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  1. To conduct a meta-analysis with randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in full text to determine the benefits of concomitant acromioplasty in repairing full-thickness rotator cuff tears.

    Authors: Lei Song, Ling Miao, Peng Zhang and Wen-Liang Wang
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:685
  2. We develop a new continuous distribution called the beta-Burr type X distribution that extends the Burr type X distribution. The properties provide a comprehensive mathematical treatment of this distribution. ...

    Authors: Faton Merovci, Mundher Abdullah Khaleel, Noor Akma Ibrahim and Mahendran Shitan
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:697
  3. l-2-Haloacid dehalogenase (DehL) from Rhizobium sp. RC1 is a stereospecific enzyme that acts exclusively on l-isomers of 2-chloropropionate and dichloroacetate. The amino acid sequence of...

    Authors: Aliyu Adamu, Roswanira Abdul Wahab and Fahrul Huyop
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:695
  4. Lifestyle and diet are important determinants of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Their impact on T2D can be evaluated using clinical and epidemiological approaches. Randomised controlled trials are the most rigorous de...

    Authors: Chung T. Nguyen, Ngoc Minh Pham, Dinh V. Tran, Andy H. Lee and Colin W. Binns
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:687
  5. Cortical reorganization is one of the most plausible mechanisms underlying impairment of anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs) in low back pain (LBP) patients. In order to clarify changes in corticomotor ne...

    Authors: Mehdi Sadeghi, Saeed Talebian, Gholam Reza Olyaei and Behrouz Attarbashi Moghadam
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:674
  6. The aim of the present study was to examine sex differences across years in performance of runners in ultra-marathons lasting from 6 h to 10 days (i.e. 6, 12, 24, 48, 72, 144, and 240 h). Data of 32,187 finish...

    Authors: Beat Knechtle, Fabio Valeri, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Matthias A. Zingg, Thomas Rosemann and Christoph A. Rüst
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:672
  7. Dengue virus (DENV) infection causes sudden fever along with several nonspecific signs and symptoms and in severe cases, death. DENV is transmitted to people by Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes, whose ...

    Authors: Daniel García-Ruíz, Marco A. Martínez-Guzmán, Albertina Cárdenas-Vargas, Erika Marino-Marmolejo, Abel Gutiérrez-Ortega, Esteban González-Díaz, Rayo Morfin-Otero, Eduardo Rodríguez-Noriega, Hector Pérez-Gómez and Darwin Elizondo-Quiroga
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:671
  8. Detailed symptom specific descriptions of health-related quality of life (HRQOL), using validated questionnaires in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) are sparse. The aim of the present study was to inve...

    Authors: Vera Loorents, Johan Rosell, Helen Salgado Willner and Sussanne Börjeson
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:669
  9. Hot deformation behavior of the Cu–Cr–Zr–Nd alloy was studied by hot compressive tests in the temperature range of 650–950 °C and the strain rate range of 0.001–10 s−1 using Gleeble-1500D thermo-mechanical simula...

    Authors: Yi Zhang, Huili Sun, Alex A. Volinsky, Baohong Tian, Kexing Song, Zhe Chai, Ping Liu and Yong Liu
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:666
  10. At present, environmental issues become real critical barriers for many supply chain corporations concerning the sustainability of their businesses. In this context, several studies have been proposed from bot...

    Authors: Omar Boutkhoum, Mohamed Hanine, Hicham Boukhriss, Tarik Agouti and Abdessadek Tikniouine
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:664
  11. Our study examines the impact of breast cancer-related lymphedema on women’s work and career. Our research addresses a significant knowledge gap regarding the additional impact of lymphedema on breast cancer s...

    Authors: John Boyages, Senia Kalfa, Ying Xu, Louise Koelmeyer, Helen Mackie, Hector Viveros, Lucy Taksa and Paul Gollan
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:657
  12. Treatment for dental avulsion cases is early or late replantation of the traumatized teeth. Prognosis of the replanted tooth depends on the level of periodontal injury. Adipose tissue stem cells (ATSCs) were r...

    Authors: Sezin Demirel, Mehmet Emir Yalvac, Sidika Tapsin, Serap Akyuz, Esin Ak, Sule Cetinel, Aysen Yarat and Fikrettin Sahin
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:656
  13. Compare the efficacy and tolerability of dutasteride in combination with bicalutamide to bicalutamide monotherapy in the treatment of locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer (PCa).

    Authors: Siebren Dijkstra, Wim P. J. Witjes, Erik P. M. Roos, Peter L. M. Vijverberg, Arno D. H. Geboers, Jos L. Bruins, Geert A. H. J. Smits, Henk Vergunst and Peter F. A. Mulders
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:653
  14. Notwithstanding the rise of trendy coffee café, little is done to investigate revisit intention towards the café in the context of developing markets. In particular, there is a lack of study which provides the...

