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Missions into Deep Space are planned this decade. Yet the health consequences of exposure to microgravity and galactic cosmic radiation (GCR) over years-long missions on indispensable visceral organs such as t...
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Open AccessThe Role of the Multidisciplinary HIV Care Center in Mitigating Social Isolation Among Patients with HIV During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, significant public health mitigation efforts were vital to combat an unprecedented health crisis. These efforts, which involved social distancing and self-quarantine, li...
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Open AccessThermal diffusity in copper benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate–reduced graphite oxide mechanical composites
Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and particularly copper benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate (HKUST-1) are excellent materials for gas storage (e.g., CH4, N2, H2 adsorption) and gas separation. In this work, reduced grap...
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Open AccessAvailability and use of web-based interventions for patients with head and neck cancer: a sco** review
To identify and review the nature, scope and use of web-based interventions for patients with head and neck cancer (HNC).
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Open AccessRapid or Immediate ART, HIV Stigma, Medical Mistrust, and Retention in Care: An Exploratory Mixed Methods Pilot Study
Rapid or immediate antiretroviral therapy (iART) after HIV diagnosis improves linkage to care and time to viral suppression. However, iART may affect or be affected by HIV-related stigma and medical mistrust. ...
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Open AccessChallenges and opportunities of telehealth digital equity to manage HIV and comorbidities for older persons living with HIV in New York State
Older persons living with HIV (PLWH) need routine healthcare to manage HIV and other comorbidities. This mixed methods study investigated digital equity, constituted as access, use and quality, of HIV and spec...
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Maintenance Requirements Analysis and Whole-Life Costing
In this chapter, we set out to describe the fundamental requirements, objectives and process for an effective and efficient maintenance program or policy. This is achieved though reference to and analysis of t...
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The Lower Jaw (Mandible) and Associated Structures: Part II
This chapter considers the common pathologies affecting the lower jaw.
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The Lower Jaw (Mandible) and Associated Structures: Part I
The mandible (lower jaw) plays a major role in chewing, swallowing and speech. It also maintains the airway, supports the teeth and defines the contour of the lower third of the face. This chapter looks at the...
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The Lower Jaw (Mandible) and Associated Structures: Part III Injuries to the Lower Jaw
One of the commonest causes of lower jaw symptoms is trauma. The classification of mandibular fractures is similar to that of any other broken bone. The type of fracture, its location and the degree of displac...
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Open AccessComparative Evaluation of Pellet Cushioning Agents by Various Imaging Techniques and Dissolution Studies
Most of the commercially available pharmaceutical products for oral administration route are marketed in the tablet dosage forms. However, compression of multiparticulate systems is a challenge for the pharmac...
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COVID-19, Telemedicine, and Patient Empowerment in HIV Care and Research
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Prosperity and economic growth require robust specialization and exchange. This means the formation and maintenance of numerous complex supply chains. These are emergent and include supply chains for things an...
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Open AccessMacrophages are exploited from an innate wound healing response to facilitate cancer metastasis
Tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs) play an important role in tumour progression, which is facilitated by their ability to respond to environmental cues. Here we report, using murine models of breast cancer, ...
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A New Approach to Quantifying the Impact of Hurricane-Disrupted Oil Refinery Operations Utilizing Secondary Data
This study suggests a new framework that empirically quantifies the temporally disaggregate economic impacts. Utilizing only secondary data, including post-event information on concurrent demand and value-adde...
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Peak Load Road Pricing: Potential Impacts on Los Angeles
Peak-load pricing has long been seen as a way to internalize externalities and as a set of incentives to shift some peak-hour trips to off-peak periods. The policy has also been viewed as a mechanism to genera...
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A Bomb Attack on a Shop** Mall
Many of the international mall attacks occurred on the peripheries of the malls/shop** centers rather than deeply inside. This suggests that preventive measures, no matter how expensive and/or thorough, can ...
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The Costs of Stormwater Protection
This study is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the potential costs required to meet new and emerging stormwater regulations in the Los Angeles area. It confirms that advanced treatment of storm flows...
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The Local Economic and Social Impacts of a University
There have been many studies of the economic impacts of universities over the years. Many of them focused on college towns where the university was the prime economic activity. This chapter focuses on a differ...
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Protection of the Los Angeles Floodplain
This chapter examines the local and regional economic impacts of the imposition of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) new construction regulations and flood insurance requirements proposed in 1990 on t...
