Medicine - Table of Contents

July 20, 2020

The timing mega-study: comparing a range of experiment generators, both lab-based and online

David Bridges, Alain Pitiot, Michael R. MacAskill, Jonathan W. Peirce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9414 PubMed 33005482

July 14, 2020

Beyond loot boxes: a variety of gambling-like practices in video games are linked to both problem gambling and disordered gaming

David Zendle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9466 PubMed 32742782

July 27, 2020

Epitope-based chimeric peptide vaccine design against S, M and E proteins of SARS-CoV-2, the etiologic agent of COVID-19 pandemic: an in silico approach

M. Shaminur Rahman, M. Nazmul Hoque, M. Rafiul Islam, Salma Akter, A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Otun Saha, Md. Mizanur Rahaman, Munawar Sultana, Keith A. Crandall, M. Anwar Hossain

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9572 PubMed 33194329

July 29, 2020

Evaluation of knowledge, attitudes, and clinical education of dental students about COVID-19 pandemic

Osman Ataş, Tuba Talo Yildirim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9575 PubMed 32821538

July 29, 2020

Altered gut microbiota associated with symptom severity in schizophrenia

Shijia Li, Min Zhuo, Xia Huang, Yuanyuan Huang, Jing Zhou, Dongsheng Xiong, Jiahui Li, Ya Liu, Zhilin Pan, Hehua Li, Jun Chen, Xiaobo Li, Zhiming Xiang, Fengchun Wu, Kai Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9574 PubMed 32821537

July 7, 2020

Reliability and validity of an equanimity questionnaire: the two-factor equanimity scale (EQUA-S)

Catherine Juneau, Nicolas Pellerin, Elliott Trives, Matthieu Ricard, Rébecca Shankland, Michael Dambrun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9405 PubMed 32704443

July 9, 2020

Identifying hub genes of papillary thyroid carcinoma in the TCGA and GEO database using bioinformatics analysis

Ying Wan, Xiaolian Zhang, Huilin Leng, Weihua Yin, Wenxing Zeng, Congling Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9120 PubMed 32714651

July 7, 2020

Small molecule therapeutics for COVID-19: repurposing of inhaled furosemide

Zhiyu Wang, Yanfei Wang, Prachi Vilekar, Seung-Pil Yang, Mayuri Gupta, Myong In Oh, Autumn Meek, Lisa Doyle, Laura Villar, Anja Brennecke, Imindu Liyanage, Mark Reed, Christopher Barden, Donald F. Weaver

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9533 PubMed 32704455

July 21, 2020

School health assessment tools: a systematic review of measurement in primary schools

Maryam Kazemitabar, Ali Moghadamzadeh, Mojtaba Habibi, Rezvan Hakimzadeh, Danilo Garcia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9459 PubMed 32742780

July 23, 2020

The rule-based insensitivity effect: a systematic review

Ama Kissi, Colin Harte, Sean Hughes, Jan De Houwer, Geert Crombez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9496 PubMed 32775049

July 29, 2020

Metagenomic next-generation sequencing for the clinical diagnosis and prognosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by severe pneumonia: a retrospective study

Peng Zhang, Yan Chen, Shuyun Li, Chaoliang Li, Shuang Zhang, Weihao Zheng, Yantang Chen, Jie Ma, Xin Zhang, Yanming Huang, Shengming Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9623 PubMed 32821543

July 27, 2020

An analysis of the perceived causes leading to task-failure in resistance-exercises

Aviv Emanuel, Isaac Isur Rozen Smukas, Israel Halperin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9611 PubMed 33194334

July 22, 2020

Antimicrobial stewardship in remote primary healthcare across northern Australia

Will Cuningham, Lorraine Anderson, Asha C. Bowen, Kirsty Buising, Christine Connors, Kathryn Daveson, Joanna Martin, Stacey McNamara, Bhavini Patel, Rodney James, John Shanks, Kerr Wright, Trent Yarwood, Steven YC Tong, Jodie McVernon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9409 PubMed 32765965

July 10, 2020

From the index case to global spread: the global mobility based modelling of the COVID-19 pandemic implies higher infection rate and lower detection ratio than current estimates

Marian Siwiak, Pawel Szczesny, Marlena Siwiak

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9548 PubMed 32728498

July 30, 2020

A smartphone microscopic method for rapid screening of cloth facemask fabrics during pandemics

Bhanu B. Neupane, Ravindra K. Chaudhary, Amita Sharma

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9647 PubMed 32821549

July 23, 2020

Analysis of prognostic genes in the tumor microenvironment of lung adenocarcinoma

Zhan-yu Xu, Mengli Zhao, Wenjie Chen, Kun Li, Fanglu Qin, Wei-wei Xiang, Yu Sun, Jiangbo Wei, Li-qiang Yuan, Shi-kang Li, Sheng-hua Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9530 PubMed 32775050

July 21, 2020

Pedagogic prestidigitation: using magic tricks to enhance educational videos

Richard Wiseman, William Houstoun, Caroline Watt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9610 PubMed 32742819

July 10, 2020

Effect of sodium (S)-2-hydroxyglutarate in male, and succinic acid in female Wistar rats against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury, suggesting a role of the HIF-1 pathway

Eduardo Cienfuegos-Pecina, Tannya R. Ibarra-Rivera, Alma L. Saucedo, Luis A. Ramírez-Martínez, Deanna Esquivel-Figueroa, Ixel Domínguez-Vázquez, Karina J. Alcántara-Solano, Diana P. Moreno-Peña, Gabriela Alarcon-Galvan, Diana Raquel Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Liliana Torres-González, Linda E. Muñoz-Espinosa, Edelmiro Pérez-Rodríguez, Paula Cordero-Pérez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9438 PubMed 32728491

July 21, 2020

An RNA-sequencing-based transcriptome for a significantly prognostic novel driver signature identification in bladder urothelial carcinoma

Danqi Liu, Boting Zhou, Rangru Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9422 PubMed 32742772

July 14, 2020

The validity of activity trackers is affected by walking speed: the criterion validity of Garmin Vivosmart^® HR and StepWatch^™ 3 for measuring steps at various walking speeds under controlled conditions

Frederik Rose Svarre, Mads Møller Jensen, Josephine Nielsen, Morten Villumsen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9381 PubMed 32742766

July 22, 2020

Role of methyltransferase-like enzyme 3 and methyltransferase-like enzyme 14 in urological cancers

Zijia Tao, Yiqiao Zhao, Xiaonan Chen