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[2] viXra:1612.0361 [pdf] submitted on 2016-12-28 07:08:27

Epstein-Barr Virus (Ebv) – a Main Cause of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Authors: Ilija Barukčić
Comments: 5 Pages. Copyright © 2016 by Ilija Barukčić, Jever. Published by: Romanian journal of rheumatology, 27 (4), (2018), 148-163. https://rjr.com.ro/

Objective. Many studies presented some evidence that EBV might play a role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. Still, there are conflicting reports concerning the existence of EBV in the synovial tissue of patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. Material and methods. Takeda et al. designed a study to detected EBV DNA is synovial tissues obtained at synovectomy or arthroplasty from 32 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 30 control patients (no rheumatoid arthritis). In this study, the data as published by Takeda et al. were re-analysed. Results. EBV infection of human synovial tissues is a condition per quam of rheumatoid arthritis. And much more than this. There is a highly significant causal relationship between an EBV infection of human synovial tissues and rheumatoid arthritis (k= +0,546993718, p-value = 0,00001655). Conclusion. These findings suggest that EBV infection of human synovial tissues is a main cause of rheumatoid arthritis.
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[1] viXra:1612.0240 [pdf] submitted on 2016-12-14 04:46:37

Standard Deviation for PDG Mass Data

Authors: M. J. Germuska
Comments: 6 Pages.

This paper analyses the data for the masses of elementary particles provided by the Particles Data Group (PDG). It finds evidence that the best mass estimates are not based solely on statistics but also on overall consistency, that sometimes results in skewed minimum and maximum mass limits. The paper also points out to some other quirks that result in minimum and maximum mass limits which are far from the statistical standard deviation. A statistical method is proposed to compute the standard deviation in such cases and when PDG does not provide any limits.
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