Interplay of Mendelian and polygenic risk factors in Arab breast cancer patients by Mohammed Al-Jumaan, Hoyin Chu, Abdullah Alsulaiman, Sabrina Y. Camp, Seunghun Han, Riaz Gillani, Yousef Al Marzooq, Fatmah Almulhim, Chittibabu Vatte, Areej Al Nemer, Afnan Almuhanna, Eliezer M. Van Allen, Amein Al-Ali, Saud H. AlDubayan

“…After adjusting the PRS to the Arab population, we found significant associations between PRS performance in risk prediction and first-degree relative breast cancer history prediction (Spearman rho=0.43, p = 0.03), where breast cancer patients in the top PRS decile are 5.53 (95% CI 1.76–17.97, p = 0.003) times more likely also to have a first-degree relative diagnosed with breast cancer compared to those in the middle deciles. …”
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Obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, COVID-19: dangerous liaisons by S. V. Tikhonov, V. D. Dekkanova, S. A. Vinnichuk, T. S. Fil, N. V. Bakulina

“…Retrospective analysis of  the  medical histories of  patients with a  new coronavirus infection hospitalized in  the  clinic of North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. …”
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Prediabetes in rural adolescent girls from DERVAN cohort: data from the KONKAN region of the state of Maharashtra, India (DERVAN-4) by Suvarna Patil, Netaji Patil, Pallavi Hardikar-Bhat, Omkar Dervankar, Charudatta Joglekar, Rohit Bhat, Ajit Nandoskar, Arvind Yadav, Anup Nilawar

“…Overweight/obesity, overnutrition, physical inactivity, and family history are well-known risk factors for diabetes. …”
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Diet and adiposity and risk of gastrointestinal cancers in Chinese adults by Chan, WC

“…Certain dietary factors and adiposity traits have been associated with the risks of these cancers in Western populations, but prospective evidence is still limited in China, where dietary patterns, adiposity levels, and the burden and subtypes of these cancers differ from the West.…”

Determinants of Compliance With Iron and Folate Supplementation Among Pregnant Women in West Iran: A Population Based Cross-Sectional Study by Soraya Siabani, Sina Siabani, Hossien Siabani, Marjan Moeini Arya, Fateme Rezaei, Maryam Babakhani

“…Objective: To assess the compliance with iron and folate supplementation, and the possibly causally associated factors, among pregnant women in western Iran. …”
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The rise of feathered dinosaurs: Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus, the oldest dinosaur with ‘feather-like’ structures by Aude Cincotta, Ekaterina B. Pestchevitskaya, Sofia M. Sinitsa, Valentina S. Markevich, Vinciane Debaille, Svetlana A. Reshetova, Irina M. Mashchuk, Andrei O. Frolov, Axel Gerdes, Johan Yans, Pascal Godefroit

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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Atrial Fibrillation in Chinese Elderly: Results from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey by Choy-Lye Chei, Prassanna Raman, Chi Keong Ching, Zhao-Xue Yin, Xiao-Ming Shi, Yi Zeng, David B Matchar

“…Finally, advanced age (85-94 years), history of stroke or heart disease, low high-density lipoprotein levels, low triglyceride levels, and lack of regular physical activity were associated with AF. …”
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Analysis of Causes of Discarding Blood and its Components in a Blood Bank:A Cross-sectional study by Sunita B Patil1 , Akshay P Vadavadgi2 , Basanagouda K Patil3 *, Suchita V Deshmukh4 , Trupti K Gade5 , Pradnya M Chimankar2

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Molecular insights into an ancient form of Paget’s disease of bone by Shaw, B, Burrell, C, Green, D, Navarro-Martinez, A, Scott, D, Daroszewska, A, Van ’T Hof, R, Smith, L, Hargrave, F, Mistry, S, Bottrill, A, Kessler, B, Fischer, R, Singh, A, Dalmay, T, Fraser, W, Henneberger, K, King, T, Gonzalez, S, Layfield, R

“…Targeted proteomic analysis detected >60% of the ancient p62 primary sequence, with Western blotting indicating p62 abnormalities, including in dentition. …”

Causes and consequences of fever in Amazonian pregnant women: A large retrospective study from French Guiana. by Najeh Hcini, Véronique Lambert, Olivier Picone, Jean-Francois Carod, Mérédith Mathieu, Romane Cousin, Ferroudja Akli, Gabriel Carles, Célia Basurko, Léo Pomar, Loïc Epelboin, Mathieu Nacher

