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Directive Antenna Clutter Loss in Slant Paths

International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the development of a clutter loss model specifically for slant paths involving directive antennas. Conventionally, clutter loss is characterized by using isotropic antennas to facilitate standard link budget calculations via single antenna gain values.
Fernando Pérez Fontán, Vicente Pastoriza‐Santos, Fernando Machado Domı́nguez, Thomas Prechtl, Pavel Pechac   +4 more
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Pediatric heart transplantation after a Fontan procedure

Вестник трансплантологии и искусственных органов
The Fontan procedure is a surgical technique used for hemodynamic correction of complex congenital heart defects (CHDs), and is used when radical correction of CHDs is anatomically impossible.
D. V. Ryabtsev, A. S. Ivanov, M. T. Bekov, E. A. Spirina, V. N. Poptsov, E. S. Kavardakova, A. Ch. Chartaev, S. V. Gautier   +7 more
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A Simple Predictive Factor for Mortality in Fontan Surgery: Serum Hypo-Osmolality [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Objective: Close follow-up is important after the Fontan procedure, which is a palliative surgical method for a single ventricle. In this period, serum osmolality is an important parameter with the advantages of easy to obtain and poor outcome prediction.
Baburhan Ozbek, Nursen Tanrıkulu
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Central Bank Digital Currencies, Financial Inclusion, and Privacy: A Normative Perspective

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are a digital form of a nation's money, issued by its central bank. As opposed to other forms of digital money, such as electronic bank balances or cryptocurrencies, they are centrally managed legal tender.
Andrew Allison, Alexander William Salter
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Iron deficiency and reduced exercise tolerance in adult Fontan patients

Frontiers in Pediatrics
BackgroundThe Fontan procedure allows patients with complex congenital heart defects unsuitable for biventricular repair to reach adulthood; however, it results in a non-physiological circulation characterized by chronically elevated systemic venous ...
Agnieszka Bartczak-Rutkowska, Olga Trojnarska, Sonia Nartowicz, Agata Markiewicz, Maciej Lesiak, Ewa Straburzyńska-Migaj   +5 more
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Hepatic Fibrosis Is Universal Following Fontan Operation, and Severity is Associated With Time From Surgery: A Liver Biopsy and Hemodynamic Study

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2017
Background Congestive hepatopathy is a recognized complication of Fontan physiology. Data regarding the incidence of hepatopathy and risk factors are lacking.
David J. Goldberg, Lea F. Surrey, Andrew C. Glatz, Kathryn Dodds, Michael L. O'Byrne, Henry C. Lin, Mark Fogel, Jonathan J. Rome, Elizabeth B. Rand, Pierre Russo, Jack Rychik   +10 more
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Acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction with Guillain-Barre syndrome in Fontan circulation

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2023
Total cavopulmonary connection, commonly referred to as the Fontan procedure, is the established destination therapy for univentricular hearts. While the procedure permits a longer survival of these patients, this circulation involves several compromises
Rohit Sunil Walse, Bhagwati Pant, Arun Gopalakrishnan, Bijulal Sasidharan   +3 more
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Multiscale Modeling of a Geometrically Tunable Shunt for Growing Pediatric Patients With Single Ventricle Physiology

Artificial Organs, EarlyView.
Here we investigated the development of a geometrically tunable blood for patients with single ventricle physiology. Two multiscale cardiovascular models were customized and implemented at timepoints spanning across the beginning and end of the shunt‐use period.
Ellen E. Garven, Ethan Kung, Randy M. Stevens, Christopher B. Rodell, Amy L. Throckmorton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban inequalities and marginalization of the Social and Solidarity Economy: A comparative analysis in the Sants‐Montjuïc district in Barcelona

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how urban inequalities influence the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) through a study of two Barcelona neighbourhoods. It evaluates the limitations of SSE promotion policies implemented between 2016 and 2024, focusing on their impact on diversifying socio‐enterprise initiatives and fostering cooperative ecosystems with
Santiago Eizaguirre Anglada, Javier Vergel Faro, Jordi Bonet Martí   +2 more
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Incidence, Predictors, and Mortality in Patients With Liver Cancer After Fontan Operation

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Liver cancer (LC) is a serious late complication after the Fontan operation. However, the incidence, predictors, and prognosis remain unknown. The purpose of our study was to determine these clinical characteristics.
Hideo Ohuchi, Yohsuke Hayama, Kimiko Nakajima, Kenichi Kurosaki, Isao Shiraishi, Michikazu Nakai   +5 more
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