Trends in treatment and overall survival among patients with proximal esophageal cancer [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The management of proximal esophageal cancer differs from that of tumors located in the mid and lower part of the esophagus due to the close vicinity of vital structures.
de Jong, EJ +15 more
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Race/Ethnicity and Retention in Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes Research: A Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Database Study [PDF]
Objective: To investigate the contribution of race/ethnicity to retention in traumatic brain injury (TBI) research at 1 to 2 years post-injury. Setting: Community.
Bushnik, Tamara +8 more
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On the cost of electrodialysis for the desalination of high salinity feeds [PDF]
We propose the use of electrodialysis to desalinate produced waters from shale formations in order to facilitate water reuse in subsequent hydraulic fracturing processes.
Chambers, Chester +5 more
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Hypoxia-mimicking bioactive materials for skeletal tissue engineering
The next generation of regenerative medicine solutions will depend on smart materials that can activate “self-healing” mechanisms. Cells respond to changes in pO2 through a hypoxia-sensing pathway, the HIF-1 pathway, which activates numerous processes ...
Azevedo, Maria Manuel Goncalves +1 more
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Towards an integrative phylogeography of invasive marine seaweeds, based on multiple lines of evidence [PDF]
Molecular phylogeography has for decades been a frequently used approach to delineate novel evolutionarily significant units (ESUs) and to study the dynamics of invasive species.
Andreakis, Nikos +1 more
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The Logical Next Step? An International Perspective On The Issues Of Human Cloning And Genetic Technology [PDF]
If you\u27re a scientist, you believe that it is good to find out how the world works; that it is good to find what the realities are; that it is good to turn over to mankind at large the greatest possible power to control the world…” - Robert ...
Corsover, Jason T.
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Longitudinal conjunction between MESSENGER and STEREO A: Development of ICME complexity through stream interactions [PDF]
We use data on an interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) seen by MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) and STEREO A starting on 29 December 2011 in a near‐perfect longitudinal conjunction (within 3°) to illustrate
Farrugia, Charles J. +8 more
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Temporal Variations in Activity Network Using Smart Card Data [PDF]
This study explores temporal variations in activity networks for four million passengers, differentiated as workers and non-workers, using public transport based on a large-scale smart card dataset generated over 105 days in Beijing.
Cui, Mengying +2 more
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Recent advances in petri nets and concurrency [PDF]
CEUR Workshop ...
Donatelli, Susanna +3 more
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RAGE: A journey from the complications of diabetes to disorders of the nervous system – striking a fine balance between injury and repair [PDF]
This is the published version. Copyright 2005 IOS Press.The Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products (RAGE) is a multiligand member of the immunoglobulin superfamily.
Gooch, Clifton +8 more
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