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Then, the chloride diffusion coefficient model under uniaxial and biaxial sustained compressive stress is established based on the apparent chloride diffusion coefficient. Finally, the results demonstrate that the chloride diffusion coefficient model is reasonable and feasible by comparing the experimental data in the opening literature with the…[Read more]

Education and family planning can both be influenced by policy and are thought to accelerate fertility decline. However, questions remain about the nature of these effects. Does the effect of education operate through increasing educational attainment of women or educational enrollment of children? At which educational level is the effect…[Read more]

Although stroke is an uncommon complication of COVID-19, when present, it often results in significant morbidity and mortality. In COVID-19 patients, stroke was associated with older age, comorbidities, and severe illness.

Although stroke is an uncommon complication of COVID-19, when present, it often results in significant morbidity and…[Read more]

The pathogen of viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF), which is harmful to human health, is a hemorrhagic fever virus. Clinicians have long needed convenient and sensitive point-of-care rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for hemorrhagic fever viruses. Commonly used methods for pathogen detection rely on conventional culture-based tests, antibody-based assays…[Read more]

We will form judgements of confidence in the results using the Confidence in Network Meta-Analysis (CINeMA) methodology.

This network meta-analysis will establish which medicine, or combination of medicines, is most effective for reducing pain and safest for adults with low back pain.

PROSPERO CRD42019145257.

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can help define specific strategies to achieve environmentally friendly industrial development.

Metal(loid)s have been associated to adverse birth outcomes in experimental and epidemiological studies, but the underlying mechanism(s) are not well understood. Endocrine disruption may be a mechanism by which the metal(loid)s impact birth…[Read more]

Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing pandemic, the mean serial interval was measured differently across nations. Through the Korean national COVID-19 contact tracing system, we were able to investigate personal contacts in all symptomatic cases in Korea from January 20 to August 3, 2020. The mean serial interval was…[Read more]

National birth cohorts derived from administrative health databases constitute unique resources for child health research due to whole country coverage, ongoing follow-up and linkage to other data sources. In England, a national birth cohort can be developed using Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), an administrative database covering details of…[Read more]

Convenience was also a major determining factor at 69.6%.

Cost, convenience, and perceived simplicity all appear to factor into a consumer’s consideration of direct to consumer orthodontics. As annual household income, age, and education increases consumers are more likely to consider direct to consumer orthodontic treatment.

Cost,…[Read more]

The values of the methyl torsional barrier and chlorine nuclear quadrupole coupling constants were compared with the theoretical predictions and with those of other chlorotoluene derivatives.Immobilization of nanoparticles (NPs) is a technique suitable for the preparation of large-scale substrates for surface-enhanced vibrational spectroscopy…[Read more]

[79G>A;198G>C]. Moreover, a heterozygous α-thalassemia-2 (α-thal-2) [-α3.7 (rightward)] deletion was also observed. Hb E-Myanmar is a doubly substituted β-globin variant, which has not been previously described. This variant did not have any clinical or hematological abnormalities, and the genetic mechanism resulting in this variant is dis…[Read more]

To determine the effect of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on CT volumes in the United States during and after the first wave of the pandemic.

CT volumes from 2,398 US radiology practices participating in the ACR Dose Index Registry from January 1, 2020, to September 30, 2020, were analyzed. Data were compared to projected CT volumes…[Read more]

To examine whether hippocampal volume loss is primarily associated with cognitive status or pathologic β-amyloid 1-42 (Aβ42) levels, this study compared hippocampal subfield volumes between patients with Parkinson disease (PD) with mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI) and without cognitive impairment (PD-CN) and between patients with low and high A…[Read more]