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The Sequence of the Human Genome

A 2.91-billion base pair (bp) consensus sequence of the euchromatic portion of the human genome was generated by the whole-genome shotgun sequencing method. The 14.8-billion bp ...

Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), principally ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke, are the leading cause of global mortality and a major contributor to disability. This paper ...

Child abuse: Adolescent records vs. adult recall

In a follow-up study of incarcerated Connecticut youth, 69 subjects were interviewed during young adulthood. On follow-up, 26 gave histories of abuse discrepant with histories o...

The SCARE 2020 Guideline: Updating Consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guidelines

A DELPHI consensus exercise was completed and an updated and improved SCARE Checklist is now presented.

Predicting drug susceptibility of non–small cell lung cancers based on genetic lesions

Somatic genetic alterations in cancers have been linked with response to targeted therapeutics by creation of specific dependency on activated oncogenic signaling pathways. Howe...

HUMAN MATERNAL BEHAVIOR AT THE FIRST CONTACT WITH HER YOUNG

To explore and eamine maternal behavior in human mothers at the first postnatal contact with their young, we quantitatively analyzed photographs taken every second during the fi...

Musculoskeletal Impairments and Physical Disablement Among the Aged

This article summarizes the results of a longitudinal investigation of the progression of sight, hearing, and musculoskeletal impairments and their association with change in ph...

Textile Masks and Surface Covers—A Spray Simulation Method and a “Universal Droplet Reduction Model” Against Respiratory Pandemics

The main form of COVID-19 transmission is via "oral-respiratory droplet contamination" (droplet: very small drop of liquid) produced when individuals talk, sneeze, or cough. In ...

Versatile Anaerobic Spectrophotometer Cell

Tracking Micrometastasis to Multiple Organs with <i>lacZ</i>-tagged CWR22R Prostate Carcinoma Cells

SUMMARY Metastasis to organs other than lung is rarely observed in animal model systems of human prostate carcinoma (PCA), with the exception of already metastatic isolates of h...