• Two New Mutations in the CEL Gene Causing Diabetes and Hereditary Pancreatitis: How to Correctly Identify MODY8 Cases 

  Jellas, Khadija el; Dušátková, Petra; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Molnes, Janne; Tjora, Erling; Johansson, Bente Berg; Fjeld, Karianne; Johansson, Stefan; Průhová, Štěpánka; Groop, Leif; Löhr, J. Matthias; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Molven, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Context Maturity onset diabetes of the young, type 8 (MODY8) is associated with mutations in the CEL gene, which encodes the digestive enzyme carboxyl ester lipase. Several diabetes cases and families have in recent years ...

• Threshold estimation based on local minima for nucleus and cytoplasm segmentation 

  Mayala, Simeon Sahani; Haugsøen, Jonas Bull (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Background Image segmentation is the process of partitioning an image into separate objects or regions. It is an essential step in image processing to segment the regions of interest for further processing. We propose a ...

• Molecular identification and first demographic insights of sharks based on artisanal fisheries bycatch in the Pacific Coast of Colombia: implications for conservation 

  Villate-Moreno, Melany; Cubillos-M, Juan Camilo; Stibor, Herwig; Crawford, Andrew J.; Straube, Nicolas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  The Pacific coast of Colombia is characterized by mangrove ecosystems which play a crucial role as possible nurseries for juvenile sharks. However, trophic food webs from coastal ecosystems are heavily disturbed by increased ...

• Vagally mediated heart rate variability, stress, and perceived social support: a focus on sex differences 

  Kvadsheim, Elisabet; Sørensen, Lin; Fasmer, Ole Bernt; Osnes, Berge; Haavik, Jan; Williams, DeWayne P.; Thayer, Julian Francis; Koenig, Julian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Higher vagally mediated heart rate variability (vmHRV), reflecting vagal activity as indexed by heart function and lower stress vulnerability, is associated with higher perceived social support. Seeking social support is ...

• Salmon Protein Hydrolysate Potentiates the Growth Inhibitory Effect of Bicalutamide on Human Prostate Cancer Cell Lines LNCaP and PC3 by Modulating Iron Homeostasis 

  Bjerknes, Christian; Framroze, Bomi; Currie, Crawford; Pettersen, Caroline Hild; Axcrona, Karol; Hermansen, Erland (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Prostate cancer is a common cause of cancer death in men. In advanced stages of prostate cancer, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is initiated. Despite ADT, prostate cancers invariably progress to become androgen ...

• Developmental stages of the ballan wrasse from first feeding through metamorphosis: Cranial ossification and the digestive system 

  Norland, Sissel; Sæle, Øystein; Rønnestad, Ivar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  We have described six developmental stages for the ballan wrasse, from the first feeding until the juvenile stage, supported by specific descriptions of cranial ossification, maturation of the digestive tract, and ...

• Multiple phases of human occupation in Southeast Arabia between 210,000 and 120,000 years ago 

  Bretzke, K.; Preusser, F.; Jasim, S.; Miller, Christopher; Preston, G.; Raith, K.; Underdown, S.J.; Parton, A.; Parker, A.G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Changing climatic conditions are thought to be a major control of human presence in Arabia during the Paleolithic. Whilst the Pleistocene archaeological record shows that periods of increased monsoon rainfall attracted ...

• On the Sombor characteristic polynomial and Sombor energy of a graph 

  Ghanbari, Nima (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Let G be a simple graph with vertex set V(G)={v1,v2,…,vn}. The Sombor matrix of G, denoted by ASO(G), is defined as the n×n matrix whose (i, j)-entry is d2i+d2j−−−−−−√ if vi and vj are adjacent and 0 for another cases. Let ...

• Introduction to total dominator edge chromatic number 

  Alikhani, Saeid; Ghanbari, Nima (Journal article, 2022)

  We introduce the total dominator edge chromatic number of a graph G. A total dominator edge coloring (briefly TDE-coloring) of G is a proper edge coloring of G in which each edge of the graph is adjacent to every edge of ...

• Thulium Fibre Laser versus Holmium:YAG for Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy: Outcomes from a Prospective Randomised Clinical Trial 

  Ulvik, Øyvind; Æsøy, Mathias S.; Jones, Charles Patrick Warburton; Gjengstø, Peder; Beisland, Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Background Holmium:yttrium-aluminium-garnet (Ho:YAG) laser is the gold standard for ureterorenoscopic (URS) lithotripsy. Thulium fibre laser (TFL) has recently been introduced as a new technology and may challenge Ho:YAG ...

• Development and feasibility testing of a physical activity intervention for youth with anxiety and depression: a study protocol 

  Kodal, Arne; Muirhead, Fiona; Reilly, John J.; Wergeland, Gro Janne Henningsen; Thorsen, Paul Joachim Bloch; Bovim, Lars Peder Vatshelle; Elgen, Irene Bircow (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Background Anxiety and depressive disorders in children and adolescents are highly prevalent and account for more than half of all youth psychiatric disorders. Left untreated, anxiety, and depression lead to numerous ...

