Medicine - Table of Contents

April 11, 2023

The importance of combining serological testing with RT-PCR assays for efficient detection of COVID-19 and higher diagnostic accuracy

Sawsan S. Alamri, Ahdab Alsaieedi, Yousef Khouqeer, Marwah Afeef, Samiyah Alharbi, Abdullah Algaissi, Maimonah Alghanmi, Tarfa Altorki, Ayat Zawawi, Mohamed A. Alfaleh, Anwar M. Hashem, Rowa Alhabbab

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15024 PubMed 37065688

April 27, 2023

Shaping ability of WaveOne Gold and OneReci by using two apical sizes: a micro-computed tomographic assessment

Elif Çiftçioğlu, Ali Keleş, Gözde Akbal Dinçer, Melis Oya Ateş, Enver Sedat Küçükay

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15208 PubMed 37131992

April 6, 2023

Determinants of proper disposal of single-use masks: knowledge, perception, behavior, and intervention measures

Dacinia Crina Petrescu, Hamid Rastegari, Ioan Valentin Petrescu-Mag, Ruxandra Malina Petrescu-Mag

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15104 PubMed 37041977

April 10, 2023

Choice of respiratory therapy for COVID-19 patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a retrospective case series study

Kazuki Sudo, Teiji Sawa, Kohsuke Kushimoto, Ryogo Yoshii, Kento Yuasa, Keita Inoue, Mao Kinoshita, Masaki Yamasaki, Kunihiko Kooguchi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15174 PubMed 37065694

April 21, 2023

Metabolic shift and the effect of mitochondrial respiration on the osteogenic differentiation of dental pulp stem cells

Lingyun Wan, Linyan Wang, Ran Cheng, Li Cheng, Tao Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15164 PubMed 37101792

April 12, 2023

High circulating fibroblast growth factor-21 levels as a screening marker in fatty pancreas patients

Fei Han, Ling Yin, Xiaoping Yu, Renyan Xu, Mingxiang Tian, Xinnong Liu, Lu Zhou, Lianghao Hu, Weijuan Gong, Weiming Xiao, Guotao Lu, Guanghuai Yao, Yanbing Ding

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15176 PubMed 37070097

April 24, 2023

Uncovering the potential functions of lymph node metastasis-associated aberrant methylation differentially expressed genes and their association with the immune infiltration and prognosis in bladder urothelial carcinoma

Wenzhi Gao, Jiafeng Zhang, Tai Tian, Zhixin Fu, Liangliang Bai, Yifei Yang, Qiangqiang Wu, Wei Wang, Yuexian Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15284 PubMed 37123010

April 7, 2023

Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Chronic Time Pressure Inventory using Rasch analysis

Andrew Denovan, Neil Dagnall, Kenneth Drinkwater, Álex Escolà-Gascón

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15218 PubMed 37051412

April 6, 2023

Short-termed changes in quantitative ultrasound estimated bone density among young men in an 18-weeks follow-up during their basic training for the Swiss Armed Forces

Michael Strässle, Jonas Grossmann, Patrick Eppenberger, Alexander Faas, Ivanka Jerkovic, Joël Floris, Lena Öhrström, Gülfirde Akgül, Lafi Aldakak, Frank Rühli, Nicole Bender, Kaspar Staub

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15205 PubMed 37041974

April 26, 2023

Discovery of grey matter lesion-related immune genes for diagnostic prediction in multiple sclerosis

Peiyuan Zhao, Xihong Liu, Yunqian Wang, Xinyan Zhang, Han Wang, Xiaodan Du, Zhixin Du, Liping Yang, Junlin Hou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15299 PubMed 37128203

April 13, 2023

Enveloped and non-enveloped virus survival on microfiber towels

Claire E. Anderson, Marlene K. Wolfe, Alexandria B. Boehm

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15202 PubMed 37073274

April 3, 2023

Hepatocyte-specific knockout of HIF-2α cannot alleviate carbon tetrachloride-induced liver fibrosis in mice

Jianfang Ye, Jie Chen, Yun Li, Liao Sun, Hongyun Lu