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  1. Weight loss has been shown to influence the health outcomes of type 2 diabetes patients. Providing weight management counselling to diabetes patients may help them adopt appropriate weight management behaviour...

    Authors: Victor Mogre, Peter Wanaba, Peter Apala and Jonas A. Nsoh
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:379
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  2. Radiation therapy requires the patient to remain immobile for a long time, which is challenging in children. This study therefore aimed to determine the adequate target concentration and dosage of propofol in ...

    Authors: Tak Kyu Oh, Seung Jae Lee, Jae Hyun Kim, Boram Park and Woosik Eom
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:376
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  4. Can we share even today the same vision of modernity which Durkheim left us by its suicide analysis? or can society ‘surprise us’? The answer to these questions can be inspired by several studies which found t...

    Authors: Rosalia Condorelli
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:374
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  5. Paclitaxel-coated balloon (PCB) angioplasty in small vessel de novo lesions has favourable outcome and appears to be an alternative to stent implantation. However there is limitted data on its use specifically...

    Authors: Ahmad Syadi Mahmood Zuhdi, Uwe Zeymer, Matthias Waliszewski, Martin Spiecker, Muhammad Dzafir Ismail, Michael Boxberger, Marcus Ferrari, Imran Zainal Abidin and Wan Azman Wan Ahmad
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:373
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  6. An ideal magnetic rail should provide a homogeneous magnetic field along the longitudinal direction to guarantee the reliable friction-free operation of high temperature superconducting (HTS) maglev vehicles. ...

    Authors: Y. J. Li, Q. Dai, C. Y. Deng, R. X. Sun, J. Zheng, Z. Chen, Y. Sun, H. Wang, Z. D. Yuan, C. Fang and Z. G. Deng
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:372
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  9. The paper demonstrated the synthesis of Ag–Ag2O/g-C3N4 nanoparticles via a simple liquid phase synthesis path and a facile calcination method. The synthesized Ag–Ag2O/g-C3N4 composites were well characterized by ...

    Authors: Xin Wang, Jia Yan, Haiyan Ji, Zhigang Chen, Yuanguo Xu, Liying Huang, Qi Zhang, Yanhua Song, Hui Xu and Huaming Li
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:369
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  13. The objective of this study is to review physiological differences of college basketball players cardiovascular responses and group IV metaboreceptor interactions appearing post muscular ischemia exercise (PEM...

    Authors: Hyun-Gook Kim, Jong-Kyung Kim, Kyung-Ae Kim, Hosung Nho, Sungchul Lee, Myoung-Jae Chang and Hyun-Min Choi
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:365
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  14. Prostate Cancer (PCa) is one of the most common cancers in men and its early detection can provide a high chance of cure. The detection of Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms may be useful as a molecular...

    Authors: Sarah Braga Rodrigues Nunes, Fabrícia de Matos Oliveira, Adriana Freitas Neves, Galber Rodrigues Araujo, Karina Marangoni, Luiz Ricardo Goulart and Thaise Gonçalves Araújo
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:364
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  15. Surgeons tend to pay less attention to the donor site during breast reconstruction using deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flaps because attention is focused on microanastomosis and breast shaping. Th...

    Authors: Hyun Ho Han, Seong Yeon Kim, Yoon Jae Lee, Suk Ho Moon and Deuk Young Oh
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:363
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  16. Prostate tumor cell targeted peptide fragment conjugated to the nano drug delivery system is a promising strategy for prostate cancer therapy. In this work, an amphiphilic copolymer Chol–PEG–DUP1 (PEG–choleste...

    Authors: Haining Chen, Fengbo Wu, Jing Li, Xuehua Jiang, Lulu Cai and Xiang Li
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:362
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  17. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease that was first reported in China in 2011. However, it is now endemic in Japan, and the SFTS viruses in Japan and China have ...

