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Flow Characteristics and Response Surface Methodology‐Based Pressure‐Loss Prediction Models for the Reverse Circulation Converter in Double‐Wall Drill Pipes

open access: yesEnergy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Flow characteristics and pressure loss mechanisms of a reverse circulation converter in dual‐wall drill pipes are systematically investigated using CFD and response surface methodology. The results reveal the dominant role of inertial dissipation and provide a predictive framework for optimizing converter design and operational parameters. ABSTRACT The
Mingming Geng   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Can Providers' Motivations Tell Us About Healthcare Quality?

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agency theory suggests that variation in providers' quality of care may be explained by their heterogeneous motivations. We provide novel empirical evidence on the links between different sources of provider motivation and quality of care by combining a unique 4‐year survey dataset on Danish general practitioners' motivations with quality ...
Lucy Margaret Poole   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Variations in Treatment Prescription and Survival Outcomes Between Older and Younger Patients With Mucosal Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated With Radiotherapy

open access: yesHead &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose To investigate treatment variations and outcomes between older (≥ 70 years) and younger (< 70 years) patients with mucosal head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (mHNSCC) treated with radiotherapy. Methods A multicenter retrospective review of patients diagnosed from 2010 to 2018 was conducted.
Farhannah Aly   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) of Previously Unirradiated Mucosal Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC)

open access: yesHead &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose To evaluate the efficacy and safety of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in previously untreated primary mucosal head and neck cancer (HNC) patients unfit for conventional radiation therapy. Materials and Methods Retrospective analysis of previously unirradiated primary SCC mucosal HNC patients treated with SBRT from 2011 to ...
Mohammed Aldohan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Features requirement elicitation process for designing a chatbot application

open access: yesIET Networks, EarlyView., 2022
This article seeks to assist the chatbot community by outlining the characteristics that a chatbot needs to possess and explaining how to create a chatbot for a bank. In order to determine which capabilities are most crucial to ending users, a study of a small sample of chatbot users was conducted.
Nurul Muizzah Johari   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Efficiency of the German Healthcare System: Some Puzzling Findings

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the cost‐effectiveness of the German healthcare system from the perspective of statutory health insurance (SHI). Using data for 2011–2014—the most recent period for which consistent national inputs are available—we compare a marginal, system‐wide cost‐effectiveness ratio with the cost‐effectiveness of newly approved ...
Afschin Gandjour
wiley   +1 more source

Towards climate‐conscious corporate restructuring: A comparative exploration of English and Bhutanese legal frameworks

open access: yesInternational Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper conducts a comparative legal analysis of corporate restructuring frameworks in England and Bhutan, examining their capacity to integrate climate variability considerations and promote sustainable business practices. It discusses the procedural mechanisms for restructuring financially distressed enterprises available under the law of
Eugenio Vaccari, Migmar Lham
wiley   +1 more source

Hormone therapy (HT) in women with premature ovarian insufficiency or early menopause: Time to think of a new paradigm for healthy aging. A joint FIGO and IMS position paper

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) and early menopause (EM) affect millions of women worldwide. Compared with normal menopause, they confer a longer duration of estrogen deficiency and are associated not only with a shorter lifespan, but with a reduced healthspan, owing to an increased risk of cardiovascular, skeletal, cognitive and ...
Chiara Benedetto   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and predictors of inappropriate prescribing in outpatients with severe mental illness. [PDF]

open access: yesTher Adv Psychopharmacol, 2023
Koomen L   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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