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The silence of corruption : identifying underreporting of business corruption through randomized response techniques [PDF]

Research on the economic consequences of corruption has been hampered by the inability to directly measure corruption. Using an innovative methodology that allows respondents to report individual experiences with corruption while minimizing self ...
Jensen, Nathan M, Rahman, Aminur
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Iron homeostasis disruption and lipid peroxidation in skeletal muscle during short‐term immobilization

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
14‐day casting‐induced immobilization reduced gastrocnemius muscle mass and increased non‐heme iron and ferritin heavy chain levels. Despite iron accumulation, transferrin receptor 1 and iron regulatory protein 2 were paradoxically upregulated. Lipid peroxidation was elevated without compensatory antioxidant responses.
Haruka Yokogawa, Kazuhiko Higashida, Naoya Nakai   +2 more
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On the Bayesian Estimation of Synthesized Randomized Response Techniques for Obtaining Sensitive Information

International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
The reduction of response bias in survey research is crucial ensuring that the collected data accurately represents the target population. In this study, the Bayesian Estimation of the Synthesized Random Response Technique (BESRRT) estimators are ...
Olusegun S. Ewemooje, Isaac O. Adeniyi, Femi B. Adebola, Wilford B. Molefe   +3 more
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Kernel Density Estimation for Joint Scrambling in Sensitive Surveys

Mathematics
Randomized response models aim to protect respondent privacy when sampling sensitive variables but consequently compromise estimator efficiency.
Alvan Caleb Arulandu, Sat Gupta
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of osseointegration in piezoimplants versus cylindrical implants [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND: Dental implants have been successful for the restoration of edentulous areas, but current techniques are inadequate in areas lacking sufficient bone volume. Piezoelectric surgery has shown encouraging effects on both osseous healing.
Fujinaka, Trevor
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Proteasomal degradation of intracellularly expressed Amblyomin‐X limits suicide gene therapy potential in melanoma cells

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This study explores the feasibility of expressing the antitumoral protein Amblyomin‐X through a suicide gene therapy approach and investigates its intracellular fate after gene delivery. Although the gene is efficiently expressed, melanoma cells rapidly degrade the Amblyomin‐X protein via proteasome activity.
Victor Dal Posolo Cinel, Carlos DeOcesano Pereira, Aline Ramos Maia Lobba, Melissa Regina Fessel, Ana Marisa Chudzinski‐Tavassi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stress response in shoulder surgery under interscalene block, randomized controlled study comparing ultrasound guidance to nerve stimulation

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2015
Background: Shoulder surgeries are known to cause moderate to severe pain. Many techniques have been used successfully to minimize that stress response including interscalene block.
Hossam A Elshamaa
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Benchmarking Treatment Response in Tourette’s Disorder: A Psychometric Evaluation and Signal Detection Analysis of the Parent Tic Questionnaire [PDF]

, 2018
This study assessed the psychometric properties of a parent-reported tic severity measure, the Parent Tic Questionnaire (PTQ), and used the scale to establish guidelines for delineating clinically significant tic treatment response. Participants were 126
Peterson, Alan L., Piacentini, John, Rasch, Madeline M., Scahill, Lawrence, Specht, Matthew W., Walkup, John T., Wilhelm, Sabine, Woods, Douglas W.   +7 more
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Systemic dysregulation of apolipoproteins in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis serum

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that damages motor neurons. This study found that people with ALS show significant changes in blood fats and the proteins that carry them. Several apolipoproteins were higher, lipid balances were altered, and normal protein–lipid relationships were disrupted.
Finula I. Isik, Russell Pickford, Hannah C. Timmins, Olivier Piguet, Glenda M. Halliday, Matthew C. Kiernan, Woojin Scott Kim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Large‐scale bidirectional arrayed genetic screens identify OXR1 and EMC4 as modifiers of αSynuclein aggregation

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Activation of the mitochondrial protein OXR1 increases pSyn129 αSynuclein aggregation by lowering ATP levels and altering mitochondrial membrane potential, particularly in response to MSA‐derived fibrils. In contrast, ablation of the ER protein EMC4 enhances autophagic flux and lysosomal clearance, broadly reducing α‐synuclein aggregates.
Sandesh Neupane, Lea Nikolić, Lorenzo Maraio, Thomas Goiran, Nathan Karpilovsky, Stefano Sellitto, Vangelis Bouris, Jiang‐An Yin, Ronald Melki, Edward A Fon, Adriano Aguzzi, Elena De Cecco   +11 more
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