Medicine - Table of Contents

August 2, 2022

Clinical characteristics of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 omicron variant compared with the delta variant: a retrospective case-control study of 318 outpatients from a single sight institute in Japan

Keiko Suzuki, Takaya Ichikawa, Satoshi Suzuki, Yoko Tanino, Yasutaka Kakinoki

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13762 PubMed 35935257

August 3, 2022

Criteria for assessing the adaptive changes in mixed martial arts (MMA) athletes of strike fighting style in different training load regimes

Andrii Chernozub, Veaceslav Manolachi, Georgiy Korobeynikov, Vladimir Potop, Liudmyla Sherstiuk, Victor Manolachi, Ion Mihaila

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13827 PubMed 35942124

August 17, 2022

Exploring the anticancer and antioxidant properties of Vicia faba L. pods extracts, a promising source of nutraceuticals

Jessica Ceramella, Chiara La Torre, Michele De Luca, Domenico Iacopetta, Alessia Fazio, Alessia Catalano, Gaetano Ragno, Pasquale Longo, Maria Stefania Sinicropi, Camillo Rosano

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13683 PubMed 35996664

August 12, 2022

Integrase deficient lentiviral vector: prospects for safe clinical applications

Chee-Hong Takahiro Yew, Narmatha Gurumoorthy, Fazlina Nordin, Gee Jun Tye, Wan Safwani Wan Kamarul Zaman, Jun Jie Tan, Min Hwei Ng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13704 PubMed 35979475

August 2, 2022

Effectiveness of physical activity on immunity markers and quality of life in cancer patient: a systematic review

Sameer Badri AL-Mhanna, Wan Syaheedah Wan Ghazali, Mahaneem Mohamed, Ali A. Rabaan, Eman Y. Santali, Jeehan H. Alestad, Enas Y. Santali, Sohaib Arshad, Naveed Ahmed, Hafeez Abiola Afolabi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13664 PubMed 35935260

August 26, 2022

Differences in subjective well-being between individuals with distinct Joint Personality (temperament-character) networks in a Bulgarian sample

Danilo Garcia, Maryam Kazemitabar, Kristina Stoyanova, Drozdstoy Stoyanov, C. Robert Cloninger

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13956 PubMed 36046505

August 4, 2022

HMGB1-activatied NLRP3 inflammasome induces thrombocytopenia in heatstroke rat

Huimei Yin, Ming Wu, Yong Lu, Xinghui Wu, BaoJun Yu, Ronglin Chen, JieFu Lu, Huasheng Tong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13799 PubMed 35945940

August 2, 2022

Prevalence of sarcopenia was higher in women than in men: a cross-sectional study from a rural area in eastern China

Yichen Yang, Qin Zhang, Caihong He, Jing Chen, Danfeng Deng, Wenwen Lu, Yuming Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13678 PubMed 35935249

August 8, 2022

One step further in biomechanical models in palaeontology: a nonlinear finite element analysis review

Jordi Marcé-Nogué

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13890 PubMed 35966920

August 26, 2022

Morphology of inner cell mass: a better predictive biomarker of blastocyst viability

Sargunadevi Sivanantham, Mahalakshmi Saravanan, Nidhi Sharma, Jayashree Shrinivasan, Ramesh Raja

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13935 PubMed 36046502

August 25, 2022

Readiness of the primary health care units and associated factors for the management of hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus in Sidama, Ethiopia

Tigist Kebede Mulugeta, Dejene Hailu Kassa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13797 PubMed 36042860

August 23, 2022

The effects of university students’ fragmented reading on cognitive development in the new media age: evidence from Chinese higher education

Wei Liu, Heng Huang, Atif Saleem, Zhongping Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13861 PubMed 36032958

August 29, 2022

COVID-19 onset reduced the sex ratio at birth in South Africa

Gwinyai Masukume, Margaret Ryan, Rumbidzai Masukume, Dorota Zammit, Victor Grech, Witness Mapanga

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13985 PubMed 36061753

August 24, 2022

Deteriorated sleep quality and influencing factors among undergraduates in northern Guizhou, China

Yanna Zhou, Shixing Bo, Sujian Ruan, Qingxue Dai, Yingkuan Tian, Xiuquan Shi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13833 PubMed 36039370

August 19, 2022

Somatization symptoms—prevalence and risk, stress and resilience factors among medical and dental students at a mid-sized German university

Oskar Feussner, Carolin Rehnisch, Nadja Rabkow, Stefan Watzke

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13803 PubMed 36003309

August 9, 2022

Association between lung function impairment with urinary heavy metals in a community in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Ammar Amsyar Abdul Haddi, Mohd Hasni Ja’afar, Halim Ismail

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13845 PubMed 35966922

August 16, 2022

Chemotherapeutic resistant cholangiocarcinoma displayed distinct intratumoral microbial composition and metabolic profiles

Sirinya Sitthirak, Manida Suksawat, Jutarop Phetcharaburanin, Arporn Wangwiwatsin, Poramate Klanrit, Nisana Namwat, Narong Khuntikeo, Attapol Titapun, Apiwat Jarearnrat, Sakkarn Sangkhamanon, Watcharin Loilome

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13876 PubMed 35990899

August 5, 2022

Gender differences in demographic and clinical characteristics in patients with HBV-related liver diseases in China

Mei Liu, Lu Li, Jing Zhao, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chee H. Ng, Zhongping Duan, Su-Jun Zheng, Yu-Tao Xiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13828 PubMed 35959480

August 15, 2022

Increased mental stress among undergraduate medical students in south-western Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic

Nabil J. Awadalla, Abdullah A. Alsabaani, Mohammed A. Alsaleem, Safar A. Alsaleem, Ayoub A. Alshaikh, Suliman H. Al-Fifi, Ahmed A. Mahfouz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13900 PubMed 35990907

August 8, 2022

Development of a COVID-19 risk assessment model for participants at outdoor music festivals: evaluation of the validity and control measure effectiveness based on two actual events in Japan and Spain

Michio Murakami, Tsukasa Fujita, Pinqi Li, Seiya Imoto, Tetsuo Yasutaka