Abstract Background Mendelian randomization (MR) studies using Genetic risk scores (GRS) as an instrumental variable (IV) have increasingly been used to control for unmeasured confounding in observational healthcare databases.However, proper reporting of methodological issues is sparse in these studies.We aimed to review published papers related to
The present study aimed to create an Al6061-St52 dissimilar joint and investigate the effect of the transverse speed and the pin offset by the friction stir welding (FSW) process.Aluminum to steel dissimilar welding is difficult by fusion methods because of the formation of brittle intermetallic compounds (IMCs).Therefore, FSW parameters were deter
We measured visual performance in achromatic and chromatic spatial tasks of mercury-exposed subjects and compared the results with norms obtained from healthy individuals of similar age.Data were obtained for a group of 28 mercury-exposed subjects, comprising 20 Amazonian gold miners, 2 inhabitants of Amazonian riverside communities, and 6 laborato
Terrestrial gastropods are among the most imperiled groups of organisms on Earth.Many species have a complex taxonomic history, often including poorly defined subspecies, most of which have not been the focus of modern systematics research.Genomic tools, geometric morphometrics, and environmental niche modeling were used to assess the taxonomic sta