Anesthetic management for thoracoscopic bilateral bullectomy in a patient with stage III pneumoconiosis, bilateral giant bullous emphysema, stage IV chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and profoundly impaired pulmonary function: a rare case report. [PDF]
Yang M, Yao Y, Cheng Q.
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Randomly Albright: The End of Judge Shopping in the Western District of Texas?
ABSTRACT Because judges exercise discretion in how they handle and decide cases, heterogeneity across judges can affect case outcomes and, thus, preferences among litigants for particular judges. However, selection obscures the causal mechanisms that drive these preferences.
Christian Helmers +2 more
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Radiomics prediction of surgery in ulcerative colitis refractory to medical treatment. [PDF]
Sakamoto K +7 more
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A Unified Approach to Estimating Production Functions: Proxy Variables and Dynamic Panel Data
ABSTRACT We propose a new approach to production function estimation that integrates the strengths of the proxy‐variable (PV) and dynamic panel data (DPD) methods. Our framework augments the set of instruments for the level equation in Blundell and Bond [8] with a Berkson‐type instrument motivated by economic theory, following Olley and Pakes [28 ...
Jose Miguel Abito +1 more
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GCA-Trans: Global Context-Aware Transformer for Robust Transparent Object Segmentation in Robotic Environments. [PDF]
Li D, Dong Z, Yang Z, Li KK, Huang Y.
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The Uneven Effect of Airbnb on the Housing Market: Evidence Across and Within Italian Cities
ABSTRACT We investigate if Airbnb diffusion affects residential property values differently across and within cities leveraging the heterogeneity of five Italian cities in terms of tourist attractiveness, local housing markets, and socioeconomic conditions. We find that Airbnb density growth leads to increases in house prices in all cities. Within‐city,
Raffaele Congiu +2 more
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Assembly of resistant starch type 5 in two amylose matrices: effects of fatty acid chain length and matrix background on structural characteristics. [PDF]
Zhang M, Li C, Huang J, Zhou J.
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Cross‐Sectional Studies: Strengths, Limitations, and Methodological Considerations
Cross‐sectional studies measure variables at a single time point to estimate prevalence and support descriptive epidemiology ‐ characterizing population health, tracking trends via repeated surveys – and for developing and validating screening instruments and diagnostic models.
Sebastian‐Edgar Baumeister +4 more
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Will diabetes mellitus induce aplastic anemia by immune factors?: A two-sample and mediation Mendelian randomization study. [PDF]
Zhong C, Duan C, Zeng Y, Guo T.
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Device detected atrial fibrillation and sleep apnea. CV = coefficient of variation; RDI = Respiratory disturbance index. ABSTRACT Using pacemaker‐derived thoracic impedance monitoring, sleep apnea severity and its night‐to‐night variability can be continuously tracked in patients with implanted cardiac devices.
Philipp Spitaler +10 more
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