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BMC Genetics, 2010 Background Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are a widely used study design for detecting genetic causes of complex diseases. Current studies provide good coverage of common causal SNPs, but not rare ones.
Dudbridge Frank, Wason James MS
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Kant on causal laws and powers [PDF]
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 2014 The aim of the paper is threefold. Its first aim is to defend Eric Watkins's claim that for Kant, a cause is not an event but a causal power: a power that is borne by a substance, and that, when active, brings about its effect, i.e. a change of the states of another substance, by generating a continuous flow of intermediate states of that substance ...
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) are the most common primary bone cancers in children, but acute thrombosis is poorly characterized in this population. Our study evaluated the rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and associated risk factors in pediatric patients with bone sarcomas treated over a 10‐year period encompassing
Sarah Kappa +8 more
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Causally powerful processes [PDF]
Synthese, 2021 AbstractProcesses produce changes: rivers erode their banks and thunderstorms cause floods. If I am right that organisms are a kind of process, then the causally efficacious behaviours of organisms are also examples of processes producing change.
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola +4 more
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¿CONFIEREN PODERES CAUSALES LOS UNIVERSALES TRASCENDENTES?
Tópicos, 2013 This work discusses the so-called ‘Eleatic’ argument against the existence of transcendent universals, i. e. universals which does not require instantiation for its existence.
José Tomás Alvarado Marambio
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Causal Powers and the Necessity of Realization [PDF]
International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 2017 Non-reductive physicalists hold that mental properties are realized by physical properties. The realization relation is typically taken to be a metaphysical necessitation relation. Here, I explore how the metaphysical necessitation feature of realization can be explained by what is known as ‘the subset view’ of realization.
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients frequently suffer from frailty, characterized by reduced physical function and poor prognosis. Myokines, such as myonectin, secreted by muscle, are emerging regulators of systemic health. This study investigated the relationship between serum myonectin, adipokines (adiponectin, omentin), and ...
Kenichi Kono +7 more
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Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022 The research of how economic growth and military expenses affect each other could be found in the literature, but a comprehensive quantitative study of the degree of interaction between military expenses and money currency is not fully investigated.
Ray-Ming Chen
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Causal Responsibility Division of Chronological Continuous Treatment Based on Change-Point Detection
Entropy, 2023 This paper introduces a novel approach, called causal relation quantification, based on change-point detection to address the issue of harmonic responsibility division in power systems.
Hang Liu +3 more
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