    Authors: Akihito Kitao, Ryuji Ieki, Hiroki Takatsu, Yuki Tachibana, Masaaki Nagae, Takuya Hino, Hitoshi Nakaji, Masayuki Shimojima, Masayuki Saijo, Masanobu Okayama and Tsuneaki Kenzaka
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:361
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  19. Nutrient stoichiometry within a wetland is affected by the surrounding land use, and may play a significant role in the removal of nitrate (NO3–N). Tile-drained, agricultural watersheds experience high seasonal i...

    Authors: Brian D. Grebliunas and William L. Perry
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:359
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  20. In the previous study, active extract of Radix Scrophularia (ACRS) demonstrated beneficial effects on ventricular remodeling induced by coronary artery ligation and lowered blood pressure in rats. And ACRS als...

    Authors: Chao Chao Zhang, Wei Liang Gu, Xi Min Wu, Yi Ming Li, Chang Xun Chen and Xiao Yan Huang
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:358
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  22. In recent years there has been an increase in clinical situations requiring lead extraction procedures of implanted cardiac devices. In our clinic, extraction procedures are performed with Evolution® mechanica...

    Authors: Uğur Kocabaş, Hamza Duygu, Nihan Kahya Eren, Zehra İlke Akyıldız, Serhan Özyıldırım, Selcen Yakar Tülüce, Tuncay Kırış and Cem Nazlı
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:356
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  25. Microvascular decompression has become an accepted surgical technique for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, and other cranial nerve rhizopathies. However, critical complications still ex...

    Authors: Takao Nozaki, Kenji Sugiyama, Tetsuro Sameshima, Hiroshi Kawaji and Hiroki Namba
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:353
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  27. The studies evaluating the impact of environmental pollution on aquatic organisms have had a growing concern in recent decades. The Ocoa River runs through Villavicencio city, receiving the wastewater produce...

    Authors: Wilson Corredor-Santamaría, Marlon Serrano Gómez and Yohana María Velasco-Santamaría
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:351
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  28. Elderly patients on haemodialysis have a high prevalence of polypharmacy and are at risk of drug-related complications. More than 80 % of all prescribed drugs are metabolized by the cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzym...

    Authors: Krystina Parker, Willy Aasebø, Tore Haslemo and Knut Stavem
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:350
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  29. This paper deals with the stability analysis and fuzzy stabilizing controller design for a class of Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy singular systems with interval time-varying delay and linear fractional uncertainties. By...

    Authors: Chao Sun, Fuli Wang and Xiqin He
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:349
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  30. Epidemiologic studies have associated obesity with increased risk of the aggressive basal-like breast cancer (BBC) subtype. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) signaling through its receptor, cMET, is elevated in o...

    Authors: Alyssa J. Cozzo, Sneha Sundaram, Ottavia Zattra, Yuanyuan Qin, Alex J. Freemerman, Luma Essaid, David B. Darr, Stephanie A. Montgomery, Kirk K. McNaughton, J. Ashley Ezzell, Joseph A. Galanko, Melissa A. Troester and Liza Makowski
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:348
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  31. Linear headache (LH) has recently been described as a paroxysmal or continuous fixed head pain restricted in a linear trajectory of 5–10 mm in width, linking one endpoint in occipital or occipitocervical regio...

    Authors: Ya-Nan Lu, Qing-Qing Pan, Jie-Feng Pan, Lei Wang, Yun-Yun Lu, Liang-Hui Hu and Yu Wang
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:347
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  33. Post-infectious encephalitis/encephalopathy is a neurological syndrome that sometimes develops following common viral or bacterial infections. The most common form is acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM...

    Authors: Atsurou Yamada, Nobuhiro Miyachi, Toshiyasu Miura, Masako Suzuki, Norio Watanabe and Tatsuo Akechi
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:345
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  35. Similar to able-bodied sprinters, most of the medals for the 100-m sprint in past Paralympic Games and IPC Athletics World Championships were dominated by West African (WA) and Caucasian (CC) amputee sprinters...

    Authors: Hiroaki Hobara, Satoru Hashizume, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Yuko Usami and Masaaki Mochimaru
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:343
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  36. This essay examines language change and linguistic creativity as revealed by remodelling, especially as a source for euphemisms and euphemistic dysphemisms and as a function of verbal play. Within the scope of...

