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Recent Advances in Numerical Simulation of Ejector Pumps for Vacuum Generation—A Review by Sadeghiseraji, Jaber, Garcia-Vilchez, Mercè, Castilla, Robert, Raush, Gustavo

“…This review paper provides an overview of recent advances in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of ejector pumps for vacuum generation. It examines…”
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Actionable secondary findings from whole-genome sequencing of 954 East Asians by Tang, Clara Sze-man, Dattani, Saloni, So, Man-ting, Cherny, Stacey S., Tam, Paul K. H., Sham, Pak C., Garcia-Barcelo, Maria-Mercè

“…Recently, the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) recommended the return of actionable secondary findings detected from clinical sequencing. The…”
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Contribution of rare and common variants determine complex diseases—Hirschsprung disease as a model by Alves, Maria M., Sribudiani, Yunia, Brouwer, Rutger W.W., Amiel, Jeanne, Antiñolo, Guillermo, Borrego, Salud, Ceccherini, Isabella, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Fernández, Raquel M., Garcia-Barcelo, Maria-Mercè, Griseri, Paola, Lyonnet, Stanislas, Tam, Paul K., van IJcken, Wilfred F.J., Eggen, Bart J.L., te Meerman, Gerard J., Hofstra, Robert M.W.

“…Finding genes for complex diseases has been the goal of many genetic studies. Most of these studies have been successful by searching for genes and mutations…”
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Common Variants on Xq28 Conferring Risk of Schizophrenia in Han Chinese by WONG, Emily H. M, SO, Hon-Cheong, GARCIA-BARCELO, Maria-Mercè, MCALONAN, Grainne M, CHEN, Eric Y. H, CHEUNG, Eric F. C, CHAN, Raymond C. K, PURCELL, Shaun M, CHERNY, Stacey S, CHEN, Ronald R. L, TAO LI, SHAM, Pak-Chung, MIAOXIN LI, QUANG WANG, BUTLER, Amy W, PAUL, Basil, WU, Hei-Man, HUI, Tomy C. K, CHOI, Siu-Chung, SO, Man-Ting

“…Schizophrenia is a highly heritable, severe psychiatric disorder affecting approximately 1% of the world population. A substantial portion of heritability is…”
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Hirschsprung's disease by Kenny, Simon E., BSc, ChB(Hons), MD, FRCS(Paed), FAAP, Tam, Paul K.H., MBBS, ChM, FRCS, FHKAM, Garcia-Barcelo, Mercè, BSc (Hons), M Phil, PhD

“…Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR) is characterized by absence of the enteric nervous system in a variable portion of the distal gut. Affected infants usually…”
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SARS-CoV-2 Contacts’ Symptom Development and Secondary Attack Rate: A Retrospective Analysis of a Contact-Tracing Cohort in Catalonia by Mallafré-Larrosa, Meritxell, Herrero Garcia, Mercè, Mendoza-Funes, Sergi, Martínez-Solanas, Èrica, Patsi-Bosch, Glòria, Mendioroz Peña, Jacobo, Ciruela Navas, Pilar

“…Contact tracing outcome indicators, such as symptom development (SD) and secondary attack rate (SAR) among close contacts (CCs), are key to understanding…”
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Genome-wide association study identifies NRG1 as a susceptibility locus for Hirschsprung's disease by Garcia-Barcelo, Maria-Mercè, Tang, Clara Sze-man, Ngan, Elly Sau-wai, Lui, Vincent Chi-hang, Chen, Yan, So, Man-ting, Leon, Thomas Yuk-yu, Miao, Xiao-ping, Shum, Cathy Ka-yee, Liu, Feng-qin, Yeung, Ming-yiu, Yuan, Zhen-wei, Guo, Wei-hong, Liu, Lei, Sun, Xiao-bing, Huang, Liu-ming, Tou, Jin-fa, Song, You-qiang, Chan, Danny, Cheung, Kenneth M.C, Wong, Kenneth Kak-yuen, Cherny, Stacey S, Sham, Pak-chung, Tam, Paul Kwong-hang

“…Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR), or aganglionic megacolon, is a congenital disorder characterized by the absence of enteric ganglia in variable portions of the…”
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Report of sexually transmitted infections prevalence in asymptomatic pregnant women under 25 years old in Lleida, Spain by Muñoz Santa, A, Bellés Bellés, A, López González, E, Prats Sánchez, I, Mormeneo Bayo, S, Bernet Sánchez, A, Aramburu Arnuelos, J, Font Font, M, Fraile García, L, Garcia González, M

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Depletion of the IKBKAP ortholog in zebrafish leads to hirschsprung disease-like phenotype by Cheng, William Wai-Chun, Tang, Clara Sze-Man, Gui, Hong-Sheng, So, Man-Ting, Lui, Vincent Chi-Hang, Tam, Paul Kwong-Hang, Garcia-Barcelo, Maria-Mercè

