Medicine - Table of Contents

August 28, 2018

The effect of outdoor air pollution on the risk of hospitalisation for bronchiolitis in infants: a systematic review

Charlotte King, Jamie Kirkham, Daniel Hawcutt, Ian Sinha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5352 PubMed 30186673

August 30, 2018

Profiling exercise intensity during the exergame Hollywood Workout on XBOX 360 Kinect®

Ricardo B. Viana, Rodrigo L. Vancini, Carlos A. Vieira, Paulo Gentil, Mário H. Campos, Marilia S. Andrade, Claudio Andre B. de Lira

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5574 PubMed 30186703

August 15, 2018

Goal conflict in chronic pain: day reconstruction method

Nathalie Claes, Johan W.S. Vlaeyen, Emelien Lauwerier, Michel Meulders, Geert Crombez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5272 PubMed 30128176

August 28, 2018

Differences between motor execution and motor imagery of grasping movements in the motor cortical excitatory circuit

Hai-Jiang Meng, Yan-Ling Pi, Ke Liu, Na Cao, Yan-Qiu Wang, Yin Wu, Jian Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5588 PubMed 30186707

August 22, 2018

Fine-scale differentiation between Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus group signatures in metagenome shotgun data

Robert A. Petit III, James M. Hogan, Matthew N. Ezewudo, Sandeep J. Joseph, Timothy D. Read

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5515 PubMed 30155371

August 15, 2018

The appropriateness of ceftriaxone and metronidazole as empirical therapy in managing complicated intra-abdominal infection—experience from Western Health, Australia

Andrew Tan, Michael Rouse, Natalie Kew, Sharon Qin, Domenic La Paglia, Toan Pham

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5383 PubMed 30128188

August 14, 2018

A minimal set of internal control genes for gene expression studies in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Vinayak Palve, Manisha Pareek, Neeraja M. Krishnan, Gangotri Siddappa, Amritha Suresh, Moni A. Kuriakose, Binay Panda

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5207 PubMed 30128175

August 21, 2018

Comprehensive analysis of metastasis-related genes reveals a gene signature predicting the survival of colon cancer patients

Haotang Wei, Jilin Li, Minzhi Xie, Ronger Lei, Bangli Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5433 PubMed 30155352

August 24, 2018

Pentoxifylline decreases post-operative intra-abdominal adhesion formation in an animal model

Ya-Lin Yang, Meng-Tse Gabriel Lee, Chien-Chang Lee, Pei-I Su, Chien-Yu Chi, Cheng-Heng Liu, Meng-Che Wu, Zui-Shen Yen, Shyr-Chyr Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5434 PubMed 30155353

August 3, 2018

The influence of residual force enhancement on spinal and supraspinal excitability

Caleb T. Sypkes, Benjamin J. Kozlowski, Jordan Grant, Leah R. Bent, Chris J. McNeil, Geoffrey A. Power

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5421 PubMed 30083481

August 14, 2018

Drug therapy and other factors associated with the development of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: a cross-sectional study

Danielly Botelho Soares, Juliana Vaz de Melo Mambrini, Gabriela Rebouças Botelho, Flávia Fialho Girundi, Fernando Antonio Botoni, Maria Auxiliadora Parreiras Martins

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5405 PubMed 30128193

August 10, 2018

Effect of sex on glucose handling by adipocytes isolated from rat subcutaneous, mesenteric and perigonadal adipose tissue

Floriana Rotondo, Ana Cecilia Ho-Palma, Xavier Remesar, José Antonio Fernández-López, María del Mar Romero, Marià Alemany

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5440 PubMed 30128201

August 3, 2018

CD80 and CTLA-4 as diagnostic and prognostic markers in adult-onset minimal change disease: a retrospective study

Bing Zhao, Hui Han, Junhui Zhen, Xiaowei Yang, Jin Shang, Liang Xu, Rong Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5400 PubMed 30083478

August 23, 2018

Genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella serotypes recovered throughout the beef production chain and from patients with salmonellosis

Mauricio Realpe-Quintero, Jeannette Barba-León, Julia A. Pérez-Montaño, Carlos Pacheco-Gallardo, Delia González-Aguilar, Rosa M. Dominguez-Arias, Elisa Cabrera-Diaz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5482 PubMed 30155367

August 2, 2018

Single nucleotide polymorphisms within HLA region are associated with disease relapse for patients with unrelated cord blood transplantation

Ding-Ping Chen, Su-Wei Chang, Tang-Her Jaing, Wei-Ting Wang, Fang-Ping Hus, Ching-Ping Tseng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5228 PubMed 30083439

August 27, 2018

Distribution of Porphyromonas gingivalis fimA and mfa1 fimbrial genotypes in subgingival plaques

Keiji Nagano, Yoshiaki Hasegawa, Yura Iijima, Takeshi Kikuchi, Akio Mitani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5581 PubMed 30186705

August 9, 2018

Relative telomere length and oxidative DNA damage in hypertrophic ligamentum flavum of lumbar spinal stenosis

Sinsuda Dechsupa, Wicharn Yingsakmongkol, Worawat Limthongkul, Weerasak Singhatanadgige, Sittisak Honsawek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5381 PubMed 30123710

August 29, 2018

Contextual and individual determinants of oral health-related quality of life among five-year-old children: a multilevel analysis

Monalisa C. Gomes, Érick T.B. Neves, Matheus F. Perazzo, Saul M. Paiva, Fernanda M. Ferreira, Ana F. Granville-Garcia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5451 PubMed 30186681

August 15, 2018

The expression and clinical significance of GADD45A in breast cancer patients

Junnan Wang, Yiran Wang, Fei Long, Fengshang Yan, Ning Wang, Yajie Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5344 PubMed 30128181

August 16, 2018

Alu hypermethylation and high oxidative stress in patients with musculoskeletal tumors

Thamonwan Woraruthai, Chris Charoenlap, Chindanai Hongsaprabhas, Apiwat Mutirangura, Sittisak Honsawek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5492 PubMed 30128216

August 14, 2018

Repercussion of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on the gene expression of human osteoblasts

Lucia Melguizo-Rodríguez, Víctor J. Costela-Ruiz, Francisco J. Manzano-Moreno, Rebeca Illescas-Montes, Javier Ramos-Torrecillas, Olga García-Martínez, Concepción Ruiz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5415 PubMed 30128197

August 29, 2018

Energy cost associated with moving platforms

Carolyn A. Duncan, Scott N. MacKinnon, Jacques F. Marais, Fabien A. Basset

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5439 PubMed 30186679

August 16, 2018

Obesity, but not hypohydration, mediates changes in mental task load during passive heating in females

Aaron R. Caldwell, Jenna Burchfield, Nicole E. Moyen, Matthew A. Tucker, Cory L. Butts, R.J. Elbin, Matthew S. Ganio

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5394 PubMed 30128190