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Open AccessMachining of a functional hip prosthesis cone in TI-6AL-4V ELI titanium alloy produced by electron beam melting
Digital manufacturing using 3D models and innovative fabrication methods present challenges for functional areas of medical devices. The advantages arising from 3D manufacturing processes like electron beam me...
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Low rCBV values in glioblastoma tumor progression under chemoradiotherapy
After standard treatment for glioblastoma, perfusion MRI remains challenging for differentiating tumor progression from post-treatment changes. Our objectives were (1) to correlate rCBV values at diagnosis and...
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Open AccessImproving quality of life in the elderly: hearing loss treatment with cochlear implants
Hearing loss impacts health-related quality of life and general well-being and was identified in a Lancet report as one of the largest potentially modifiable factors for the prevention of age-related dementia....
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Open AccessLearning trivializing flows
The recent introduction of machine learning techniques, especially normalizing flows, for the sampling of lattice gauge theories has shed some hope on improving the sampling efficiency of the traditional hybri...
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Open AccessFLAG Review 2021
We review lattice results related to pion, kaon, D-meson, B-meson, and nucleon physics with the aim of making them easily accessible to the nuclear and particle physics communities. More specifically, we report o...
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Computational Modeling of Electroporation of Biological Tissues Using the Finite Element Method
This article presents experimental and computational results of electroporation in rabbit liver. Therefore, an empirical electroporation model was used, able to describe the dynamic behavior of electroporation...
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Open AccessThe impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on adult diagnostic neuroradiology in Europe
The purpose of this survey was to understand the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has or has had on the work, training, and wellbeing of professionals in the field of diagnostic neuroradiology.
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A Study of the Effect of Conventional Drilling and Helical Milling in Surface Quality in Titanium Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-6AL-7Nb Alloys for Medical Applications
In the manufacturing of a medical device may occur the need to make a hole with a specific function. Among current methods, conventional drilling (CD) referred in this work as drilling (D) and helical milling (HM...
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Open AccessClass I polytropes for anisotropic matter
In this work we study class I interior solutions supported by anisotropic polytropes. The generalized Lane–Emden equation compatible with the embedding condition is obtained and solved for a different set of p...
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On constrained optimization with nonconvex regularization
In many engineering applications, it is necessary to minimize smooth functions plus penalty (or regularization) terms that violate smoothness and convexity. Specific algorithms for this type of problems are av...
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Open AccessTowards an effective sensing technology to monitor micro-scale interface loosening of bioelectronic implants
Instrumented implants are being developed with a radically innovative design to significantly reduce revision surgeries. Although bone replacements are among the most prevalent surgeries performed worldwide, i...
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Conversion of Adjustable Gastric Banding to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in One or Two Steps: What Is the Best Approach? Analysis of a Multicenter Database Concerning 832 Patients
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is often the preferred conversion procedure for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) poor responders. However, there is controversy whether it is better to convert in ...
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The Molecular Nature of Some Exotic Hadrons
The exciting discovery by LHCb of the \(P_c(4312)^+\) P c ( 4312 ) + and \(P_c(4450)^+\) P c ( 4450 ) + pentaquarks, or the suggestion of a tetraquark nature for the \(Z_c(3900)\) Z c
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Paleogeographic evolution of a segmented oblique passive margin: the case of the SW Iberian margin
The SW Iberian margin is an oblique passive margin developed during the Mesozoic, as part of the opening of the westernmost Ligurian Tethys. The Algarve Basin developed on the SW Iberian margin and its sedime...
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Open AccessHealthy aging in elderly cochlear implant recipients: a multinational observational study
Given an increase in the aging population and its impact on healthcare systems, policy makers for provision of health and social services are aiming to keep older adults in good health for longer, in other wor...
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Open AccessClinical practice of language fMRI in epilepsy centers: a European survey and conclusions by the ESNR Epilepsy Working Group
To assess current clinical practices throughout Europe with respect to acquisition, implementation, evaluation, and interpretation of language functional MRI (fMRI) in epilepsy patients.
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Wetting angle stability of steel surface structures after laser treatment
In this work, we have used a nanosecond pulsed fiber laser to modify the wettability characteristics of AISI 430 steel. For this, various surface morphologies were created on the samples by laser irradiation w...
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Open AccessLight quark masses in \({N_\mathrm{f}=2+1}\) lattice QCD with Wilson fermions
We present a lattice QCD determination of light quark masses with three sea-quark flavours (\(N_\mathrm{f}=2+1\)Nf=2+1). Bare quark masses are known from PCAC relations in the framework of CLS lattice computation...
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Open AccessFLAG Review 2019
We review lattice results related to pion, kaon, D-meson, B-meson, and nucleon physics with the aim of making them easily accessible to the nuclear and particle physics communities. More specifically, we report o...
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Photocatalytic Degradation of 2-chlorophenol under γ-Bi2MoO6/Graphene Oxide
The present research was aimed to study the degradation of 2-Chlorophenol through the use of bismuth molybdate (γ-Bi2MoO6) structures supported on graphene oxide (GO) which is intended to control the recombinatio...
