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The role of spine stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with breast cancer metastases
Breast cancer that metastasizes to the spine is associated with low quality of life and poor survival. Radiosurgery has an increasing role in this patient population. This single-institution (2003–2023) study ...
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Open AccessParacentral acute middle maculopathy presenting as a sign of impending central retinal artery occlusion: a case report
To report a case of paracentral acute middle maculopathy (PAMM) that progressed to central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) on spectral domain-optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).
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Open AccessRandomized trial of conventional versus radiofrequency needle transseptal puncture for cryoballoon ablation: the CRYO-LATS trial
Transseptal puncture to achieve left atrial access is necessary for many cardiac procedures, including atrial fibrillation ablation. More recently, there has been an increasing need for left atrial access usin...
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Open AccessThe role of brain natriuretic peptide in atrial fibrillation: a substudy of the Substrate Modification with Aggressive Blood Pressure Control for Atrial Fibrillation (SMAC-AF) trial
Catheter ablation is an established therapy for atrial fibrillation but is limited by recurrence; efforts have been made to identify biomarkers that predict recurrence. We investigated the effect of baseline N...
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Designing Technology for Shared Communication and Awareness in Wilderness Search and Rescue
Wilderness search and rescue (WSAR) is a carefully planned and organized team operation, requiring collaboration and information sharing between many volunteers who are spread out across various locations in t...
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Prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator in heart failure: the growing evidence for all or Primum non nocere for some?
Heart failure (HF) is a common health problem and has reached epidemic in many western countries. Despite the current era of HF treatment, the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in HF remains significant. Impl...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
EXCITE: EXploring Collaborative Interaction in Tracked Environments
A central issue in designing collaborative multi-surface environments is evaluating the interaction techniques, tools, and applications that we design. We often analyse data from studies using inductive video ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
CipherCard: A Token-Based Approach Against Camera-Based Shoulder Surfing Attacks on Common Touchscreen Devices
We present CipherCard, a physical token that defends against shoulder-surfing attacks on user authentication on capacitive touchscreen devices. When CipherCard is placed over a touchscreen’s pin-pad, it remaps...
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Open AccessGenetic variation at CYP3A is associated with age at menarche and breast cancer risk: a case-control study
We have previously shown that a tag single nucleotide polymorphism (rs10235235), which maps to the CYP3A locus (7q22.1), was associated with a reduction in premenopausal urinary estrone glucuronide levels and a m...
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The prevalence and risk factors for atrioesophageal fistula after percutaneous radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: the Canadian experience
Atrioesophageal fistula (AEF) is an infrequent complication of radiofrequency (RF) ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and operator-dependent factors as...
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Creating scalable location-based games: lessons from Geocaching
Location-based games seek to move computer gaming out from behind the PC and into the “real world” of cities, streets, parks, and other locations. This real-world physicality makes the experience fun for game ...
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Toward a Framework for Prototy** Physical Interfaces in Multiplayer Gaming: TwinSpace Experiences
We reflect on our experiences using an experimental platform for rapidly prototy** physical control configurations for multiplayer games. We describe how the architecture permits novel forms of collaborative...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Character Sharing in World of Warcraft
Many online games are played through characters that act out players' intentions in the game world. The practice of character sharing — allowing others to use one's characters, or using others' — is prohibited...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
C-Band: A Flexible Ring Tag System for Camera-Based User Interface
This paper proposed a new visual tag system for enhancing real world media interaction using handheld camera devices. This paper also described performance evaluations of the prototype, and its applications. C...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
VideoArms: Embodiments for Mixed Presence Groupware
Mixed presence groupware (MPG) allows collocated and distributed teams to work together on a shared visual workspace. Presence disparity arises in MPG because it is harder to maintain awareness of remote colla...
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ICDAR 2003 robust reading competitions: entries, results, and future directions
This paper describes the robust reading competitions for ICDAR 2003. With the rapid growth in research over the last few years on recognizing text in natural scenes, there is an urgent need to establish some c...
