Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2018 Background In 2010, the time on the lung transplant waiting list in Nantes University Hospital (NUH) was 9.2 months, compared to a French national median of about 4 months.
Isabelle Danner-Boucher +7 more
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Perioperative Medicine, 2020 Pre-operative optimisation ‘pre-hab’ is a growing area in peri-operative medicine. This is usually undertaken with the aim of reducing post-operative complications.
William M. Ricketts +5 more
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Combined nutritional stress and a new systemic pesticide (flupyradifurone, Sivanto®) reduce bee survival, food consumption, flight success, and thermoregulation. [PDF]
, 2019 Flupyradifurone (FPF, Sivanto®) is a new butenolide insecticide that, like the neonicotinoids, is a systemic nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) agonist.
Nieh, James C, Tong, Linda, Tosi, Simone
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Automatic multi-organ segmentation in thorax CT images using U-Net-GAN
Medical Imaging, 2019 We propose a method to automatically segment multiple organs at risk (OARs) from routinely-acquired thorax CT images using generative adversarial network (GAN). Multi-label U-Net was introduced in generator to enable end-to-end segmentation.
Y. Lei +12 more
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The IL-15 / sIL-15Rα complex modulates immunity without effect on asthma features in mouse
Respiratory Research, 2020 Background Interleukin 15 (IL-15) is a growth and modulating factor for B, T lymphocytes and natural killer cells (NK). Its action on innate and adaptive immunity is modulated by its alpha chain receptor (IL-15Rα).
Antoine Moui +6 more
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The effects of disruptive and stabilizing selection on body size in Drosophila melanogaster. III. Genetic analysis of two lines with different reactions to disruptive selection with mating of opposite extremes [PDF]
, 1974 A genetic analysis was made of two lines which when subjected to disruptive selection with compulsary mating of opposite extremes (D−) showed a different response viz.
Bos, M., Scharloo, W.
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Utility of routine screening for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency in patients with bronchiectasis [PDF]
, 2020 Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is a cause of bronchiectasis. Guidelines for bronchiectasis from the British Thoracic Society do not recommend to routinely test patients for AATD. In contrast, guidelines for AATD recommend routine screening.
Carreto, Luis +9 more
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Evolutionary trade-offs between reproduction and dispersal in populations at expanding range boundaries [PDF]
, 2003 During recent climate warming, some species have expanded their ranges northwards to keep track of climate changes. Evolutionary changes in dispersal have been demonstrated in these expanding populations and here we show that increased dispersal is ...
Fedotov, Vassili A. +3 more
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Diagnostics, 2022 Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is currently the gold standard for evaluating right ventricular (RV) function, which is critical in patients with pulmonary hypertension.
Andreas Rolf +10 more
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Quantitative geometric analysis of rib, costal cartilage and sternum from childhood to teenagehood [PDF]
, 2013 Better understanding of the effects of growth on children’s bones and cartilage is necessary for clinical and biomechanical purposes. The aim of this study is to define the 3D geometry of children’s rib cages: including sternum, ribs and costal cartilage.
BADINA, Alina +5 more
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