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Design, baseline characteristics, and retention of African American light smokers into a randomized trial involving biological data
(2011-01-25)
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African Americans experience significant tobacco-related health disparities despite the fact that over half of African American smokers are light smokers (use ≤10 cigarettes per day). African ...
A Bayesian Analysis for Identifying DNA Copy Number Variations Using a Compound Poisson Process
(2010-08-17)
To study chromosomal aberrations that may lead to cancer formation or genetic diseases, the array-based Comparative Genomic Hybridization (aCGH) technique is often used for detecting DNA copy number variants (CNVs). Various ...
Electronic health records in outpatient clinics: perspectives of third-year medical students
(2008-03-31)
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United States academic medical centers are increasingly incorporating electronic health records (EHR) into ...
Effect of stroke location on the laryngeal cough reflex and pneumonia risk
(2005-08-04)
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk of developing pneumonia in acute stroke patients comparing ...
HAPSIMU: a genetic simulation platform for population-based association studies
(2008-08-05)
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Population structure is an important cause leading to inconsistent results in population-based association ...
HAPSIMU: a genetic simulation platform for population-based association studies
(2008-08-05)
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Population structure is an important cause leading to inconsistent results in population-based association ...
FunnyBase: a systems level functional annotation of FundulusESTs for the analysis of gene expression
(2004-12-20)
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While studies of non-model organisms are critical for many research areas, such as evolution, development, and ...
Influences of obese (ob/ob) and diabetes (db/db) genotype mutations on lumber vertebral radiological and morphometric indices: Skeletal deformation associated with dysregulated systemic glucometabolism
(2006-02-01)
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Both diabetes and obesity syndromes are recognized to promote lumbar vertebral instability, premature ...
Increased Mortality among Survivors of Myocardial Infarction with Kidney Dysfunction: the Contribution of Gaps in the use of Guideline-Based Therapies
(2009-07-08)
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We assessed the degree to which differences in guideline-based medical therapy for acute myocardial ...
Fast Frequency Estimation by Zero Crossings of Differential Spline Wavelet Transform
(2005-05-31)
Zero crossings or extrema of a wavelet transform constitute important signatures for signal analysis with the advantage of great simplicity. In this paper, we introduce a fast frequency-estimation method based on zero-crossing ...
Fast Frequency Estimation by Zero Crossings of Differential Spline Wavelet Transform
(2005-05-31)
Zero crossings or extrema of a wavelet transform constitute important signatures for signal analysis with the advantage of great simplicity. In this paper, we introduce a fast frequency-estimation method based on zero-crossing ...
A new permutation strategy of pathway-based approach for genome-wide association study
(2009-12-18)
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Recently introduced pathway-based approach is promising and advantageous to improve the efficiency of ...
Electronic health records in outpatient clinics: perspectives of third-year medical students
(2008-03-31)
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United States academic medical centers are increasingly incorporating electronic health records (EHR) into ...
Motivational Interviewing for encouraging quit attempts among unmotivated smokers: Study protocol of a randomized, controlled, efficacy trial.
(2012-06-19)
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Although the current Clinical Practice Guideline recommend Motivational Interviewing for use with smokers not ready to quit, the strength of evidence for its use is rated ...
RNA-seq analysis of synovial fibroblasts brings new insights into rheumatoid arthritis
(2012-12-21)
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune-disease of unknown origin that primarily affects the joints and ultimately leads to their destruction. Growing evidence ...
One-year health status outcomes of unstable angina versus myocardial infarction: a prospective, observational cohort study of ACS survivors
(2007-09-12)
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Unstable angina (UA) patients have lower mortality and reinfarction risks than ST-elevation (STEMI) or non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) patients ...
Investigation of 89 candidate gene variants for effects on all-cause mortality following acute coronary syndrome
(2008-07-12)
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Many candidate genes have been reported to be risk factors for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but their impact on clinical prognosis following ACS is unknown.
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Implementing an innovative consent form: the PREDICT experience
(2008-12-31)
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In the setting of coronary angiography, generic consent forms permit highly variable communication between ...
Associations between the built environment and physical activity in public housing residents
(2007-11-12)
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Environmental factors may influence the particularly low rates of physical activity in African American and low-income adults. This cross-sectional study investigated ...
The neuroprotective properties of palmitoylethanolamine against oxidative stress in a neuronal cell line
(2009-12-10)
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N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) are lipids upregulated in response to cell and tissue injury and are involved ...