Investigating the modulation of genetic effects on late AMD by age and sex: Lessons learned and two additional loci. [PDF]
Late-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of visual impairment in the elderly with a complex etiology. The most important non-modifiable risk factors for onset and progression of late AMD are age and genetic risk factors ...
Thomas W Winkler +8 more
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Modernising epidemic science: enabling patient-centred research during epidemics [PDF]
Background: Emerging and epidemic infectious disease outbreaks are a significant public health problem and global health security threat. As an outbreak begins, epidemiological investigations and traditional public health responses are generally mounted ...
Horby, Peter W., Rojek, Amanda M.
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Equipment of seismic station IRIS KIEV and software interface for access to seismological data
The monitoring hazardous natural processes in order to assess risks to the public and industrial facilities and ensure safety has become the starting point for the creation of appropriate monitoring systems.
I. Yu. Mikhaylik +3 more
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Increased prescription rate of anti‐infective agents after diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndromes
The a priori risk for infections in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) is unknown. This study examines prescription rates of anti‐infective agents in MDS patients before and after diagnosis, in both in‐ and outpatient settings, to provide ...
Johanne Rozema +8 more
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BackgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and related countermeasures hinder health care access and affect mental wellbeing of non-COVID-19 patients. There is lack of evidence on distress and mental health of patients hospitalized due to
Nicola Julia Aebi +16 more
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SPES3 Facility RELAP5 Sensitivity Analyses on the Containment System for Design Review
An Italian MSE R&D programme on Nuclear Fission is funding, through ENEA, the design and testing of SPES3 facility at SIET, for IRIS reactor simulation.
Andrea Achilli +6 more
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Solar regulators for polar instrumentation: why night consumption matters [PDF]
Autonomous instruments, powered using solar panels and batteries, are a vital tool for long-term scientific observation of the polar regions. However, winter conditions, with low temperatures and prolonged lack of sunlight, make power system design for ...
M. R. Prior-Jones +7 more
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The SPES3 Experimental Facility Design for the IRIS Reactor Simulation
IRIS is an advanced integral pressurized water reactor, developed by an international consortium led by Westinghouse. The licensing process requires the execution of integral and separate effect tests on a properly scaled reactor simulator for reactor ...
Mario Carelli +19 more
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AMI observations of Lynds Dark Nebulae: further evidence for anomalous cm-wave emission [PDF]
Observations at 14.2 to 17.9 GHz made with the AMI Small Array towards fourteen Lynds Dark Nebulae with a resolution of 2' are reported. These sources are selected from the SCUBA observations of Visser et al.
Andre +61 more
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Economie solidali creatrici di comunità ecologiche
Contrary to what we are led to believe, there is not just one economy. There is the natural economy (ecosystem reproductive capacity), the economy of gift and mutual exchange, the domestic, or family economy, the informal economy and the solidarity ...
Paolo Cacciari
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