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Robust forecasting of mortality and fertility rates: a functional data approach [PDF]

We propose a new method for forecasting age-specific mortality and fertility rates observed over time. Our approach allows for smooth functions of age, is robust for outlying years due to wars and epidemics, and provides a modelling framework that is ...
Md. Shahid Ullah, Rob J. Hyndman
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KLK7 overexpression promotes an aggressive phenotype and facilitates peritoneal dissemination in colorectal cancer cells

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
KLK7, a tissue kallikrein‐related peptidase, is elevated in advanced colorectal cancer and associated with shorter survival. High KLK7 levels in ascites correlate with peritoneal metastasis. In mice, KLK7 overexpression increases metastasis. In vitro, KLK7 enhances cancer cell proliferation, migration, adhesion, and spheroid formation, driving ...
Yosr Z. Haffani, Tobias Dreyer, Meriem Naim, Rea Lo Dico, Natalia A. Ignatenko, Viktor Magdolen, Dalila Darmoul   +6 more
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A model for spatial variations in life expectancy; mortality in Chinese regions in 2000

International Journal of Health Geographics, 2007
Background Life expectancy in China has been improving markedly but health gains have been uneven and there is inequality in survival chances between regions and in rural as against urban areas.
Congdon Peter
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Modelling Mortality Using Multiple Stochastic Latent Factors [PDF]

In this paper we develop a new model for stochastic mortality that considers the possibility of both positive and negative catastrophic mortality shocks.
Jorge Bravo
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dUTPase is essential in zebrafish development and possesses several single‐nucleotide variants with pronounced structural and functional consequences

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
dUTPases are involved in balancing the appropriate nucleotide pools. We showed that dUTPase is essential for normal development in zebrafish. The different zebrafish genomes contain several single‐nucleotide variations (SNPs) of the dut gene. One of the dUTPase variants displayed drastically lower protein stability and catalytic efficiency as compared ...
Viktória Perey‐Simon, Angéla Békesi, Latifa Kazzazy, Jázmin Mihály, Máté Varga, Beáta G. Vértessy, Kinga Nyíri   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tumor‐stromal crosstalk and macrophage enrichment are associated with chemotherapy response in bladder cancer

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Chemoresistance in bladder cancer: Macrophage recruitment associated with CXCL1, CXCL5 and CXCL8 expression is characteristic of Gemcitabine/Cisplatin (Gem/Cis) Non‐Responder tumors (right side) while Responder tumors did not show substantial tumor‐stromal crosstalk (left side). All biological icons are attributed to Bioicons: carcinoma, cancerous‐cell‐
Sophie Leypold, Janik Riese, Lancelot Seillier, Mark Kühnel, Julia Pannhausen, Charlotte O. J. Fröhlich, Christian Martin, Peter Boor, Matthias Saar, Danny D. Jonigk, Nadine T. Gaisa, Michael Rose   +11 more
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Screening and epitope characterization of Nidogen‐2‐specific nanobodies

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Camel immunization and phage display were employed to generate high‐affinity VHH nanobodies against Nidogen‐2. After library construction, biopanning, ELISA screening, sequencing, and recombinant expression, selected nanobodies were purified and characterized, leading to the preliminary exploration of a nanobody‐based sandwich ELISA for specific ...
Jianchuan Wen, Qianqian Cui, Zhongyun Lan, Yingjun Wang, Shuaiying Zhao, Wenxuan Feng, Yunfeng Liu, Qiting Huang, Dongna Zhang, Jianfeng Xu   +9 more
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An Empirical Study on Stochastic Mortality Modelling under the Age-Period-Cohort Framework: The Case of Greece with Applications to Insurance Pricing

Risks, 2018
During the last decades, life expectancy has risen significantly in the most developed countries all over the world. Greece is a case in point; consequently, higher governmental financial responsibilities occur as well as serious concerns are raised ...
Apostolos Bozikas, Georgios Pitselis
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Quantitative proteomic analysis reveals different characteristics of bladder cancer cells after exposure to bisphenol A

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Bisphenol A (BPA), a common chemical in plastics, exerts dual effects on bladder cancer cells: low doses promote growth and migration, while high doses suppress growth and migration. Multi‐omics and bioinformatics reveal BPA acts via MAPK and inflammatory pathways.
Shaomin Niu, Lanlan Li, Wenjuan Jia, Hanzhong Feng, Xiaoquan Yu, Youli Zhao, Fengzhi Yuan, Hui Ding, Junqiang Tian, Yong‐Xing He, Zhiping Wang   +10 more
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COVID-19 Mortality, Human Development, and Age Across the WHO Member States: A Longitudinal Multilevel Count Data Analysis

Computers
This study aims to verify whether there is a statistically significant relationship between COVID-19 mortality rates, the Human Development Index (HDI), and population age across the World Health Organisation (WHO) member states.
José Clemente Jacinto Ferreira, Ana Paula Matias Gama, Luiz Paulo Fávero, Ricardo Goulart Serra, Patrícia Belfiore, Igor Pinheiro de Araújo Costa, Miguel Ângelo Lellis Moreira, Marcos dos Santos, Wilson Tarantin Junior   +8 more
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