The Genetic Variability of Present-Day Bulgarians Captures Ancient and Recent Ancestral Contributions. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Objectives Thanks to its pivotal crossroad position, Bulgaria played a fundamental key role during all the migration processes that interested the continent through time. While the genetic variability of the country has been deeply investigated using uniparental markers, previous genome‐wide autosomal‐based surveys mainly consisted of wider ...
Sarno S+13 more
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Where Do Organ Donors Come From in the United States? An Analysis of Urban and Rural Donation. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background One of the primary limiting factors in organ transplantation is limited supply of deceased donor allografts. Although there are multiple potential strategies to increase transplantation access, increasing donor organ supply remains a priority.
Shadid A+5 more
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Pre-industrial Use of Bauxite by Late Gothic Goldsmith Masters: Analytical Evidence and Experimental Study. [PDF]
First analytical evidence and replication of yet undescribed substantial change in gilding technology in the early modern period ‐ the replacement of imported red clay (bole) with locally available bauxite. Proof of its source ‐ Croatian Minjera, according to a unique find of mineral diaspore.
Hradil D+3 more
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Feasibility and efficacy of 50 W ablation with the TactiFlex catheter for the initial pulmonary vein isolation of atrial fibrillation. [PDF]
The First‐pass isolation (FPI) group had a significantly greater impedance drop compared to the non‐FPI group, with cut‐off values of 13.5 ohms for the LPV and 14.5 ohms for the RPV. Abstract Background A novel contact force (CF) sensing catheter with a mesh‐shaped irrigation tip (TactiFlexTM SE, Abbott), is expected to provide safe and effective ...
Matsumoto K+12 more
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A Real-World Data-Based Analysis of Prognostic Indices as Part of Trial Eligibility Criteria in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Patients. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Objectives Recent front‐line clinical trials used the International Prognostic Index (IPI) to identify trial‐eligible patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma (DLBCL). However, many IPI‐like variants with improved accuracy have been developed over the years for rituximab‐treated patients.
Jelicic J+11 more
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Our national population‐based study covering the reproductive life course found that women with surgically verified endometriosis had a lower probability of first birth irrespective of endometriosis subtype. Abstract Introduction Endometriosis is associated with pain and infertility.
Anni Tuominen+6 more
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Political connections cause resource misallocation: Evidence from the fall of fascism in Italy
Abstract The fall of fascism in Italy in 1943–1944 was followed by the issuance of laws and decrees that made former fascist politicians ineligible for political office. This setting provides a unique quasi‐natural experiment that exogenously and permanently disrupted then prevalent corporate political connections.
Mara Faccio, John J. McConnell
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El doctorando en Historia y la tesis doctoral: una reflexión sobre la narrativa académica
El objetivo del presente artículo es proporcionar una reflexión acerca de la narrativa académica. Más en concreto, se propone formular algunas consideraciones sobre el proceso de escritura que tiene que afrontar el aspirante a doctor en Historia y ...
Giaime Pala
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Attitudes to Pregnancy, Childbirth and Postnatal Complications in Medieval English Miracula
Abstract This article re‐examines the evidence about childbirth and related topics in the posthumous miracle collections of English saints. It finds forty‐eight such miracles in collections of thirteen English saints, mostly from the century or so after 1170. The article argues that the context in which the stories were composed is vitally important to
Ben Nilson, Ruth Frost
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“Una derrota que parece un triunfo”: Donoso Cortés y la tutela de Isabel II
Simple secundario de la política española hasta 1840, la vida de Donoso Cortés dio un giro decisivo un año más tarde a raíz de que María Cristina de Borbón le encargara defender sus intereses en el pleito que estaba a punto de comenzar acerca de la ...
Luis Garrido Muro
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