Fig. 1: ACS progressors exhibit distinctMtb-specific antibody profiles. a, Serum collected longitudinally from a cohort of South African adolescents who later progressed to active TB disease (n = 36) or who maintained asymptomatic infection (n = 104). For analyses in the current study...
Children’s physical fitness development and related moderating effects of age and sex are well documented, especially boys’ and girls’ divergence during puberty. The situation might be different during prepuberty. As girls mature approximately two yea
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The study was conducted in accordance with the principles outlined in the Helsinki Declaration. All respondents (children and their parents/guardians and officials of state agencies) provided written consent to participate in the study. The data acquired was anonymised to protect the children’s ...
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. Acknowledgments We are deeply grateful to the Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Huayong Cheng and Associ...
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The authors assert that all procedures contributing to this work comply with the ethical standards of the relevant national and institutional committees on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008. The research protocol was approved by St. Anne’s University...
Accessory joints increased the likelihood of dorsal sclerosis (OR 2.735; 95% CI 1.376–5.436) while a typical joint form decreased its likelihood (OR 0.174; 95% CI 0.104–0.293). Sex and anatomical joint form have a major impact on the development of degenerative lesions of the SIJs and ...
Fluctuating background sounds facilitate speech intelligibility by providing speech ‘glimpses’ (masking release). Older adults benefit less from glimpses, but masking release is typically investigated using isolated sentences. Recent work indicates tha