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Open AccessTriage body temperature and its influence on patients with acute myocardial infarction
Fever can occur after acute myocardial infarction (MI). The influence of body temperature (BT) after hospital arrival on patients with acute MI has rarely been investigated.
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Open AccessA full-face mask for protection against respiratory infections
Aerosols and droplets are the transmission routes of many respiratory infectious diseases. The COVID-19 management guidance recommends against the use of nebulized inhalation therapy directly in the emergency ...
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Open AccessPredictive performances of ALS and BLS termination of resuscitation rules in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest for different resuscitation protocols
Resuscitation guidance has advanced; however, the predictive performance of the termination of resuscitation (TOR) rule has not been validated for different resuscitation protocols published by the American He...
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Open AccessPrediction of hospitalization using artificial intelligence for urgent patients in the emergency department
Timely assessment to accurately prioritize patients is crucial for emergency department (ED) management. Urgent (i.e., level-3, on a 5-level emergency severity index system) patients have become a challenge si...
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Minimally invasive surgery versus radiofrequency ablation for single subcapsular hepatocellular carcinoma ≤ 2 cm with compensated liver cirrhosis
There is currently no consensus regarding the relative applicability of minimally invasive treatment, including radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and minimally invasive surgery (MIS) in patients with a single smal...
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Impact of 3D-CT-Based Gastric Wall Volume on Weight Loss after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
There are several debates on the association between gastric anatomy and weight loss after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). There is a paucity of data on the impact of gastric wall volume (GWV) on weight...
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Early Blood Biomarkers Distinguish Inflammation from Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemia Encephalopathy
Neonatal hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy is the most common cause of neurological disability in infancy. Superimposed inflammation may further worsen neurological outcomes. Reliable biomarkers which are both ...
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Fabrication of highly efficient hybrid device structure based white light emitting diodes
In this study, white light is generated from the combination of BaMgAl10O17:Mn2+ (BAM) green phosphor and colloidal red CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) via two different solid and hybrid type geometries. Problem of a...
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Open AccessEmergency medical dispatch services across Pan-Asian countries: a web-based survey
Dispatch services (DS’s) form an integral part of emergency medical service (EMS) systems. The role of a dispatcher has also evolved into a crucial link in patient care delivery, particularly in dispatcher ass...
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Open AccessDispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation for traumatic patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Resuscitation efforts for traumatic patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are not always futile. Dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DA-CPR) during emergency calls could increase t...
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Open AccessNanoparticle-Doped Polydimethylsiloxane Fluid Enhances the Optical Performance of AlGaN-Based Deep-Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diodes
This paper proposes a new encapsulation structure for aluminum nitride-based deep UV light-emitting diodes (DUV-LEDs) and eutectic flip chips containing polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) fluid doped with SiO2 nanoparti...
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Open AccessLiquid Type Nontoxic Photoluminescent Nanomaterials for High Color Quality White-Light-Emitting Diode
High-brightness white-light-emitting diodes (w-LEDs) with excellent color quality is demonstrated by using nontoxic nanomaterials. Previously, we have reported the high color quality w-LEDs with heavy-metal ph...
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Open AccessPerformance analysis and power allocation strategy in single-antenna cognitive overlay systems
A power allocation strategy is proposed for single-antenna overlay cognitive radio networks, in which the secondary user helps transmit the signal of the primary user while concurrently conveying its own signa...
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Open AccessEmergency medical services key performance measurement in Asian cities
One of the key principles in the recommended standards is that emergency medical service (EMS) providers should continuously monitor the quality and safety of their services. This requires service providers to...
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Adaptive Trading for Anti-correlated Pairs of Stocks
The effect of anti-correlation between stocks in real stock market can be exploited for profit if one can also properly set the criterion for trading that takes into account the volatility of the stock pair. T...
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Pricing Effectiveness and Regulation: An Examination of Premium Rating in Taiwan Automobile Insurance
This paper examines premium determination of voluntary automobile insurance policies and risk classification under Taiwan’s heavily regulated rating system. On the basis of a unique data set, we investigate th...
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The impact of M&As on company innovation: evidence from the US medical device industry
The acquisition of new technologies represents a vitally important and fundamental goal of many corporate managers, particularly those within the medical device industry. We collect data on ten medical device ...
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Implementation of a Heuristic Network Bandwidth Measurement for Grid Computing Environments
Grid computing technique is more and more popular. In general, Ganglia and NWS are applied to monitor Grid nodes’ status and network-related information, respectively. Comprehensive monitoring and effective ma...
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A Heuristic Network Bandwidth Measurement with Domain-Based Model on Grids
Recently, Grid computing is more and more widespread. Therefore, there exists a common issue, i.e., how to manage and monitor numerous resources of grid computing environments. In most cases, we use Ganglia an...
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A New Credit Card Payment Scheme Using Mobile Phones Based on Visual Cryptography
With the increasing usage of credit cards, secure requirements for handling credit card payment have become more critical. Today, it is being deployed for a wide application services in mobile commerce over pu...
