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Diabetes mellitus has been commonly associated with poor surgical outcomes. The aim of this meta-analysis was to assess the impact of diabetes on postoperative complications following colorectal surgery.
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Colorectal resection via natural orifice specimen extraction versus conventional laparoscopic extraction: a meta-analysis with meta-regression
Studies have shown differences in postoperative outcomes between two minimally invasive extraction methods for colorectal lesions—natural orifice specimen extraction surgery (NOSES) and conventional laparoscop...
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Numerical study of the DLC film flow field in the ECR-PECVD reaction chamber
This paper mainly investigates the optimum parameters for the fabrication of uniform diamond-like carbon (DLC) films on the electron cyclotron resonance plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (ECR-PECVD) re...
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The dynamics of wet granular matter under a vertical vibration bed
This study investigates the dynamic properties of convection rolls in a 2D wet vibrated granular bed. A particle tracking method with the help of image-processing technology was used to measure the velocity fi...
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Two-dimensional numerical visualization on the interaction of blast waves with obstacles
In this study, the complex phenomena of propagation and interaction of the blast waves impacting on obstacles were visualized and investigated using a numerical method. Three different distances between an imm...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Parallel Unsteady 3D MG Incompressible Flow
The development and validation of a parallel unstructured tetrahedral non-nested multigrid method for simulation of unsteady 3D incompressible viscous flow are described in this paper. The Navier-Stokes solver...
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Numerical analysis of rotor blades with and without film cooling holes
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Development of high-T c superconducting Bi-2223 tape joints
High-T c superconducting joints between Ag-clad Bi-2223 tapes have been developed for persistent current applications. Two presintered tapes with one side of the silver stripped were lapped and then wrapped by a ...
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Magnetic field enhancement of high-T c superconducting pancake coils by Mu metal sheets
High permeability ring-shaped mu metal sheets have been used to enhance magnetic fields in the bore of Bi-based high-T c superconducting coils. The central magnetic fieldB 0, g...
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Mechanism of O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase fromSalmonella typhimurium LT-2
O-Acetylserine sulfhydrylase is a pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP) dependent enzyme that catalyzes the final step of L-cysteine biosynthesis inSalmonella, viz. the conversion of O-acetyl-L-serine (OAS) and sulfide to...
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Variational approximations in energy space for the regulator problem with time delay
We consider a variational procedure for approximating the solution of the state regulator problem with time delay. Motivated by a dual formulation of the problem, we introduce a positive-definite functionalF over...
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Dual variational principles with deviating argument and discontinuous extremals
We study dual or complementary variational principles for functionals with deviating argument and discontinuous extremals. Local conditions for the existence of a pair of dual extremum principles are given. Re...
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N-Ion Implantation into ZnSe
Low resistivity n-type ZnSe single crystals implanted with 60 keV or 60 and 25 keV N-ions were converted to p-type conductivity after proper annealing. The type conversion was confirmed by a thermal probe meth...