“…<h4>Objective</h4>The aim of this study was to describe different causes and consequences of fever during pregnancy in Western French Guiana and along the Maroni River.<h4>Study design</h4>A retrospective single-center study including all patients with a history of documented fever ≥ 38°C during pregnancy at the West French Guiana Hospital for 9 years. …”
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THE RIPHEAN MAGMATISM PRECEDING THE OPENING OF URALIAN PALEOOCEAN: GEOCHEMISTRY, ISOTOPES, AGE, AND GEODYNAMIC IMPLICATIONS by V. V. Kholodnov, G. Yu. Shardakova, G. B. Fershtater, E. S. Shagalov

“…This article presents the geochemical data on the Sr-, Nd-isotopes, zircon U-Pb (SHRIMP) ages for the MesoNeoproterozoic igneous rocks and associated ores from the Bashkir meganticlinorium (BMA) on the Urals western slope. …”
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Identification of SRXN1 and KRT6A as Key Genes in Smoking-Related Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Through Bioinformatics and Functional Analyses by Jiazhen Zhou, Guanqing Jiang, Enwu Xu, Jiaxin Zhou, Lili Liu, Qiaoyuan Yang, Qiaoyuan Yang

“…In patients with NSCLC, SRXN1 and KRT6A expression was associated with the tumor–node–metastasis (TNM) stage, presence of metastasis, history of smoking and daily smoking consumption. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices about vaccination in Trentino, Italy in 2019 by Bénédicte Melot, Paola Bordin, Caterina Bertoni, Valentina Tralli, Mariagrazia Zuccali, Andrea Grignolio, Silvia Majori, Antonio Ferro

“…Introduction: Vaccination is among the most important areas of progress in the worldwide history of public health. However, a crescent wave of anti-vaccine groups has grown in Western countries, especially in Italy, in the last two decades. …”
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Incidence and risk factors for cognitive impairment in rural elderly populations in Costa Rica by Jeffrey L. Nadel, Diana Ulate

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The North Equatorial Current and rapid intensification of super typhoons by Sok Kuh Kang, Sung-Hun Kim, I.-I. Lin, Young-Hyang Park, Yumi Choi, Isaac Ginis, Joseph Cione, Ji Yun Shin, Eun Jin Kim, Kyeong Ok Kim, Hyoun Woo Kang, Jae-Hyoung Park, Jean-Raymond Bidlot, Brian Ward

“…Abstract Super Typhoon Mangkhut, which traversed the North Equatorial Current (NEC; 8–17 °N) in the western North Pacific in 2018, was the most intense Category-5 tropical cyclone (TC) with the longest duration in history—3.5 days. …”
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Breastfeeding and infant care as ‘sexed’ care work: reconsideration of the three Rs to enable women’s rights, economic empowerment, nutrition and health by Karleen D. Gribble, Julie P. Smith, Tine Gammeltoft, Valerie Ulep, Penelope Van Esterik, Penelope Van Esterik, Lyn Craig, Catherine Pereira-Kotze, Deepta Chopra, Adiatma Y. M. Siregar, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Roger Mathisen

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A case report of CAT gene and HNF1β gene variations in a patient with early-onset diabetes by Cui Tao, Ju Hai-Bing, Liu Peng-Fei, Ma Yun-Jun, Zhang Fu-Xian

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Late Quaternary Variations in the South American Monsoon System as Inferred by Speleothems—New Perspectives Using the SISAL Database by Michael Deininger, Brittany Marie Ward, Valdir F. Novello, Francisco W. Cruz

“…However, there is a dipole between speleothem &#948;¹⁸O records from western and eastern South America. Records located in the central region of Brazil are weakly affected by insolation-driven variability, and instead are more susceptible to the variability associated with the South Atlantic Convergence Zone (SACZ). …”
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Patient Readmission for Ischemic Stroke: Risk Factors and Impact on Mortality by Chuang Liu PhD, Li Luo PhD, Xiaozhou He PhD, Tao Wang PhD, Xiaofei Liu MD, Yiyou Liu BNS

“…Current understanding of the risk factors associated with these readmissions, as well as their subsequent impact on mortality within China, remains insufficient. …”
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Comparative sequence analysis elucidates the evolutionary patterns of Yersinia pestis in New Mexico over thirty-two years by Mary E. Warren, Brett E. Pickett, Byron J. Adams, Crystal Villalva, Alyssa Applegate, Richard A. Robison

“…Y. pestis is a zoonotic pathogen that occasionally infects humans and became endemic in the western United States after spreading from California in 1899. …”
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