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Most data regarding infective endocarditis (IE) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) comes from TAVI registries, rather than IE dedicated cohorts. The objective of our study was to compare the ...
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Open AccessPredictive models for health outcomes due to SARS-CoV-2, including the effect of vaccination: a systematic review
The interaction between modelers and policymakers is becoming more common due to the increase in computing speed seen in recent decades. The recent pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus was no exception. Thu...
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Open AccessParticle finder: a simple particle detection tool for continuous-flow systems
We describe a user-friendly, open source software for single-particle detection/counting in a continuous-flow. The tool automatically processes video images of particles, including pre-conditioning, followed b...
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Electric Motorcycle Frame Design with Generative Design Feature for Polymer Additive Manufacturing – Concept and Prototype Validation
Individual mobility has been changing through the last decade; in seek of sustainable solutions involving ambient, energetic and social factors. This seeking led to the invention of the electric moped and kick...
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Experimental Study of the Influence of Cervical Disc Mechanical Properties on the Strain Distribution in Adjacent Vertebrae
Seven vertebrae and intervertebral discs make up the constitution of cervical spine, which also allows overall cervical motion. The spine’s biomechanics are directly influenced by the characteristics of the na...
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A New Concept of Bone Biofiligree Fixation Plate for Cubital Fractures
Within this paper we present a new concept of osteosynthesis plate for bone fixation fractures. The concept of biofiligree and its applicability in the design and manufacture of a plate for the fixation of an ...
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Aworkstation Assessment Tool Considering Ergonomics Aspects (WATEA)
Background: Ergonomic improvements in occupational health in the workplace are a growing need around the world. Workstation assessment is necessary for successful worker performance. Objective: The purpose of ...
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Open AccessMural Endocarditis: The GAMES Registry Series and Review of the Literature
Mural infective endocarditis (MIE) is a rare type of endovascular infection. We present a comprehensive series of patients with mural endocarditis.
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Analytical Method Lifecycle Management in Pharmaceutical Industry: a Review
The adoption of Quality by Design (QbD) and Analytical Method Lifecycle Management (AMLM) concepts to ensure the quality of pharmaceutical products has been applied and proposed over the last few years. These ...
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Instrumental Proposal to Determine the State of Health of the Patients with Diabetic Foot
This work describes an instrument to make measurements of electrical impedance over the skin of the foot in Diabetes Mellitus patients, in order to provide an early detection of diabetic foot, a very severe c...
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A Diagnostic Analysis of Absenteeism—A Case Study in a Portuguese Cork Industry
Absenteeism is defined as the absence of a worker from his or her workplace during a normal day’s work schedule and is seen as a problem which companies face every day. The absence of an employee can result in...
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Computational Strategy for the Generation of the Clinical Histories of Patients with Diabetic Foot
In patients, suffering diabetes mellitus by long time, the pathology of the diabetic foot is a consequence of that serious disease, appearing in many cases. This problem can be prevented through the evaluation...
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Improved Spectral Method to Obtain Strains of an Ex-Vivo Membrane Tissue and Its Performance Under Elevated SNRs
In the recent years, ultrasound has become an inspection tool under investigation to explore laminated biological structures to found mechanical or structural changes related to early stages of diseases. The ...
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A CYTED Network: New Non-invasive Ways for an Early Diagnosis of Chronic and Degenerative Diseases: Diabetes and Cardiovascular
In this work, an analysis of the principal characteristics, scientific aims and some initial results, of the Iberoamerican R&D network “Ditecrod” (Project of CYTED) is made. This network is based on an intern...
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Controllable production of Janus ligaments by AC fields in a flow-focusing junction
We report the production of bicomponent Janus filaments of miscible aqueous fluids in a microfluidic electro-flow-focusing device under the action of an AC electric field. The production of liquid filaments ca...
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Droplet group production in an AC electro-flow-focusing microdevice
We report the production of droplet groups with a controlled number of drops in a microfluidic electro-flow-focusing device under the action of an AC electric field. This regime appears for moderate voltages (...
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Acute pneumonitis and pericarditis related to alemtuzumab therapy in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
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Distributed Multimodal Journey Planner Based on Mashup of Individual Planners’ APIs
In this research work we describe the creation of the concept of a distributed journey planning system that links as many journey planning services as are available in public transportation operators and willi...
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Breakup length of AC electrified jets in a microfluidic flow-focusing junction
Electroactuation of liquid–liquid interfaces offers promising methods to actively modulate droplet formation in droplet-based microfluidic systems. Here, flow-focusing junctions are coupled to electrodes to c...
