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According to current concepts, major depressive disorder is strongly related to dysfunctional neural processing of motivational information, entailing impairments in reinforcement learning.

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Sleep dysfunction is extremely common in patients with schizophrenia.

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Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic and invalidating inflammatory bowel disease of unknown etiology.

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Gastric cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death worldwide, and although the incidence has decreased in Western countries, specific high-risk areas are present in Italy.

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Tissue-specific deletion of the gene for NADPH-cytochrome P450 (P450) reductase (CPR), the essential electron donor to all microsomal P450 enzymes, in either liver or intestine, leads to upregulation of many P450 genes in the tissue with the Cpr deletion.

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Meningiomas are the type of central nervous system tumours, derived from the cells of the arachnoid membrane that are well constrained from surrounding tissues, mainly no infiltrating neoplasm with benign features.

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Chronic kidney disease (CKD), and especially end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are relevant worldwide public health problems, since they are linked to poor quality of life, serious adverse health outcomes (including cardiovascular diseases, infections, duration of hospitalization and, more importantly, overall mortality), as well as increased healthcare costs.

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The marriage between a 2D layered material (2DLM) and a complex transition metal oxide (TMO) results in a variety of physical and chemical phenomena that cannot be achieved in either material alone.

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The dominant occurrence of the b = a ( 0 0 1 ) prismatic edge dislocation loops in iron and iron-based alloys irradiated at temperatures approaching 500C is a striking anomaly distinguishing iron and its alloys from other bcc metals.

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Metals and ceramics are becoming increasing of importance to microsystem in reproduction and molding techniques because of the mechanical and physical properties.

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The charge storage mechanism of nanostructured intercalation materials such as anatase (TiO2) is still a matter of intense research, because it provides the basis for designing electrochemical energy storage and conversion materials.

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Structural design plays an important role in the fabrication of high-performance electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials, as well as determining the shielding efficiency and the corresponding shielding mechanism.

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Among the refractory metals and alloys, niobium and niobium alloys are used in variety of high temperature applications ranging from light bulbs to rocket engines because of its high melting and boiling point, lower density, good ductility at room temperature and high corrosion resistance.

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Non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) is a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the United States.

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Poor blood pressure (BP) control is a serious clinical problem, being responsible for much of the morbidity and mortality associated with arterial hypertension.

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Ischemic heart disease is the major cause of death in developed countries and infarct size is the major determinant of prognosis.

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Noroviruses cause immense sporadic gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide.

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Vulvar basal cell carcinoma (BCC) accounts for 7% of all vulvar cancers at two hospitals in the south of Israel.