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High-efficiency light-wave control with all-dielectric optical Huygens' metasurfaces

, 2014
Optical metasurfaces have developed as a breakthrough concept for advanced wave-front engineering enabled by subwavelength resonant nanostructures. However, reflection and/or absorption losses as well as low polarisation-conversion efficiencies pose a ...
Brener, Igal, Decker, Manuel, Dominguez, Jason, Falkner, Matthias, Kivshar, Yuri S., Neshev, Dragomir N., Pertsch, Thomas, Staude, Isabelle   +7 more
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Reverse triggering ? a novel or previously missed phenomenon?

Annals of Intensive Care
Background Reverse triggering (RT) was described in 2013 as a form of patient-ventilator asynchrony, where patient’s respiratory effort follows mechanical insufflation.
Robert Jackson, Audery Kim, Nikolay Moroz, L. Felipe Damiani, Domenico Luca Grieco, Thomas Piraino, Jan O. Friedrich, Alain Mercat, Irene Telias, Laurent J. Brochard   +9 more
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Interventions in ambulatory healthcare settings to reduce social isolation among adults aged 18–64: a systematic review

BJGP Open
Background: Social isolation is associated with increased all-cause and premature mortality, poor chronic disease management, and mental health concerns.
Kavya Anchuri, Liane Steiner, Roxana Rabet, Amy Craig-Neil, Ellah San Antonio, Oluwasegun Jko Ogundele, Melanie Seabrook, Ceinwen Pope, Serina Dai, Andree Schuler, Carolyn Ziegler, Andrew David Pinto   +11 more
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IGFBP7 and left ventricular mass regression: a sub‐analysis of the EMPA‐HEART CardioLink‐6 randomized clinical trial

ESC Heart Failure, 2023
Aims Given recent suggestions that serum levels of insulin‐like growth factor‐binding protein 7 (IGFBP7) may identify patients who derive greater cardiorenal benefits from treatment with sodium‐glucose transport 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i), this exploratory ...
Pankaj Puar, Nikhil Mistry, Kim A. Connelly, Andrew T. Yan, Adrian Quan, Hwee Teoh, Yi Pan, Raj Verma, David A. Hess, Subodh Verma, C. David Mazer   +10 more
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Reproductive autonomy of women living with multiple myeloma participating in a pregnancy prevention program

Reproductive Health
Background Multiple myeloma is an incurable hematologic cancer that primarily affects older adults. Females of childbearing potential represent a small but uniquely affected proportion of the multiple myeloma population.
J. M. Wigle, M. Ramasamy, A. McCurdy, L. V. Dias, H. Mian, I. Sandhu, C. Pritlove   +6 more
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Experiences of people with diabetes receiving a voucher for healthy foods: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health
Background Food insecurity is linked to lower consumption of healthy foods in people with diabetes. Food prescription programs may improve diabetes outcomes and promote fruit and vegetable intake among people with diabetes.
Moizza Zia Ul Haq, Lavanya Sinha, Chinwe Nwebube, Adelaide Buadu, Areesha Sabir, Nav Persaud   +5 more
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Imperfect unities of knowledge [PDF]

Nature, 1993
Common Sense, Science and Scepticism: A Historical Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge. By Alan Mus-grave. Cambridge University Press: 1993. Pp. 310. £35, $54.95 (hbk); £12.95, $17.95 (pbk). Reading the Book of Nature: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science. By Peter Kosso. Cambridge University Press: 1992. Pp. 198.
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Stability of Granular Tunnel

, 2018
We demonstrated the stability of tunnels made of granular matters is strongly dependent on the grain size, tunnel diameter, and water content in the granules.
Abdullah, Mikrajuddin, Amalia, Nadya, Khairurrijal, Khairurrijal, Munir, Muhammad Miftahul, Munir, Rahmawati, Rahmayanti, Handika Dany, Yuliza, Elfi   +6 more
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The effects of recreational cannabis use on glycemic outcomes and self-management behaviours in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes: a rapid review

Systematic Reviews, 2020
Background Recent surveys of Canadian cannabis users reflect increasing consumption rates, some of whom may have diabetes. However, healthcare providers have limited information resources on the effects of recreational cannabis in people with diabetes ...
Caroline J. Porr, Patricia Rios, Harpreet S. Bajaj, Aoife M. Egan, Celine Huot, Ryan Batten, Lisa Bishop, Devonne Ryan, Erin Davis, Nazia Darvesh, Arifur Rahman, Shabnam Asghari, Lily Acheampong, Andrea C. Tricco   +13 more
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Mira Variable Stars From LAMOST DR4 Data: Emission Features, Temperature Types, and Candidate Selection

, 2017
Based on an extensive spectral study of a photometrically confirmed sample of Mira variables, we find a relationship between relative Balmer emission-line strength and spectral temperature of O-rich Mira stars.
de Grijs, Richard, Deng, Licai, Liu, Chao, Matsunaga, Noriyuki, Yao, Yuhan   +4 more
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