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Evaluating the use of blood pressure polygenic risk scores across race/ethnic background groups

Nature Communications, 2023
We assess performance and limitations of polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for multiple blood pressure (BP) phenotypes in diverse population groups. We compare “clumping-and-thresholding” (PRSice2) and LD-based (LDPred2) methods to construct PRSs from each of
Nuzulul Kurniansyah, Matthew O. Goodman, Alyna T. Khan, Jiongming Wang, Elena Feofanova, Joshua C. Bis, Kerri L. Wiggins, Jennifer E. Huffman, Tanika Kelly, Tali Elfassy, Xiuqing Guo, Walter Palmas, Henry J. Lin, Shih-Jen Hwang, Yan Gao, Kendra Young, Gregory L. Kinney, Jennifer A. Smith, Bing Yu, Simin Liu, Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, JoAnn E. Manson, Xiaofeng Zhu, Yii-Der Ida Chen, I-Te Lee, C. Charles Gu, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, Sebastian Zöllner, Myriam Fornage, Charles Kooperberg, Adolfo Correa, Bruce M. Psaty, Donna K. Arnett, Carmen R. Isasi, Stephen S. Rich, Robert C. Kaplan, Susan Redline, Braxton D. Mitchell, Nora Franceschini, Daniel Levy, Jerome I. Rotter, Alanna C. Morrison, Tamar Sofer   +42 more
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Influence of lobbying in EU policy process phases

Frontiers in Political Science
The influence of lobbies in the European Union is a complex phenomenon that must be analyzed through various direct and indirect conditioning dimensions.
Álvaro Serna-Ortega, Ana Almansa-Martínez, Antonio Castillo-Esparcia   +2 more
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Differences in evolutionary pressure acting within highly conserved ortholog groups

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2008
Background In highly conserved widely distributed ortholog groups, the main evolutionary force is assumed to be purifying selection that enforces sequence conservation, with most divergence occurring by accumulation of neutral substitutions.
Aravind L, Jothi Raja, Przytycka Teresa M, Lipman David J   +3 more
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Anticommunist thought and pressure groups formed by retired military personnel

Mediações: Revista de Ciências Sociais, 2014
This article discusses pressure groups formed by retired military personnel in Brazil, whose ideological line features a strong anticommunist discourse. In general, these groups were formed after the return to democracy, and one of their main goals is to
Eduardo Heleno de Jesus Santos, Vágner Camilo Alves   +1 more
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The evolution of mean arterial pressure in critically ill patients on vasopressors before and during a trial comparing a specific mean arterial pressure target to usual care

BMC Anesthesiology, 2022
Background In randomized clinical controlled trials, the choice of usual care as the comparator may be associated with better clinician uptake of the study protocol and lead to more generalizable results. However, if care processes evolve to resemble the
Marie-Hélène Masse, Neill K. J. Adhikari, Xavier Théroux, Marie-Claude Battista, Frédérick D’Aragon, Ruxandra Pinto, Alan Cohen, Michaël Mayette, Charles St-Arnaud, Michelle Kho, Michaël Chassé, Martine Lebrasseur, Irene Watpool, Rebecca Porteous, M. Elizabeth Wilcox, François Lamontagne   +15 more
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Digital Activism and Indignation Nets in Brazil: The Pressure Groups

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2019
To understand the relevance of the new media in the formation of the indignation nets, this text, of exploratory stamp, debates the digital activism in contemporary Brazil . Methodologically, we will make a discussion on cyberactivism, digital media, and
Davi Barboza Cavalcanti, Elder Paes Barreto Bringel, Fábio Regueira Jardelino da Costa, Tassiana Moura de Oliveira, Vinicius Rodrigues Zuccolotto   +4 more
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Relationship between the duration of smoking and blood pressure in Han and ethnic minority populations: a cross-sectional study in China

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Evidence for correlation between the cigarette use and blood pressure change remains ambiguous. This study modelled relationship between the duration of smoking and systolic blood pressure in a large national multi-ethnic cross-sectional ...
Yuelun Zhang, Yunying Feng, Shi Chen, Siyu Liang, Shirui Wang, Ke Xu, Dongping Ning, Xianxian Yuan, Huijuan Zhu, Hui Pan, Guangliang Shan   +10 more
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Comparison of the effect of pressure control and volume control ventilation on endotracheal tube cuff pressure in patients undergoing general anesthesia and mechanical ventilation: a parallel randomized clinical trial

BMC Anesthesiology, 2023
Background Endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation are prevalent interventions in the operating room and intensive care unit. Recently, the complications of endotracheal tube cuff pressure have been a topic of interest.
Shahram Nasrolahzadeh, Javad Nourian, Ahmad Khosravi, Saeed Ghasempour, Ali Abbasi, Hossein Ebrahimi   +5 more
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The Role of Pressure Groups in Greek Economic Structure

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This study investigates the influence of pressure groups on the structure of the Greek economy, emphasizing their function as intermediaries between civil society and policymaking institutions.
Constantinos Challoumis, Nikolaos Eriotis, Dimitrios Vasiliou   +2 more
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THE PRESSURE GROUPS RELATIONSGIP IN THE ROMANIAN ENERGETIC SECURITY PROBLEM [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2012
Romania and the European Union started to accord serious attention to energetic security for just a few years. Although the United States warned the European states that they can become energetically dependent of USSR and later Russia, these ignored the ...
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