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March 2021

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Medicine Articles)

March 16, 2021

Direct-acting antiviral treatment for Hepatitis C Virus in geriatric patients: a real-world retrospective comparison between early and late elderly patients

Hsu-Heng Yen, Pei-Yuan Su, I-Ling Liu, Ya-Yuei Zeng, Siou-Ping Huang, Yu-Chun Hsu, Chia-Wei Yang, Yang-Yuan Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10944 PubMed 33777520

March 12, 2021

Heparin-binding protein and procalcitonin in the diagnosis of pathogens causing community-acquired pneumonia in adult patients: a retrospective study

Rentian Cai, Huihui Li, Zhen Tao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11056 PubMed 33763308

March 2, 2021

The regulatory roles and mechanisms of the transcription factor FOXF2 in human diseases

Qiong Wu, Wei Li, Chongge You

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10845 PubMed 33717680

March 25, 2021

Needs of family members of patients admitted to a university hospital critical care unit, Izmir Turkey: comparison of nurse and family perceptions

Sibel Büyükçoban, Zehra Mermi Bal, Ozlem Oner, Necmiye Kilicaslan, Necati Gökmen, Meltem Ciçeklioğlu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11125 PubMed 33828921

March 9, 2021

The role of gender and academic degree on preference for smooth curvature of abstract shapes

Letizia Palumbo, Giulia Rampone, Marco Bertamini

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10877 PubMed 33732544

March 29, 2021

Plasma BDNF concentrations and the antidepressant effects of six ketamine infusions in unipolar and bipolar depression

Wei Zheng, Yan-Ling Zhou, Cheng-Yu Wang, Xiao-Feng Lan, Bin Zhang, Su-Miao Zhou, Su Yan, Yu-Ping Ning

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10989 PubMed 33850645

March 15, 2021

Predicting maximal oxygen uptake from a 3-minute progressive knee-ups and step test

Yu-Chun Chung, Ching-Yu Huang, Huey-June Wu, Nai-Wen Kan, Chin-Shan Ho, Chi-Chang Huang, Hung-Ting Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10831 PubMed 33777511

March 5, 2021

Identification of the hub genes in gastric cancer through weighted gene co-expression network analysis

Chunyang Li, Haopeng Yu, Yajing Sun, Xiaoxi Zeng, Wei Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10682 PubMed 33717664

March 2, 2021

Undercarboxylated osteocalcin inhibits the early differentiation of osteoclast mediated by Gprc6a

Hailong Wang, Jinqiao Li, Zihan Xu, Feng Wu, Hongyu Zhang, Chao Yang, Jian Chen, Bai Ding, Xiukun Sui, Zhifeng Guo, Yinghui Li, Zhongquan Dai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10898 PubMed 33717684

March 9, 2021

Effect of domain knowledge encoding in CNN model architecture—a prostate cancer study using mpMRI images

Piotr Sobecki, Rafał Jóźwiak, Katarzyna Sklinda, Artur Przelaskowski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11006 PubMed 33732553

March 2, 2021

The methylation level of TFAP2A is a potential diagnostic biomarker for retinoblastoma: an analytical validation study

Qi Zeng, Sha Wang, Jia Tan, Lu Chen, Jinwei Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10830 PubMed 33717678

March 15, 2021

Myofascial release versus Mulligan sustained natural apophyseal glides’ immediate and short-term effects on pain, function, and mobility in non-specific low back pain

Vignesh Bhat P, Vivek Dineshbhai Patel, Charu Eapen, Manisha Shenoy, Steve Milanese

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10706 PubMed 33777508

March 9, 2021

The emotional canvas of human screams: patterns and acoustic cues in the perceptual categorization of a basic call type

Jonathan W. M. Engelberg, Jay W. Schwartz, Harold Gouzoules

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10990 PubMed 33854835

March 23, 2021

Immunoinformatic approach to design a multiepitope vaccine targeting non-mutational hotspot regions of structural and non-structural proteins of the SARS CoV2

Vandana Solanki, Monalisa Tiwari, Vishvanath Tiwari

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11126 PubMed 33828922

March 17, 2021

Bioinformatics analysis identified CDC20 as a potential drug target for cholangiocarcinoma

Prin Sungwan, Worachart Lert-itthiporn, Atit Silsirivanit, Nathakan Klinhom-on, Seiji Okada, Sopit Wongkham, Wunchana Seubwai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11067 PubMed 33777535

March 3, 2021

iTRAQ-based comparative proteome analyses of different growth stages revealing the regulatory role of reactive oxygen species in the fruiting body development of Ophiocordyceps sinensis

Xinxin Tong, Fang Wang, Han Zhang, Jing Bai, Qiang Dong, Pan Yue, Xinyi Jiang, Xinrui Li, Li Wang, Jinlin Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10940 PubMed 33717691

March 10, 2021

T cell mediated immunity against influenza H5N1 nucleoprotein, matrix and hemagglutinin derived epitopes in H5N1 survivors and non-H5N1 subjects

Pirom Noisumdaeng, Thaneeya Roytrakul, Jarunee Prasertsopon, Phisanu Pooruk, Hatairat Lerdsamran, Susan Assanasen, Rungrueng Kitphati, Prasert Auewarakul, Pilaipan Puthavathana

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11021 PubMed 33854839

March 8, 2021

Colorectal cancer screening behaviors

Selda Tekiner, Gülsen Ceyhun Peker, Mine Ceylan Doğan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10951 PubMed 33732547

March 18, 2021

Supplementary feeding of cattle-yak in the cold season alters rumen microbes, volatile fatty acids, and expression of SGLT1 in the rumen epithelium

Yuzhu Sha, Jiang Hu, Bingang Shi, Renqing Dingkao, Jiqing Wang, Shaobin Li, Wei Zhang, Yuzhu Luo, Xiu Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11048 PubMed 33777531

March 4, 2021

CoViD-19: an automatic, semiparametric estimation method for the population infected in Italy

Livio Fenga

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10819 PubMed 33717677

March 10, 2021

Characterization of the first vaginal Lactobacillus crispatus genomes isolated in Brazil

Marcelle Oliveira de Almeida, Rodrigo Carvalho, Flavia Figueira Aburjaile, Fabio Malcher Miranda, Janaína Canário Cerqueira, Bertram Brenig, Preetam Ghosh, Rommel Ramos, Rodrigo Bentes Kato, Siomar de Castro Soares, Artur Silva, Vasco Azevedo, Marcus Vinicius Canário Viana

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11079 PubMed 33854845

March 15, 2021

Measurement invariance of the distress tolerance scale among university students with and without a history of non-suicidal self-injury

Ashley Slabbert, Penelope Hasking, Danyelle Greene, Mark Boyes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10915 PubMed 33777518

March 25, 2021

Effects of functional correction training on injury risk of athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Junxia Chen, Chunhe Zhang, Sheng Chen, Yuhua Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11089 PubMed 33828917

March 19, 2021

Median nerve travel and deformation in the transverse carpal tunnel increases with chuck grip force and deviated wrist position

Kaylyn E. Turcotte, Aaron M. Kociolek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11038 PubMed 33777528

March 9, 2021

Development and validation of a nomogram to predict the mortality risk in elderly patients with ARF

Junnan Xu, Jie Weng, Jingwen Yang, Xuan Shi, Ruonan Hou, Xiaoming Zhou, Zhiliang Zhou, Zhiyi Wang, Chan Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11016 PubMed 33854838