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Time to revise the terminology we use to regulate water management practices
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Open AccessExploring variation in implementation of multifactorial falls risk assessment and tailored interventions: a realist review
Falls are the most common safety incident reported by acute hospitals. In England national guidance recommends delivery of a multifactorial falls risk assessment (MFRA) and interventions tailored to address in...
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Passive Versus Active Intra-Abdominal Drainage Following Pancreatic Resection: Does A Superior Drainage System Exist? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) is a major source of morbidity following pancreatic resection. Surgically placed drains under suction or gravity are routinely used to help mitigate the complications as...
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Open AccessThe patient journey to diagnosis and treatment of congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency
Congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency (CSID) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by a deficiency of the sucrase-isomaltase (SI) enzyme complex within the brush border membrane of the small intestine. M...
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Open AccessStandardization of early drain removal following pancreatic resection: proposal of the “Ottawa pancreatic drain algorithm”
Early drain removal after pancreatic resection is encouraged for individuals with low postoperative day 1 drain amylase levels (POD1 DA) to mitigate associated morbidity. Although various protocols for drain m...
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The Graph of Critical Pairs of a Crown
There is a natural way to associate with a poset P a hypergraph , called the hypergraph of critical pairs, so that the dimension of P is exactly equal to the chromatic number of . The edges of have variable sizes...
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Open AccessEvaluating the Connect with Pharmacy web-based intervention to reduce hospital readmission for older people
Background The patient transition from a hospital to a post-discharge healthcare setting has potential to disrupt continuity of medication management and increase the risk of harm. “Connect with Pharmacy” is a ne...
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Open AccessSampling and counting genome rearrangement scenarios
Even for moderate size inputs, there are a tremendous number of optimal rearrangement scenarios, regardless what the model is and which specific question is to be answered. Therefore giving one optimal solutio...
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Scaffolding for Mediated Learning During ‘Whole-Class Exercises’ in Kenyan Secondary English Lessons
Research on classroom interaction for second-language learning situated within sociocultural theory emphasises the role of teacher–pupil talk as a source for expert mediation. While certain features of this ta...
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Zero Divisors Among Digraphs
A digraph C is called a zero divisor if there exist non-isomorphic digraphs A and B for which \({A \times C \cong B \times C}\) ...
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Statistical Method to Optimize the Efficiency of Multi-Layer Polymer LEDs
Research and development of displays and image sensors based on semiconducting polymers require design of new polymer materials and evaluation of film properties. Optimizing device performance using a one-fact...
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Dealing With Variation In Measurements & Processes: Experiments For An Undergraduate Laboratory
Being able to obtain and analyze quantitative data are an essential components of any undergraduate education in science or engineering. At the most basic level, this begins with characterizing the measurement...
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Cultivating Graduate Students: Techniques to Inspire Effective Research
Each year, U.S. institutions grant well over 10,000 bachelor’s degrees in science and engineering. However, only a small fraction of those students pursue graduate study. Many who do often experience great dif...
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Creating the KM mindset: why is it so difficult?
The knowledge management (KM) mindset is a precursor to a knowledge-sharing culture. It is often assumed that develo** a KM mindset is somewhat easier than develo** a knowledge-sharing culture in an organi...
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Tethering by lamin A stabilizes and targets the ING1 tumour suppressor
ING proteins bind to lamin A. ING1 expression and localization is perturbed in lamin A-null cells. Data from Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) cells, which carry mutations in lamin A, suggest that loss ...
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Making the Sexual Harassment of Others Self-Relevant: The Roles of Identity Salience and Value Affirmation
In three experiments, female participants were primed to think of themselves as female university students or unique individuals. We predicted that group-primed participants would find reading about the sexual...
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Book review
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A Critical Review of the Fluoroquinolones
The new fluoroquinolones (clinafloxacin, gatifloxacin, gemifloxacin, grepafloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, sitafloxacin, sparfloxacin and trovafloxacin) offer excellent activity against Gram-negative baci...
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Development of a Physical Map and Sequence Tag Connector Framework for the Bradyrhizobium japonicum Genome
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Reasoning ability in older adults measured through letter and number series
Letter series and number series tests, consisting of items based on identical rules, were administered in a counterbalanced design to 58 persons (46 women and 12 men) between the ages of 61 and 88 years to det...