Nonlinear effect of body mass index on postoperative survival following isolated heart transplantation by Reid Dale, PhD, Nataliya Bahatyrevich, MD, MS, Matthew Leipzig, BSc, Maria Elizabeth Currie, MD, PhD

Get full text

Understanding personality pathology in a clinical sample of youth: study protocol for the longitudinal research project ‘APOLO’ by Nagila Koster, Igor Lusin, Paul T van der Heijden, Odilia M Laceulle, Marcel A G van Aken

“…The research project ‘APOLO’ (a Dutch language acronym for Adolescents and their Personality Development: a Longitudinal Study) is designed based on McAdams’ integrative three-layered model of personality development and assesses the interaction between dispositional traits, characteristic adaptations, the narrative identity and functioning.Methods and analysis APOLO is a longitudinal research project that takes place in two outpatient mental healthcare centres. …”
Get full text

Flutuação populacional de Anastrepha striata (Diptera: Tephritidae) em pomares comerciais de goiabeira by Luciana Baú Trassato, Antonio Cesar Silva Lima, João Luiz Lopes Monteiro Neto, Hugo Falkyner da Silva Bandeira, Edgley Soares da Silva, Anderson Striicker

“…A captura das moscas-das-frutas foi realizada por meio de armadilhas McPhail, cujo atrativo alimentar foi composto por 300 mL de suco de maracujá a 30%, sendo semanalmente renovado, ocasião em que as moscas foram coletadas e conduzidas ao Laboratório de Entomologia da Universidade Federal de Roraima para triagem, contagem, separação por sexo e acondicionamento em solução de álcool 70%, para posterior identificação da espécie A. striata. …”
Get full text

High Frequency Vibration Fatigue Behavior of Ti6Al4V Fabricated by Wire-Fed Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing Technology by P. Wanjara, J. Gholipour, E. Watanabe, K. Watanabe, T. Sugino, P. Patnaik, F. Sikan, M. Brochu

Get full text

ERCP-Related Adverse Events in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Navneet Natt, Faith Michael, Hope Michael, Sacha Dubois, Ahmed Al Mazrou’i

Get full text

Study on Mechanical Properties of Gravelly Sand under Different Stress Paths by Dongjie Zhang, Fei Luo, Zhanyuan Zhu, Jiaming Liu, Jing Li, Bailin Li, Tianlang Xue

“…To describe the strain hardening and strain softening characteristics of gravelly sand in different stress paths, a new dilatancy equation was obtained by introducing the characteristic state stress ratio Mc into the dilatancy equation of the modified Cam-Clay model based on the state-dependent dilatancy theory. …”
Get full text

The Continental Divide: Anti-TNF Use in Pediatric IBD Is Different in North America Compared to Other Parts of the World by Peter C. Church, Jeffrey Hyams, Frank Ruemmele, Lissy de Ridder, Dan Turner, Anne M. Griffiths

Get full text

Sosyal Medya Kullanımının İletişim Kaygısı Bağlamında Değerlendirilmesi by Zekiye Tamer Gencer

“…Araştırmada, yaşları 18 ile 25 arasında değişen, üniversite öğrencilerinden oluşan bir grup ile anket yöntemi kullanılmıştır. McCroskey (1982) tarafından geliştirilen ve Dünya’da birçok araştırmacı tarafından da kullanılan “İletişim Kaygısı Ölçeği” ilgili öğrenci grubuna uygulanmıştır. …”
Get full text

Thermodynamic Analysis of Supercritical CO2 Power Cycle with Fluidized Bed Coal Combustion by Chenchen Geng, Yingjuan Shao, Wenqi Zhong, Xuejiao Liu

“…Reheat pressure and main compressor (MC) inlet pressure have corresponding optimal values. …”
Get full text

Meta-Analysis of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in Patients with Systolic Heart Failure by Mohammed Ruzieh, Andrew J. Foy, Nader M. Aboujamous, Morgan K. Moroi, Gerald V. Naccarelli, Mehrdad Ghahramani, Shaffi Kanjwal, Joseph E. Marine, Khalil Kanjwal

