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Open AccessA validated severity score for haemorrhoids as an essential prerequisite for future haemorrhoid trials
There is a lack of standardised outcomes for haemorrhoidal disease making comparison between trials difficult. A need for a very well validated severity score is essential to facilitate meta-analysis of compar...
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Open AccessAre publicly available internet resources enabling women to make informed fertility preservation decisions before starting cancer treatment: an environmental scan?
To identify publicly available internet resources and assess their likelihood to support women making informed decisions about, and between, fertility preservation procedures before starting their cancer treat...
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Open AccessAssessing internet-based information used to aid patient decision-making about surgery for perianal Crohn’s fistula
Decision-making in perianal Crohn’s fistula (pCD) is preference sensitive. Patients use the internet to access healthcare information. The aim of this study was to assess the online information and patient dec...
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Status of the NPDGamma experiment
The NPDGamma experiment measures the parity-violating (PV) gamma asymmetry from polarized cold neutrons captured on protons at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The (...
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Time reversal and the neutron
We have measured the triple correlation \(D\langle\vec J_n\rangle/J_n\cdot (\vec\beta_e\times\hat p_\nu)\) with a polar...
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The development of two postnatal health instruments: one for mothers (M-PHI) and one for fathers (F-PHI) to measure health during the first year of parenting
To develop and psychometrically evaluate two questionnaires measuring both positive and negative postnatal health of mothers (M-PHI) and fathers (F-PHI) during the first year of parenting.
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Responsiveness of the electronic Personal Assessment Questionnaire-Pelvic Floor (ePAQ-PF)
This study aimed to evaluate the responsiveness of the electronic Personal Assessment Questionnaire-Pelvic Floor (ePAQ-PF) in women undergoing surgery for pelvic floor disorders. Fifty-four women undergoing te...
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Electronic pelvic floor symptoms assessment: tests of data quality of ePAQ-PF
The objective of the study was to test the data quality, scaling assumptions and scoring algorithms underlying the electronic personal assessment questionnaire—pelvic floor (ePAQ-PF). A cross-sectional survey ...
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Open AccessOutcome of a risk-related therapeutic strategy used prospectively in a population-based study of Hodgkin's lymphoma in adolescents
The aim was to assess outcome in a population-based cohort of adolescents with Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) diagnosed in the UK's northern region over a 10-year period. Among a population of 3.09 million, 55 of 676...
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Composition and organisation of extracellular matrices around germ tubes and appressoria ofColletotrichum lindemuthianum
The ultrastructure and composition of the extracellular matrices (ECMs) associated with germ tubes and appressoria ofColletotrichum lindemuthianum have been examined. Flexuous fibres (fimbriae), up to 6 μm long a...
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Preliminary study on making of water resistance wood fiberboard
In the present study, described that preparation of oligoesterified wood fibre by the addition reaction of the wood Tibre with maleic anhydride (MA) and allyl glycidyl ether (AGE).Further, made of crosslinkabl...
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Determine on initial dimensional stability of chemical modified wood
Strain development along radial direction was continuously determined by D-200 Linear Variable Differential Transformers (L.V.D.T). When a wood specimen was put into water and begin to swell from absolute dry ...
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Video analysis of membrane strain: An application in cell stretching
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Preferential Sputtering Effects in Elemental Depth Profiling of Tellurium-Based Alloy Thin Films
The compositions of sputtered amorphous thin films of Se50Te50, Ge50Te50, and (Te90Ge5 In5)100-x 0 x=0-25 have been measured by electron microprobe x-ray analyzer (EMP) and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) with ...
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Alpha-thalassemia in Papua New Guinea
A study of the distribution of α-thalassemia in Papua New Guinea (PNG) was carried out by DNA analysis. A total of 664 DNA samples were screened for α-thalassemia 2 and α-thalassemia 1 caused respectively by e...
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Hydantoins
Selective antiepileptic therapy with organic compounds began in 1912 when Hauptmann (1912) reported on the clinical efficacy of phenobarbital. Prior to this the only effective drug therapy for epilepsy involve...
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Biochemistry
Although the mechanisms of anticonvulsant action remain uncertain, numerous physiological and biochemical correlates of such action have been documented, and it is possible that one or more of such correlates ...
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A chemical and enzymological comparison of the common major human erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase II, its minor component, and a new genetic variant, CA IIMelbourne (237 Pro→His)
A new variant of human erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase II (CA II) was discovered in a single Caucasian family during routine screening of blood samples from Melbourne, Australia. The normal and variant enzymes ...
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An apparatus for tensile testing of concrete
This paper describes a test fixture and alignment jig used for testing small concrete or rock cylinders in uniaxial tension. The fixture may be easily modified to test cube specimens and is adaptable for use i...
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Acoustic emission from composite-reinforced metals
Acoustic-emission (AE) count rates are presented for tensile loading of unidirectional boron-epoxy and for aluminum sheets reinforced with unidirectional boron-epoxy. It is shown that different prepreg materia...