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Open AccessMulticentric short term and safety study of ineffective esophageal motility patients treated with RefluxStop device
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) presents a general health problem with a variety of symptoms and an impairment of life quality. Conservative therapies do not offer sufficient symptom relief in up to 30%...
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The role of superthermal electrons and positrons on magnetised oscillatory shock waves
Nonlinear ion-acoustic solitary and shock waves were analysed in a system of collisionless, dissipative and magnetised multicomponent plasma. The system was made up of a fluid of inertial ions, electrons that ...
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Ferromagnetism of Graphite Nanopowders with Cobalt Oxide Impurity and Its Evolution at Moderate Annealing
A study of the influence of a small impurity of cobalt oxide CoO on the magnetic properties of graphite nanopowder is presented in this article. It is shown that such an impurity is responsible for the weak fe...
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Open AccessIncreased cannabis intake during the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with worsening of depression symptoms in people with PTSD
Some evidence suggests substance use affects clinical outcomes in people with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, more work is required to examine links between mental health and cannabis use in PTS...
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Effectiveness of Decision Aid in Men with Localized Prostate Cancer: a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial at Tertiary Referral Hospitals in an Asia Pacific Country
There are several treatment options for localized prostate cancer with very similar outcome but vary in terms of technique and side effect profiles and risks. Considering the potential difficulty in choosing t...
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Optimization Algorithm for an Exoskeleten Robotic Inverse Kinematic Application
The inverse kinematic analysis is required in many technical applications. Due to the non linearity of the system, resolving the Inverse Kinematics (IK) for robotic system becomes more challenging problem. In ...
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Ferromagnetism and Persistent Currents in Finely Dispersed Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite Samples
Synthesis of finely dispersed graphite powders is described and results of their investigations by the methods of electron microscopy and magnetometry are presented. The samples have been prepared from crystal...
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Observation of Persistent Currents in Finely Dispersed Pyrolytic Graphite
The trapped magnetic flux in the finely ground pyrolytic graphite sample annealed at 670 K in air has been observed. Flux trap** occurs on cooling of the sample from room temperature to 10 K in a magnetic fi...
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Interplay of the influence of oxygen partial pressure and rf power on the properties of rf-magnetron-sputtered AZO thin films
The complex interplay between the influence of oxygen partial pressure and that of rf power on the structural, electrical and optical properties of rf-magnetron-sputtered aluminium-doped zinc oxide, AZO, thin ...
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Open Access37th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (part 1 of 3)
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High mycobacterial diversity in recreational lakes
Although nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are natural inhabitants of freshwater ecosystems, few studies have focused on their distribution in these habitats. Thus, the knowledge about the abundance as well as...
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Influence of effluent organic matter on copper speciation and bioavailability in rivers under strong urban pressure
This study focuses on spatiotemporal variations in the type of dissolved organic matter (DOM) and copper binding ability both upstream and downstream of Paris. It also compares the relative influence of both n...
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Influence of porous silicon formation on the performance of multi-crystalline silicon solar cells
The effect of formation of porous silicon on the performance of multi-crystalline silicon (mc-Si) solar cells is presented. Surface treatment of mc-Si solar cells was performed by electrochemical etching in HF...
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Erratum to: Micropollutants in urban stormwater: occurrence, concentrations and atmospheric contributions for a wide range of contaminants in three French catchments
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Micropollutants in urban stormwater: occurrence, concentrations, and atmospheric contributions for a wide range of contaminants in three French catchments
This study aimed at: (a) providing information on the occurrence and concentration ranges in urban stormwater for a wide array of pollutants (n = 77); (b) assessing whether despite the differences between various...
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Cytokines and neutrophils responses in influenza pneumonia
This case report shows a striking correlation of remarkable brief high levels of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines coupled with increased neutrophil activation, followed by a sharp decrease in cytokine leve...
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Impact of Multi-Diagonal Code on High-Speed Spectral Amplitude Coding Optical Code Division Multiple-Access Networks
In this paper, we present the impact of the multi-diagonal (MD) code for high data rate in spectral amplitude coding optical code division multiple-access (SAC-OCDMA) networks. An MD code structure for SAC-OCD...
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Novel optical and structural properties of porous GaAs formed by anodic etching of n+-GaAs in a HF:C2H5OH:HCl:H2O2:H2O electrolyte: effect of etching time
Porous GaAs layers have been formed by anodic etching of n +-type GaAs (10.0) substrates in a HF:C2H5OH:HCl:H2O2:H2O electrolyte. A dramatic impact of etching time on the optical and structural pr...
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Molecular Epidemiology of Malassezia globosa and Malassezia restricta in Sudanese Patients with Pityriasis Versicolor
Pityriasis versicolor is a superficial infection of the stratum corneum caused by Malassezia yeasts. The cutaneous Malassezia globosa and Malassezia restricta in Sudanese patients with pityriasis ...
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Infections with the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus among hematopoietic SCT recipients: a single center experience
We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 39 hematopoietic SCT (HSCT) recipients who presented at our hospital between 1 October 2009 and 31 January 2010 with the 2009 H1N1 influenza infection. The median...
