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Household Fuel Use and the Risk of Gastrointestinal Cancers
Mahdi Sheikh, Hossein Poustchi, Akram Pourshams, Masoud Khoshnia, Abdolsamad Gharavi, Mahdi Zahedi, Gholamreza Roshandel, Sadaf G Sepanlou, Abdolreza Fazel, Maryam Hashemian, Behrooz Abaei, Masoud Sotoudeh, Arash Nikmanesh, Shahin Merat, Arash Etemadi, Siavosh Nasseri Moghaddam, Farhad Islami, Farin Kamangar, Paul D Pharoah, Sanford M Dawsey, Christian C Abnet, Paolo Boffetta, Paul Brennan, Reza Malekzadeh
Dec 15, 2020
BACKGROUND: Three billion people burn nonclean fuels for household purposes. Limited evidence suggests a link between household fuel use and gastrointestinal (GI) cancers. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the relationship between...
A Meta-Analysis of Ontological Guidance and Users' Understanding of Conceptual Models
Information systems are intended to be faithful accounts of real-world applications. As an integral part of the development process, analysts create conceptual models in order to understand the application and communicate...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Analysis of an iteration method for the algebraic Riccati equation
We consider a recently published method for solving algebraic Riccati equations. We present a new perspective on this method in terms of the underlying linear-quadratic optimal control problem: we prove that the matrix obtained...
Security-Aware Autonomic Allocation of Cloud Resources
Cloud computing has emerged as a dominant platform for computing for the foreseeable future. A key factor in the adoption of this technology is its security and reliability. Here, this article addresses a key challenge which is...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
The sum of two halves may be different from the whole. Effects of splitting sequencing samples across lanes
The advances in high throughput sequencing (HTS) enabled the characterisation of biological processes at an unprecedented level of detail; the majority of hypotheses in molecular biology rely on analyses of HTS data. However...
The bridge-like lipid transfer protein (BLTP) gene group
The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee assigns unique symbols and names to human genes. The use of approved nomenclature enables effective communication between researchers, and there are multiple examples of how the usage of...
Analysis of an iteration method for the algebraic Riccati equation
We consider a recently published method for solving algebraic Riccati equations. We present a new perspective on this method in terms of the underlying linear-quadratic optimal control problem: we prove that the matrix obtained...
The ADI method for bounded real and positive real Lur'e equations
We propose an algorithm for the numerical solution of the Lur'e equations in the bounded real and positive real lemma for stable systems. The algorithm provides approximate solutions in low-rank factored form. We prove that the...
The ADI method for bounded real and positive real Lur'e equations
We propose an algorithm for the numerical solution of the Lur'e equations in the bounded real and positive real lemma for stable systems. The algorithm provides approximate solutions in low-rank factored form. We prove that the...
Molecular analysis of accessory gene regulator functionality and virulence genes in Staphylococcus aureus derived from pediatric wound infections
Donya Taghizadeh Maleki, Zohreh Ghalavand, Maisem Laabei, Bahram Nikmanesh, Hamidreza Houri, Mansoor Kodori, Ali Hashemi, Hiva Kadkhoda, Gita Eslami
Sep 30, 2019
Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen causing infections with high morbidity and mortality in both healthcare and community settings. The accessory gene regulator (Agr)is a key genetic element controlling the...
Molecular analysis of accessory gene regulator functionality and virulence genes in Staphylococcus aureus derived from pediatric wound infections
Donya Taghizadeh Maleki, Zohreh Ghalavand, Maisem Laabei, Bahram Nikmanesh, Hamidreza Houri, Mansoor Kodori, Ali Hashemi, Hiva Kadkhoda, Gita Eslami
Sep 30, 2019
Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen causing infections with high morbidity and mortality in both healthcare and community settings. The accessory gene regulator (Agr)is a key genetic element controlling the...
Self-prioritization and perceptual matching
Marius Golubickis, Johanna K. Falben, Arash Sahraie, Aleksandar Visokomogilski, William A. Cunningham, Jie Sui, C. Neil Macrae
Oct 01, 2017
Recent research has revealed that self-referential processing enhances perceptual judgments — the so-called self-prioritization effect. The extent and origin of this effect remains unknown, however. Noting the multifaceted...
Self-prioritization and perceptual matching
Marius Golubickis, Johanna K. Falben, Arash Sahraie, Aleksandar Visokomogilski, William A. Cunningham, Jie Sui, C. Neil Macrae
Oct 01, 2017
Recent research has revealed that self-referential processing enhances perceptual judgments — the so-called self-prioritization effect. The extent and origin of this effect remains unknown, however. Noting the multifaceted...