    Authors: Hiram Ting and Ramayah Thurasamy
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:651
  15. Over the decades, testing for equivalence of hazard functions has received a wide attention in survival analysis. In this paper, we proposed a Bayesian test to address this testing equivalence problem, Most of...

    Authors: Gwangsu Kim and Seong-Whan Lee
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:649
  16. Primary cardiac cancer is a very rare disease, among which primary cardiac angiosarcoma is one of the most frequent type and is characterized by extremely poor prognosis without established optimal treatment.

    Authors: Youngwoo Jang, Joonhwan Kim, Jung Woo Shim, Eun Young Kim, Jungkeun Moon, Jungsuk An, Yang Bin Jeon, Kyu Chan Lee and Hee Kyung Ahn
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:648
  17. In this paper, we introduce hypervisor introspection, an out-of-box way to monitor the execution of hypervisors. Similar to virtual machine introspection which has been proposed to protect virtual machines in ...

    Authors: Jiangyong Shi, Yuexiang Yang and Chuan Tang
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:647
  18. We report our long-term experience with 119 cases of N-shaped orthotopic ileal neobladder.

    Authors: Thomas De Sutter, Murat Akand, Maarten Albersen, Wouter Everaerts, Ben Van Cleynenbreugel, Dirk De Ridder, Hans Goethuys, Lisa Moris, Uros Milenkovic, Hendrik Van Poppel, Frank Van Der Aa and Steven Joniau
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:646
  19. Participation and performance trends in age group athletes have been investigated for different sport disciplines, but not for master swimmers. The knowledge on this topic is still missing for a particular str...

    Authors: Chiara M. Unterweger, Beat Knechtle, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Thomas Rosemann and Christoph A. Rüst
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:645
  20. Although endometriosis with sigmoid serosal involvement is not uncommon in women of childbearing age, the mucosal and lymph node involvement is rare and differential diagnosis from colon cancer and diverticuli...

    Authors: Ritu Rana, Sandeep Sharma, Harjeet Narula and Brijesh Madhok
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:643
  21. In recent years, indigenous medicinal plants exhibiting diverse biological activities have been explored in the amelioration of hepatotoxicity. This study investigates the protective effect of Monodora myristica

    Authors: Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye, Abiola Fatimah Adenowo, Foluso Oluwagbemiga Osunsanmi, Bolajoko Idiat Ogunyinka, Sarah Onyenibe Nwozo and Abidemi Paul Kappo
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:641
  22. Toll-interacting protein (Tollip) is a mediator involved in the TLRs signaling pathway which is critical for innate immune response. In the present study, a full-length Tollip cDNA was first cloned from common...

    Authors: Shijuan Shan, Lei Wang, Fumiao Zhang, Yaoyao Zhu, Liguo An and Guiwen Yang
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:639
  23. Migraine is a common and highly disabling neurological disorder associated with a high socioeconomic burden. Effective migraine management depends on adequate patient education: to avoid unrealistic expectati...

    Authors: Fabio Antonaci, Natascia Ghiotto, Shizheng Wu, Ennio Pucci and Alfredo Costa
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:637
  24. In this paper, firstly, new Hermite–Hadamard type inequalities for harmonically convex functions in fractional integral forms are given. Secondly, Hermite–Hadamard–Fejer inequalities for harmonically convex f...

    Authors: Mehmet Kunt, İmdat İşcan, Nazlı Yazıcı and Uğur Gözütok
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:635
  25. Polyaniline (PANI) additives have been shown to have a significant effect on titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles as lithium ion battery anode materials. TiO2/PANI composites were prepared using a solid coating ...

    Authors: Haitao Zheng, Ntombizodwa M. Ncube, Kumar Raju, Nonhlanhla Mphahlele and Mkhulu Mathe
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:630
  26. Freezing, melting, evaporation and condensation of water are essential ingredients for climate and eventually life on Earth. In the present work, we show how surface freezing of supercooled water in an open co...

    Authors: J. L. Pérez-Díaz, M. A. Álvarez-Valenzuela and F. Rodríguez-Celis
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:629
  27. Chlorpheniramine maleate–paracetamol–caffeine tablet formulation is one of the common over-the-counter drugs used for the treatment of cold and cough. A reversed-phase high-performance liquid-chromatography me...

    Authors: Akwasi Acheampong, Wilfred Owusu Gyasi, Godfred Darko, Joseph Apau and Sylvester Addai-Arhin
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:625