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Chapter and Conference Paper
Enhancing the Realism of Wildfire Simulation Using Composite Bézier Curves
One of the consequences of climate change is the increase in forest fires around the world. In order to act quickly when this type of natural disaster occurs, it is important to have simulation tools that allo...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
MOTIVA-PRO: Innovation Based on Users’ Motivations
For many years, design activity has adopted the problem-solving perspective. In this approach, solutions are based on users’ problem identification. However, to what extent do users truly seek the satisfaction...
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Influence of reduced graphene oxides (rGO) at different reduction stages as conductive additive in Li-ion batteries
The importance of graphene as an additive in lithium-ion battery (LIB) composite cathodes has been broadly recognized; however, the graphenic structure can exhibit different structural and chemical properties ...
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Label-free quantitative optical assessment of human colon tissue using spatial frequency domain imaging
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Modelling the transport of ions and electrochemical regeneration of the resin in a hybrid ion exchange/electrodialysis process for As(V) removal
This paper presents the 2D modeling of a laboratory scale ion exchange/electrodialysis (IXED) flow cell for removal of As(V) ions from water. The cell consists of a central compartment (DS) delimited by two an...
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Open AccessStructural health monitoring of bridges: a model-free ANN-based approach to damage detection
As civil engineering structures are growing in dimension and longevity, there is an associated increase in concern regarding the maintenance of such structures. Bridges, in particular, are critical links in to...
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Diagnosis and staging of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The management of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a major public health concern worldwide. Currently, most PDAC patients are diagnosed in advanced stages. The signs and symptoms of the disease, exce...
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Pharmacokinetics and excretion of 14C–Plitidepsin in patients with advanced cancer
Plitidepsin (Aplidin®) is a marine-derived anticancer compound currently investigated in phase III clinical trials. This article describes the distribution, metabolism and excretion of this novel agent and it ...
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Develo** a workstation design assistance tool for older knowledge workforce inclusion
The paper addresses two significant and growing trends: knowledge work and population ageing. The population pyramid inversion brings important changes for society as a whole. These changes are associated with...
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Open AccessCrop wild relative populations of Beta vulgaris allow direct map** of agronomically important genes
Rapid identification of agronomically important genes is of pivotal interest for crop breeding. One source of such genes are crop wild relative (CWR) populations. Here we used a CWR population of <200 wild bee...
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Open AccessConsensus guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with pancreatic cancer in Spain
The management of patients with pancreatic cancer has advanced over the last few years. We convey a multidisciplinary group of experts in an attempt to stablish practical guidelines for the diagnoses, staging ...
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Mid-term oncologic outcome of a novel approach for locally advanced colon cancer with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is being actively tested as an emerging alternative for the treatment of locally advanced colon cancer (LACC) patients, resembling its use in other gastrointestinal tumors. This study ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Extraction of Copper from Sulfate-Chloride Solutions by Using Hydroxyoxime Extractants
The mining companies in Chile are increasingly using chloride salts and/or sea water in the sulfuric acid leaching of copper minerals. For this reason, the effect of chloride ions on the equilibria was inves...
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Remarkable increase of paper strength by combining enzymatic cellulose nanofibers in bulk and TEMPO-oxidized nanofibers as coating
Cellulose nanofibers (CNF) have been proposed by several authors as a reinforcing additive for papermaking pulps; their use allows one to avoid mechanical refining of pulp fibers, which damages the fibers and ...
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Open AccessErratum to: 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
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Open Access36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
P001 - Sepsis impairs the capillary response within hypoxic capillaries and decreases erythrocyte oxygen-dependent ATP efflux
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Suitability of wheat straw semichemical pulp for the fabrication of lignocellulosic nanofibres and their application to papermaking slurries
The present work studies the feasibility of wheat soda pulp as a raw material for the fabrication of cellulose nanofibres and their application as an additive in papermaking. Wheat straws were cooked under alk...
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Factors associated with survival and hospital discharge amongst critically ill patients undergoing prolonged mechanical ventilation in the North of England Critical Care Network
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Implementation and assessment of a fast-track programme to improve communication between primary and specialized care in patients with suspected cancer: how to shorten time between initial symptoms of cancer, diagnosis and initiation of treatment
This study aims to asses a cancer fast-track programme (CFP) to shorten the time since a patient with suspicion of cancer is referred by the primary care (PC) physician to the specialized medical team.
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Improvement of deinked old newspaper/old magazine pulp suspensions by means of nanofibrillated cellulose addition
During their recycling, cellulosic fibres suffer irreversible damage caused by repeated wetting and drying cycles, beating stages and bleaching reactions. This damage decreases the mechanical properties of the...