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Open AccessCustom-Shaped Organic Photovoltaic Modules—Freedom of Design by Printing
Freedom of design that was introduced as organic photovoltaic (OPV) modules were fabricated by printing. As proof-of-concept, we show OPV leaf fabrication in A5 size using gravure and rotary screen printing pr...
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Open AccessRoll-to-roll printed and assembled large area LED lighting element
Novel continuous and mass customizable light-emitting diode (LED) lighting foil system, capable to produce adequate lighting levels for general lighting, was designed, processed, and characterized. Lighting el...
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Biodegradability and Compostability of Nanofibrillar Cellulose-Based Products
Biodegradability and compostability of nanofibrillar cellulose-based (NFC) products including films, concentrated NFC and paper products containing NFC were evaluated under controlled composting conditions. Al...
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Pulse pressure and subclinical peripheral artery disease
Ankle–brachial index (ABI) measurement offers an easily available method to diagnose peripheral artery disease (PAD) and systemic atherosclerosis in early stage and thus to identify high-risk individuals for p...
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Open AccessFirst-hour protocol clarifies resource management and nursing staff education in the ICU
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431 Predictors of Decreased Fluid Tolerance in Vlbw Infants
Objective: The goal was to elucidate predictors of decreased fluid tolerance (DFT) in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. We hypothesized that the fluid retention is linked to severity of pulmonary problems ...
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A statistical approach to assessing interval scale preferences in discrete choice problems
This paper introduces two statistical interval scale techniques for assessing preferential uncertainty in discrete choice problems. The main benefit of interval scale techniques is that the evaluations can be ...
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Hypertensive women with the metabolic syndrome are at risk of renal insufficiency more than men in general population
The prevalence of renal insufficiency in hypertensive participants without comorbidities affecting renal function is unknown. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and predictors of renal in...
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Bone Mineral Density and Lipid Changes During 5 Years of Follow-up in a Study of Prevention of Breast Cancer with Toremifene in Healthy, High-risk Pre- and Post-menopausal Women
A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled pilot study was initiated to evaluate the feasibility of chemoprevention with toremifene 60 mg/day in healthy women at high risk for breast cancer. Enrolment in t...
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205 Respiratory Symptoms in Very Low Birth Weight Infants with Radiologically Classified Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (Preliminary Results)
Background/Aim. At present, the diagnosis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is usually based on the duration of oxygen supplementation. The aim of this study was to assess whether very low birth weight (VLBW...
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Heart rate adjustment of magnetic field map rotation in detection of myocardial ischemia in exercise magnetocardiography
Aims We studied the capability of heart rate (HR) adjusted change in multichannel magnetocardiogram (MCG) to detect exercise-induced ischemia. Methods and results The MCG and 12-lead ECG were recorded simultaneo...
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Non-invasive arrhythmia risk evaluation in clinical environment
We have applied various methods to extract parameters from high-resolution magnetocardiographic (MCG) and electrocardiographic (ECG) recordings for characterizing the risk of life-threatening arrhythmias. The...
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The impact of a biased starting position in a single negotiation text type mediation
This article examines whether a biased starting position impacts the outcome of negotiations using a Single Negotiating Text (SNT) (Raiffa 1982) type, two-party mediation. Two separate experiments were conduct...
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Comparison of two different cell culture methods in evaluation of biocompatibility of latex urinary catheters
International biocompatibility standards for urinary catheters have not yet been set. The used in vivo animal tests earlier have been shown to be insensitive and expensive. The present study compared the sensi...
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Intralesional corticosteroid injections in combination with internal urethrotomy in the treatment of urethral strictures
In the treatment of 38 patients with urethral stricture, 21 received intralesional corticosteroid injections, combined in 17 cases with internal urethrotomy.
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Supporting individuals in group decision-making
Pooling of different resources is typical among the member countries of the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance participating in joint large-scale construction projects. The problem faced by the members of t...
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The effect of different night conditions on the CO2 fixation in a lichen Xanthoria parietina
CO2 fixation was studied in a lichen, Xanthoria parietina, kept in continuous light, and with cyclic changes in light intensity, dark period or temperature. The diurnal and seasonal courses of CO2 exchange were f...