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Accessory Vein Obliteration and Balloon-Assisted Maturation for Immature Arteriovenous Fistulas for Haemodialysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
This study aims to examine outcomes of immature arteriovenous fistula salvage using balloon angioplasty (PTA) without and with accessory vein obliteration (PTA + VO).
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Open AccessSelf-reported domain-specific and accelerometer-based physical activity and sedentary behaviour in relation to psychological distress among an urban Asian population
The interpretation of previous studies on the association of physical activity and sedentary behaviour with psychological health is limited by the use of mostly self-reported physical activity and sedentary be...
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Evaluation of choroidal thickness in psoriasis using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography
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A novel and faster method of manual grading to measure choroidal thickness using optical coherence tomography
Choroidal thickness (CT) measurements are typically obtained from manual segmentation of optical coherence tomography (OCT) B-scans. This method is time-consuming. We aimed to describe a novel and faster techn...
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Open AccessCharacterisation of a New Fungal Immunomodulatory Protein from Tiger Milk mushroom, Lignosus rhinocerotis
Lignosus rhinocerotis (Tiger milk mushroom) is an important folk medicine for indigenous peoples in Southeast Asia. We previously reported its de novo assembled 34.3 Mb genome encoding a repertoire of proteins in...
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Wind resource assessment over Al Duqm industrial area in Oman
Al Duqm is an emerging industrial city in the southeastern coast of Oman. Due to its geographical location, wind energy can play an important role to energise the city and its surrounding area. Wind resource m...
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Crop yield and phosphorus uptake as affected by phosphorus-based swine manure application under long-term corn-soybean rotation
With increasing interest in adopting phosphorus (P)-based manure application, a good knowledge of manure form-specific agronomic performance is needed to assure crop productivity and to safeguard the environme...
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Factors influencing the outcome of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy following combined treatment with photodynamic therapy and intravitreal ranibizumab
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UV/O3 assisted InP/Al2O3–Al2O3/Si low temperature die to wafer bonding
Direct bonding of InP dies to Si wafer at low temperature utilizing Al2O3 high-κ dielectric as the interfacial material for homogeneous bonding is reported. The bonding technique is assisted with a UV/Ozone expos...
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Sensitivity of three widely used questionnaires for measuring psychological distress among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Although a range of generic and diabetes-specific instruments are available to assess emotional distress, no studies have evaluated sensitivity in relation to sample size requirement. The present study sets ou...
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Comparison of foveal-sparing with foveal-involving photodynamic therapy for myopic choroidal neovascularization
To evaluate the visual outcomes of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to pathological myopia in eyes treated with photodynamic therapy (PDT), and to determine the effect of lesion location and foveal...
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Effect of bonding temperature on hermetic seal and mechanical support of wafer-level Cu-to-Cu thermo-compression bonding for 3D integration
Hermetic seal and mechanical support of wafer-level Cu-to-Cu thermo-compression bonding with different bonding temperature are analyzed in this work. The investigation consists of two parts: hermetic seal stud...
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Cu–Cu Hermetic Seal Enhancement Using Self-Assembled Monolayer Passivation
Low-temperature Cu–Cu thermocompression bonding enabled by self-assembled monolayer (SAM) passivation for hermetic sealing application is investigated in this work. Cavities are etched to a volume of 1.4 × 10−3 c...
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Various forms of organic and inorganic P fertilizers did not negatively affect soil- and root-inhabiting AM fungi in a maize–soybean rotation system
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are key components of most agricultural ecosystems. Therefore, understanding the impact of agricultural practices on their community structure is essential to improve nutrient...
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Effect of Nickel Silicide Induced Dopant Segregation on Vertical Silicon Nanowire Diode Performance
In this work, Dopant Segregated Schottky Barrier (DSSB) and Schottky Barrier (SB) vertical silicon nanowire (VSiNW) diodes were fabricated on p-type Si substrate using CMOS- compatible processes to investigate th...
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Effect of Prebonding Anneal on the Microstructure Evolution and Cu–Cu Diffusion Bonding Quality for Three-Dimensional Integration
Electroplated copper (Cu) films are often annealed during back-end processes to stabilize grain growth in order to improve their electrical properties. The effect of prebonding anneal and hence the effective i...
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Postoperative eye protection after cataract surgery
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Crop and soil nitrogen responses to phosphorus and potassium fertilization and drip irrigation under processing tomato
Shortage of water or nutrient supplies can restrict the high nitrogen (N) demand of processing tomato, leaving high residual soil N resulting in negative environmental impacts. A 4-year field experiment, 2006–...
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Selection of co-transformed Dendrobium Sonia 17 using hygromycin and green fluorescent protein
Dendrobium Sonia 17 calluses were used for co-transformation study using particle bombardment. The bombarded transformed callus tissues were selected using half-strength MS medium contain...
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Using the DSSAT-CERES-Maize model to simulate crop yield and nitrogen cycling in fields under long-term continuous maize production
Simulation models, such as the DSSAT (Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer) Crop System Models are often used to characterize, develop and assess field crop production practices. In this study, ...