“…AIM:To investigate the role of IKBKAP(inhibitor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells,kinase complexassociated protein)in the development of…”
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Estimation of the incidence of invasive meningococcal disease using a capture–recapture model based on two independent surveillance systems in Catalonia, Spain by Ciruela, Pilar, Vilaró, Marta, Carmona, Gloria, Jané, Mireia, Soldevila, Núria, Garcia, Tomás, Hernández, Sergi, Ruiz, Laura, Domínguez, Angela, Bastida, Maria Teresa, Ballester, Frederic, Pujol, Isabel, Benítez, Miguel Angel, Cebollero, Alba, Vila, Jordi, Bosch, Jordi, Calderon, Ana, Curriu, Margarida, Angeles Dominguez, M, Quintano, Fe Tubau, Ramirez, Jose Manuel, Fusté, Ma Jose, Gallés, Carme, Pérez, Pilar Hernandez, GildeBernabe, ElisendaCapdevila, Gassiot, Paula, Gómez-Bertomeu, Frederic, González-Cuevas, Araceli, Juanpere, Marius, Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen, Arguello, Amaresch Perez, Martí, Carmina, Margall, Nuria, Matas, Lurdes, Giménez, Montserrat, Morta, Montserrat, Trujillo, Gloria, Noguer, Silvia, Olsina, Montserrat, Ubanell, Amaia Oteiza, Perez, Pepa, Pérez-Moreno, Mar Olga, Pumarola, Tomas, Gonzales, Juanjo, Raga, Xavier, Garcia, Mercè, Ribelles, Mercè, Sanfeliu, Esther, Sauca, Goretti, Fontanals, Dionisia, Sanfeliu, Isabel, Vilamala, Anna, Arias, César, Barrabeig, Irene, Camps, Neus, Carol, Mònica, Follia, Núria, Godoy, Pere, Martínez, Ana, Minguell, Sofia, Parron, Ignasi, Sala-Farré, Ma Rosa, Rovira, Ariadna, Rius, Cristina

“…ObjectivesInvasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is an urgent notifiable disease and its early notification is essential to prevent cases. The objective of the…”
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Gene‐Based Meta‐Analysis of Genome‐Wide Association Study Data Identifies Independent Single‐Nucleotide Polymorphisms in ANXA6 as Being Associated With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Asian Populations by Zhang, Jing, Zhang, Lu, Zhang, Yan, Yang, Jing, Guo, Mengbiao, Sun, Liangdan, Pan, Hai‐Feng, Hirankarn, Nattiya, Ying, Dingge, Zeng, Shuai, Lee, Tsz Leung, Lau, Chak Sing, Chan, Tak Mao, Leung, Alexander Moon Ho, Mok, Chi Chiu, Wong, Sik Nin, Lee, Ka Wing, Ho, Marco Hok Kung, Lee, Pamela Pui Wah, Chung, Brian Hon‐Yin, Chong, Chun Yin, Wong, Raymond Woon Sing, Mok, Mo Yin, Wong, Wilfred Hing Sang, Tong, Kwok Lung, Tse, Niko Kei Chiu, Li, Xiang‐Pei, Avihingsanon, Yingyos, Rianthavorn, Pornpimol, Deekajorndej, Thavatchai, Suphapeetiporn, Kanya, Shotelersuk, Vorasuk, Ying, Shirley King Yee, Fung, Samuel Ka Shun, Lai, Wai Ming, Garcia‐Barceló, Maria‐Mercè, Cherny, Stacey S., Sham, Pak Chung, Cui, Yong, Yang, Sen, Ye, Dong Qing, Zhang, Xue‐Jun, Lau, Yu Lung, Yang, Wanling

“…Objective Previous genome‐wide association studies (GWAS), which were mainly based on single‐variant analysis, have identified many systemic lupus…”
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Multicultural classroom discourse dataset on teachers’ and students’ dialogic empathy by Rapanta, Chrysi, Gonçalves, Cláudia, Pereira, João Rui, Cascalheira, Dilar, Gil, Beatriz, Morais, Rita, Čermáková, Anna, Peck, Julia, Brummernhenrich, Benjamin, Jucks, Regina, Garcia-Milà, Mercè, Miralda-Banda, Andrea, Luna, José, Vrikki, Maria, Evagorou, Maria, Macagno, Fabrizio

“…This dataset belongs to a large-scale educational intervention project introducing cultural literacy learning in schools. The dataset includes transcribed…”
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Sequencing of a Chinese tetralogy of Fallot cohort reveals clustering mutations in myogenic heart progenitors by Tang, Clara Sze Man, Mononen, Mimmi, Lam, Wai-Yee, Jin, Sheng Chih, Zhuang, Xuehan, Garcia-Barcelo, Maria-Mercè, Lin, Qiongfen, Yang, Yujia, Sahara, Makoto, Eroglu, Elif, Chien, Kenneth R, Hong, Haifa, Tam, Paul Kwong Hang, Gruber, Peter J

