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Regimes of heating and dynamical response in driven many-body localized systems [PDF]

, 2016
We explore the response of many-body localized (MBL) systems to periodic driving of arbitrary amplitude, focusing on the rate at which they exchange energy with the drive. To this end, we introduce an infinite-temperature generalization of the effective "
Demler, Eugene, Gopalakrishnan, Sarang, Knap, Michael   +2 more
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Better Chemotherapeutic Response of Small Cell Lung Cancer in Never Smokers than in Smokers [PDF]

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Background Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is called ‘smoker’s disease’ because it is strongly associated with smoking and most cases occur in smokers. However, it can also occur in never smokers. We investigated the clinical features of never smokers with
Ha-Young Park, Hyung-Joo Oh, Hwa Kyung Park, Joon-Young Yoon, Chang-Seok Yoon, Bo Gun Kho, Tae-Ok Kim, Hong-Joon Shin, Chul-Kyu Park, Yong-Soo Kwon, Yu-Il Kim, Sung-Chul Lim, Young-Chul Kim, In-Jae Oh   +13 more
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Going Online with a Face-to-Face Household Panel: Effects of a Mixed Mode Design on Item and Unit Non-Response

Survey Research Methods, 2015
There are considerable cost and timeliness advantages associated with web interviewing, compared to interviewer administration. However, web surveys do not perform well in terms of coverage and participation.
Annette Jäckle, Peter Lynn, Jon Burton
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Understanding the effect of response rate and class size interaction on students evaluation of teaching in a higher education

Cogent Education, 2016
Objective: This study aims to investigate the interaction between response rate and class size and its effects on students’ evaluation of instructors and the courses offered at a higher education Institution in Saudi Arabia. Study Design: A retrospective
Ahmed Al Kuwaiti, Mahmoud AlQuraan, Arun Vijay Subbarayalu   +2 more
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Blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of response to chemotherapy in head-and-neck cancers

Journal of Head & Neck Physicians and Surgeons, 2019
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate whether pretreatment blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) could serve as a bio-predictor of response to chemotherapy for head-and-neck cancers (HNCs).
Mohammad Hashemi-Bahremani, Nafiseh Mortazavi, Kambiz Novin, Ahmad Ameri, Zahra Razzaghi   +4 more
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Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder with Lymph Node-only Metastasis Treated with M-VAC (Methotrexate, Vinblastine, Doxorubicin and Cisplatin) has a Better Survival than GC (Gemcitabine and Cisplatin)

Journal of Cancer Research and Practice, 2014
Background: Previous studies demonstrated that GC (gemcitabine and cisplatin) provided a similar survival advantage as M-VAC (methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin and cisplatin) for urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB), and had a better safety ...
Meng-Che Hsieh, Po-Hui Chiang, Kun-Ming Rau, Yen-Yang Chen, Yo-Li Su, Cheng-Hua Huang   +5 more
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Survey Fatigue During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Neurosurgery Survey Response Rates

Frontiers in Surgery, 2021
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a surge in research activity while restricting data collection methods, leading to a rise in survey-based studies.
Rosaline de Koning, Abdullah Egiz, Jay Kotecha, Ana Catinca Ciuculete, Setthasorn Zhi Yang Ooi, Nourou Dine Adeniran Bankole, Joshua Erhabor, George Higginbotham, Mehdi Khan, David Ulrich Dalle, Dawin Sichimba, Soham Bandyopadhyay, Ulrick Sidney Kanmounye   +12 more
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Treating cisplatin-resistant cancer: a systematic analysis of oxaliplatin or paclitaxel salvage chemotherapy [PDF]

, 2009
Objective: To examine the pre-clinical and clinical evidence for the use of oxaliplatin or paclitaxel salvage chemotherapy in patients with cisplatin-resistant cancer.
B Stordal, B Stordal, BK Stordal, H Kawai, H Kuroda, M Markman, S Henness, V Dieras   +7 more
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High Frequency and High Quality Survey Data Collection

Survey Research Methods, 2020
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has a massive impact on society. To curb the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, unprecedented containment measures are being taken by governments around the world.
Annelies G. Blom, Carina Cornesse, Sabine Friedel, Ulrich Krieger, Marina Fikel, Tobias Rettig, Alexander Wenz, Sebastian Juhl, Roni Lehrer, Katja Möhring, Elias Naumann, Maximiliane Reifenscheid   +11 more
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Effect of vagus nerve stimulation against generalized seizure and status epilepticus recurrence

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
ObjectiveVagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a palliative surgery for drug-resistant epilepsy. The two objectives of this study were to (1) determine the seizure type most responsive to VNS and (2) investigate the preventive effect on status epilepticus (SE)
Yasushi Iimura, Yasushi Iimura, Hiroharu Suzuki, Hiroharu Suzuki, Takumi Mitsuhashi, Takumi Mitsuhashi, Tetsuya Ueda, Tetsuya Ueda, Kazuki Nishioka, Kazuki Nishioka, Kou Horikoshi, Kou Horikoshi, Kazuki Nomura, Kazuki Nomura, Hidenori Sugano, Hidenori Sugano, Hidenori Sugano, Akihide Kondo, Akihide Kondo   +18 more
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