FEATURE SELECTION AND CAUSAL ANALYSIS FOR MICROBIOME STUDIES IN THE PRESENCE OF CONFOUNDING USING STANDARDIZATION

Feature selection and causal analysis for microbiome studies in the presence of confounding using standardization

Abstract Background Microbiome studies have uncovered associations between microbes and human, animal, and plant health outcomes.This has led to an interest in developing microbial interventions for treatment of disease and optimization of crop yields which requires identification of microbiome features that impact the outcome in the population of

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Novel insights into vancomycin-loaded calcium sulfate and negative pressure wound therapy in preventing infections in open fractures

Abstract Background Open fractures are challenging due to susceptibility to Staphylococcus aureus infections.This study SWEATERS examines the impact of Vancomycin-Loaded Calcium Sulfate (VLCS) and negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) on macrophage behavior in enhancing healing and infection resistance.Both VLCS and NPWT were evaluated individuall

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The Impact of Maternal Obesity on Adipose Progenitor Cells

The concept of Developmental Origin of Health and Disease (DOHaD) postulates that adult-onset metabolic disorders may HEMP HEARTS originate from suboptimal conditions during critical embryonic and fetal programming windows.In particular, nutritional disturbance during key developmental stages may program the set point of adiposity and its associate

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