Age-adjusted D-dimer to rule out deep vein thrombosis:Findings from the PALLADIO algorithm [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Age-adjusted D-dimer has been proposed to increase specificity for the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism (VTE). However, the accuracy of this threshold has been recently questioned.
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Dragonflies and Damselflies (Insecta: Odonata)
EDIS, 2005 The order Odonata contains the dragonflies and damselflies and is one of the most popular insect groups. Odonates are popular with both the amateur and professional because they are large, colorful, easily observable and have exceptionally charismatic ...
Seth Bybee
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Bayesian graph edit distance [PDF]
, 2000 This paper describes a novel framework for comparing and matching corrupted relational graphs. The paper develops the idea of edit-distance originally introduced for graph-matching by Sanfeliu and Fu [1].
Hancock, E.R., Myers, R., Wilson, R.C.
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Effectiveness of culturally tailoring smoking cessation interventions for reducing or quitting combustible tobacco: a systematic review and meta-analyses [PDF]
, 2023 Background and Aims: Standard approaches to smoking cessation may not be as effective for certain populations, and tailoring on cultural factors could improve their effectiveness.
Golob, Melanie +3 more
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Association of response endpoints with survival outcomes in multiple myeloma [PDF]
, 2014 Since the introduction of the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib and the immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs) thalidomide and lenalidomide, more patients with multiple myeloma are achieving deep, durable responses and disease control, and are living longer. These
Anderson, K C, Lonial, S
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Adaptive Radiation, Ecological Opportunity, and Evolutionary Determinism [PDF]
, 2012 Adaptive radiation refers to diversification from an ancestral species that produces descendants adapted to use a great variety of distinct ecological niches.
Losos, Jonathan
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"Sorry for your consideration": The (in)adequacy of English speech act labels in describing 'apologies' and 'thanks' in Japanese [PDF]
, 2022 Despite speech act theory being very influential in pragmatics, the notion of what constitutes a speech act in languages other than English has not received the attention it deserves in the literature.
Eugenia Diegoli
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JNK plays a key role in tau hyperphosphorylation in Alzheimer's disease models [PDF]
, 2011 Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a major clinical concern, and the search for new molecules to combat disease progression remains important. One of the major hallmarks in AD pathogenesis is the hyperphosphorylation of tau and subsequent formation of ...
Antoniou, X +10 more
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Climate Engineering and Abatement: A ‘flat’ Relationship Under Uncertainty [PDF]
, 2017 The potential of geoengineering as an alternative or complementary option to mitigation and adaptation has received increased interest in recent years.
Emmerling, Johannes, Tavoni, Massimo
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Safety of percutaneous ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of adrenal lesions in dogs: Perception of the procedure by radiologists and presentation of 50 cases [PDF]
, 2020 open10siBackground: Percutaneous ultrasound (US)-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of adrenal gland lesions is controversial in veterinary medicine. Objective: To evaluate the frequency and radiologists' perception of the risk of the procedure as well ...
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