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Clinical and socioeconomic impact of moderate-to-severe versus mild influenza in children
Some studies have assessed the efficacy of influenza vaccination in children separately for moderate-to-severe and any influenza, but the definition used for identifying children with moderate-to-severe illnes...
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A spatial equilibrium model of local nonmarket production with capacity constraints
This paper studies the autonomous formation of regions with local nonmarket production in the presence of profit-maximizing producers. The approach is based on a spatial equilibrium model with a linear transpo...
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A Hotelling model of spatial competition with local production
Local production is a central theme in sustainable development and is of increasing current interest in e.g. food and energy production. This paper extends the classical Hotelling duopoly model of spatial comp...
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Erratum to: Update with level 1 studies of the European Hernia Society guidelines on the treatment of inguinal hernia in adult patients
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A spatial economic model under network externalities: symmetric equilibrium and efficiency
This paper studies a spatial economic model under network externalities, assuming a quadratic transport cost function. A classical circular model is applied where the consumers, each with a fixed demand, are u...
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Update with level 1 studies of the European Hernia Society guidelines on the treatment of inguinal hernia in adult patients
In 2009, the European Hernia Society published the EHS Guidelines for the Treatment of Inguinal Hernia in Adult Patients. The Guidelines contain recommendations for the treatment of inguinal hernia from diagn...
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Signs and symptoms predicting influenza in children: a matched case–control analysis of prospectively collected clinical data
We aimed to determine whether there are signs or symptoms that could help clinicians to distinguish between influenza and other respiratory infections. The clinical data for this matched case–control analysis ...
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Admission diagnoses of children 0–16 years of age hospitalized with influenza
The prompt diagnosis of influenza enables the institution of antiviral therapy and adequate cohorting of patients, but scarce data are available to help clinicians correctly suspect influenza in children at th...
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Feasibility of diagnosing influenza within 24 hours of symptom onset in children 1–3 years of age
Diagnosing influenza at an early stage of illness is important for the initiation of effective antiviral treatment. However, especially in young children, influenza often commences with an abrupt onset of feve...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Multiuser Scheduling via Dynamic Optimization
This paper studies optimal scheduling in a multiuser wireless network, allowing for simultaneous transmission of sets of users. The approach is based on dynamic optimization. The multiuser scheduling problem i...
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Open AccessEvaluation of a candidate breast cancer associated SNP in ERCC4 as a risk modifier in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Results from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/BRCA2 (CIMBA)
In this study we aimed to evaluate the role of a SNP in intron 1 of the ERCC4 gene (rs744154), previously reported to be associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer in the general population, as a breast canc...
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Open AccessEuropean Hernia Society guidelines on the treatment of inguinal hernia in adult patients
The European Hernia Society (EHS) is proud to present the EHS Guidelines for the Treatment of Inguinal Hernia in Adult Patients. The Guidelines contain recommendations for the treatment of inguinal hernia from...
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Functional comparison of the dynamic hip screw and the Gamma locking nail in trochanteric hip fractures: a matched-pair study of 268 patients
The aim of this prospective matched-pair (age, sex, fracture type, residential status, and walking ability at fracture) study was to analyse the short-term outcome after Gamma nail (GN) and dynamic hip screw (...
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Open AccessAn evaluation of the polymorphisms Ins16bp and Arg72Pro in p53 as breast cancer risk modifiers in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers
The close functional relationship between p53 and the breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 has promoted the investigation of various polymorphisms in the p53 gene as possible risk modifiers in BRCA1...
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Treatment of subtrochanteric fractures. A comparison of the Gamma nail and the dynamic hip screw: short-term outcome in 58 patients
The aim of this non-randomised prospective study was to evaluate the short-term outcome of Gamma nail and dynamic hip screw (DHS) fixation in the treatment of subtrochanteric hip fractures due to low-energy tr...
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Early results of a randomised trial comparing Prolene and VyproII-mesh in endoscopic extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair (TEP) of recurrent unilateral hernias
The purpose of this study was to compare a lightweight mesh to a standard polypropylene hernia mesh in endoscopic extraperitoneal hernioplasty in recurrent hernias. A total of 140 men with recurrent unilateral...
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One year results of a randomised controlled multi-centre study comparing Prolene and Vypro II-mesh in Lichtenstein hernioplasty
A standard polypropylene mesh used in Lichtenstein’s operation induces a strong foreign tissue reaction with potential harmful effects. A mesh with less polypropylene could possibly be beneficial. Six hundred ...
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Early results of a randomized multicenter trial comparing Prolene and VyproII mesh in bilateral endoscopic extraperitoneal hernioplast (TEP)
The use of mesh in inguinal hernia surgery has become increasingly popular despite the potentially harmful effects that foreign material may exert on human tissue. The purpose of this study was to compare the ...
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The quality of life of gastroesophageal reflux disease patients waiting for an antireflux operation
The purpose of this trial was to measure the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) patients waiting for an antireflux operation.
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Distributed Scheduling and Dynamic Pricing in a Communication Network
This paper studies dynamic resource allocation in a decentralized communication network. The temporal aspect in the decentralized resource allocation problem presents new challenges, e.g., in optimizing the de...
