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Open AccessFat mass: a novel digital biomarker for remote monitoring that may indicate risk for malnutrition and new complications in decompensated cirrhosis
Cirrhosis is associated with sarcopaenia and fat wasting, which drive decompensation and mortality. Currently, nutritional status, through body composition assessment, is not routinely monitored in outpatients...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
New Ground State of Dipolar Lattice of D2O@Beryl
High quality beryl crystals with D2O molecules in nanocages are synthesized and carefully characterized. IR map** of the crystals showed drastically different concentration distribution of water-I and water-II ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Broad-Band Spectroscopy of Nanoconfined Water Molecules
We have performed broad-band spectroscopic investigations of vibrational and relaxational excitations of water molecules confined to nanocages within artificial beryl and mineral cordierite crystals. Signature...
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Open AccessGRIPP2 reporting checklists: tools to improve reporting of patient and public involvement in research
While the patient and public involvement (PPI) evidence base has expanded over the past decade, the quality of reporting within papers is often inconsistent, limiting our understanding of how it works, in what...
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Spectral and Lensing Characteristics of Gel-Derived Strontium Tartrate Single Crystals Using Dual-Beam Thermal Lens Technique
The Dual Beam mode-matched thermal lens spectrometry is a sensible technique for direct measurements of the thermal properties of tartrate crystalline materials. Here we report the measurement of thermal diffu...
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Spectral and Non Radiative Decay Studies of Lead Di Bromide Single Crystals by Mode Matched Thermal Lens Technique
In the present paper, the investigations on the non radiative decay mechanism, optical band gap determination from absorption spectroscopic studies and fluorescence emission by photo luminescence techniques us...
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Temporal latency between pelvic floor trauma and presentation for prolapse surgery: a retrospective observational study
Levator avulsion is an etiological factor for female pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and generally occurs during a first vaginal birth. However, most women with POP present decades later. This study aimed to estim...
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Nontraumatic spinal epidural hematoma during pregnancy: diagnosis and management concerns
Nontraumatic spinal epidural hematoma (SEH) during pregnancy is rare. Therefore, appropriate management of this occurrence is not well defined. The aim of this study was to extensively review the literature on...
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Reliability of tonosafe disposable tonometer prisms: clinical implications from the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System Quality Assurance Study
Given the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System's recent introduction of single-use Tonosafe disposable tonometer prisms as an alternative to Goldmann applanation tonometers (GATs), this study had two aims...
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Breast histoscanning: the development of a novel technique to improve tissue characterization during breast ultrasound
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Revisiting the effect of referral bias on the clinical spectrum of infective endocarditis in adults
Referral bias occurs because of the clustering of patients at tertiary care centers. This may result in the distortion of observed clinical manifestations of rare diseases. This analysis evaluates the effect o...
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Reduced-intensity conditioning for severe aplasia using fludarabine and CY followed by infusion of ex vivo T-cell-depleted grafts leads to excellent engraftment and absence of GVHD
We studied the outcome of individuals with aplastic anaemia (AA) who received reduced-intensity conditioning followed by the infusion of stem cell grafts that had been T-cell depleted ex vivo with alemtuzumab. Co...
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Myeloablative conditioning is well tolerated by older patients receiving T-cell-depleted grafts
Older age has been linked to increased transplant-related mortality from graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). Depletion of T cells from stem cell grafts seems to protect from complications of GvHD particularly in...
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Open AccessIs preoperative core biopsy accurate in determining the hormone receptor status in women with invasive breast cancer?
The objective of this study was to determine the concordance rate between core needle biopsy (CNB) and surgical excision of invasive breast cancer regarding the oestrogen receptor (ER) and Progesterone recepto...
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Optical Characterization of Eu3+ Ions in CdSe Nanocrystal Containing Silica Glass
Silica glass samples containing CdSe/Eu3+ ions were prepared by sol-gel route. Size distribution and optical band gap of the nanoparticles were calculated from absorption spectrum. It is observed that the presenc...
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Chapter
Überblick über familiendiagnostische Fragebogeninventare
In diesem Kapitel werden Fragebogeninventare als Werkzeuge in der Familiendiagnostik vorgestellt. Dabei werden drei verschiedene Gruppen von Verfahren unterschieden. Es folgt eine ausführliche Besprechung von ...
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Prozessmodelle und Ratingskalen
Drei theoretische Modelle ermöglichen die Erfassung und Beschreibung von günstigen und weniger günstigen Mustern von Familienbeziehungen und -strukturen durch externe Beobachter und durch die Selbstberichte de...
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Ecophysiological consequences of differences in plant size: abscisic acid relationships in the epiphytic orchid Dimerandra emarginata
Changes in abscisic acid (ABA) content and several water relations parameters were studied in the epiphytic orchid Dimerandra emarginata in the tropical lowlands of Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Similar to previ...
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Open AccessVitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms are associated with breast cancer risk in a UK Caucasian population
There is increasing evidence that vitamin D can protect against breast cancer. The actions of vitamin D are mediated via the vitamin D receptor (VDR). We have investigated whether polymorphisms in the VDR gene...
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Studies on polyurethane potting compound based on HDI-TMP adduct for fabrication of haemodialyzer
Polyurethane potting compounds based on hexamethylene diisocyanate-trimethylol propane (HDI-TMP) adduct (Component “A”) and polypropylene glycol, polyethylene glycol and castor oil (Component “B”) were prepare...