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The study provided evidence that elevated CCL18 induced migration, invasion, epithelial‐mesenchymal transition (EMT), and the obtain of cancer stem‐cell like characteristics in OSCC cells. Moreover, we found that these CCL18‐derived responses were initiated by Slug overexpression via stimulating the mTOR signaling pathway in OSCC.
Hongfei Wang +8 more
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The prevalence of osteoarthritic symptoms of the hands amongst female massage therapists
Background: Numerous occupations increase one's risk of developing osteoarthritis. Massage therapists rely heavily on their hands and cumulative hand strain injuries that occur whilst performing a massage may lead to the development of osteoarthritic ...
Heinmari Kruger +2 more
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Somatology Practices in Non-medical Aesthetic Treatments: Towards Development of Good Practice Guidelines for Somatology in South Africa: a Scoping Review Protocol [PDF]
Abstract Background: The medical aesthetics industry is a very profitable and rapidly growing branch of medicine. Currently, somatologists or beauty therapists who either independently perform or assist medical directors in these aesthetic procedures, are not regulated by a professional body in most countries including South Africa. The absence
Dorinda Raphine Borg +4 more
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Analysis of the Optical Properties of Medieval Enamel
The purpose of the study was to investigate the differences in the optical properties of samples of intact, abraded, and reduced enamel. The optical properties of medieval enamel were compared to the results obtained from studies of enamel of ...
Ljiljana Tihaček-Šojić +1 more
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Abrasion of Teeth in Population Groups from Historical Periods in the Region of Former Yugoslavia
This study investigated the frequency, type, and degree of abrasion on permanent teeth from 694 skulls from archaeological sites dating from the beginning of the first century AD to the beginning of the twentieth century in the former Yugoslavia.
Dinka Mucić, Marija Đurić-Srejić
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Background Although evidence of both beneficial and adverse biological effects of lighting has accumulated, biologically favorable lighting often does not match subjectively comfortable lighting.
Junichiro Hayano +4 more
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Association between serum albumin levels and height loss in Japanese workers: a retrospective study
Background Height loss starting in middle age was previously shown to be associated with high cardiovascular mortality in later life. However, the factors associated with height loss remain unknown.
Yuji Shimizu +7 more
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Abstract Merleau‐Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception (2012 [1945]) opens with a detailed critique of traditional philosophical accounts of sensation, generally understood as having Husserl's “content‐apprehension schema” among its targets. The schema sees perception as resulting from the interpretation (“apprehension” or “apperception”) of “raw ...
Yamina Venuta
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Background The thermoregulatory responses during simultaneous exposure to hypoxia and cold are not well understood owing to the opposite reactions of vasomotor tone in these two environments.
Sora Shin +3 more
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Background In Tsarang (at 3560 m), which is located in Mustang, 62.7% of the residents answered that they had a subjective medical history of arthritis, and 41.1% of the residents answered that their families had a subjective medical history of arthritis
Hiroaki Arima +8 more
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