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Relationship between the subgingival microbiome and menopausal hormone therapy use: The Buffalo OsteoPerio study
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2022-11)
BackgroundThis study investigated the association between menopausal hormone therapy (HT) use and the subgingival microbiome, for which published information is limited.MethodsThis cross-sectional study included 1270 ...
Cost-effectiveness of a motivational interviewing obesity intervention versus usual care in pediatric primary care offices
(Oxford University PressWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2022-11)
ObjectiveThis study aimed to assess the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of a 2-year motivational interviewing (MI) intervention versus usual primary care.MethodsA national trial was implemented in the Pediatric ...
Alcohol consumption and smoking in relation to psoriasis: a Mendelian randomization study
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2022-11)
BackgroundAlcohol consumption and smoking have been reported to be associated with psoriasis risk. However, a conclusion with high-quality evidence of causality could not be easily drawn from regular observational ...
Falls are an underappreciated driver of morbidity and mortality in cirrhosis
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2022-11)
Hybrid U-Net-based deep learning model for volume segmentation of lung nodules in CT images
(SpringerWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2022-11)
ObjectiveAccurate segmentation of the lung nodule in computed tomography images is a critical component of a computer-assisted lung cancer detection/diagnosis system. However, lung nodule segmentation is a challenging task ...
Ascertainment of vaccination status by self-report versus source documentation: Impact on measuring COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022-11)
BackgroundDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, self-reported COVID-19 vaccination might facilitate rapid evaluations of vaccine effectiveness (VE) when source documentation (e.g., immunization information systems [IIS]) is not ...
Time to dementia diagnosis by race: A retrospective cohort study
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022-11)
BackgroundNon-Hispanic Black individuals may be less likely to receive a diagnosis of dementia compared to non-Hispanic White individuals. These findings raise important questions regarding which factors may explain this ...
Vestibular Sensory Conflict During Postural Control, Freezing of Gait, and Falls in Parkinson’s Disease
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022-11)
BackgroundThe vestibular system has been implicated in the pathophysiology of episodic motor impairments in Parkinson’s disease (PD), but specific evidence remains lacking.ObjectiveWe investigated the relationship between ...
Serotonin Transporter Imaging in Multiple System Atrophy and Parkinson’s Disease
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022-11)
BackgroundBoth Parkinson’s disease (PD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA) exhibit degeneration of brainstem serotoninergic nuclei, affecting multiple subcortical and cortical serotoninergic projections. In MSA, medullary ...
BayeStab: Predicting effects of mutations on protein stability with uncertainty quantification
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022-11)
Predicting protein thermostability change upon mutation is crucial for understanding diseases and designing therapeutics. However, accurately estimating Gibbs free energy change of the protein remained a challenge. Some ...