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BOOST: A Fast Approach to Detecting Gene-Gene Interactions in Genome-wide Case-Control Studies by Wan, Xiang, Yang, Can, Yang, Qiang, Xue, Hong, Fan, Xiaodan, Tang, Nelson L.S., Yu, Weichuan

“…Gene-gene interactions have long been recognized to be fundamentally important for understanding genetic causes of complex disease traits. At present,…”
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ViQuaS: an improved reconstruction pipeline for viral quasispecies spectra generated by next-generation sequencing by Jayasundara, Duleepa, Saeed, I, Maheswararajah, Suhinthan, Chang, B C, Tang, S-L, Halgamuge, Saman K

“…The combined effect of a high replication rate and the low fidelity of the viral polymerase in most RNA viruses and some DNA viruses results in the formation…”
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A downward CO2 flux seems to have nowhere to go by Ma, J, Liu, R, Tang, L-S, Lan, Z-D, Li, Y

“…Recent studies have suggested that deserts, which are a long-neglected region in global carbon budgeting, have strong downward CO2 fluxes and might be a…”
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Cardiac resynchronization therapy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Wells, George, Parkash, Ratika, Healey, Jeffrey S, Talajic, Mario, Arnold, J Malcolm, Sullivan, Shannon, Peterson, Joan, Yetisir, Elizabeth, Theoret-Patrick, Patricia, Luce, Marilynn, Tang, Anthony S L

“…Studies of cardiac resynchronization therapy in addition to an implantable cardioverter defibrillator in patients with mild to moderate congestive heart…”
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The association of liver function and quality of life of patients with liver cancer by Li, Leung, Mo, Frankie, Hui, Edwin P, Chan, Stephen L, Koh, Jane, Tang, Nelson L S, Yu, Simon C H, Yeo, Winnie

“…Quality of life (QOL) assessments with the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30, QLQ-HCC18, C30 and HCC18 index scores…”
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Chemotherapy-Related Amenorrhea and Menopause in Young Chinese Breast Cancer Patients: Analysis on Incidence, Risk Factors and Serum Hormone Profiles by Liem, Giok S, Mo, Frankie K F, Pang, Elizabeth, Suen, Joyce J S, Tang, Nelson L S, Lee, Kun M, Yip, Claudia H W, Tam, Wing H, Ng, Rita, Koh, Jane, Yip, Christopher C H, Kong, Grace W S, Yeo, Winnie

“…In this prospective cross-sectional study on young premenopausal breast cancer patients, the objectives were to: determine the incidences of…”
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Effective elastic isotropic moduli of highly filled particulate composites with arbitrarily shaped inhomogeneities by Liu, J.-T., Xie, F.-Y., He, Q.-C., Tang, S.-L., Xiao, C.-W.

“…•Thin soft binding interphases in highly filled particulate composites (HFPCs) are modelled as spring-type interfaces of null-thickness with explicit physical…”
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Emissions of air-borne mercury from five municipal solid waste landfills in Guiyang and Wuhan, China by Li, Z.-G., Feng, X., Li, P., Liang, L., Tang, S.-L., Wang, S.-F., Fu, X.-W., Qiu, G.-L., Shang, L.-H.

“…China disposes of bulk Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) by landfilling, resulting in a large quantity of mercury that enters landfills through waste. A detailed…”
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Predictive rule inference for epistatic interaction detection in genome-wide association studies by Wan, Xiang, Yang, Can, Yang, Qiang, Xue, Hong, Tang, Nelson L.S., Yu, Weichuan

“…Motivation: Under the current era of genome-wide association study (GWAS), finding epistatic interactions in the large volume of SNP data is a challenging and…”
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Aptamer Affinity Maturation by Resampling and Microarray Selection by Kinghorn, Andrew B, Dirkzwager, Roderick M, Liang, Shaolin, Cheung, Yee-Wai, Fraser, Lewis A, Shiu, Simon Chi-Chin, Tang, Marco S. L, Tanner, Julian A

“…Aptamers have significant potential as affinity reagents, but better approaches are critically needed to discover higher affinity nucleic acids to widen the…”
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Identification of a Gene Responsible for Familial Wolff–Parkinson–White Syndrome by Gollob, Michael H, Gollob, Tanya, Green, Martin S, Tang, Anthony S.-L, Karibe, Akihiko, Hassan, Al-Sayegh, Ahmad, Ferhaan, Lozado, Ryan, Shah, Gopi, Fananapazir, Lameh, Bachinski, Linda L, Tapscott, Terry, Gonzales, Oscar, Begley, David, Mohiddin, Saidi, Roberts, Robert

