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Supracostal access for percutaneous nephrolithotomy: less morbid, more effective

International Urology and Nephrology, 2007
The aim of this research was to study the success and morbidity of supracostal access for percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), as it is often avoided for fear of complications.Between July 2000 and May 2007, 565 patients underwent PCNL, of whom 110 had a supracostal access.
Sudhir, Sukumar, Balagopal, Nair, Kumar P, Ginil, K V, Sanjeevan, Bhat H, Sanjay   +4 more
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BMPs in bone regeneration: Less is more effective, a paradigm-shift

Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews, 2016
Worldwide, the clinical application of BMP2 (bone morphogenetic protein 2) has helped an increasing number of patients achieve bone regeneration in a clinical area lacking simple solutions for difficult bone healing situations. In this review, the historical aspects and current critical clinical issues are summarized and positioned against new research
Katharina, Schmidt-Bleek, Bettina M, Willie, Philipp, Schwabe, Petra, Seemann, Georg N, Duda   +4 more
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The “Less-Is-More” Effect in Group Decision Making

2012
AbstractIf each member of a group makes less accurate decisions than those of another group, can the former actually make more accurate decisions collectively than the latter? Through four simulation studies, the chapter shows conditions under which such “less-is-more” effect may occur.
Luan, Shenghua, Katsikopoulos, Konstantinos V., Reimer, Torsten   +2 more
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Effectiveness and Cost of Two Stair-Climbing Interventions—Less is More

American Journal of Health Promotion, 2011
Purpose. The current study compared two interventions for promotion of stair climbing in the workplace, an information-based intervention at a health information day and an environmental intervention (point-of-choice prompts), for their effectiveness in changing stair climbing and cost per employee.
Ellinor K, Olander, Frank F, Eves
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Less is more approach for competing groups scheduling with different learning effects

Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 2019
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Baoyu Liao, Xingming Wang, Xing Zhu, Shanlin Yang, Panos M. Pardalos   +4 more
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Less is more: The effects of very brief versus clearly visible exposure.

Emotion, 2012
This study compared the effects of exposure to masked and unmasked phobic stimuli on phobic behavior. Participants were identified as spider-phobic with a questionnaire and a Behavioral Avoidance Test (BAT) with a live tarantula (N = 101). One week later, they were administered one of three types of exposure: very brief (25 ms) or clearly visible (120 ...
Paul, Siegel, Joel, Weinberger
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[Effectiveness of an intervention to improve safety culture. Less is more?]

Revista de calidad asistencial : organo de la Sociedad Espanola de Calidad Asistencial, 2018
To assess the impact of a long-term initiative to improve safety culture among professionals working in a Health Area, and to know their perceived usefulness.An uncontrolled intervention study was designed in a public health care organization including a 3rd level hospital and 5,000 professionals. To measure the impact, the AHRQ Survey was conducted by
J J, López-Picazo, P, Ferrer-Bas, B, Garrido-Corro, V, Pujalte-Ródenas, P, de la Cruz Murie, M, Blázquez-Pedrero, S, Sánchez-Lorca, P, Soler-Gallego, C, Albacete-Moreno, T, Alcaraz-Pérez, S, Pérez-Romero   +10 more
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Less Versus More: The Effect of Recast Length in Treatment of Grammatical Errors

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools
Purpose: Although conversational recast treatment is generally efficacious, there are many ways in which the individual components of the treatment can be delivered. Some of these are known to enhance treatment, others appear to interfere with learning, and still others appear to have no impact at all.
Lucia Sweeney, Elena Plante, Heidi M. Mettler, Jessica Hall, Rebecca Vance   +4 more
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Cost-Effectiveness of Statins in Older Adults: Further Evidence That Less Is More

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2015
In this issue, Odden and colleagues evaluated the population benefit and cost-effectiveness of statins in older U.S. adults without a history of cardiovascular disease.
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Ampere-level membrane-less water electrolysis enabled by rose-petal-effect-mimetic interface

Joule, 2023
Kai Deng
exaly