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A Driver-Assistant System for Efficient DPF Regeneration
The current standards for controlling pollutant emissions require that diesel engine vehicles be equipped with increasingly complex and efficient exhaust gas aftertreatment systems. One of these systems is the...
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Open AccessNorth African dust intrusions and increased risk of respiratory diseases in Southern Portugal
The study of dust intrusions in Portugal is still a subject on which little investigation has been made, especially in terms of their effects. Thus, this work aims to achieve two goals: firstly, to characteriz...
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VEDI: Vision Exploitation for Data Interpretation
We present VEDI (Vision Exploitation for Data Interpretation), an integrated system to jointly assist the visitors of cultural sites and provide meaningful statistics about the visits to the managers of the sites
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Open AccessDeciphering the immune microenvironment of a tissue by digital imaging and cognition network
Evidence has highlighted the importance of immune cells in various gut disorders. Both the quantification and localization of these cells are essential to the understanding of the complex mechanisms implicated...
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Formulating Snacks to Increase Pulses Intake by Children and the Elderly
The well-known nutritional and health benefits of pulses may be potentiated for certain segments of population, which have specific nutritional and sensory food requirements. Adding convenience to pulse based ...
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Radiation-related toxicities and outcomes in endometrial cancer: are obese women at a disadvantage?
To assess the impact of body mass index (BMI) on radiotherapy toxicities in endometrial cancer patients.
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Preparation, characterization and environmental applications of Sr1 − x (La,Bi) x TiO3 perovskites immobilized on Ni-foam: photodegradation of the Acid Orange 7
The Sr1 − x La x TiO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4) and Sr1 − x Bi x TiO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.3) perovskites were prepare...
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Open AccessBevacizumab and Combination Chemotherapy in rectal cancer Until Surgery (BACCHUS): a phase II, multicentre, open-label, randomised study of neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone in patients with high-risk cancer of the rectum
In locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) preoperative chemoradiation (CRT) is the standard of care, but the risk of local recurrence is low with good quality total mesorectal excision (TME), although many stil...
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Open AccessPredictors of complications in gynaecological oncological surgery: a prospective multicentre study (UKGOSOC—UK gynaecological oncology surgical outcomes and complications)
There are limited data on surgical outcomes in gynaecological oncology. We report on predictors of complications in a multicentre prospective study.
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Degradation of tetracycline at a boron-doped diamond anode: influence of initial pH, applied current intensity and electrolyte
The anodic oxidation of tetracycline was performed in an up-flow reactor, operating in batch mode with recirculation, using as anode a boron-doped diamond electrode. The influence on the degradation rate of so...
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Open AccessPReS-FINAL-2021: JADAS-CRP instead of JADAS-ESR...results from REUMA.PT
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Challenges in the Optimisation of Post-operative Pain Management with Opioids in Obese Patients: a Literature Review
An increasing number of obese patients are undergoing surgery, particularly bariatric and orthopaedic surgery. The physiological differences between obese and normal-weight subjects may modify not only anaesth...
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Improving the Efficiency of Natural Computing Algorithms in DOA Estimation Using a Noise Filtering Approach
We propose a novel strategy to generate initial candidate solutions for bio-inspired algorithms applied to the direction of arrival estimation problem. The idea, which aims to improve the efficiency of the est...
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Open AccessPatient-reporting improves estimates of postoperative complication rates: a prospective cohort study in gynaecological oncology
Most studies use hospital data to calculate postoperative complication rates (PCRs). We report on improving PCR estimates through use of patient-reporting.
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Preparation of Ti/Pt/SnO2–Sb2O4 electrodes for anodic oxidation of pharmaceutical drugs
Ti/Pt/SnO2–Sb2O4 electrodes were prepared by alternating Sn and Sb electrodepositions, repeated 4 or 16 times, onto a platinized titanium foil by a thermo-electrochemical method. Chemical, electrochemical, and st...
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The pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, in Madeira Island
The environmental conditions in Madeira Island are favorable for the presence and dissemination of the pinewood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. Five hundred Pinus pinaster wood samples were collected ...
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Annealed Ti/Zn-TiO2 nanocomposites tested as photoanodes for the degradation of Ibuprofen
Ti/Zn-TiO2 electrodes were successfully prepared by the co-deposition method, on a titanium substrate, using an acidic zinc sulphate solution with TiO2 nanoparticles in suspension. After electrodeposition, sample...
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Frailty criteria and cognitive performance are related: Data from the Fibra study in Ermelino Matarazzo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
To assess the relationship between the CHS frailty criteria (Fried et al., 2001) and cognitive performance.
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Anodic oxidation of organic pollutants on a Ti/SnO2–Sb2O4 anode
A Ti/SnO2–Sb2O4 electrode was prepared by alternate Sn and Sb electrodepositions using the thermo-electrochemical method. The chemical, electrochemical, and structural characterization of the electrode was perfor...
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Open AccessUpregulation of inflammatory genes and downregulation of sclerostin are key elements for fracture healing
