Medicine - Table of Contents

February 14, 2017

Modafinil decreases anxiety-like behaviour in zebrafish

Adrian Johnson, Trevor James Hamilton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2994 PubMed 28229024

February 15, 2017

Is there a relation between dental anxiety, fear and general psychological status?

Tuba Talo Yildirim, Serkan Dundar, Alihan Bozoglan, Tahir Karaman, Neval Dildes, Filiz Acun Kaya, Eyyup Altintas, Faruk Oztekin, Osman Atas, Hilal Alan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2978 PubMed 28229019

February 7, 2017

The concept of Watson’s carative factors in nursing and their (dis)harmony with patient satisfaction

Majda Pajnkihar, Gregor Štiglic, Dominika Vrbnjak

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2940 PubMed 28194310

February 9, 2017

Comparison of 3D laser-based photonic scans and manual anthropometric measurements of body size and shape in a validation study of 123 young Swiss men

Nikola Koepke, Marcel Zwahlen, Jonathan C. Wells, Nicole Bender, Maciej Henneberg, Frank J. Rühli, Kaspar Staub

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2980 PubMed 28289559

February 15, 2017

Effect of interleukin (IL)-35 on IL-17 expression and production by human CD4⁺ T cells

Kosuke Okada, Takeki Fujimura, Takeshi Kikuchi, Makoto Aino, Yosuke Kamiya, Ario Izawa, Yuki Iwamura, Hisashi Goto, Iichiro Okabe, Eriko Miyake, Yoshiaki Hasegawa, Makio Mogi, Akio Mitani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2999 PubMed 28229025

February 15, 2017

Risk analysis of colorectal cancer incidence by gene expression analysis

Wei-Chuan Shangkuan, Hung-Che Lin, Yu-Tien Chang, Chen-En Jian, Hueng-Chuen Fan, Kang-Hua Chen, Ya-Fang Liu, Huan-Ming Hsu, Hsiu-Ling Chou, Chung-Tay Yao, Chi-Ming Chu, Sui-Lung Su, Chi-Wen Chang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3003 PubMed 28229027

February 1, 2017

Untargeted metabolomics approach for unraveling robust biomarkers of nutritional status in fasted gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)

Ruben Gil-Solsona, Jaime Nácher-Mestre, Leticia Lacalle-Bergeron, Juan Vicente Sancho, Josep Alvar Calduch-Giner, Félix Hernández, Jaume Pérez-Sánchez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2920 PubMed 28168106

February 7, 2017

Evolutionary and functional implications of hypervariable loci within the skin virome

Geoffrey D. Hannigan, Qi Zheng, Jacquelyn S. Meisel, Samuel S. Minot, Frederick D. Bushman, Elizabeth A. Grice

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2959 PubMed 28194314

February 15, 2017

The preventive effect of dexmedetomidine on paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity in severe traumatic brain injury patients who have undergone surgery: a retrospective study

Qilin Tang, Xiang Wu, Weiji Weng, Hongpeng Li, Junfeng Feng, Qing Mao, Guoyi Gao, Jiyao Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2986 PubMed 28229021

February 9, 2017

Comparison of hand grip strength and upper limb pressure pain threshold between older adults with or without non-specific shoulder pain

Cesar Calvo Lobo, Carlos Romero Morales, David Rodríguez Sanz, Irene Sanz Corbalán, Eleuterio A. Sánchez Romero, Josué Fernández Carnero, Daniel López López

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2995 PubMed 28289561

February 2, 2017

Comparison of admission random glucose, fasting glucose, and glycated hemoglobin in predicting the neurological outcome of acute ischemic stroke: a retrospective study

Jia-Ying Sung, Chin-I Chen, Yi-Chen Hsieh, Yih-Ru Chen, Hsin-Chiao Wu, Lung Chan, Chaur-Jong Hu, Han-Hwa Hu, Hung-Yi Chiou, Nai-Fang Chi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2948 PubMed 28168113

February 22, 2017

Using visuo-kinetic virtual reality to induce illusory spinal movement: the MoOVi Illusion

Daniel S. Harvie, Ross T. Smith, Estin V. Hunter, Miles G. Davis, Michele Sterling, G. Lorimer Moseley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3023 PubMed 28243537

February 2, 2017

Effects of rhodomyrtone on Gram-positive bacterial tubulin homologue FtsZ

Dennapa Saeloh, Michaela Wenzel, Thanyada Rungrotmongkol, Leendert Willem Hamoen, Varomyalin Tipmanee, Supayang Piyawan Voravuthikunchai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2962 PubMed 28168121

February 23, 2017

Development and validation of a 36-gene sequencing assay for hereditary cancer risk assessment

Valentina S. Vysotskaia, Gregory J. Hogan, Genevieve M. Gould, Xin Wang, Alex D. Robertson, Kevin R. Haas, Mark R. Theilmann, Lindsay Spurka, Peter V. Grauman, Henry H. Lai, Diana Jeon, Genevieve Haliburton, Matt Leggett, Clement S. Chu, Kevin Iori, Jared R. Maguire, Kaylene Ready, Eric A. Evans, Hyunseok P. Kang, Imran S. Haque

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3046 PubMed 28243543

February 28, 2017

Immediate effects of EVA midsole resilience and upper shoe structure on running biomechanics: a machine learning approach

Andrea N. Onodera, Wilson P. Gavião Neto, Maria Isabel Roveri, Wagner R. Oliveira, Isabel CN Sacco

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3026 PubMed 28265506

February 9, 2017

Pattern analysis of total item score and item response of the Kessler Screening Scale for Psychological Distress (K6) in a nationally representative sample of US adults

Shinichiro Tomitaka, Yohei Kawasaki, Kazuki Ide, Maiko Akutagawa, Hiroshi Yamada, Ono Yutaka, Toshiaki A. Furukawa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2987 PubMed 28289560

February 2, 2017

Medial knee joint contact force in the intact limb during walking in recently ambulatory service members with unilateral limb loss: a cross-sectional study

Ross H. Miller, Rebecca L. Krupenevich, Alison L. Pruziner, Erik J. Wolf, Barri L. Schnall