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ABSTRACT Background Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) has emerged as a valuable treatment for severe pulmonary regurgitation (PR). The Salus valve (Balance Medical Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing, China) represents a novel self‐expanding valve stent designed for deployment through a transthoracic approach with a small subxiphoid incision ...
Ziqin Zhou+6 more
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Finding Temporally Consistent Occlusion Boundaries in Videos using Geometric Context [PDF]
We present an algorithm for finding temporally consistent occlusion boundaries in videos to support segmentation of dynamic scenes. We learn occlusion boundaries in a pairwise Markov random field (MRF) framework. We first estimate the probability of an spatio-temporal edge being an occlusion boundary by using appearance, flow, and geometric features ...
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When Face Recognition Meets Occlusion: A New Benchmark [PDF]
The existing face recognition datasets usually lack occlusion samples, which hinders the development of face recognition. Especially during the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic, wearing a mask has become an effective means of preventing the virus spread. Traditional CNN-based face recognition models trained on existing datasets are almost ineffective for ...
arxiv
Peptide-Cellulose Conjugates on Cotton-Based Materials Have Protease Sensor/Sequestrant Activity
The growing incidence of chronic wounds in the world population has prompted increased interest in chronic wound dressings with protease-modulating activity and protease point of care sensors to treat and enable monitoring of elevated protease-based ...
J. Vincent Edwards+3 more
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Aims: The primary objective of this study was to compare the postoperative infection rate between negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) and conventional dressings for closed incisions following soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) surgery.
David W. Shields+4 more
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Clinical Effect Analysis of Spinal Cord Electrical Stimulator Implantation for Diabetic Foot
Abstract Objective To investigate the clinical effect of spinal cord electrical stimulator implantation in the treatment of diabetic foot (DF). Materials and Methods We recruited 19 patients with DF who were admitted to Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University between January 2018 and May 2020.
Peng‐Bo Zhou, Min Bao
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Uso de hidrocolóide e alginato de cálcio no tratamento de lesões cutâneas
Hidrocolóide e alginato de cálcio são utilizados no tratamento de lesões cutâneas e muitos profissionais da saúde desconhecem as evidências que sustentam sua indicação na cicatrização.
Luciane da Silva Pinheiro+2 more
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Severe wound traction-blisters after inadequate dressing application following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: case report of a preventable complication [PDF]
Background The inadequate application of postoperative dressings can lead to significant complications, including skin injuries, compartment syndromes, and potential limb loss. To our knowledge, the occurrence of post laparoscopic cholecystectomy related
Sanusi, Abayomi L
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Democracy within, justice without: The duties of informal political representatives1
Abstract Informal political representation can be a political lifeline, particularly for oppressed and marginalized groups. Such representation can give these groups some say, however mediate, partial, and imperfect, in how things go for them. Coeval with the political goods such representation offers these groups are its particular dangers to them ...
Wendy Salkin
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Efektyvi kardiotorakalinių žaizdų priežiūra: literatūros apžvalga [PDF]
Cardiac surgery is included among the seven surgical procedures with the highest surgical site infection rate. Surgical wounds have been a major topic worldwide, having the healthcare team to face a big challenge on their management, giving a ...
Kielė, Viktorija+3 more
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