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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
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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]
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
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Stress, migration, and allostatic load: a model based on Mexican migrants in Columbus, Ohio
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
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Tracing the shifting sands of ‘medical genetics’: what’s in a name? [PDF]
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
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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
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Evaluating the impact of trigeminal neuralgia [PDF]
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
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Special Libraries, May 1933 [PDF]
Volume 24, Issue 4https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1933/1003/thumbnail ...
Special Libraries Association
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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
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Performance of newly developed body mass index cut-off for diagnosing obesity among Ethiopian adults
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
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Development of the circadian system in early life: maternal and environmental factors
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
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