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Open AccessHealth related quality of life associated with extreme obesity in adolescents – results from the baseline evaluation of the YES-study
Obesity can significantly reduce health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and may lead to numerous health problems even in youths. This study aimed to investigate whether HRQoL varies among youths with obesity d...
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Open AccessFirst particle-by-particle measurement of emittance in the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) collaboration seeks to demonstrate the feasibility of ionization cooling, the technique by which it is proposed to cool the muon beam at a future neutrino factory ...
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Investigation into diseases in free-ranging ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) in northwestern Germany during population decline with special reference to infectious pathogens
The population of ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) is decreasing all over Germany since the years 2008/2009. Besides impacts of habitat changes caused by current rates of land conversion, climatic infl...
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Open AccessCharacterisation of the muon beams for the Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
A novel single-particle technique to measure emittance has been developed and used to characterise seventeen different muon beams for the Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment (MICE). The muon beams, whose mean m...
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Open AccessElucidating the molecular genetic basis of cluster headache: delineation of the genetic architecture by exome sequencing
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Acceleration in the linear non-scaling fixed-field alternating-gradient accelerator EMMA
In a fixed-field alternating-gradient (FFAG) accelerator, eliminating pulsed magnet operation permits rapid acceleration to synchrotron energies, but with a much higher beam-pulse repetition rate. Conceived in...
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Das metabolische Syndrom
Das metabolische Syndrom (MetS) ist durch das Zusammentreffen der Risikofaktoren viszerale Adipositas, Bluthochdruck, Dyslipidämie, Insulinresistenz und ggf. gestörte Glukoseregulation definiert. Es begünstigt...
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Numerical Analysis of Block Caving-Induced Instability in Large Open Pit Slopes: A Finite Element/Discrete Element Approach
This paper addresses one of the most challenging problems in mining rock engineering—the interaction between block cave mining and a large overlying open pit. The finite element modeling/discrete element model...
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Constructive and Destructive Use of Compilers in Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Although cryptographic software implementation is often performed by expert programmers, the range of performance and security driven options, as well as more mundane software engineering issues, still make it...
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Compiler Assisted Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Although cryptographic software implementation is often performed by expert programmers, the range of performance and security driven options, as well as more mundane software engineering issues, still make it...
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The Price of Adherence: Qualitative Findings From HIV Positive Individuals Purchasing Fixed-Dose Combination Generic HIV Antiretroviral Therapy in Kampala, Uganda
Contrary to early expectations, recent studies have shown near-perfect adherence to HIV antiretrovirals in sub-Saharan Africa We conducted qualitative interviews with patients purchasing low-cost, generic anti...
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Open AccessNet1 and Myeov: computationally identified mediators of gastric cancer
Gastric adenocarcinoma (GA) is a significant cause of mortality worldwide. The molecular mechanisms of GA remain poorly characterised. Our aim was to characterise the functional activity of the computationally...
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Radiation Peak Skin Dose to Risk Stratify Electrophysiological Procedures for Deterministic Skin Damage
Ionising radiation is has the potential to cause harm both by increasing the probability future malignancy (stochastic mechanisms) and by direct physical injury (deterministic mechanisms). Several measures hav...
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Management of Barrett’s oesophagus in 2001 in Ireland
Background Endoscopic surveillance of patients with Barrett’s oesophagus is recommended to detect early carcinoma. The practice patterns of endoscopists since the publication of more recent management guidelines ...
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Certification of Public Keys within an Identity Based System
We investigate a number of issues related to the use of multiple trust authorities in the type of identifier based cryptography enabled by the Weil and Tate pairings. An example of such a system is the Boneh a...
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Real Time Feature Extraction for the Analysis of Turbulent Flows
The study of fluid flow turbulence has been an active area of research for over 100 years, mainly because of its technological importance to a vast number of applications. In recent times with the advent of su...
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Influence of hydrogen and long-range order on the tensile and fatigue characteristics of Pd3Mn