If you have been at the same university for a number of years you may find it hard to remember how it felt when you started teaching there. If you were lucky, after being told where the expenses forms are, how many library books you could sign out and ...
Brake, David R.
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Blunt traumatic celiac artery avulsion managed with celiac artery ligation and open aorto-celiac bypass. [PDF]
Traumatic celiac artery injuries are rare and highly lethal with reported mortality rates of 38-62%. The vast majority are caused by penetrating trauma with only 11 reported cases due to blunt trauma (Graham et al., 1978; Asensio et al., 2000, 2002 ...
Doben, Andrew R+5 more
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Suwari Seoi Safety: from children Dojo to High Level Competition (Biomechanical Part) [PDF]
In this paper we face the problem of safety connected to a class of throws that are more often applied in every level of competitions. However, to our knowledge it has never been a scientific study on this subject in Japan and, to our great amazement, in Europe, only one, and in very recent times. While the family of techniques that is applied with two
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Abstract Purpose To assess the predictive capability of CT radiomics features for early recurrence (ER) of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Methods Postoperative PDAC patients were retrospectively selected, all of whom had undergone preoperative CT imaging and surgery. Both patients with resectable or borderline‐resectable pancreatic cancer met
Xinze Du+7 more
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A Generic Trauma Severity Computer Method Applied to Pedestrian Collisions [PDF]
In the real world, the severity of traumatic injuries are measured using the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS). However the AIS scale cannot currently be computed by using finite element human computer models, which calculate a maximum principal strains (MPS). Further, MPS only establishes a threshold above which a serious or fatal injury occurs. In order
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Prevalence of HIV Infection among Trauma Patients Admitted to\ud Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania and its\ud Influence on Outcome [PDF]
HIV infection, a major health problem worldwide, has been reported to be prevalent in trauma patients, thus presents an occupational hazard to health care workers who care for these patients.
Chalya, Phillipo L+4 more
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GMS Current Topics in Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery; 14 ...
Kühnel, TS, Reichert, TE
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Automated rapidplan model validation using Eclipse scripting API
Abstract RapidPlan offers efficiency gains and quality improvements in treatment planning. Prior to its use in the clinic, it requires an extensive validation procedure in which established clinical plans and those generated by the model are compared. The manual iterative nature of this process is resource intensive, as numerous iterations are required
Bradley Beeksma+2 more
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Posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth in New Zealand Surf Lifesavers : an analysis of age, gender, social support, & self-efficacy : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand [PDF]
Introduction. New Zealand surf lifeguards are exposed to a range of potentially traumatic events including search and rescue, trauma and medical care, and body retrievals.
Rooke, Aimee
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Feature Selection for Bayesian Evaluation of Trauma Death Risk [PDF]
In the last year more than 70,000 people have been brought to the UK hospitals with serious injuries. Each time a clinician has to urgently take a patient through a screening procedure to make a reliable decision on the trauma treatment. Typically, such procedure comprises around 20 tests; however the condition of a trauma patient remains very ...
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