harmonisation and tightening of the EU maximum residue limit (MRL) on aflatoxins in 2002, and its impact on African exports of groundnut products. We find no evidence of the EU MRL…
View details →DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbr062Cited by 130 Negative / Null Result ReportChemistry
Tyler S. Hageman, David D. Weis · 2019 · Analytical Chemistry
Differential hydrogen exchange-mass spectrometry (HX-MS) measurements are valuable for identification of differences in the higher order structures of proteins. Typically, the data sets are large with many differential HX values…
View details →DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01325Cited by 129 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBusiness, Management and Accounting
David Adeabah, Agyapomaa Gyeke‐Dako, Charles Andoh · 2018 · Corporate Governance
Purpose This study aims to analyze the efficiency of banks under board gender diversity and to examine the determinants of bank efficiency. Design/methodology/approach Data for analysis were sourced from annual reports of 21 banks for the…
View details →DOI: 10.1108/cg-08-2017-0171Cited by 129 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine
Tarek A. Hammad, Melanie Parikh, Nour Tashtish et al. · 2020 · Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
OBJECTIVES: We sought to study the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation delay, severity, patterns of care, and reasons for delay among patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in a non-hot-spot region.…
View details →DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28997Cited by 129 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPhysics and Astronomy
J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott et al. · 2012 · The Astrophysical Journal
We present the results of a search for gravitational waves associated with 154 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) that were detected by satellite-based gamma-ray experiments in 2009-2010, during the sixth LIGO science run and the second and third…
View details →DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/760/1/12Cited by 129 Negative / Null Result ReportEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
Richard W. Sias, Harry J. Turtle, Blerina Bela Zykaj · 2015 · Management Science
Recent models and the popular press suggest that large groups of hedge funds follow similar strategies resulting in crowded equity positions that destabilize markets. Inconsistent with this assertion, we find that hedge fund equity…
View details →DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2014.2131Cited by 129 Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine
Jin Kim, Se Jin Baek, Dong-Woo Kang et al. · 2017 · Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
BACKGROUND: Robotic total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer has rapidly increased and has shown short-term outcomes comparable to conventional laparoscopic total mesorectal excision. However, data for long-term oncologic outcomes are…
View details →DOI: 10.1097/dcr.0000000000000770Cited by 129 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEnvironmental Science
Xiaoyan Ma, Kevin S. Bartlett, K. Harmon et al. · 2013 · Atmospheric measurement techniques
Abstract. Cloud–Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) provide global vertical profiles of aerosol optical properties for the first time. In this study, we employed about 6 yr (2006–2011) of CALIPSO level 3 monthly mean gridded aerosol optical depth (AOD) products (daytime and nighttime) for cloud-free conditions, to compare with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Terra/Aqua level 3 monthly mean AOD dataset for the same time period. While the spatial distribution and seasonal variability of CALIPSO AOD is generally consistent with that of
View details →DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-2391-2013Cited by 129 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Thomas R. Connor, Clare R. Barker, Kate S. Baker et al. · 2015 · eLife
Shigella flexneri is the most common cause of bacterial dysentery in low-income countries. Despite this, S. flexneri remains largely unexplored from a genomic standpoint and is still described using a vocabulary based on serotyping reactions developed over half-a-century ago. Here we combine whole genome sequencing with geographical and temporal data to examine the natural history of the species. Our analysis subdivides S. flexneri into seven phylogenetic groups (PGs); each containing two-or-more serotypes and characterised by distinct virulence gene complement and geographic range. Within the
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James Galea, Kayode Ogungbenro, Sharon Hulme et al. · 2017 · Journal of neurosurgery
OBJECTIVE Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is a devastating cerebrovascular event with long-term morbidity and mortality. Patients who survive the initial bleeding are likely to suffer further early brain injury arising from a…
View details →DOI: 10.3171/2016.9.jns16615Cited by 128 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences
Sarah Kreps, Nabarun Dasgupta, John S. Brownstein et al. · 2021 · npj Vaccines
While efficacious vaccines have been developed to inoculate against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2; also known as COVID-19), public vaccine hesitancy could still undermine efforts to combat the pandemic. Employing a survey of 1096 adult Americans recruited via the Lucid platform, we examined the relationships between vaccine attributes, proposed policy interventions such as financial incentives, and misinformation on public vaccination preferences. Higher degrees of vaccine efficacy significantly increased individuals' willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, whi
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Achmad Daengs GS · 2020 · Sinergi Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Manajemen
ABSTRACT. The objective of this study to analyses the effects of entrepreneurial competency, marketing capability, financial resources, technology usage, knowledge sharing to business success on Small-Micro Enterprises built by Industrial…
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Olamide Akintimehin, Anthony Abiodun Eniola, Oluwatobi Joseph Alabi et al. · 2019 · Heliyon
This study was aimed at investigating the effect of internal and external social capital on the financial and non-financial performance of businesses in the Nigerian informal sector. The study further investigated the controlling role of firm age. A cross-sectional survey of 650 informal business owners in the Ikeja region of Lagos state, Nigeria was carried out. The analysis was carried out using the partial least square method of the structural equation model (SEM). Findings revealed that without the controlling variable of firm age, social capital had a significant effect on business perfor
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Dion Bongaerts, Frank de Jong, Joost Driessen · 2011 · The Journal of Finance
ABSTRACT We derive an equilibrium asset pricing model incorporating liquidity risk, derivatives, and short‐selling due to hedging of nontraded risk. We show that illiquid assets can have lower expected returns if the short‐sellers have…
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Lasse Makkonen · 2016 · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
Young's construction for a contact angle at a three-phase intersection forms the basis of all fields of science that involve wetting and capillary action. We find compelling evidence from recent experimental results on the deformation of a soft solid at the contact line, and displacement of an elastic wire immersed in a liquid, that Young's equation can only be interpreted by surface energies, and not as a balance of surface tensions. It follows that the a priori variable in finding equilibrium is not the position of the contact line, but the contact angle. This finding provides the explanatio
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