Medicine - Table of Contents

February 29, 2024

Enhancing medical image segmentation with a multi-transformer U-Net

Yongping Dan, Weishou Jin, Xuebin Yue, Zhida Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17005 PubMed 38435997

February 29, 2024

The mean reticulocyte volume is a valuable index in early diagnosis of cancer-related anemia

Huijun Lin, Bicui Zhan, Xiaoyan Shi, Dujin Feng, Shuting Tao, Mingyi Wo, Xianming Fei, Weizhong Wang, Yan Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17063 PubMed 38435983

February 14, 2024

Galectin-3 promotes fibrosis in ovarian endometriosis

Guimin Yang, Yupeng Deng, Guangming Cao, Chongdong Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16922 PubMed 38371379

February 21, 2024

Repair protocols for indirect monolithic restorations: a literature review

Lucas Saldanha da Rosa, Rafaela Oliveira Pilecco, Pablo Machado Soares, Marília Pivetta Rippe, Gabriel Kalil Rocha Pereira, Luiz Felipe Valandro, Cornelis Johannes Kleverlaan, Albert J. Feilzer, João Paulo Mendes Tribst

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16942 PubMed 38406292

February 12, 2024

A comparative study of stereopsis measurements: analyzing natural conditions versus dichoptic presentation using smartphones and ultraviolet printer technology

Lu Liu, Jiang Liu, Lingxian Xu, Lingzhi Zhao, Huang Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16941 PubMed 38361768

February 7, 2024

Mathematical model of voluntary vaccination against schistosomiasis

Santiago Lopez, Samiya Majid, Rida Syed, Jan Rychtar, Dewey Taylor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16869 PubMed 39670094

February 23, 2024

Effects of BRD4 inhibitor JQ1 on the expression profile of super-enhancer related lncRNAs and mRNAs in cervical cancer HeLa cells

Jianqing Zheng, Bifen Huang, Lihua Xiao, Min Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17035 PubMed 38410799

February 27, 2024

Vestibulospinal reflexes elicited with a tone burst method are dependent on spatial orientation

Vincent Jecko, Léa Garcia, Emilie Doat, Vincent Leconte, Dominique Liguoro, Jean-René Cazalets, Etienne Guillaud

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17056 PubMed 38436036

February 26, 2024

Impact of coexisting type 2 diabetes mellitus on the urinary microbiota of kidney stone patients

Xiang Li, Yifan Tang, Zhenyi Xu, Hao Lin, Shichao Wei, Jiayi Sheng, Lei Hu, Shiyu Wang, Yu Zhao, Zhi Li, Chaowei Fu, Yifeng Gu, Qun Wei, Fengping Liu, Ninghan Feng, Weiguo Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16920 PubMed 38426133

February 12, 2024

Assessing the effect of cardiovascular disease on work productivity and financial loss among school teachers in Peninsular Malaysia: a nested case-control study

Jun Fai Yap, Foong Ming Moy, Wan Azman Wan Ahmad, Yin Cheng Lim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16906 PubMed 38361766

February 29, 2024

Quadriceps muscle reaction time in obese children

Eduardo Guzmán-Muñoz, Guillermo Mendez-Rebolledo, Sergio Sazo-Rodriguez, Joaquín Salazar-Méndez, Pablo Valdes-Badilla, Cristian Nuñez-Espinosa, Tomas Herrera-Valenzuela

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17050 PubMed 38436003

February 8, 2024

Transmission potential of mpox in mainland China, June-July 2023: estimating reproduction number during the initial phase of the epidemic

Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov, Pei-Hsuan Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16908 PubMed 38344294

February 29, 2024

Regional trends in the moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity and screen time of Canadians before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Travis Saunders, Rachel C. Colley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16913 PubMed 38436001

February 14, 2024

Fine-scale mapping of chromosome 9q22.33 identifies candidate causal variant in ovarian cancer

Tongyu Xing, Yanrui Zhao, Lili Wang, Wei Geng, Wei Liu, Jingjing Zhou, Caiyun Huang, Wei Wang, Xinlei Chu, Ben Liu, Kexin Chen, Hong Zheng, Lian Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16918 PubMed 38371376

February 22, 2024

Exploratory study to characterise the individual types of health literacy and beliefs and their associations with infection prevention behaviours amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: a longitudinal study

Mao Yagihashi, Michio Murakami, Mai Kato, Asayo Yamamura, Asako Miura, Kei Hirai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16905 PubMed 38406277

February 14, 2024

Consistency analysis of consciousness index and bispectral index in monitoring the depth of sevoflurane anesthesia in laparoscopic surgery

Miao Huo, Qian Zhang, Xingxing Zheng, Hui Wang, Ning Bai, Ruifen Xu, Ziyu Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16848 PubMed 38371374

February 8, 2024

Examining factors influencing public knowledge and practice of proper face mask usage during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

Vigneshwaran Easwaran, Sultan Alshahrani, Mohammad Jaffar Sadiq Mantargi, Bhavana Bommireddy, Noohu Abdulla Khan, Sirajudeen Shaik Alavudeen, Narayana Goruntla, Tahani Almeleebia, Usman Thattarauthodiyil, Muhammad Awais

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16889 PubMed 38344298

February 20, 2024

Dose-response association of sleep duration with anxiety symptoms in Chinese type 2 diabetes mellitus

Wenlu Shang, Yan Li, Yanli Sun, Ruiping Pan, Yuqi Dang, Jing Wen, Liqun Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16954

February 26, 2024

Biomechanical, physiological and anthropometrical predictors of performance in recreational runners

Leonardo A. Peyré-Tartaruga, Esthevan Machado, Patrick Guimarães, Edilson Borba, Marcus P. Tartaruga, Cosme F. Buzzachera, Luca Correale, Fábio Juner Lanferdini, Edson Soares da Silva

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16940 PubMed 38426136

February 19, 2024

Hormonal and psychological influences on performance anxiety in adolescent female volleyball players: a multi-approach study

Carlo Rossi, Alessandra Amato, Marianna Alesi, Anna Alioto, Gabriella Schiera, Patrik Drid, Giulia Messina, Andrea Pagliaro, Italia Di Liegro, Patrizia Proia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16617 PubMed 38390388

February 29, 2024

Research and experimental verification on the mechanisms of cellular senescence in triple-negative breast cancer

Tengfei Cao, Mengjie Huang, Xinyue Huang, Tian Tang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16935 PubMed 38435998

February 1, 2024

The causal effects of circulating cytokines on sepsis: a Mendelian randomization study

Weijun Fang, Chen Chai, Jiawei Lu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16860 PubMed 38313013

February 2, 2024

Novel application of the ferroptosis-related genes risk model associated with disulfidptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma prognosis and immune infiltration

Jiayan Wei, Jinsong Wang, Xinyi Chen, Li Zhang, Min Peng