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A comparison of brief versus explicit descriptors for verbal rating scales: interrupted time series design

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2023
Background Verbal rating scales (VRS) are widely used in patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures. At our institution, patients complete an online instrument using VRSs with a five-point brief response scale to assess symptoms as part of routine follow-up
Andrew J. Vickers, Melissa Assel, Michael Hannon, Priyanka Desai, Sigrid V. Carlsson, Taylor McCready, Jennifer Cracchiolo, Brett Simon   +7 more
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Study the effect of Tm+2 co-dopant on afterglow suppression in CsI:Tl crystal by thermoluminescence models [PDF]

مجله علوم و فنون هسته‌ای
There are many applications with the CsI:Tl crystal, including spectroscopy, dosimetry, medical imaging, etc. The characteristics of this crystal, such as its atomic number, purity, and high density, have caused more attention to it.
M.H. Khorasani, S. Shahmaleki, F. Rahmani   +2 more
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Biodegradable Mg-Sc-Sr Alloy Improves Osteogenesis and Angiogenesis to Accelerate Bone Defect Restoration

Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2022
Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys are considered to be biodegradable metallic biomaterials for potential orthopedic implants. While the osteogenic properties of Mg alloys have been widely studied, few reports focused on developing a bifunctional Mg implant ...
Nadia Aboutalebianaraki, Craig J. Neal, Sudipta Seal, Mehdi Razavi   +3 more
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Parenteral Exposure of Mice to Ricin Toxin Induces Fatal Hypoglycemia by Cytokine-Mediated Suppression of Hepatic Glucose-6-Phosphatase Expression

Toxins, 2022
Ricin toxin is an agent of biodefense concern and we have been developing countermeasures for ricin threats. In doing so, we sought biomarkers of ricin toxicosis and found that in mice parenteral injection of ricin toxin causes profound hypoglycemia, in ...
Seth H. Pincus, Alexi Kyro, Grace A. Maresh, Tami Peters, Jacob Kempa, Tamera K. Marcotte, Zhanguo Gao, Jianping Ye, Valérie Copié, Kejing Song   +9 more
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A disaggregation approach for estimating high spatial resolution broadband emissivity for bare soils from Landsat surface reflectance

International Journal of Digital Earth, 2018
High spatial resolution land surface broadband emissivity (BBE) is not only useful for surface energy balance studies at local scales, but also can bridge the gap between existing coarser resolution BBE products and point-based field measurements.
Jie Cheng, Shunlin Liang, Hao Liu, Aixiu Nie, Qiang Liu   +4 more
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POSSIBILITY OF APPLICATION OF SODIUM SILICATE IN MOULDING AND CORE SAND MIXTURES IN ART CASTING

Литьë и металлургия, 2017
The environmental issues come to the forefront in the 21st century. The 2017th year is announced in Russia as the year of ecology. The possibilities of application of sodium silicate and phosphate binder for production of large forms and cores in machine-
S. S. Tkachenko, V. S. Krivitskiy, V. O. Yemelyanov, K V. Martynov   +3 more
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Adjustable Liners and Sockets for Prosthetic Devices

Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal, 2018
INTRODUCTION Ras  Labs’ Synthetic  Muscle™  will  allow  amputees  to  continue  their  active  lives  without  needing  to adjust the fitting of their prosthetic device(s) throughout the day.  This technology promises to resolve major  issues  facing 
Lenore Rasmussen, Simone Rodriguez, Matthew Bowers, Damaris Smith, Greig Martino, Livia Rizzo, Cole Scheiber, Jesse d’Almeida, Curran Dillis   +8 more
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Progression of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazilian healthcare workers’ emotional burden and the effects on professional fulfillment at the end of the third wave: a longitudinal study

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
IntroductionEven though the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers’ mental health remain unknown, such effects might negatively impact health services and patient safety, especially in countries like Brazil, where there is ...
Sonia Regina Loureiro, Sonia Regina Loureiro, Antônio Waldo Zuardi, Antônio Waldo Zuardi, Isabella Lara Machado Silveira, José Alexandre de Souza Crippa, José Alexandre de Souza Crippa, Jaime Eduardo Cecílio Hallak, Jaime Eduardo Cecílio Hallak, Flávia de Lima Osório, Flávia de Lima Osório   +10 more
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Dynamic resource allocation for energy-efficient downlink NOMA systems in 5G networks

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Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) is a promising energy-efficient technology designed to satisfy the demands of future networks by efficiently sharing radio resources.
Osama Abuajwa, Sufian Mitani
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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy “Variations on a Theme”

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2011
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a fairly new diagnosis in the cardiologist's repertoire. It can present itself in multiple different forms. We describe three cases of TTC with different etiologies illustrating the broad spectrum of presentations.
Kjell Bogaard, Diego A. M. Odekerken, Albertus J. Voogel   +2 more
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