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Stability Analysis of Axially Functionally Graded Heavy Column
The stability of axially functionally graded (AFG) heavy columns was analyzed. Consideration in stability analysis of the column is given to the free vibration and bucking problems. The mass density and Young’...
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A sustained high-temperature fusion plasma regime facilitated by fast ions
Nuclear fusion is one of the most attractive alternatives to carbon-dependent energy sources1. Harnessing energy from nuclear fusion in a large reactor scale, however, still presents many scientific challenges de...
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Open AccessAssessment of the Engineering Conditions of Small Dams Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process
Small dams managed by local governments in the Republic of Korea are facing operational difficulties owing to problems such as a decrease in the long-term storage capacity because of sedimentation and leakage,...
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Open AccessPublisher Correction to: Development of the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) framework: clinical standards of care for the screening, diagnosis, and management of osteoporosis in the Asia-Pacific region
Publisher Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-021-05953-z
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Open AccessDevelopment of the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) Framework: clinical standards of care for the screening, diagnosis, and management of osteoporosis in the Asia-Pacific region
Guidelines for doctors managing osteoporosis in the Asia-Pacific region vary widely. We compared 18 guidelines for similarities and differences in five key areas. We then used a structured consensus process to...
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Blindness increases the risk for hip fracture and vertebral fracture but not the risk for distal radius fracture: a longitudinal follow-up study using a national sample cohort
The risks for hip fracture and vertebral fracture, but not the risk for distal radius fracture, were significantly higher in the blindness group than in the control group with a maximum 12-year follow-up.
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Secondary prevention of fragility fractures in Asia Pacific: an educational initiative
The Asia -Pacific Bone Academy (APBA) Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) Focus Group educational initiative has stimulated activity across the Asia -Pacific region with the intention of supporting widespread imple...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Algorithm for the management of patients at low, high and very high risk of osteoporotic fractures
The article ‘Algorithm for the management of patients at low, high and very high risk of osteoporotic fractures’,written by J. A. Kanis, was originally published Online First without Open Access. After publica...
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Open AccessAlgorithm for the management of patients at low, high and very high risk of osteoporotic fractures
Guidance is provided in an international setting on the assessment and specific treatment of postmenopausal women at low, high and very high risk of fragility fractures.
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Time to revisit? A predator’s previous successes and failures in prey capture determine its return time to patches
In a heterogeneous environment containing multiple patches that may deplete and renew, a forager should be able to detect the quality of food resources within and among patches and choose to exploit them to be...
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Open AccessCase reports of atrial and pericardial rupture from blunt cardiac trauma
Blunt cardiac trauma is diagnosed in less than 10% of trauma patients and covers the range of severity from clinically insignificant myocardial contusions to lethal multi-chamber cardiac rupture. The most comm...
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Open AccessStandardisation of defined approaches for skin sensitisation testing to support regulatory use and international adoption: position of the International Cooperation on Alternative Test Methods
Skin sensitisation is the regulatory endpoint that has been at the centre of concerted efforts to replace animal testing in recent years, as demonstrated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Devel...
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Relationships between cerebral autoregulation and markers of kidney and liver injury in neonatal encephalopathy and therapeutic hypothermia
We studied whether cerebral blood pressure autoregulation and kidney and liver injuries are associated in neonatal encephalopathy (NE).
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Open AccessDeformation mechanisms to ameliorate the mechanical properties of novel TRIP/TWIP Co-Cr-Mo-(Cu) ultrafine eutectic alloys
In the present study, the microstructural evolution and the modulation of the mechanical properties have been investigated for a Co-Cr-Mo (CCM) ternary eutectic alloy by addition of a small amount of copper (0...
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Open AccessSearch for solar axions with CsI(Tl) crystal detectors
The results of a search for solar axions from the Korea Invisible Mass Search (KIMS) experiment at the Yangyang Underground Laboratory are presented. Low-energy electron-recoil events would be produced by conv...
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Biometric and refractive changes after orbital decompression in Korean patients with thyroid-associated orbitopathy
To determine the biometric and refractive changes after orbital decompression in Korean patients with thyroid-associated orbitopathy (TAO).
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Experimental study of moving throat plug in a shock tunnel
An experimental study has been carried out to investigate the flow in the KAIST shock tunnel with two moving throat plugs at a primary shock velocity of 1.19 km/s. The nozzle reservoir pressure and the Pitot p...
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Open AccessCommon genetic variant association with altered HLA expression, synergy with pyrethroid exposure, and risk for Parkinson’s disease: an observational and case–control study
The common noncoding single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs3129882 in HLA-DRA is associated with risk for idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD). The location of the SNP in the major histocompatibility complex clas...
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Consolidation of Cu-based amorphous alloy powders by high-pressure torsion
We applied high-pressure torsion (HPT) for consolidation of gas-atomized metallic glass Cu54Zr22Ti18Ni6 powders into high-density bulk disks. The effects of the number of revolutions (N = 1–5 turns), applied pres...
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Evaluation of in vivo antitumor effects of ANT2 shRNA delivered using PEI and ultrasound with microbubbles
Gene therapy using RNA interference can be directed against tumors through various strategies, but has been hindered owing to the inefficiency of non-viral delivery. To evaluate the antitumor effects of adenin...
