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In honour of Professor Leaf Huang, recipient of the Journal of Drug Targeting's life-time achievement award for 2018
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Taylor and Francis Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
[No abstract available]
Geographical differences in semen characteristics of 13 892 infertile men
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Arab Association of Urology
, 2018 , Article)
Objective: To assess the relationship between geographical differences and all semen parameters, across 13,892 infertile men of 84 diverse nationalities, recruited at a specialised tertiary hospital that represents the ...
Driver Drowsiness Detection Study using Heart Rate Variability analysis in Virtual Reality Environment
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Introduction Mobility and road safety is one of the grand challenges that Qatar is facing during the last decade. There are many ways to enhance the road safety. One way is to characterize the factors contributing to the ...
Comprehensive analysis of cancers of unknown primary for the biomarkers of response to immune checkpoint blockade therapy
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Background: Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) accounts for approximately 3% of all malignancies. Avoiding immune destruction is a major cancer characteristic and therapies aimed at immune checkpoint blockade are in use for ...
Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors in Hypertension.
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Frontiers Media
, 2018 , Article Review)
Chronic hypertension remains a major cause of global mortality and morbidity. It is a complex disease that is the clinical manifestation of multiple genetic, environmental, nutritional, hormonal, and aging-related disorders. ...
Calmodulin Mutations Associated with Congenital Cardiac Disease Display Novel Biophysical and Biochemical Characteristics
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Article)
Calmodulin (CaM) is a cytoplasmic multifunctional calcium (Ca2+)-binding messenger that interacts with the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2), a large transmembrane Ca2+ channel that mediates Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic ...
In Response: Heterogeneous and dynamic prevalence of asymptomatic influenza virus infections
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
, 2018 , Article)
In Response: We thank Leung and Cowling (1) for taking time to comment on our article (2). One problem with the random effects model is the rapid decline in performance of the model as the heterogeneity within studies ...
COL4A5 and LAMA5 variants co-inherited in familial hematuria: Digenic inheritance or genetic modifier effect?
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BioMed Central Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
Background: About 40-50% of patients with familial microscopic hematuria (FMH) caused by thin basement membrane nephropathy (TBMN) inherit heterozygous mutations in collagen IV genes (COL4A3, COL4A4). On long follow-up, ...
Group OSCE (GOSCE) as a formative clinical assessment tool for pre-clerkship medical students at the University of Sharjah
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
Objectives: Continuous formative assessment with appropriate feedback is the pillar of effective clinical teaching and learning. Group Objective Structured Clinical Examination (GOSCE) has been reported as a resource-effective ...
Medical Education in Egypt: Historical Background, Current Status, and Challenges
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Article)
BackgroundFrom its beginnings in 1827, an important goal of medical education in Egypt has been to qualify physicians who can provide high-quality health care services for their local community and other communities in the ...