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Are virtues national, supranational, or universal?
2014
Many studies investigated cultural differences in values, most notably by Hofstede and Schwarz. Relatively few have focused on virtues, a related and important concept in contemporary social science. The present paper examines the similarities and differences between nations, or blocks of - culturally related - nations on the perceived importance of virtues. Adults (N = 2.809 students) from 14 countries were asked to freely mention which virtues they found important to practice in daily life, and next to rate a list of 15 virtues, which reflect the most frequently mentioned categories in The Netherlands, as found in a previous study. The 14 nations included the United States, Mexico, nine E…
Real-Time Quantification in Plasma of Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase (hTERT) mRNA: A Simple Blood Test to Monitor Disease in Cancer Patients
2001
Real-Time Quantification in Plasma of Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase (hTERT) mRNA: A Simple Blood Test to Monitor Disease in Cancer Patients
Fibrin Sealants in Dura Sealing: A Systematic Literature Review.
2016
BACKGROUND:Fibrin sealants are widely used in neurosurgery to seal the suture line, provide watertight closure, and prevent cerebrospinal fluid leaks. The aim of this systematic review is to summarize the current efficacy and safety literature of fibrin sealants in dura sealing and the prevention/treatment of cerebrospinal fluid leaks. METHODS:A comprehensive electronic literature search was run in the following databases: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Resister of Controlled Trials, clinicaltrials.gov, MEDLINE/PubMed, and EMBASE. Titles and abstracts of potential articles of interest were reviewed independently by 3 of the authors. RESULTS:A total of 1006 databas…
Lurasidone in the Treatment of Bipolar Depression: Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews
2017
Introduction. A burgeoning number of systematic reviews considering lurasidone in the treatment of bipolar depression have occurred since its Food and Drug Administration extended approval in 2013. While a paucity of available quantitative evidence still precludes preliminary meta-analysis on the matter, the present quality assessment of systematic review of systematic reviews, nonetheless, aims at highlighting current essential information on the topic. Methods. Both published and unpublished systematic reviews about lurasidone mono- or adjunctive therapy in the treatment of bipolar depression were searched by two independent authors inquiring PubMed/Cochrane/Embase/Scopus from inception u…
Internal limiting membrane peeling versus no peeling during primary vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: A systematic review and meta-an…
2018
Background Internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling during primary vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) prevents the formation of postoperative macular epiretinal membrane (ERM). However, studies that compared vitrectomy with and without ILM peeling for RRD, have reported controversial outcomes. Objective To assess the efficacy of ILM peeling versus non-ILM peeling during vitrectomy for RRD by a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies. Methods PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, Embase databases, and the Cochrane Library were searched up to April 2018 to identify studies that compared primary vitrectomy with and without ILM peeling for RRD with at least six m…
Recent advances in the expression, evolution, and dynamics of prokaryotic genomes
2007
Work on the molecular and cellular biology of prokaryotic microorganisms and their phage continues to be at the cutting edge in many areas of fundamental research in the life sciences. An important stimulus has been the large number of complete bacterial and archaeal genome sequences that have appeared over the past decade and that now are being produced at a rate of several hundred per year. This information is the foundation for all of the “-omics” leading to a global evaluation of the state of the cell under various conditions of growth or stress. An overview of the sequenced prokaryotic genomes has also greatly influenced our thinking about the evolution of life on earth. The EMBO Confe…
Mitochondrial DNA mutations in cancer--from bench to bedside.
2009
Mitochondria are cell organelles mostly known for their production of ATP through oxidative phosphorylation. As suggested over 70 years ago by O. Warburg and recently confirmed with molecular techniques, alterations in respiratory activity and mitochondrial DNA appear to be a common feature of malignant cells. Somatic mtDNA mutations have been reported in many types of cancer cells. MtDNA mutation pattern may enhance the specificity of cancer diagnostics, detection and prediction of tumor growth rate and patients' outcome. Therefore it may be used as a molecular cancer bio-marker. Nevertheless recently published papers list a large number of mitochondrial DNA mutations in many different can…
The role of telomeres in predicting individual radiosensitivity of patients with cancer in the era of personalized radiotherapy.
2014
Radiotherapy plays a key role in cancer treatments, but tumor cell death differs from one tumor to another. The response of patients to radiotherapy varies considerably and adverse side effects are difficult to prevent. The mechanisms involved in the heterogeneity of this response are not well understood. In order to enhance the efficacy and safety of radiotherapy, it is important to identify subpopulations most at risk of developing a late adverse response to radiotherapy. Telomeres are composed of multiple repeats of a unique sequence of nucleotides forming a TTAGGG pattern. They protect chromosomes from end-to-end fusion and maintain genomic stability. Telomeres have been shown to be ext…
Reconfigurations in sustainability transitions : a systematic and critical review
2021
Two streams of literature have become especially prominent in understanding social change toward sustainability within the past decades: the research on socio-technical transitions and applications of social practice theory. The aim of this article is to contribute to efforts to create dialogue between these two approaches. We do this by focusing on the concept of reconfiguration, which has become a much-used, but poorly defined notion in the discussion on sustainability transitions. To understand what is defined as reconfiguration in systems and practices, and how the understanding of reconfiguration in regimes could benefit from insights about reconfiguration in practices, we conducted a …
Air pollution perception in ten countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021
As largely documented in the literature, the stark restrictions enforced worldwide in 2020 to curb the COVID-19 pandemic also curtailed the production of air pollutants to some extent. This study investigates the perception of the air pollution as assessed by individuals located in ten countries: Australia, Brazil, China, Ghana, India, Iran, Italy, Norway, South Africa and the USA. The perceptions towards air quality were evaluated by employing an online survey administered in May 2020. Participants (N = 9394) in the ten countries expressed their opinions according to a Likert-scale response. A reduction in pollutant concentration was clearly perceived, albeit to a different extent, by all …