MedEdPORTAL, 2014 Situs inversus totalis is a condition in which the internal organs of the human body are transposed to opposite sides. On average, 1 in 20,000 individuals has situs inversus totalis.
Gregory Casey, Lisa Campeau
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Construction of 3D in vitro models by bioprinting human pluripotent stem cells: Challenges and opportunities [PDF]
, 2019 Three-dimensional (3D) printing of biological material, or 3D bioprinting, is a rapidly expanding field with interesting applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Bioprinters use cells and biocompatible materials as an ink (bioink) to
Rosa, Alessandro, Salaris, Federico
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A Game-Based Approach to Teaching and Learning Anatomy of the Liver and Portal Venous System
MedEdPORTAL, 2018 Introduction The use of games and game elements as teaching tools has received increasing attention in the medical education literature. Used formatively, games promote student engagement and satisfaction, and encourage collaboration and teamwork among ...
Robert V. Hill, Zeinab Nassrallah
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for stroke recovery. [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND: Stroke is the major cause of adult disability. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been used for many years to manage depression.
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The Effect of Water Storage on the Bending Properties of Esthetic, Fiber-Reinforced Composite Orthodontic Archwires [PDF]
, 2013 Objective: To study the effect of water storage on the bending properties of fiber-reinforced composite archwires and compare it to nickel-titanium (NiTi), stainless steel (SS), and beta-titanium archwires.
Ballard, Richard W. +3 more
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Flowers, leaves or both? How to obtain suitable images for automated plant identification [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Deep learning algorithms for automated plant identification need large quantities of precisely labelled images in order to produce reliable classification results. Here, we explore what kind of perspectives and their combinations contain more
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Drug absorption through a cell monolayer: a theoretical work on a non-linear three-compartment model [PDF]
, 2009 The subject of analysis is a non-linear three-compartment model, widely used in pharmacological absorption studies. It has been transformed into a general form, thus leading automatically to an appropriate approximation.
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A bacterial glycoengineered antigen for improved serodiagnosis of porcine brucellosis [PDF]
, 2016 Brucellosis is a highly zoonotic disease that affects animals and human beings. Brucella suis is the etiological agent of porcine brucellosis and one of the major human brucellosis pathogens.
Balzano, Rodrigo E. +9 more
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3D segmentation of soft organs by flipping-free mesh deformation [PDF]
2009 Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2009 Segmentation of 3Dsoft organs from complex volume images is a very important and challenging task. The objects of interest may have inhomogeneous voxel intensities and some object boundaries may be indistinct. Existing algorithms are either sensitive to noise or computationally expensive.
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Gendered Practices of Counterinsurgency [PDF]
, 2011 Current US counterinsurgency doctrine is gendered diversely in the different geographic locations where it is formulated, put in practice, and experienced.
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