GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS IN ENDOTHELIN-1 AS PREDICTORS FOR LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AND THE CARDIAC INDEX IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ON-PUMP CARDIAC SURGERY.

Genetic Polymorphisms in Endothelin-1 as Predictors for Long-Term Survival and the Cardiac Index in Patients Undergoing On-Pump Cardiac Surgery.

Genetic variants within the endothelin-1 gene (EDN1) have been associated with several cardiovascular diseases and may act as genetic prognostic markers.Here, we explored the overall relevance of EDN1 polymorphisms for long-term survival in patients undergoing on-pump cardiac surgery.A prospectively collected cohort of 455 Caucasian patients who un

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Running experiments on Amazon Mechanical Turk

Although Mechanical Turk has recently become popular among social scientists as a source 30" Warming Drawer of experimental data, doubts may linger about the quality of data provided by subjects recruited from online labor markets.We address these potential concerns by presenting new demographic data about the Mechanical Turk subject population, re

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How the Turn to Practice may Contribute to Working Life Studies

Working life studies and practice-based studies have a common interest for work, and how work is accomplished in situated working conditions.The turn to practice may contribute to renew the study of work.The main concern of a practice-based approach to working practices is to understand the logic of the situation and the performance of action as pr

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Dural ectasia of the optic nerve sheath: is it always benign?

Berker Bakbak1, Hava Dönmez2, Tülay Kansu3, Hayyam Kiratli41Hacettepe University Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry, Neuro-ophthalmology Unit, Ankara, Turkey; 2Diskapi Yildirim Beyazid Education and Research Hospital Neurology Clinic, Ankara, Turkey; 3Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Department of Neurology, Ne

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