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Original research

• Original research: Homology modeling of FFA2 identifies novel agonists that potentiate insulin secretion (7 August, 2017)

  Stephanie R Villa, Rama K Mishra, Joseph L Zapater, Medha Priyadarshini, Annette Gilchrist, Helena Mancebo, Gary E Schiltz, Brian T Layden
• Ascending aortic diameter and metabolic syndrome in Korean men (21 July, 2017)

  Hyejin Chun
• Critical flicker frequency is diagnostic of minimal hepatic encephalopathy (25 July, 2017)

  Serag Esmat, Nouman El Garem, Hassan Raslan, Mohamed Elfekki, Gihan A Sleem
• Original research: The risk of postoperative hemorrhage and efficacy of heparin for preventing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in adult patients undergoing neurosurgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis (26 July, 2017)

  Xuan Wang, Ying-Chun Zhou, Wen-De Zhu, Yun Sun, Peng Fu, De-Qiang Lei, Hong-Yang Zhao
• Original research: Prognostic factors of overall survival and cancer-specific survival in patients with resected early-stage rectal adenocarcinoma: a SEER-based study (21 July, 2017)

  Ko-Chao Lee, Kuan-Chih Chung, Hong-Hwa Chen, Chia-Cheng Liu, Chien-Chang Lu