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AMP-activated protein kinase as a drug target in chronic kidney disease
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Bentham Science Publishers B.V.
, 2018 , Article Review)
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a condition increasingly affecting millions of individuals worldwide and is ranked as the ninth leading cause of death in the United States. AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) ...
Severity of corrosion under insulation (CUI) to structures and strategies to detect it
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De Gruyter
, 2019 , Article Review)
This review paper considers the research conducted in the past 30 years in the field of corrosion under insulation (CUI). CUI is a significant challenge in many industries for reasons of high cost and risk because it ...
Optimizing assessors’ mental workload in rater-based assessment: a critical narrative review
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Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
, 2019 , Article Review)
Introduction
Rater-based assessment has resulted in high cognitive demands for assessors within the education of health professionals. Rating quality may be influenced by the mental workload required of assessors to ...
Corrosion and surface modification on biocompatible metals: A review
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article Review)
Corrosion prevention in biomaterials has become crucial particularly to overcome inflammation and allergic reactions caused by the biomaterials' implants towards the human body. When these metal implants contacted with ...
AROMA: A recursive deep learning model for opinion mining in Arabic as a low resource language
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Association for Computing Machinery
, 2017 , Article Review)
While research on English opinion mining has already achieved significant progress and success, work on Arabic opinion mining is still lagging. This is mainly due to the relative recency of research efforts in developing ...
The Interplay Between Diet and the Epigenome in the Pathogenesis of Type-1 Diabetes
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Frontiers
, 2021 , Article Review)
The autoimmune disease, Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM), results in the destruction of pancreatic β-cells, and the International Diabetes Federation reports that its incidence is increasing worldwide. T1DM is a complex ...
Protocols for meta-analysis of intervention safety seldom specified methods to deal with rare events
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article Review)
ObjectivesMeta-analyses of rare events often generate unstable results, and selective reporting of the results may mislead the health care decision. Developing a synthesis plan for rare events in protocol may help to ...
The Politics of Sovereign Credit Spreads
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article Review)
Using a large sample of 35 developing countries for the period 1993-2009, we provide strong and robust evidence that the political institutions in place play a significant role in explaining sovereign spreads. In particular, ...
Is pyridoxine effective and safe for post-partum lactation inhibition? A systematic review
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2017 , Article Review)
What is known and objective: It has been suggested that pyridoxine has an antilactogenic effect. Studies of the efficacy of pyridoxine in suppressing lactation have reported conflicting results. The aim of this review was ...
Sensing and monitoring for stadium structures: A review of recent advances and a forward look
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2017 , Article Review)
Stadiums like those used for sporting or concert events are distinct from other civil engineering structures due to several different characteristics. Some challenges mainly originate from the interaction with the human ...