DEPRESSION AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS AMONG HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTERS IN DAMMAM, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

Depression and associated risk factors among hypertensive patients in Primary Health Care Centers in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

INTRODUCTION: Depression is a common mental illness and Hypertension is a chronic disease and due to the negligence depression is co-morbidity with hypertension.The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of depression and its associated factor among hypertensive patients in Dammam.METHODS: it was a cross-sectional study and 342 hypertens

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Human-specific protein isoforms produced by novel splice sites in the human genome after the human-chimpanzee divergence

Abstract Background Evolution of splice sites is a well-known phenomenon that results in transcript diversity during human evolution.Many novel splice sites are derived from repetitive elements and may not contribute to protein products.Here, we analyzed annotated human protein-coding exons and identified human-specific splice sites that arose afte

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Structural Modeling of Object Relations Mediated by Cognitive Emotion Regulation to Predict the Love Trauma Syndrome in Female Students

Background: Love trauma syndrome includes a set of symptoms manifesting after the end of an emotional relationship and negatively affecting performance in various areas.Objectives: The current study aimed at determining the effect of object relations mediated by cognitive emotion regulation on the prediction of love trauma syndrome in female studen

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A Novel Variant of Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) from the Invasive Honeybee Apis florea (Apidae, Hymenoptera) and Its Ectoparasite Euvarroa sinhai (Acarina, Mesostigmata) in Taiwan

The invasion of Apis florea in Taiwan was first recorded in 2017.The deformed wing virus (DWV) has been identified as a common bee virus in apiculture around the world.Ectoparasitic mites are the main DWV vector for horizontal transmission.However, there are few studies about the ectoparasitic mite of Euvarroa sinhai, which has been found Cabochons

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Evidence of focusing the MHC class I immunopeptidome by tapasin

Major Histocompatibility Complex class I (MHC-I) molecules bind and present peptides to cytotoxic T cells, protecting against pathogens and cancer.MHC-I is highly polymorphic and each allotype is promiscuous, and capable of binding a unique and diverse repertoire of peptide ligands.The peptide editing chaperone tapasin optimizes this allotype speci

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