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Institutional complexity is complexity with an adjective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
A review of the studies on institutional complexity reveals that the many definitions of institutional complexity and related concepts share similarities with the understanding of complexity and complex systems of complexity science. Yet few publications
Papin, Marielle, Marielle Papin
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Governing Complexity in World Politics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Complexity is the new global ontology for world politics. This article summarizes the characteristics of complexity and its implications for informed US state policy making.
Western, Jon   +3 more
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Process Complexity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
We develop the ontology of “process complexity” and describe how the dynamics of “becoming” can be framed as the emerging, stabilising, and ultimate dissolving of “patterns of relationships.” By extending traditional complexity thinking through ...
Boulton, Jean, Jean Boulton
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Complexity in international society: theorising fragmentation and linkages in primary and secondary institutions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
This article seeks to contribute to theorising the institutional structure of international society by exploring synergies between complex systems thinking and the English School theory of International Relations (IR).
Schmidt, Dennis R.
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S.T.O.N.E. Score in Prediction of Stone Clearance in PCNL

open access: yesJournal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal, 2023
Background S.T.O.N.E. score has been considered as standard scoring system for prediction of complication and to state the clearance of the stone. The objective of this research is to find out STONE score in predicting percutaneous nephrolithotomy ...
Sudeep Raj K.c   +3 more
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Robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyelolithotomy with intracorporeal pyeloscopy in a horseshoe kidney

open access: yesUrology Case Reports, 2023
Horseshoe kidneys are one of the most common congenital genitourinary malformations and can increase the complexity of common urologic procedures, especially nephrolithiasis. We present a patient who underwent robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyelolithotomy
Jake Sellers   +4 more
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The measurement, evolution, and neural representation of action grammars of human behavior

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Human behaviors from toolmaking to language are thought to rely on a uniquely evolved capacity for hierarchical action sequencing. Testing this idea will require objective, generalizable methods for measuring the structural complexity of real-world ...
Dietrich Stout   +4 more
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Predicting Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Outcomes and Complications in Elderly Patients Using Guy's Scoring System and Charlson Comorbidity Index

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gerontology, 2018
Summary: Background: This study compared the operative outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in elderly patients with different comorbidity status and different stone complexity. Methods: A retrospective review of medical records was performed of 113
Jen-Shu Tseng   +9 more
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THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY IN CORRELATION WITH DIFFERENT RENAL STONE BURDENS

open access: yesThe Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018
Background: The improvements in instruments and technique of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in the last 3 decades have led to expansion in its indications to include even the large and complex renal stone cases.
Issam Al-Azzawi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is multiple tracts percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) safe modality in management of complex renal stones? A prospective study: Single center experience

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Urology, 2018
Objectives: To evaluate and analyze the efficacy and the safety of multiple tracts PCNL in management of complex renal calculi. Patients and Methods: The study was conducted during the period between March 2016 till January 2017 on 265 patients with ...
H. Elawady   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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