… The Doi plot (left) and funnel plot (right). The Doi plot is expected to have symmetrical right
and left limbs with a similar number of studies on either limb. Gross asymmetry is apparent …

Glutamine is the most abundant free amino acid in the body and is known to play a
regulatory role in several cell specific processes including metabolism (eg, oxidative fuel, …

… The Doi and funnel plots also indicated the presence of asymmetry with a paucity of studies
on the left-hand side (weaker effects) of the plot (Fig. 3). The exclusion of study by Quick et al…

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Background In a previous phase 3 study in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),
edaravone did not show a significant difference in the Revised ALS Functional Rating Scale …

Fibrosis is a pathological process characterized by infiltration and proliferation of mesenchymal
cells in interstitial space. A substantial portion of these cells is derived from residing non-…

… Also consider that the true effects, δ j s, also vary from an underlying common effect, θ, … σ δ
^ , where σ δ ^ is the standard deviation of δ ^ j s, σ w is the standard deviation of the system of …

… In this article, we propose a new graphical method, the Doi plot, to visualize asymmetry and
… Doi plots. We demonstrate that the visual representation of asymmetry was better for the Doi …

… To further investigate the gene(s) conferring susceptibility to adult asthma mapped to four
loci (excluding the MHC region), we performed detailed mapping analyses using 1,532 cases …

… TH, KT, S. Tanaka and MK performed the genotyping for the GWAS. MS, TY, SF, SD, AM,
T. … Ebihara, MA, S. Takeuchi and MF recruited subjects and participated in the diagnostic …