“…Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic heart defect, yet the underlying genetic mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we performed…”
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Implications of Endocrine Gland–Derived Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/Prokineticin-1 Signaling in Human Neuroblastoma Progression by NGAN, Elly S. W, SIT, Francesco Y. L, TAM, Paul K. H, LEE, Kingliu, XIAOPING MIAO, ZHENGWEI YUAN, WEILIN WANG, NICHOLLS, John M, WONG, Kenneth K. Y, GARCIA-BARCELO, Mercè, LUI, Vincent C. H

“…Purpose: Neuroblastoma is a common pediatric tumor that is derived from improperly differentiated neural crest cells (NCC). We recently revealed that endocrine…”
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Reduced RET expression in gut tissue of individuals carrying risk alleles of Hirschsprung's disease by Miao, Xiaoping, Leon, Thomas Yuk-Yu, Ngan, Elly Sau-Wai, So, Man-Ting, Yuan, Zheng-Wei, Lui, Vincent Chi-Hang, Chen, Yan, Wong, Kenneth Kak-Yuen, Tam, Paul Kwong-Hang, Garcia-Barceló, Mercè

“…Receptor tyrosine kinase (RET) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with the Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR). We investigated whether the amount…”
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Cancer gene mutations in congenital pulmonary airway malformation patients by Hsu, Jacob Shujui, Zhang, Ruizhong, Yeung, Fanny, Tang, Clara S M, Wong, John K L, So, Man-Ting, Xia, Huimin, Sham, Pak, Tam, Paul K, Li, Miaoxin, Wong, Kenneth K Y, Garcia-Barcelo, Maria-Mercè

“…Newborns affected with congenital pulmonary airway malformations (CPAMs) may present with severe respiratory distress or remain asymptomatic. While surgical…”
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Mutations in the NRG1 gene are associated with Hirschsprung disease by Tang, Clara Sze-Man, Ngan, Elly Sau-Wai, Tang, Wai-Kiu, So, Man-Ting, Cheng, Guo, Miao, Xiao-Ping, Leon, Thomas Yuk-Yu, Leung, Brian Man-Chun, Hui, Kenneth-Jeremy W. S., Lui, Vincent Hang-Chai, Chen, Yan, Chan, Ivy Hau-Yee, Chung, Patrick Ho-Yu, Liu, Xue-Lai, Wong, Kenneth Kak-Yuen, Sham, Pak-Chung, Cherny, Stacey S., Tam, Paul Kwong-Hang, Garcia-Barcelo, Maria-Mercè

“…Hirschsprung disease (HSCR, congenital colon aganglionosis) is a relatively common complex genetic condition caused by abnormal development of the enteric…”
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What Is Meant by Argumentative Competence? An Integrative Review of Methods of Analysis and Assessment in Education by Rapanta, Chrysi, Garcia-Mila, Merce, Gilabert, Sandra

“…The need to enhance argument skills through education has become increasingly evident during the past 20 years. This need has resulted in an ongoing discussion…”
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Identification of Genes Associated With Hirschsprung Disease, Based on Whole-Genome Sequence Analysis, and Potential Effects on Enteric Nervous System Development by Tang, Clara Sze-man, Li, Peng, Lai, Frank Pui-Ling, Fu, Alexander Xi, Lau, Sin-Ting, So, Man Ting, Lui, Kathy Nga-Chu, Li, Zhixin, Zhuang, Xuehan, Yu, Michelle, Liu, Xuelai, Ngo, Ngoc D., Miao, Xiaoping, Zhang, Xi, Yi, Bin, Tang, Shaotao, Sun, Xiaobing, Zhang, Furen, Liu, Hong, Liu, Qiji, Zhang, Ruizhong, Wang, Hualong, Huang, Liuming, Dong, Xiao, Tou, Jinfa, Cheah, Kathryn Song-Eng, Yang, Wanling, Yuan, Zhenwei, Yip, Kevin Yuk-lap, Sham, Pak-Chung, Tam, Paul Kwang-Hang, Garcia-Barcelo, Maria-Mercè, Ngan, Elly Sau-Wai

“…Hirschsprung disease, or congenital aganglionosis, is believed to be oligogenic—that is, caused by multiple genetic factors. We performed whole-genome sequence…”
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The Effect of Argumentative Task Goal on the Quality of Argumentative Discourse by Garcia-Mila, Merce, Gilabert, Sandra, Erduran, Sibel, Felton, Mark

“…In argumentative discourse, there are two kinds of activity-dispute and deliberation-that depend on the argumentative task goal. In dispute the goal is to…”
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