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The role of complex systems in the management of pervasive computing. [PDF]

, 2002
Network complexity will increase dramatically over the next 5 years as will the amount of devices inhabiting these networks. Ad-hoc and active paradigms will make the already onerous task of network management increasingly problematic.
Roadknight, Chris, Marshall, Ian W., Sacks, Lionel   +2 more
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Evaluation of Digital Technologies for Home‐Based Assessment in People With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Digital technologies hold promise for transforming healthcare by enhancing personalized treatments and offer valuable opportunities to improve patient care. Here, we evaluated several novel, self‐administered, home‐based, digital endpoints for their association with corresponding conventional standard clinical measures (primary) in ...
Arne Mueller, Vanessa Vallejo, Mónica Povedano Panadés, Orla Hardiman, Véronique Danel‐Brunaud, Senda Ajroud‐Driss, Philippe Couratier, Jeremy Shefner, Anna Gokey, Mike DiCesare, Erin Lennox, Jens Praestgaard, Lucie Brujin, Peggy Allred, Ram Miller   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physicochemical and Microbiological Quality of Drinking Water from Water Coolers: A Narrative Review [PDF]

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
Background and purpose: Understanding waterborne pathogens and their routes of transmission is important, particularly in relation to water coolers, which are widely used during warm seasons.
Dehghan Samaneh, Hadiseh Andrawa, Atefeh Jabari   +2 more
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Changes in Immune‐Inflammation Status and Prognosis in Pregnancy‐Related Cerebral Venous Thrombosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Distinguishing pathological changes from physiological adaptations in pregnancy‐related cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is clinically challenging. This study aimed to characterize coagulation, immune‐inflammation, and dehydration status in these patients and assess their prognostic value.
Xiaoming Zhang, Zilin Xu, Ran Duan, Chunxiao Lu, Da Zhou, Chen Zhou, Ran Meng, Xunming Ji   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Severity of meningococcal disease associated with genomic bacterial load

, 2009
Background. Diagnostic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection of Neisseria meningitidis has enabled accurate quantification of the bacterial load in patients with meningococcal disease. Methods. Quantification of the N.
Read, Robert C., Jack, Dominic L., Darton, Tom, Naylor, Simone, Guiver, Malcolm, Kaczmarski, Edward B., Borrow, Raymond   +6 more
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Discordance Between Patient and Physician Global Assessments in Early Systemic Sclerosis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aims to identify factors associated with patient global assessment (PtGA) and physician global assessment (PhGA) and discordance between them in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods Data from adults with early SSc (<5 years) from the Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry were included.
Ellen Romich, Alexis Ogdie, Alisa Stephens Shields, Peter A. Merkel, Shervin Assassi, Elana J. Bernstein, Andreea Bujor, Flavia V. Castelino, Lorinda Chung, Luke B. Evnin, Tracy M. Frech, Jessica K. Gordon, Melissa Griffith, Faye N. Hant, Monica L. Harding, Laura K. Hummers, Dinesh Khanna, Kimberly S. Lakin, Dorota J. Lebiedz‐Odrobina, Yiming Luo, Ashima Makol, Maureen D. Mayes, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan, Jerry Molitor, Duncan F. Moore, Julie Paik, Carrie Richardson, Brian Skaug, Ami A. Shah, Ankoor Shah, Virginia Steen, John M. VanBuren, Elizabeth R. Volkmann, Carleigh Zahn, Nora Sandorfi, for the CONQUER Investigators   +35 more
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Distinct Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes Related to Ethnicity: An Opportunity to Personalize Care?

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective is to describe and compare demographic, clinical, and serological characteristics of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) according to ethnic background. Methods Participants enrolled in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group cohort who self‐identified to a single ethnicity group were included.
Danick Goulet, Camille Guertin, Maggie Larché, Isabelle Ferdinand, Marie Hudson, May Y. Choi, Mohammed Osman, Janet Pope, Carter Thorne, Murray Baron, Sasha Bernatsky, Sabrina Hoa   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of Body Mass Index in Early Systemic Sclerosis: Implications for Nutritional Risk Stratification

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Gastrointestinal (GI) involvement can lead to malnutrition in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Body mass index (BMI) remains the most widely used marker to screen nutritional status. We aimed to identify predictors of lower BMI in patients with SSc. Methods Patients with SSc from a prospective US cohort meeting 2013 American College of
Ali Y. Ayla, Meng Zhang, Bingrui Chen, Claudia Pedroza, Brian Skaug, Maureen Mayes, Michael Hughes, Shervin Assassi, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Real‐World Effectiveness and Safety of Secukinumab in Giant Cell Arteritis: An Italian Multicenter Cohort Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the real‐world effectiveness and safety of secukinumab in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). Methods This multicenter retrospective study included patients with GCA who received secukinumab at 14 Italian centers with at least six months of follow‐up.
Luca Iorio, Federica Davanzo, Caterina Ricordi, Milena Bond, Ruggiero Mascolo, Jacopo Mora, Alessandro Tomelleri, Angelo Fassio, Francesca Cuzzocrea, Sara Monti, Edoardo Conticini, Fabiola Atzeni, Paolo Delvino, Carlotta Nannini, Augusta Ortolan, Francesco Pollastri, Ester Vivaldelli, Chiara Marvisi, Paola Toniati, Antonio Brucato, Alessandra Milanesi, Francesca Regola, Enrico Tombetti, Lorenzo Dagna, Roberta Ramonda, Christian Dejaco, Luca Quartuccio, Carlo Salvarani, Roberto Padoan   +28 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bacterial load daphnia magna

Data and analysis scripts for a bachelor's thesis investigating the effects of temperature and Metschnikowia bicuspidata infection on relative bacterial load in Daphnia magna.
Francisco Ciro Casique
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