    Authors: Keith Allan
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:342
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  37. Ventricular tachycardia (VT) may cause sudden death late after repair of congenital heart disease. Radiofrequency catheter ablation (CA) of VT can be effective but may be hampered by hypertrophied myocardium o...

    Authors: Keiko Toyohara, Tomomi Nishimura, Toshio Nakanishi and Morio Shoda
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:341
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  38. Severe paroxysmal sympathetic overactivity occurs in a subgroup of patients with acquired brain injuries including traumatic brain injury, hypoxia, infection and tumor-related complications. This condition is ...

    Authors: Seungjoo Lee, Go Woon Jun, Sang Beom Jeon, Chang Jin Kim and Jeong Hoon Kim
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:340
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  39. The normal dose of 17α-methyltestosterone (MT) used in fish farming was 60 mg/L, and now the analysis of residual androgens was carried out in waste water obtained from the Beijing area, which could be detecte...

    Authors: Yao Zheng, Jianhong Qu, Liping Qiu, Limin Fan, Shunlong Meng, Chao Song, Xuwen Bing and Jiazhang Chen
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:338
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  40. Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis is a commonly used tool for assessment of autonomic function in diabetic subjects. Nevertheless, the effects of glucose fluctuations on HRV remain to be clarified. In this...

    Authors: Vadim V. Klimontov, Natalia E. Myakina and Nadezda V. Tyan
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:337
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  41. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-related pulmonary disorders specifically airway abnormalities and interstitial pneumonia (IP) are important extra-articular manifestations. The forced oscillation technique (FOT) is a...

    Authors: Risa Sokai, Satoru Ito, Shingo Iwano, Akemi Uchida, Hiromichi Aso, Masashi Kondo, Naoki Ishiguro, Toshihisa Kojima and Yoshinori Hasegawa
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:335
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  44. Administration of empirical antibiotic therapy prior to microbiological diagnosis is thought to be associated the failure of subsequent bacterial growth in culture. The aim of this study was to detect bacteria...

    Authors: Ma. Guadalupe Aguilera-Arreola, Marcos Daniel Martínez-Peña, Fabiola Hernández-Martínez, Sara R. Juárez Enriques, Beatriz Rico Verdín, Cristina Majalca-Martínez, Graciela Castro-Escarpulli, Enrique Albarrán-Fernández and S. Cecilia Serrano-López
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:332
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  45. Revised international clinical guidelines for the antibiotic vancomycin have changed the advice pharmacists need to provide to medical and nursing colleagues.

    Authors: Cameron J. Phillips, Alice J. Wisdom, Vaughn S. Eaton, Richard J. Woodman and Ross A. McKinnon
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:331
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  47. The aim of this study was to assess whether slanted gel pads can be used to optimize beam-flow angles and flow velocity measurements for Doppler ultrasound. The right carotid artery of a single healthy female ...

    Authors: Michael Yong Park, Seung Eun Jung, Joon-Il Choi and Jae Young Byun
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:328
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  48. In the field of occupational health services, productivity loss can be expressed by absenteeism (i.e., employees being absent from work and taking leave due to health problems) and presenteeism (i.e., a reduct...

    Authors: Tomoya Tachi, Hitomi Teramachi, Kazuhide Tanaka, Shoko Asano, Tomohiro Osawa, Azusa Kawashima, Akiyo Hori, Masahiro Yasuda, Takashi Mizui, Takumi Nakada, Yoshihiro Noguchi, Teruo Tsuchiya and Chitoshi Goto
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:327
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  50. Yttrium aluminum oxide Y3Al5O12 (YAG:Ce) nanoparticles were prepared by laser ablation in liquid, and the photoluminescence (PL) properties of the nanoparticles were investigated. A pellet of YAG:Ce synthesized b...

    Authors: Noriyuki Tsuruoka, Takao Sasagawa, Tokuo Yodo, Mamoru Yoshimoto, Osamu Odawara and Hiroyuki Wada
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:325
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