Using Tablets to Collect Breast Cancer Risk Information in an Underserved Population
Arash Naeim, Zhuoer Xie, Liliana Johansen, Neil Wenger, David Elashoff, Antonia Petruse, Guita Rahbar
Oct 01, 2020
The authors tested the use of tablets to collect breast cancer risk data and compared the approach against paper-based scantrons. The goal was to examine the usability of digital technology for data collection in underserved...
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Using Tablets to Collect Breast Cancer Risk Information in an Underserved Population
Arash Naeim, Zhuoer Xie, Liliana Johansen, Neil Wenger, David Elashoff, Antonia Petruse, Guita Rahbar
May 06, 2022
The authors tested the use of tablets to collect breast cancer risk data and compared the approach against paper-based scantrons. The goal was to examine the usability of digital technology for data collection in underserved...
Medicine and Healthcare Medical Diagnosis and Practice Sexual Reproductive & Maternal Health Social Sciences and Humanities Government and Law
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Determinants of gastroesophageal reflux disease, including hookah smoking and opium use- a cross-sectional analysis of 50,000 individuals.
Farhad Islami, Siavosh Nasseri-Moghaddam, Akram Pourshams, Hossein Poustchi, Shahryar Semnani, Farin Kamangar, Arash Etemadi, Shahin Merat, Masoud Khoshnia, Sanford M Dawsey, Paul D Pharoah, Paul Brennan, Christian C Abnet, Paolo Boffetta, Reza Malekzadeh
Sep 21, 2018
BACKGROUND: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common cause of discomfort and morbidity worldwide. However, information on determinants of GERD from large-scale studies in low- to medium-income countries is limited. We...
ZAP-70 constitutively regulates gene expression and protein synthesis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Jingyu Chen, Vijitha Sathiaseelan, Andrew Moore, Shengjiang Tan, Chandra Sekkar Reddy Chilamakuri, Valar Nila Roamio Franklin, Arash Shahsavari, Constanze A Jakwerth, Sandra B Hake, Alan J Warren, Irina Mohorianu, Clive D'Santos, Ingo Ringshausen
Mar 15, 2021
The expression of ZAP-70 in a subset of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients strongly correlates with a more aggressive clinical course, although the exact underlying mechanisms remain elusive. The ability of ZAP-70 to...
Localising occult prostate cancer metastasis with advanced imaging techniques (LOCATE trial)
Sola Adeleke, Arash Latifoltojar, Harbir Sidhu, Myria Galazi, Taimur T Shah, Joey Clemente, Reena Davda, Heather Ann Payne, Manil D Chouhan, Maria Lioumi, Sue Chua, Alex Freeman, Manuel Rodriguez-Justo, Anthony Coolen, Sachin Vadgama, Steve Morris, Gary J Cook, Jamshed Bomanji, Manit Arya, Simon Chowdhury, Simon Wan, Athar Haroon, Tony Ng, Hashim Uddin Ahmed, Shonit Punwani
Feb 24, 2020
BACKGROUND: Accurate whole-body staging following biochemical relapse in prostate cancer is vital in determining the optimum disease management. Current imaging guidelines recommend various imaging platforms such as computed...
Brachytherapy Cost comparison cost-effectiveness economic evaluation Magnetic Resonance Imaging positron emission tomography prostate cancer Radiotherapy Recurrence Cost-Benefit Analysis ErbB Receptors Exosomes Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Neoplasm Metastasis Neoplasm Recurrence Local Prospective Studies Prostatic Neoplasms Sensitivity and Specificity Whole Body Imaging
RNF168 regulates R-loop resolution and genomic stability in BRCA1/2-deficient tumors.
Parasvi S Patel, Karan Joshua Abraham, Kiran Kumar Naidu Guturi, Marie-Jo Halaby, Zahra Khan, Luis Palomero, Brandon Ho, Shili Duan, Jonathan St-Germain, Arash Algouneh, Francesca Mateo, Samah El Ghamrasni, Haithem Barbour, Daniel R Barnes, Jonathan Beesley, Otto Sanchez, Hal K Berman, Grant W Brown, El Bachir Affar, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Antonis C Antoniou, Cheryl H Arrowsmith, Brian Raught, Miquel Angel Pujana, Karim Mekhail, Anne Hakem, Razqallah Hakem
Feb 15, 2021
Germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) genes considerably increase breast and ovarian cancer risk. Given that tumors with these mutations have elevated genomic instability, they exhibit relative vulnerability to certain...
