Background: Only very recently, studies have shown that it is possible to reduce the metabolic rate of unloaded and loaded walking using robotic ankle exoskeletons. Some studies obtained this result by means of high positive work assistance while oth...
Lamba, Nayan;Muskens, Ivo S.;DiRisio, Aislyn C.;Meijer, Louise;Briceno, Vanessa;Edrees, Heba;Aslam, Bilal;Minhas, Sadia;Verhoeff, Joost J. C.;Kleynen, Catharina E.;Smith, Timothy R.;Mekary, Rania A.;Broekman, Marike L. Background: In patients with one to three brain metastases who undergo resection, options for post-operative treatments include whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) or stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) of the resection cavity. In this meta-analysis, we soug...
Background: Studies of the epidemiology and outcomes of avascular necrosis (AVN) require accurate case-finding methods. The aim of this study was to evaluate performance characteristics of a claims-based algorithm designed to identify AVN cases in ad...
Background: Research has explored associations between diet, body weight, and the food environment; however, few studies have examined historical trends in food environments. Methods: In the Framingham Heart Study Offspring (N = 3321) and Omni (N = 4...
Background: Over 3 million stillbirths occur annually in sub Saharan Africa; most occur intrapartum and are largely preventable. The standard of care for fetal heart rate (FHR) assessment in most sub-Saharan African settings is a Pinard Stethoscope, ...
Background: Many animal and plant species in the Middle East and northern Africa have a predominantly longitudinal distribution, extending from Iran and Turkey along the eastern Mediterranean coast into northern Africa. These species are potentially ...
Nishihara, Reiko;Glass, Kimberly;Mima, Kosuke;Hamada, Tsuyoshi;Nowak, Jonathan A.;Qian, Zhi Rong;Kraft, Peter;Giovannucci, Edward L.;Fuchs, Charles S.;Chan, Andrew T.;Quackenbush, John;Ogino, Shuji;Onnela, Jukka-Pekka Background: Colorectal carcinoma evolves through a multitude of molecular events including somatic mutations, epigenetic alterations, and aberrant protein expression, influenced by host immune reactions. One way to interrogate the complex carcinogeni...
Background: Empirical evidence investigating heterogeneous impact of retirement on mental health depending on social backgrounds is lacking, especially among older adults. Methods: We examined the impact of changes in working status on changes in men...
Background: Alternative transcription start site (TSS) usage plays important roles in transcriptional control of mammalian gene expression. The growing interest in alternative TSSs and their role in genome diversification spawned many single-gene stu...
