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Oxidative stress and premature senescence in corneal endothelium following pe...
Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to address the question of how the premature senescence process may affect corneal endothelium after penetrating keratoplasty,... -
Compliance with water advisories after water outages in Norway
Background: Water advisories, especially those concerning boiling drinking water, are widely used to reduce risks of infection from contaminants in the water supply. Since the... -
Association between antibiotic consumption and the rate of carbapenem-resista...
Abstract Background This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the rate of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria and antibiotic consumption intensity in 153... -
Filamentation-free self-written waveguides in a photopolymerizable medium ini...
The inscription of light-induced self-written waveguides (LISW) with multimode optical fibers cannot be achieved by using coherent light because of the filamentation phenomena... -
An analysis of SPECT/CT non-visualization of sentinel lymph nodes in renal tu...
Abstract Background Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) after intratumoral injection of 99mTc labeled nanocolloid and imaging with scintigraphy and SPECT/CT in renal tumors is... -
Effects of a clinical pathway on antibiotic use in patients with community-ac...
Abstract Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common condition with high mortality, morbidity and healthcare costs. This study aimed to determine whether clinical... -
Temporal trends of dialysis requiring acute kidney injury after orthotopic ca...
Abstract Background The epidemiology and outcomes of acute kidney injury (AKI) in prevalent non-renal solid organ transplant recipients is unknown. Methods We assessed the... -
Modified bolster dressing with continuous suction improves skin graft surviva...
Abstract Background Skin engraftment of intraoral defects is known to be inconsistent due to mobility of the oral structure, uneven wounds, and accumulation of saliva under the... -
Hypertonic saline for fluid resuscitation after cardiac surgery (HERACLES): s...
Abstract Background Intraoperative and postoperative management of cardiac surgery patients is complex, involving the application of differential vasopressors and volume... -
Clinical characteristics of the patients with bacteremia due to Moraxella cat...
Abstract Background Invasive diseases due to Moraxella catarrhalis are rare in children, even in immunocompromised hosts. Therefore, data regarding clinical characteristics and... -
The association of urinary sodium excretion and the need for renal replacemen...
Abstract Background Restriction of dietary sodium is routinely recommended for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Whether or not sodium intake is associated with the... -
Microvascular complications burden (nephropathy, retinopathy and peripheral p...
Abstract Background Microvascular complications (MC) have been claimed to increase the risk for cardiovascular disease in diabetic subjects. However, the effect of MC burden on... -
Set of two orthogonal adaptive cylindrical lenses in a monolith elastomer device
A microfluidic device that operates as a set of two adaptive cylindrical lenses focusing light along two orthogonal axes is designed, fabricated and characterized. The device is... -
INSPECT: extending plane-casting for 6-DOF control
Abstract INSPECT is a novel interaction technique for 3D object manipulation using a rotation-only tracked touch panel. Motivated by the applicability of the technique on... -
Chemostat culture systems support diverse bacteriophage communities from huma...
Abstract Background Most human microbiota studies focus on bacteria inhabiting body surfaces, but these surfaces also are home to large populations of viruses. Many are... -
Capturing the diversity of the human gut microbiota through culture-enriched ...
Abstract Background The human gut microbiota has been implicated in most aspects of health and disease; however, most of the bacteria in this community are considered... -
BioReader: a text mining tool for performing classification of biomedical lit...
Abstract Background Scientific data and research results are being published at an unprecedented rate. Many database curators and researchers utilize data and information from... -
Hemodynamic impacts of flow diverter devices on the ophthalmic artery
Abstract Background Flow diverter devices are increasingly used for endovascular treatment of internal carotid artery aneurysms. Treatment of ophthalmic segment aneurysms with... -
Robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy with sequential clamping of segmental re...
Abstract Background To assess the technical feasibility and outcomes of robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy (RPN) with sequential segmental renal artery (SRA) clamping for... -
Influence of hydrothermal treatment on the microstructure and oxidation resis...
Antioxidant modification for C/C composites by in situ hydrothermal synthesise at 140 °C of a 4ZnO·B2O3·H2O crystallite coating has been successfully achieved. The influence of...