“…Probable causative mutation was identified in a protein kinase gene (PRKAG2) on chromosome 7. The Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome is the second most common…”
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Somatic Mutations in the Connexin 40 Gene (GJA5) in Atrial Fibrillation by Gollob, Michael H, Jones, Douglas L, Krahn, Andrew D, Danis, Lynne, Gong, Xiang-Qun, Shao, Qing, Liu, Xiaoqin, Veinot, John P, Tang, Anthony S.L, Stewart, Alexandre F.R, Tesson, Frederique, Klein, George J, Yee, Raymond, Skanes, Allan C, Guiraudon, Gerard M, Ebihara, Lisa, Bai, Donglin

“…In 4 of 15 patients with idiopathic atrial fibrillation, four novel, heterozygous mutations in GJA5 — the gene for the gap-junction protein connexin 40 — were…”
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Promoter polymorphism of matrilin-1 gene predisposes to adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in a Chinese population by ZHIJUN CHEN, TANG, Nelson L. S, XINGBIN CAO, DI QIAO, LONG YI, CHENG, Jack C. Y, YONG QIU

“…Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is widely recognized as a complex disorder with a strong genetic predisposition. In previous studies, a number of…”
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Ecological niche shift between diploid and tetraploid plants of Fragaria (Rosaceae) in China by Wan, J.-Z., Chen, L.-X., Gao, S., Song, Y.-B., Tang, S.-L., Yu, F.-H., Li, J.-M., Dong, M.

“…Ecological niche shifts between diploid and tetraploid plants remains a topic with potential for plant ecology and evolution. Here, we identified populations…”
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Feedback analysis of tunnel construction using a hybrid arithmetic based on Support Vector Machine and Particle Swarm Optimisation by Jiang, A.N., Wang, S.Y., Tang, S.L.

“…Feedback controls for tunnel construction require identifying geomechanical parameters and adjusting supporting parameters, both of which are optimisation…”
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Virtual follow-up and care for patients with cardiac electronic implantable devices: protocol for a systematic review by Kelly, Shannon E., Clifford, Tammy J., Coyle, Doug, Martin, Janet, Welch, Vivian, Skidmore, Becky, Birnie, David, Parkash, Ratika, Tang, Anthony S. L., Wells, George A.

“…Background Capacity to deliver outpatient care for patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) may soon be outweighed by need. This systematic…”
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An individual patient meta-analysis of five randomized trials assessing the effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on morbidity and mortality in patients with symptomatic heart failure by Cleland, John G, Abraham, William T, Linde, Cecilia, Gold, Michael R, Young, James B, Claude Daubert, J, Sherfesee, Lou, Wells, George A, Tang, Anthony S L

“…Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) with or without a defibrillator reduces morbidity and mortality in selected patients with heart failure (HF) but…”
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Profiles of lipids, blood pressure and weight changes among premenopausal Chinese breast cancer patients after adjuvant chemotherapy by Yeo, Winnie, Mo, Frankie K F, Pang, Elizabeth, Suen, Joyce J S, Koh, Jane, Loong, Herbert H F, Yip, Christopher C H, Ng, Rita Y W, Yip, Claudia H W, Tang, Nelson L S, Liem, Giok S

“…Adjuvant chemotherapy improves outcome of patients with early breast cancer. However, chemotherapy may be associated with long term toxicities. In this…”
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Evaluation of PCR for the diagnosis of dermatophytes in nail specimens from patients with suspected onychomycosis by Luk, N. M., Hui, M., Cheng, T. S., Tang, L. S., Ho, K. M.

“…Summary Background.  Conventional methods for detecting fungi in nail specimens are either nonspecific (microscopy) or insensitive (culture). Recently, PCR has…”
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Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation versus Escalation of Antiarrhythmic Drugs by Sapp, John L, Wells, George A, Parkash, Ratika, Stevenson, William G, Blier, Louis, Sarrazin, Jean-Francois, Thibault, Bernard, Rivard, Lena, Gula, Lorne, Leong-Sit, Peter, Essebag, Vidal, Nery, Pablo B, Tung, Stanley K, Raymond, Jean-Marc, Sterns, Laurence D, Veenhuyzen, George D, Healey, Jeff S, Redfearn, Damian, Roux, Jean-Francois, Tang, Anthony S.L

“…In patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and an implantable cardioverter–defibrillator who had ventricular tachycardia, catheter ablation was associated with a…”
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