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A Mixed Method Approach for Evaluating and Improving the Design of Learning in Puzzle Games [PDF]
Despite the acknowledgment that learning is a necessary part of all gameplay, the area of Games User Research lacks an established evidence based method through which designers and researchers can understand, assess, and improve how commercial games ...
Andersen Erik +10 more
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Mechanical valve dysfunction in Yemen
Rheumatic heart disease is the most common cardiac disease in Yemen. It is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Valve replacement is the most common open heart surgery procedure in our cardiac center. The use of mechanical valves remains burdened with serious complications such as thrombosis.
A Raboi +4 more
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COMPARISON OF THE LIFE QUALITY WITH MECHANICAL AND BIOLOGICAL MITRAL PROSTHESES
Aim. To conduct comparative analysis of life quality (LQ) of the recipients of mechanical and biological prostheses in mitral valve defect after primary and repeat intervention.Material and methods.
N. V. Rogulina +4 more
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Intensive care bedside echocardiography: true or a distant dream? [PDF]
During the last few years, technological development and acquired experience advanced and the echocardiogram has become an important and useful tool in intensive care unit environment.
Brunori, Fernando +5 more
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Spinal cord haematoma, or haematomyelia, is a rare condition caused by several unusual disease processes. Traumatic events, such as spinal cord injury and surgery or procedures involving the spinal cord, are the most important causes of spinal cord ...
Ana Patricia Castanheira Gomes +4 more
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It is commonly accepted that hemodynamic situation is related with cardiovascular diseases as well as clinical post-procedural outcome. In particular, aortic valve stenosis and insufficiency are associated with high shear flow and increased pressure loss.
Oldenburg Jan +3 more
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A Complicated Case of a Paravalvular Leak Following Mitral Valve Replacement
Paravalvular leaks (PVL) are an uncommon sequelae of valve replacement but can be seen as a complication of both mechanic and prosthetic valves. Patients with PVL may remain asymptomatic or have detrimental complications, which include heart failure ...
Kashmala Khan +3 more
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Mechanical mitral valve thrombosis in rheumatic valve disease [PDF]
A lady in her late 30s was admitted with a 2-week history of shortness of breath and productive cough. She had been treated for presumed lower respiratory tract infection but had not clinically improved. Her medical history includes rheumatic fever in childhood and she had undergone bioprosthetic mitral replacement (Carpentier-Edwards) 15 years ago ...
Neda, Noroozian +3 more
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Control Of Anticoagulation Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation (COAT-AF Study) in Real Clinical Practice
Aim. To study the frequency of prescribing anticoagulant therapy in outpatients with AF in accordance with clinical guidelines.Material and methods. Control Of Anticoagulation Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation (COAT-AF) observational study was conducted at ...
A. A. Zarudsky +2 more
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A parallel interaction potential approach coupled with the immersed boundary method for fully resolved simulations of deformable interfaces and membranes [PDF]
In this paper we show and discuss the use of a versatile interaction potential approach coupled with an immersed boundary method to simulate a variety of flows involving deformable bodies.
de Tullio, Marco D +6 more
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