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Abnormalities of the ventilatory equivalent for carbon dioxide in patients with chronic heart failure [PDF]

, 2012
Introduction. The relation between minute ventilation (VE) and carbon dioxide production (VCO2) can be characterised by the instantaneous ratio of ventilation to carbon dioxide production, the ventilatory equivalent for CO2 (VEqCO2). We hypothesised that
Carroll, S, Clark, AL, Cleland, JG, Goode, K, Ingle, L, Sloan, R   +5 more
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
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The Fate (Outcome) of Clinically Apparent Single Lesion and Oligofocal Nephroblastomatosis Treated According to SIOP/GPOH Protocols for Wilms Tumor

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
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, Jens‐Peter Schenk, Jenny Wegert, Manfred Gessler, Leo Kager, Stefan Wagenpfeil, Marina Müller, Jean‐Michel Wolff, Joerg Fuchs, Steven W. Warmann, Clemens‐Magnus Meier, Jochen Hubertus, Christian Rübe, Christian Vokuhl, Patrick Melchior, Lena Tschirner, Norbert Graf, Rhoikos Furtwängler   +17 more
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Continuous quality improvement project to reduce the downtime of medical linear accelerators: A case study at Zhejiang Cancer Hospital

Heliyon
Objective: To analyse and continually improve existing issues in the quality improvement process of medical linear accelerators (LINACs) and enhance the quality control management of LINACs.
Qi-Peng Lu, Yong Wu, Xiao-Dong Mao, Hua-Jun Wan, Jian Shao, Qi-Kai Yu, Wei Zhang, Yue Zhao, Ci-Yong Wang   +8 more
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Reliability growth prediction of mine-used low-voltage switchgear

Gong-kuang zidonghua, 2015
A mine low-voltage switchgear was taken as object to study its reliability growth process in the commissioning phase in underground coal mine. It was clarified that number of mine-used low-voltage switchgear failure occurrence accompanied with repair ...
XIA Haoxuan, LIU Zixu, WANG Jingqin, YANG Chunwen, WANG Li   +4 more
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‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee, Holly Evans, Claire E. Wakefield, Antoinette Anazodo, Richard J. Cohn, Brittany C. McGill, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Lori Wiener, Madeleine L. Juhrmann, Ursula M. Sansom‐Daly   +9 more
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Study on Mean Time Between Failures Prediction Algorithms Based on Weibull Distribution

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2020
Abstract The system reliability is significant importance because it is involved into most stages of the whole life-cycle of product. According to the existing literature, MTBF is the most frequently used index to indicate the system reliability.
Peitong wang, Jinwei Fan, Zhongsheng Li
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The growth companies puzzle: can growth opportunities measures predict firm growth? [PDF]

, 2011
While numerous empirical studies include proxies for growth opportunities in their analyses, there is limited evidence as to the validity of the various growth proxies used.
Brealey R. A., Brealey R. A., Brealey R. A., Brealey R. A., Dechow P. M., Dimson E., Eddie Jones, Ian R.C. Hirst, Jensen M., Jo Danbolt, Kester W. C., Ottoo R. E., Pilotte E., Rozeff M. S.   +13 more
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Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Integrative Neuromuscular Training for Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often exhibit early deficits in muscle and movement competence, which can compromise long‐term health. Integrative neuromuscular training (INT), a multifaceted approach combining fundamental movement activities with strength exercises, may help address these deficits during ...
Anna Maria Markarian, Robert U. Newton, Dennis R. Taaffe, Nicholas G. Gottardo, Santosh Valvi, Carolyn J. Peddle‐McIntyre, Jodie Cochrane Wilkie, Daniel A. Galvão   +7 more
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On Dependability in Distributed Databases [PDF]

, 1992
Distributed database availability, reliability, and mean transaction completion time are derived for repairable database systems in which each component is continuously available for repair.
Teorey, Toby J.
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