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"Subjective indicators have been proven to possess predictive power for a large array of social and economic outcomes. However, most of these measures face serious psychometric shortcomings, namely that the items used are not psychometrically investigated.
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ABSTRACT Background The management of clinically apparent single lesions or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis, a facultative precursor of nephroblastoma, remains debated. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 37 patients with clinically apparent single or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis (two to three lesions per kidney) among 2347 patients registered between
Nils Welter +17 more
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Spatial Effects and Convergence Theory in the Portuguese Situation [PDF]
This study analyses, through cross-section estimation methods, the influence of spatial effects and human capital in the conditional productivity convergence (product per worker) in the economic sectors of NUTs III of mainland Portugal between 1995 and ...
Martinho, Vitor Joao Pereira Domingues
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ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of roxarestat versus recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Methods This was a prospective, open‐label, randomized controlled trial.
Lingling Chen, Junjie Zhu, Qiaonan Ge
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Law and Policy on Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge and Development: Legally Protecting Creativity and Collective Rights in Traditional Knowledge Based Agricultural Products through Geographical Indications [PDF]
Geographical indications emerged on the international scene at the centre of three highly debated subjects: intellectual property, international trade and agricultural policy.
Dagne, Teshager
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Possible Indications of Electronic Inhomogeneities in Superconducting Nanowire Detectors
The voltage-carrying state of superconducting NbTiN nanowires, used for single-photon detectors, is analyzed. Upon lowering the current, the wire returns to the superconducting state in a steplike pattern, which differs from sample to sample. Elimination
Driessen, E. F. C. +2 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Pre‐dilution online hemodiafiltration (Pre‐HDF) is predominantly used in Japan, whereas post‐dilution online HDF (Post‐HDF) is more common in Europe. An asymmetric cellulose triacetate (ATA) membrane may improve biocompatibility.
Kenji Sakurai +4 more
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ECHOENDOSCOPY – CURRENT SITUATION IN GASTROENTEROLOGY [PDF]
Echoendoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound or endosonography is an examination that combines endoscopic and ultrasound images in order to evaluate the lesions found not only in the gastrointestinal tract wall but also around it.
Ruxandra Oprita, Daniel Berceanu
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Inexpensive, stable circuit measures heart rate [PDF]
Inexpensive transistorized circuit provides reliable analog indications of heart rate in response to preamplified electrocardiograph signal applied to its ...
Vick, H. A.
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It is customary to assume that an indicator of a latent variable is driven by the latent variable and some random noise. In contrast, a background indicator is also systematically influenced by variables outside the structural model of interest. Background indicators deserve attention because in empirical work they are difficult to distinguish from ...
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