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Evaluating logic gate constraints in local search for structured satisfiability problems
Conjunctive normal forms (CNF) of structured satisfiability problems contain logic gate patterns. So Boolean circuits (BC) by and large can be obtained from them and thus structural information that is lost in...
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Open AccessZinc Gluconate Induces Potentially Cancer Chemopreventive Activity in Barrett’s Esophagus: A Phase 1 Pilot Study
Chemopreventive effects of zinc for esophageal cancer have been well documented in animal models. This prospective study explores if a similar, potentially chemopreventive action can be seen in Barrett’s esoph...
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Neuroimaging of central diabetes insipidus—when, how and findings
Central or neurogenic diabetes insipidus (CDI) is due to deficient synthesis or secretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH), also known as arginine vasopressin peptide (AVP). It is clinically characterised by poly...
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Open AccessAn audit of out of hours MRI scanning at a tertiary care referral hospital
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Fat-free mass index: changes and race/ethnic differences in adulthood
Nutritional status is assessed by measuring BMI or percent body fat (%fat). BMI can misclassify persons who carry more weight as fat-free mass and %fat can be misleading in cases of malnutrition or in disease ...
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Emergency percutaneous transcatheter embolisation of acute arterial haemorrhage
The purpose of this study was to review indications, source of haemorrhage, method of embolisation and clinical outcome in patients referred to Interventional Radiology for the emergency management of acute ar...
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Elderly Mexicans have less muscle and greater total and truncal fat compared to African-Americans and Caucasians with the same BMI
How body composition, specifically skeletal muscle mass, compares in Mexican elderly to other ethnic groups has not previously been reported. We tested the hypothesis that older adults from Northwest Mexico (M...
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Open AccessNew open drug activity data at EBI
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Impairment of movement-associated brain deactivation in multiple sclerosis: further evidence for a functional pathology of interhemispheric neuronal inhibition
Motor control demands coordinated excitation and inhibition across distributed brain neuronal networks. Recent work has suggested that multiple sclerosis (MS) may be associated with impairments of neuronal inh...
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Attitudes and behaviour of ophthalmologists to smoking cessation
Growing evidence suggests a causal association between smoking and eye disease. This study explores the current beliefs and practice among UK consultant ophthalmologists towards delivering smoking cessation ad...
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Thyroid Dose During Neurointerventional Procedures: Does Lead Shielding Reduce the Dose?
To assess radiation dose to the thyroid in patients undergoing neurointerventional procedures and to evaluate dose reduction to the thyroid by lead shielding.
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Cigarette smoking and thyroid eye disease: a systematic review
To evaluate the epidemiological evidence for a causal association between tobacco smoking and thyroid eye disease (TED).
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Evaluation of Nd:YAG Laser-Cleaned Basketry in Comparison with Commonly Used Methods
While in storage and on exhibition, baskets can accumulate dirt that is aesthetically undesirable and even harmful. The nature of the woven structure, as well as the porosity of organic materials, causes diffi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Evaluation of Nd:YAG Laser-Cleaned Basketry in Comparison with Commonly Used Methods
While in storage and on exhibition, baskets can accumulate dirt that is aesthetically undesirable and even harmful. The nature of the woven structure, as well as the porosity of organic materials, causes diffi...
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Detection of thermally grown oxides in thermal barrier coatings by nondestructive evaluation
The thermal-barrier coatings (TBC) sprayed on hot-section components of aircraft turbine engines commonly consist of a partially stabilized zirconia top-coat and an intermediate bond-coat applied on the metall...
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Effect of Antenna Beam Pattern and Layout on Cellular Performance in High Altitude Platform Communications
High Altitude Platforms may offer high spectrum efficiency by deploying multi-beam, multi-cell communications networks. The properties of the antennas carried by the HAP payload are key to the effective exploi...
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Perceptions of blindness related to smoking: a hospital-based cross-sectional study
Smoking is associated with several serious eye diseases. Awareness of smoking and blindness, and its potential to act, as a stimulus to assist stop** smoking has not been investigated.
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Smoking and age-related macular degeneration: a review of association
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe and irreversible vision loss in the Western world. As there is no effective treatment for all types of AMD, identifying modifiable risk fac...
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268 Effect of Delayed Whole-Body Cooling to 33°C or 35°C After Transient Cerebral Hypoxia-Ischaemia in the Newborn Piglet
Background: Although delayed cooling after transient perinatal cerebral hypoxia-ischaemia (HI) shows great therapeutic potential in clinical and experimental studies, fundamental questions remain about the opt...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
NDE of Thermal Barrier Coatings
The use of thermal-barrier coatings in hot-section components of turbine engines requires NDE to assess the coating thickness and porosity content as well as to detect manufacturing flaws and service-induced d...