Get full text

Cost-effectiveness of watchful waiting versus immediate emergency department transfer after epinephrine autoinjector use in Canada by Yiwei Yin, Moshe Ben Shoshan, Marcus Shaker, Matthew Greenhawt, Kate M. Johnson

Get full text

Propuesta de rutas de conectividad para la conservación de la biodiversidad en Sierra Maestra, Cuba by Adonis Ramón Puebla, Yandy Rodríguez Cueto, Pedro M. Álvarez-Amargos

Get full text

Food Insecurity and Not Dietary Diversity Is a Predictor of Nutrition Status in Children within Semiarid Agro-Ecological Zones in Eastern Kenya by Zipporah N. Bukania, Moses Mwangi, Robert M. Karanja, Richard Mutisya, Yeri Kombe, Lydia U. Kaduka, Timothy Johns

Get full text

Effect of low salicylate diet on clinical and inflammatory markers in patients with aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease – a randomized crossover trial by Leigh J. Sowerby, Krupal B. Patel, Crystal Schmerk, Brian W. Rotenberg, Taciano Rocha, Doron D. Sommer

Get full text

Resultados del tratamiento de maloclusión clase II división 1 con activador abierto elástico de Klammt by Ivette Álvarez Mora, Clotilde de la Caridad Mora Pérez, Amarelis Morera Pérez, Virginia Pentón García, Arisvel Blanco Hernández, Manuela Lourdes Villa Fernández

“…Para el diagnóstico se tomaron telerradiografías laterales de cráneo al inicio y al año de tratamiento, a las cuales se aplicaron mediciones lineales y/o angulares de Steiner, Ricketts y McNamara. Se evaluaron los cambios cefalométricos esqueletales y de tejidos blandos antes y después del tratamiento.…”
Get full text

Extracellular MMP-9-Based Assessment of Ocular Surface Inflammation in Patients with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma by Anna Zaleska-Żmijewska, Ewa Strzemecka, Zbigniew M. Wawrzyniak, Jacek P. Szaflik

“…Further assessments of disease severity and inflammation comprised Goldmann applanation tonometry for intraocular pressure (IOP), Schirmer’s test with anesthesia, ocular surface staining with unpreserved fluorescein (Oxford scale index), tear breakup time (TBUT), McMonnies questionnaire, and the Ocular Surface Disease index (OSDI). …”
Get full text

Comportamiento productivo de diferentes combinaciones cultivar-portainjerto de peral en el Alto Valle de Río Negro y Neuquén by V. DE ANGELIS, P. CALVO, D. RAFFO, M.F MENNI

“…Con el objetivo de evaluar el comportamiento vegetativo y productivo de diferentes combinaciones cultivar-portainjerto de peral en la zona del Alto Valle de Río Negro y Neuquén se planteó un ensayo con cinco portainjertos: Franco, BA29, BP1, MC y Sydo. Los cultivares utilizadas fueron Pyrus communis cv Williams, Abate Fetel y Beurrè D ́Anjou. …”
Get full text

Altered individual-based morphological brain network in type 2 diabetes mellitus by Wang Yan, Ge Limin, Sun Zhizhong, Cao Zidong, Qiu Shijun

“…Lastly, altered morphological connectivity (MC) was linked to cognitive performance, and the aforementioned subnetworks may serve as predictors of cognitive performance. …”
Get full text

Is Whole‐Brain Radiotherapy for Brain Metastases an Overestimated Therapy? A Retrospective Study of Real‐World Data Using Landmark Analyses by Florian Hoelzl, Oliver Koelbl, Isabella Gruber

“…Neurological symptoms were compared before and after treatment using the McNemar test. Results The median patient age was 62 years. …”
Get full text

Haber Medyası Okuryazarlığı Ölçeği: Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması by Seçil Deren Van Het Hof, Ayşad Güdekli, Mehmet Sebih Oruç, Mehmet Eser

“…Ölçeğin alt boyutları ve tümüne ilişkin Cronbach Alfa ve McDonald’ın Omega değerleri 0.83 ile 0.86 arasında değişiklik göstermektedir. …”
Get full text