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The reformation of English military medicine and the army of Elizabeth I in Flanders, 1585-1603 : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in History at Massey University, Albany Campus, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2006
Queen Elizabeth the First committed an army to Flanders in 1585 to support the cause of the Protestant Provinces of the Low Lands against the Spanish. It had become established that medical 'practitioners' should accompany armed forces. The practitioners
Reed, Con Scott
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Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz, Gökhan Ince, Ozgur Atalay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Treatment of thoracolumbar fractures with severe collapse of the anterior and middle columns via balloon-assisted endplate reduction, transpedicular bone grafting and pedicle screw fixation

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Purpose Thoracolumbar fractures involving severe collapse of the anterior and middle columns are difficult to reduce via posterior surgery. Therefore, we evaluated the effectiveness of balloon-assisted endplate reduction (BAER), transpedicular bone ...
Hai-qiang Shen, Yun-qin Xu, You-rong Yao, Qi Liu, Lin-ying Zhou, Xiao-jie Chen, Xiao-hong Lu, Xing Zhao, Yong Tang   +8 more
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Suicide by firearm in Switzerland: who uses the army weapon? Results from the national survey between 2000 and 2010

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2018
AIMS In comparison with other central European countries, Switzerland has a high prevalence of gun ownership and a high rate of suicide by shooting.
Nina Thoeni, Thomas Reisch, Alexander Hemmer, Christine Bartsch   +3 more
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Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of related risk factors, treatment and prognosis of venous sinus thrombosis after surgery for cerebellopontine angle tumors

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Objective: Analyze independent risk factors for cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) following surgery for tumors in the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) region, construct and validate predictive models, and explore the prognosis of postoperative CVST ...
Yifan Zhou, Qiang Ma, Tianyu Shao, Guanghui Zhang, Guojun Su, Bin Li   +5 more
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For King, not Tsar: Identifying Ukrainians in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914–1918 [PDF]

, 2012
Canadian-born men, followed by those born in the British Isles, made up the bulk of the 620,000 men who enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the First World War. Many Americans, perhaps 20,000 to 30,000 or more, enlisted in Canada or
Broznitsky, Peter
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SMAD4 Palmitoylation Drives a Metabolic‐Transcriptional Circuit to Promote Tumorigenesis and Confers Radiosensitivity in Pancreatic Cancer

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study identifies palmitoylation as a novel regulatory modification of SMAD4, mediated by ZDHHC22/APT2. It activates fatty acid synthesis, creating a self‐reinforcing SMAD4–FASN–palmitate feedback loop that drives pancreatic cancer growth and enhances radiotherapy sensitivity.
Yang Wang, Shan Zhang, Junping Bai, Xiaobing Li, Yi Han, Min Ji, Chongyi Jiang, Xiaobei Ge, Tianyu Yu, Yongying Hou, Jun Zhang, Wangting Li, Yiran Song, Jiaying Cai, Yingqun Zhou, Liwei An, Feng Wang   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Participatory Health Promotion Initiative on Tobacco Use among Adolescents: A School-Based Quasi-Experimental Pilot Study from Central India

Social Health and Behavior, 2019
Introduction: Prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing rapidly in developing countries like India. The commonly attributable modifiable risk factors of NCDs include raised blood pressure (13%), tobacco use (9%), physical inactivity (6%)
Shrinidhi S Datar, Priyadarsh Ture, Abhishek V Raut, White Coat Army Students Author Group   +3 more
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To the Last Canadian?: Casualties in the 21st Army Group [PDF]

, 2012
In Normandy, Canadian infantry divisions suffered a higher rate of casualties than British divisions engaged in similar operations. These figures have been used by some historians to prove Canadian failure on the battlefield. However, by using statistics
Copp, Terry
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