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Direct Autocrine Action of Insulin on β-Cells: Does It Make Physiological Sense? [PDF]

, 2014
In recent years there has been a growing interest in the possibility of a direct autocrine effect of insulin on the pancreatic β-cell. Indeed, there have been numerous intriguing articles and several eloquent reviews written on the subject (1–3); however,
Kahn, Steven E., Leahy, John L., Rhodes, Christopher J., White, Morris F.   +3 more
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Decision support tools for agriculture: Towards effective design and delivery

, 2016
Decision support tools, usually considered to be software-based, may be an important part of the quest for evidence-based decision-making in agriculture to improve productivity and environmental outputs. These tools can lead users through clear steps and
D. Rose, W. Sutherland, C. Parker, M. Lobley, M. Winter, C. Morris, S. Twining, C. Ffoulkes, Tatsuya Amano, L. Dicks   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Autoregressive transitional ordinal model to test for treatment effect in neurological trials with complex endpoints

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2016
Background A number of potential therapeutic approaches for neurological disorders have failed to provide convincing evidence of efficacy, prompting pharmaceutical and health companies to discontinue their involvement in drug development.
Lorenzo G. Tanadini, John D. Steeves, Armin Curt, Torsten Hothorn   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disk-Driven Rotating Bipolar Outflow in Orion Source I

, 2017
One of the outstanding problems in star-formation theory concerns the transfer of angular momentum such that mass can accrete onto a newly born young stellar object (YSO).
Burns, Ross A., Hirota, Tomoya, Honma, Mareki, Kim, Mi Kyoung, Machida, Masahiro N., Matsumoto, Naoko, Matsushita, Yuko, Motogi, Kazuhiro   +7 more
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Health effects associated with foods characteristic of the Nordic diet: a systematic literature review

Food & Nutrition Research, 2013
Background: In preparing the fifth edition of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR), the scientific basis of specific food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) was evaluated.
Agneta Åkesson, Lene F. Andersen, Ása G. Kristjánsdóttir, Eva Roos, Ellen Trolle, Eeva Voutilainen, Elisabet Wirfält   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Importance of Refusal to Give Evidence and of Indirect Evidence in Domestic Violence and Domestic Crime Cases [PDF]

Journal of Constitutional Law, 2022
Despite significant legislative and institutional changes in recent years, combating violence against women and domestic violence remains a challenge.
Marine Kvachadze, Natia Jugeli, Elene Gvinjilia   +2 more
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Experimental evidence and isotopomer analysis of mixotrophic glucose metabolism in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Microbial Cell Factories, 2013
BackgroundHeterotrophic fermentation using simple sugars such as glucose is an established and cost-effective method for synthesizing bioproducts from bacteria, yeast and algae.
Yuting Zheng, Andrew Quinn, G. Sriram
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Risk factors and risk prediction models for colorectal cancer metastasis and recurrence: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational studies

BMC Medicine, 2020
Background There is a clear need for systematic appraisal of models/factors predicting colorectal cancer (CRC) metastasis and recurrence because clinical decisions about adjuvant treatment are taken on the basis of such variables. Methods We conducted an
Wei Xu, Yazhou He, Yuming Wang, Xue Li, Jane Young, John P. A. Ioannidis, Malcolm G. Dunlop, Evropi Theodoratou   +7 more
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Health Insurance, Labor Supply, and Job Mobility: A Critical Review of the Literature [PDF]

This paper provides a critical review of the empirical literature on the relationship between health insurance, labor supply, and job mobility. We review over 50 papers on this topic, almost exclusively written in the last 10 years.
Brigitte C. Madrian, Jonathan Gruber
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Cannabis shenanigans: advocating for the restoration of an effective treatment of pain following spinal cord injury. [PDF]

, 2018
Cannabis is an effective treatment for pain following spinal cord injury that should be available to patients and researchers. The major argument against the rescheduling of cannabis is that the published research is not convincing.
Graves, PhD, Daniel E.
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