First-in-human in vivo non-invasive assessment of intra-tumoral metabolic heterogeneity in renal cell carcinoma.
Maxine Tran, Arash Latifoltojar, Joana B Neves, Marianthi-Vasiliki Papoutsaki, Fiona Gong, Arnaud Comment, Ana SH Costa, Matthias Glaser, My-Anh Tran-Dang, Soha El Sheikh, Wivijin Piga, Alan Bainbridge, Anna Barnes, Tim Young, Hassan Jeraj, Ramla Awais, Sola Adeleke, Christopher Holt, James O'Callaghan, Frazer Twyman, David Atkinson, Christian Frezza, Erik Årstad, David Gadian, Mark Emberton, Shonit Punwani
Feb 22, 2019
Intratumoral genetic heterogeneity and the role of metabolic reprogramming in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) have been extensively documented. However, the distribution of these metabolic changes within the tissue has not been...
Evaluation of PSA and PSA Density in a Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Directed Diagnostic Pathway for Suspected Prostate Cancer
Hayley Pye, Saurabh Singh, Joseph M Norris, Lina M Carmona Echeverria, Vasilis Stavrinides, Alistair Grey, Eoin Dinneen, Elly Pilavachi, Joey Clemente, Susan Heavey, Urszula Stopka-Farooqui, Benjamin S Simpson, Elisenda Bonet-Carne, Dominic Patel, Peter Barker, Keith Burling, Nicola Stevens, Tony Ng, Eleftheria Panagiotaki, David Hawkes, Daniel C Alexander, Manuel Rodriguez-Justo, Aiman Haider, Alex Freeman, Alex Kirkham, David Atkinson, Clare Allen, Greg Shaw, Teresita Beeston, Mrishta Brizmohun Appayya, Arash Latifoltojar, Edward W Johnston, Mark Emberton, Caroline M Moore, Hashim U Ahmed, Shonit Punwani, Hayley C Whitaker
Apr 22, 2021
Objectives: To assess the clinical outcomes of mpMRI before biopsy and evaluate the space remaining for novel biomarkers. Methods: The INNOVATE study was set up to evaluate the validity of novel fluidic biomarkers in men with...
Wannier90 as a community code
Giovanni Pizzi, Valerio Vitale, Ryotaro Arita, Stefan Blügel, Frank Freimuth, Guillaume Géranton, Marco Gibertini, Dominik Gresch, Charles Johnson, Takashi Koretsune, Julen Ibañez-Azpiroz, Hyungjun Lee, Jae-Mo Lihm, Daniel Marchand, Antimo Marrazzo, Yuriy Mokrousov, Jamal I Mustafa, Yoshiro Nohara, Yusuke Nomura, Lorenzo Paulatto, Samuel Poncé, Thomas Ponweiser, Junfeng Qiao, Florian Thöle, Stepan S Tsirkin, Małgorzata Wierzbowska, Nicola Marzari, David Vanderbilt, Ivo Souza, Arash A Mostofi, Jonathan R Yates
Jan 23, 2020
Wannier90 is an open-source computer program for calculating maximally-localised Wannier functions (MLWFs) from a set of Bloch states. It is interfaced to many widely used electronic-structure codes thanks to its independence...
The CECAM electronic structure library and the modular software development paradigm.
Micael JT Oliveira, Nick Papior, Yann Pouillon, Volker Blum, Emilio Artacho, Damien Caliste, Fabiano Corsetti, Stefano de Gironcoli, Alin M Elena, Alberto García, Víctor M García-Suárez, Luigi Genovese, William P Huhn, Georg Huhs, Sebastian Kokott, Emine Küçükbenli, Ask H Larsen, Alfio Lazzaro, Irina V Lebedeva, Yingzhou Li, David López-Durán, Pablo López-Tarifa, Martin Lüders, Miguel AL Marques, Jan Minar, Stephan Mohr, Arash A Mostofi, Alan O'Cais, Mike C Payne, Thomas Ruh, Daniel GA Smith, José M Soler, David A Strubbe, Nicolas Tancogne-Dejean, Dominic Tildesley, Marc Torrent, Victor Wen-Zhe Yu
Jul 23, 2020
First-principles electronic structure calculations are now accessible to a very large community of users across many disciplines, thanks to many successful software packages, some of which are described in this special issue....
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