• Taxonomic Identification of Two Poorly Known Lantern Shark Species Based on Mitochondrial DNA From Wet-Collection Paratypes 

  Agne, Stefanie; Naylor, Gavin J. P.; Preick, Michaela; Yang, Lei; Thiel, Ralf; Weigmann, Simon; Paijmans, Johanna L. A.; Barlow, Axel; Hofreiter, Michael; Straube, Nicolas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Etmopteridae (lantern sharks) is the most species-rich family of sharks, comprising more than 50 species. Many species are described from few individuals, and re-collection of specimens is often hindered by the remoteness ...

• Trophic position of Otodus megalodon and great white sharks through time revealed by zinc isotopes 

  McCormack, Jeremy; Griffiths, Michael L.; Kim, Sora L.; Shimada, Kenshu; Karnes, Molly; Maisch, Harry; Pederzani, Sarah; Bourgon, Nicolas; Jaouen, Klervia; Becker, Martin A.; Jöns, Niels; Sisma-Ventura, Guy; Straube, Nicolas; Pollerspöck, Jürgen; Hublin, Jean-Jacques; Eagle, Robert A.; Tütken, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Diet is a crucial trait of an animal’s lifestyle and ecology. The trophic level of an organism indicates its functional position within an ecosystem and holds significance for its ecology and evolution. Here, we demonstrate ...

• Long-term trends in diatom diversity and palaeoproductivity: A 16 000-year multidecadal record from Lake Baikal, southern Siberia 

  Mackay, Anson W.; Felde, Vivian Astrup; Morley, David W.; Piotrowska, Natalia; Rioual, Patrick; Seddon, Alistair William Robin; Swann, George E. A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Biological diversity is inextricably linked to community stability and ecosystem functioning, but our understanding of these relationships in freshwater ecosystems is largely based on short-term observational, experimental, ...

• UK ethnic minority healthcare workers’ perspectives on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK ethnic minority community: A qualitative study 

  Sagoe, Dominic; Ogunbode, Charles Adedayo; Antwi, Philomena; Knizek, Birthe Loa; Awaleh, Zahrah; Dadzie, Ophelia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-03)

  Background: The experiences of UK ethnic minority (UKEM) healthcare workers are crucial to ameliorating the disproportionate COVID-19 infection rate and outcomes in the UKEM community. We conducted a qualitative study on ...

• 60 years of scientific deep drilling in Colombia: The north Andean guide to the Quaternary 

  Hooghiemstra, Henry; Pérez, Gustavo Sarmiento; Torres Torres, Vladimir; Berrío, Juan-Carlos; Lourens, Lucas; Flantua, Suzette (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  We sketch the initial history of collecting deep cores in terrestrial and marine sedimentary basins and ice cores to study environmental and climate change. Subsequently, we focus on the development of long records from ...

• Bedymo: A combined quasi-geostrophic and primitive equation model in σ coordinates 

  Spensberger, Clemens; Thorsteinsson, Trond; Spengler, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  This paper introduces the Bergen Dynamical Model (Bedymo), an idealized atmospheric circulation model, which combines the quasi-geostrophic approximation and the hydrostatic primitive equations into one modelling framework. ...

• Occurrence and phenomenology of hallucinations in the general population: A large online survey 

  Linszen, Mascha M. J.; de Boer, Janna N.; Schutte, Maya J. L.; Begemann, Marieke J. H.; de Vries, Jacqueline; Koops, Sanne; Blom, Renske E.; Bohlken, Marc M.; Heringa, Sophie M.; Blom, Jan Dirk; Sommer, Iris Else Clara (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Although epidemiological studies report that hallucinations occur in 6–15% of the general population, little is known about their phenomenology. To overcome this paucity, this study investigates the phenomenological ...

• Dynamics of Plasma and Urinary Extracellular DNA in Acute Kidney Injury 

  Jančuška, Alexander; Potočárová, Alena; Kovalčíková, Alexandra Gaál; Podracká, L’Udmila; Babickova, Janka; Celec, Peter; Tóthová, L’Ubomíra (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Early and reliable markers of acute kidney injury (AKI) are essential. One such candidate marker of tissue damage is extracellular DNA (ecDNA). The aim of our present study is to describe the unknown dynamics of ecDNA in ...

• Simultaneous barcode sequencing of diverse museum collection specimens using a mixed RNA bait set 

  Straube, Nicolas; Agne, Stefanie; Preick, Michaela; Hofreiter, Michael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  A growing number of publications presenting results from sequencing natural history collection specimens reflect the importance of DNA sequence information from such samples. Ancient DNA extraction and library preparation ...

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