Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 co... by Ferrari, AJ, Santomauro, DF, Aali, A, Lacey, BWH, Rodriguez, JAB

“…YLLs were calculated by multiplying cause-age-sex-location-year-specific deaths by the standard life expectancy at the age that death occurred. …”

Generation of Rhesus Macaque Embryos with Expanded CAG Trinucleotide Repeats in the Huntingtin Gene by Ryu, Junghyun, Statz, John P., Chan, William, Oyama, Kiana, Custer, Maggie, Wienisch, Martin, Chen, Richard, Hanna, Carol B., Hennebold, Jon D.

“…Ultimately, HTT accumulation results in cell death, causing the development of HD. A nonhuman primate (NHP) HD model would provide important insight into disease development and the generation of novel therapies due to their genetic and physiological similarity to humans. …”
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Roles of POPX2 phosphatase in the regulation of apoptosis by Weng, Ting

“…TGF-β activated kinase 1 (TAK1) is a MAPK kinase kinase that has emerged as an important regulator in immune response, embryo development, tumorigenesis and cell death. In this study, we have identified TAK1 as a potential target of POPX2 by pull-down mass spectrometry. …”
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Semiparametric regression analysis of clustered survival data with semi-competing risks by Peng, Mengjiao, Xiang, Liming, Wang, Shanshan

“…In many applications, subjects may also be nested within clusters, such as patients in a multi-center study, leading to possible association among event times due to unobserved shared factors across subjects. …”
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A 12-week Taijiquan practice improves balance control and functional fitness in fall-prone postmenopausal women by Bai, Xiaorong, Xiao, Wensheng, Soh, Kim Geok, Zhang, Yang

“…Purpose: Falls are the leading cause of accidental death among older persons, with postmenopausal women facing a greater hazard of falling due to osteoporosis. …”
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Crazy pole dancing tattooed metalhead biking crossplaying Asians by Devi, Uma, Kang, Hillary Yu Ping

“…This feature magazine dives past Singapore’s gilt exterior and into the world of five vibrant communities - here are Singapore’s pole dancers, its tattoo artists, its metal bands, its girl bikers, and its crossplayers, and these are their worlds.…”
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Effects of lumbar support to reduce discomfort during prolonged riding among motocyclists by Mohd Shafiei, Umi Kalsom

“…Instead of exposed to the risk of death, motorcyclists may possibly expose to the musculoskeletal problem due to prolonged sitting and poor riding posture. …”
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Blood-based biomarkers are associated with different ischemic stroke mechanisms and enable rapid classification between cardioembolic and atherosclerosis etiologies by Harpaz, Dorin, Seet, Raymond C. S., Marks, Robert S., Tok, Alfred Iing Yoong

“…Stroke is a top leading cause of death, which occurs due to interference in the blood flow of the brain. …”
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Characteristics and injury patterns of road traffic injuries in urban and rural Uganda—a retrospective medical record review study in two hospitals by Temizel, Selin, Wunderlich, Robert, Leifels, Mats

“…Uganda shows a vast burden of non-fatal injuries and resides at the top range of countries with the highest death rates due to unsafe roads. However, little is known about the differences in road traffic associated injuries between urban and rural areas and potential influence factors. …”
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Early, very high-titre convalescent plasma therapy in clinically vulnerable individuals with mild COVID-19 (COVIC-19): protocol for a randomised, open-label trial by Desmarets, M, Hoffmann, S, Vauchy, C, Rijnders, BJA, Toussirot, E, Durrbach, A, Körper, S, Schrezenmeier, E, van der Schoot, CE, Harvala, H, Brunotte, G, Appl, T, Seifried, E, Tiberghien, P, Bradshaw, D, Roberts, DJ, Estcourt, LJ, Schrezenmeier, H

“…The primary endpoint is the proportion of participants with (1) Hospitalisation due to progressive COVID-19, or (2) Who died by day 28 after randomisation. …”

Study on muscle remodeling using in vivo microscopy of drosophila metamorphosis and quantitative image analysis by Kuleesha

“…Phenotypic analysis revealed that SNF1A and Grunge are involved in regulating the cell death of Drosophila abdominal muscles during metamorphosis. …”
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A 15-year review of dengue hospitalizations in Singapore : reducing admissions without adverse consequences, 2003 to 2017 by Ang, Li Wei, Thein, Tun-Linn, Ng, Yixiang, Boudville, Irving Charles, Chia, Po Ying, Lee, Vernon Jian Ming, Leo, Yee-Sin

“…In this study, we describe the national trends of hospital admissions for dengue and disease severity in terms of length of stay (LOS), admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and death in hospital, and case fatality rate (CFR) in Singapore. …”
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论明泰昌、天启初年内臣与朝臣的关系 ：以宦官王安为例 = The relationship between eunuchs and imperial officials from Ming Tai Chang period to early Tian Qi period : a case study of eunuch Wang An... by 马爱连 Ma, Ah Lain

“…Lastly, Wang’s death meant the rise of Wei Zhongxian and his followers, as well as the fall of the Donglin faction due to the loss of support from the inner court.…”
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Unifying serverless and microservice workloads with SigmaOS by Szekely, Ariel, Belay, Adam, Morris, Robert, Kaashoek, M. Frans

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The ciliopathy protein TALPID3/KIAA0586 acts upstream of Rab8 activation in zebrafish photoreceptor outer segment formation and maintenance by Naharros, Irene Ojeda, Cristian, Flavia B., Zang, Jingjing, Gesemann, Matthias, Neuhauss, Stephan C. F., Bachmann-Gagescu, Ruxandra, Ingham, Philip William

“…The majority of PRs lack OS development due to defects in BB positioning and docking at the apical cell surface. …”
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Wage premium in Singapore. by Tan, Ruo Hui., Tan, Yan Yu., Lee, Wai Meng.

“…By regressing wages with the risk of death associated with the respective occupations, the wage premium could be estimated. …”
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Pregnant women admitted to hospital with covid-19 in 10 European countries: individual patient data meta-analysis of population based cohorts in International Obstetric Survey Syst... by Engjom, HM, de Bruin, O, Ramakrishnan, R, Aabakke, AJM, Äyräs, O, Deneux-Tharaux, C, Donati, S, Knight, M, Jonasdottir, E, Svanvik, T, Vercoutere, A, Vousden, N, Bleomenkamp, KWM

“…Moderate to severe covid-19 disease was defined as maternal death, admission to an intensive care unit, or need for respiratory support.…”

The effect of the amyloid-beta peptide on the fluidity of cell membranes : a study by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy by Ng, Justin Wei Qing

“…Although there have been several studies done regarding this topic, the results have been conflicting and thus inconclusive, likely due to the drawbacks and biases introduced by techniques used in those studies. …”
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Low magnetic field exposure alters prostate cancer cell properties by Lange, Sigrun, Inal, Jameel, Kraev, Igor, Dart, Dafydd Alwyn, Uysal-Onganer, Pinar

“…Effects due to extremely low magnetic/hypomagnetic fields (LMF) are furthermore poorly understood. …”
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Anti-leukaemic and chemotherapy supportive effects of berberis vulgaris l. Fruit crude extract on in vitro and in vivo models by Saedi, Tayebeh Azam

“…Cancer is one of the most deadly diseases affecting human, and the second cause of death accounting for about 12.8% worldwide. Among the prominently worldwide cancer-affecting people is leukaemia. …”
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