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Effects of arm and leg positions on lumbar multifidus muscle activity while on hands and knees or while standing

open access: yesJournal of Physiological Anthropology, 2022
Background The lumbar multifidus (LMF) muscle, which is involved in the mechanical stability of the lumbar spine, reportedly undergoes atrophy in patients with low back pain.
Yasuhiro Mitani   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma Incidences Analyzed Worldwide by Skin Type over Advancing Age of Males and Females: Evidence Estrogen and Androgenic Hair are Risk Factors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
We previously analyzed cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) incidences worldwide by sex, age, and Fitzpatrick skin type over time (1955-2007) and found only European-ancestry populations have exponential increasing incidences and about a 2-log increase in ...
Godar, Dianne E.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Stress, migration, and allostatic load: a model based on Mexican migrants in Columbus, Ohio

open access: yesJournal of Physiological Anthropology, 2018
Background Immigration is a disruptive event with multiple implications for health. Stressors, including family separation, acculturation, job insecurity, restricted mobility, sojourns, dangerous border crossings, stigmatization, and marginalization ...
Alexandra C. Tuggle   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tracing the shifting sands of ‘medical genetics’: what’s in a name? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper focuses on the structural development of institution-based interest in genetics in Anglo-North American medicine after 1930 concomitantly with an analysis of the changes through which ideas about heredity and the hereditary transmission of ...
Leeming, William
core   +1 more source

Association of miR-34a and miR-143 levels with PPARγ gene expression in adipose tissues of non-diabetic adults

open access: yesJournal of Physiological Anthropology, 2022
Background Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) is a promising therapeutic molecule. Epigenetic mechanisms, including non-coding RNAs, regulate the expression level of the PPARγ gene. Objective We aimed to examine the PPARγ expression
Maryam Zarkesh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the impact of trigeminal neuralgia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia (TN) were categorised into 3 subtypes (n 5 225). Group 1 (n 5 155, 68.9%) had TN without concomitant pain, group 2 (n532, 14.2%) had TN with intermittent concomitant pain, and group 3 (n539, 16.9%) had TN ...
Mon Williams, M   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Special Libraries, May 1933 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1933
Volume 24, Issue 4https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1933/1003/thumbnail ...
Special Libraries Association
core   +1 more source

Identifying Unique Patient Groups in Melasma Using Clustering: A Retrospective Observational Study with Machine Learning Implications for Targeted Therapies

open access: yesCosmetics
Melasma management is challenged by heterogeneity in patient presentation, particularly among individuals with darker skin tones. This study applied k-means clustering, an unsupervised machine learning algorithm that partitions data into k distinct ...
Michael Paulse, Nomakhosi Mpofana
doaj   +1 more source

Performance of newly developed body mass index cut-off for diagnosing obesity among Ethiopian adults

open access: yesJournal of Physiological Anthropology, 2019
Background Obesity is defined as unhealthy excess body fat, which increases the risk of premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases. Early screening and prevention of obesity is critical for averting associated morbidity, disability, and mortality.
Makeda Sinaga   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of the circadian system in early life: maternal and environmental factors

open access: yesJournal of Physiological Anthropology, 2022
In humans, an adaptable internal biological system generates circadian rhythms that maintain synchronicity of behavior and physiology with the changing demands of the 24-h environment.
Sachi D. Wong   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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