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The impact of a dedicated patent ductus arteriosus ligation team on neonatal health-care outcomes
The decision to perform patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) ligation is controversial. Patient selection is oftentimes poorly standardized, leading to delays in referral and inappropriate intervention. A system for...
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Increased risk of open-angle glaucoma following chronic rhinosinusitis: a population-based matched-cohort study
Anatomically, the eyes and paranasal sinuses are neighboring structures and some studies have mentioned eye disease in conjunction with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). However, to the best of our knowledge, no p...
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Local Control of Large Primary Brain or Metastasis Treated by Leksell γ-Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery: An Analysis of Dose-Volume Considerations, Local Control, and Complications
Background: It has been shown that as the target volume of a given lesion treated by radiosurgery increases, there is a geometric increase in the amount of normal brain tissue that receives a significant radioth...
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Gas Atomization Processing of LaNi5−xMm, Modified with Silicon and Tin
A high pressure gas atomization (HPGA) process has been employed to study microsegregation in LaNi4.75 Sn0.25 and LaNi4.6Si0.4 alloy powders to serve as a basis for further investigations of low cost production o...
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Benefits of Rapid Solidification Processing of Modified LaNi5 Alloys by High Pressure Gas Atomization for Battery Applications
A high pressure gas atomization approach to rapid solidification has been employed to investigate simplified processing of Sn modified LaNi5 powders that can be used for advanced Ni/metal hydride (Ni/MH) batterie...
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A Guaranteed-Rate Channel Allocation Scheme and Its Application to Delivery-on-Demand of Continuous Media Data
We propose a new reservation-based bandwidth allocation method to satisfy the requirements of real-time data. It reserves bandwidth in the form of uniformly distributed time slots on a link. It is conceptually...
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Diamond-coated carbon fiber
Diamond deposition was attempted on polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fiber and vapor grown carbon fiber (VGCF). PAN fibers were severely etched in a microwave plasma, whereas diamond was successfully deposited on VGCF....
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Using Energy Dispersive X-Ray Measurements for Quantitative Determination of Material Loss Due to Corrosion
Corrosion is a general term for the oxidation process of metal. In the case of aircraft, corrosion on aluminum airframe skin can often be recognized by dulling or pitting of an area, and sometimes by the white...