Mitral valve replacement in patients under 65 years of age: mechanical or biological valves? [PDF]
, 2015 PURPOSE OF REVIEW There is controversy regarding the optimal choice of prosthetic valves in patients less than 65 years of age requiring mitral valve replacement (MVR).
Carrel, Thierry +4 more
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Ecological genetic conflict: Genetic architecture can shift the balance between local adaptation and plasticity [PDF]
, 2018 This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from University of Chicago Press via the DOI in this record.Genetic polymorphism can contribute to local adaptation in heterogeneous habitats, for instance as a single locus with ...
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Blockchain Disruption: Digital Assets Are Changing How We Do Business [PDF]
, 2022 Digital assets are changing the way businesses think about equity, labor, business models, and business organization. Digital assets, like Bitcoin or Ethereum, provide incredible opportunities to further align shareholders with the objectives of the ...
Curley, Nick
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Longitudinal Versus Lateral Estuarine Dynamics and Their Role in Tidal Stratification Patterns in Lower South San Francisco Bay [PDF]
, 2019 The dynamics of shoal‐channel estuaries require consideration of lateral gradients and transport, which can create significant intratidal variability in stratification and circulation.
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, 2022 It is a fundamental failing of any legal system when it is unable to protect the most vulnerable within its population. Whether we are comfortable admitting it or not, guardian abuse of incapacitated wards has been well-documented across all fifty states.
Davis, Rachel
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Hybrid Carbon Nitride/Cobalt Phthalocyanine Nanocomposites for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation [PDF]
The photocatalytic production of hydrogen stands 6 out as a promising strategy to convert and store solar energy as 7 chemical energy in the form of a sustainable energy carrier.
Arumugam, Lakshman Sundar +8 more
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The influence of different wind and wave conditions on the energy yield and downtime of a Spar-buoy floating wind turbine [PDF]
, 2019 Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) have been extensively proven in model tests and are reaching currently a pre-commercial phase where large scale demonstrators are being built offshore.
Lerch, Markus +2 more
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Distributed smart camera network for safety and security [PDF]
, 2014 Current CCTV surveillance solutions are generally retrospective tools. Because real time use of CCTV requires human monitors to view a potentially exorbitant number of video feeds, CCTV is usually only useful after an incident has occurred.
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Algorithms for White-box Obfuscation Using Randomized Subcircuit Selection and Replacement [PDF]
, 2008 Software protection remains an active research area with the goal of preventing adversarial software exploitation such as reverse engineering, tampering, and piracy.
Norman, Kenneth E.
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First-principles modeling of the temperature dependence for the superlattice intrinsic stacking fault energies in L12 Ni75-xXxAl25 alloys [PDF]
, 2018 Stronger and more resistant alloys are required in order to increase the performance and efficiency of jet engines and gas turbines. This will eventually require planar faults engineering, or a complete understanding of the effects of composition and ...
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