“If the funders said to me that I have to dress in orange, I would dress in orange”: findings from qualitative interviews on researchers’ experiences of public involvement [PDF]
Research Involvement and EngagementBackground Public involvement is increasingly mandated in health and medical research in the UK. With a push for its implementation from major funding bodies over the past few decades, we aimed to understand its current role in research through the lens ...
Lili Gyopár +7 more
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Evaluating a Tailored Web-Based eHealth Intervention for Symptom Management in Couples Managing Prostate Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]
Journal of Medical Internet ResearchBackgroundProstate cancer (PCa) is the most common nonskin cancer among men. Although treatments achieve excellent survival for localized PCa, long-lasting complications significantly diminish patients’ quality of life (QOL) across physical, sexual ...
Lixin Song +7 more
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Individual and combined effects of ischemic conditioning strategies on infarct size after myocardial ischemia reperfusion [PDF]
Scientific ReportsIschemic preconditioning (PreC), remote perconditioning (PerC), and postconditioning (PostC) are known to reduce myocardial infarct size, but their relative efficacy and potential additive effects remain unclear.
Ahmed Elmahdy +11 more
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Percutaneous exposure for tibia osseointegration: reduced antibiotics, improved perioperative metrics, and greater pain reduction versus open exposure [PDF]
OTA International. Introduction:. This article compared outcomes of patients who received transtibial osseointegration through percutaneous incision (Perc and existing amputation by definition), open exposure (Open) of an existing amputation, or simultaneous transtibial ...
Jason S. Hoellwarth, MD +4 more
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CT Lilun yu yingyong yanjiu, 2023 Objective: To explore the value of the artificial intelligence (AI) volumetric density method in determining the invasion of pulmonary hyposolid nodules (SSNs).
Jingchen WANG, Jun CHAI
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Stabilization of minority carrier lifetime in perc structured silicon solar cell
Journal of Thermal Engineering, 2021 This paper reports on the regeneration of the minority carrier lifetime in passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) structured silicon solar cells. It is observed that minority carrier lifetime in the cells can degrade, recover and then stabilize with ...
Veysel ÜNSÜR
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Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 ObjectiveThis study aims to investigate the value of histogram analysis based on iodine-based material decomposition (IMD) images obtained through dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) to differentiate gastric schwannoma (GS) from gastric stromal tumor (
Gang Wang +7 more
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Perchloroethylene and Dry Cleaning: It's Time to Move the Industry to Safer Alternatives
Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Perchloroethylene (PERC) is the most common solvent used for dry cleaning in the United States. PERC is a reproductive toxicant, neurotoxicant, potential human carcinogen, and a persistent environmental pollutant.
Diana M. Ceballos +5 more
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Urology Annals, 2022 Aim and Objectives: The aim of this study is to demonstrate the outcomes of retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) and Mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy (M-PCNL) in the management of 1–2 cm renal stones, with factors considered being operative time ...
V Bhargava Reddy Kanchi +3 more
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Efficacy of Mini-perc in Patients with less than 2 cm Renal CalculiA Prospective Observational Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020 Introduction: Miniaturisation of the instruments in Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is advantageous over standard PCNL procedure in patients with renal stone 18 years and renal stones ≤2 cm in size.
Abid Raval +5 more
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