In Hospital Outcomes of Combined Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) and Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA [PDF]
JLUMHS, 2018 OBJECTIVE: To determine the early outcomes of surgery in patients who underwent CABG plus CEA and those in whom carotids left untreated in patients having concomitant coronary artery plus carotid artery disease.
Allah Bakhsh +6 more
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Phosphonopeptides Revisited, in an Era of Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance [PDF]
, 2020 Given the increase in resistance to antibacterial agents, there is an urgent need for the development of new agents with novel modes of action. As an interim solution, it is also prudent to reinvestigate old or abandoned antibacterial compounds to assess
Anderson, Rosaleen +8 more
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AIMS Biophysics, 2020 A non-invasive method of measuring bioimpedance is presented to study the effect of moisturizing cream on human skin. A novel two-electrode system is developed to get electrical access at the area of interest on human skin.
Arijit Roy +3 more
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FGF2 is expressed in human and murine embryonic choroid plexus and affects choroid plexus cell behaviour [PDF]
, 2008 Background Although fibroblast growth factor (Fgf) signalling plays crucial roles in several developing and mature tissues, little information is currently available on expression of Fgf2 during early choroid plexus development and whether Fgf2 directly ...
Ferretti, P. +4 more
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Humans as Reservoir for Enterotoxin Gene–carrying Clostridium perfringens Type A
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 We found a prevalence of 18% for enterotoxin gene–carrying (cpe+) Clostridium perfringens in the feces of healthy food handlers by PCR and isolated the organism from 11 of 23 PCR-positive persons by using hydrophobic grid membrane filter-colony ...
Annamari Heikinheimo +3 more
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Increasing proportion of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae and emergence of a MCR-1 producer through a multicentric study among hospital-based and private laboratories in Belgium from September to November 2015 [PDF]
, 2017 Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) strains have been increasingly reported in Belgium. We aimed to determine the proportion of CPE among Enterobacteriaceae isolated from hospitalised patients and community outpatients in Belgium in 2015 ...
Bauraing, Caroline +8 more
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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2020 OBJECTIVES The transmission of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) poses an increasing healthcare challenge. A range of infection prevention activities, including screening and contact precautions, are recommended by international and national
J. Otter +11 more
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A low-energy rate-adaptive bit-interleaved passive optical network [PDF]
, 2014 Energy consumption of customer premises equipment (CPE) has become a serious issue in the new generations of time-division multiplexing passive optical networks, which operate at 10 Gb/s or higher.
Anthapadmanabhan, N. Prasanth +9 more
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Stable Grinding Micro-wall of Flexible Joints with Controllable Force
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2016 The micro-wall between two adjacent pores on the flexible joint is the core structure affecting the performance of gyro. The thickness of the micro-wall is only about 30μm and decreases to 20μm after being machined. It is a low-stiffness structure easily
Qu Da, Ding Fei, Wang Bo
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A shape-deformable and thermally stable solid-state electrolyte based on a plastic crystal composite polymer electrolyte for flexible/safer lithium-ion batteries [PDF]
, 2014 A solid-state electrolyte with reliable electrochemical performance, mechanical robustness and safety features is strongly pursued to facilitate the progress of flexible batteries.
Alarco +28 more
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