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The aim of this study was to test age-appropriate information and preparation procedures for children with cancer undergoing radiotherapy (RT) for feasibility and effectiveness in terms of the need for general anesthesia (GA) and anxiety. In a quasi-experimental controlled clinical trial, 17 children aged 3–18 years receiving age-appropriate preparation were compared with 16 children in a control
The deletion (5q) karyotype (del [5q]) in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is the most common karyotypic abnormality in de novo MDS. An increased number of blasts and additional karyotypic abnormalities (del [5q]+) are associated with a poor outcome. We analyzed the outcome of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplants (HCT) in patients suffering from MDS with only del (5q) or del (5q)+
For a pair of closely located and cooperating user equipments (UEs), a precoder is designed at the base station (BS) which considers the UE cooperation. The UEs collaborate over an out-of-band side-link with a finite capacity. The side-link may be used for interference cancellation (IC) or for relaying decoded symbols. The precoder has two parts, a cooperative part based on channel inversion and a
IS strategic alignment remains a research phenomenon of key interest, specifically regarding the dimensions of social IS alignment (i.e., shared IS understanding among key organizational members) and intellectual IS alignment (i.e., IS/business strategy congruence). The examination of IS alignment has been predominantly limited to the examination of top ranks within the organization; however, we c
Background: In stage I/II natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma, concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) had previously been shown to result in superior outcome compared with anthracycline-containing regimens, which have since been considered ineffective. The role of CCRT in comparison with approaches employing nonanthracycline-containing chemotherapy (CT) and sequential radiotherapy (RT) in such patien
In this paper, a novel generalized transition matrix (GTM) algorithm is proposed to analyze the electromagnetic problems of open-ended cavity structures. An artificial reference surface is applied to seal the slots and/or apertures to reshape the target cavity into an interior domain (containing inner metallic surface and internal structures) and an exterior domain (containing the outer surface of
The compactness of mobile terminals complicates the design of multiple antennas, since coupling among the antennas increases when they are placed in proximity of one another. While it is possible to mitigate coupling between closely spaced antennas, a tradeoff in bandwidth is required. In this paper, we highlight ground plane excitation as an additional dimension to consider in the design of multi
BACKGROUND: EndoVAC hybrid therapy for infected femoral artery reconstructions consists of endovascular relining with a stent graft, surgical debridement and vacuum-assisted wound closure (VAC), and may be considered as a bailout procedure. The aim of this study was to analyze differences in risk factors of patients receiving EndoVAC compared to standard VAC therapy for perivascular infected femor
Aromatic polymers functionalised with cycloaliphatic quaternary ammonium (QA) cations are currently emerging as base stable anion exchange membranes (AEMs) for use in alkaline fuel cells and water electrolyzers. In the present work we have first prepared poly(biphenyl piperidine)s in superacid-mediated polycondensations, and then introduced different N-spirocyclic QA cations via cyclo-quaternisati
Realistic network simulations are necessary to assess the performance of any communication system. In this paper, we describe an implementation of a channel model for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication in the OMNeT++/Plexe simulation environment. The model is based on previous extensive measurements in a V2V multilink highway scenario and cover line-of-sight (LOS) as well as obstructed LOS (OL
Remote homology detction among proteins in an unsupervised approach from sequences is an important problem in computational biology. The existing neighborhood cluster kernel methods and Markov clustering algorithms are most efficient for homolog detection. Yet they deviate from random walks with inflation or similarity depending on hard thresholds. Our spectral clustering approach with new combine
Background: Besides the incidence of esophageal atresia (EA) being higher in males, no other gender-specific differences in EA have been reported. The aim of this study was to search for gender-specific differences in EA.Methods: A retrospective study was conducted at a tertiary center for pediatric surgery. The medical charts of infants born with EA were reviewed. 20 girls were identified, and 20
In this paper new modeling techniques of (S- 1 , S) inventory systems (continuous review base-stock inventory systems) with state dependent demand rates are proposed. Examples of single-location (S- 1 , S) inventory systems where the demand, experienced by the system, varies due to the state of the system are, e.g., inventory models with partial backorders, inventory models with lost sales, invent
The second generation (2G) cellular networks are the current workhorse for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. Diversity in 2G devices can be present both in form of multiple receive branches and blind repetitions. In presence of diversity, intersymbol interference (ISI) equalization and co-channel interference (CCI) suppression are usually very complex. In this paper, we consider the improve
Aims: Bacterial infection is a major challenge in wound care. Antimicrobial wound dressings are of great value for treating wound infections. Endolysins are evolving as a new class of antimicrobials with multiple applications. This study describes the production and evaluation of T4 lysozyme (T4Lyz), product of gene e of the T4 bacteriophage, fused with Cellulose Binding Module (CBM) for facile im
In this paper, we cast the idea of antithetic sampling, widely used in standard Monte Carlo simulation, into the framework of sequential Monte Carlo methods. We propose a version of the standard auxiliary particle filter where the particles are mutated blockwise in such a way that all particles within each block are, first, offspring of a common ancestor and, second, negatively correlated conditio
Because of the fixed heterogeneity of their models, most panel unit root tests impose restrictions on the rate at which the number of time periods, T, and the number of cross-section units, N, go to infinity. A common example of such a restriction isN/T→0, which in practice means that T≫N, a condition that is not always met. In the current paper the heterogeneity is given a parsimonious random eff
Introduction Clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease are aimed at early stages of disease, including preclinical Alzheimer's disease. The high cost and time required to screen large numbers of participants for Aβ pathology impede the development of novel drugs. This study's objective was to evaluate the extent to which inexpensive and easily obtainable information can reduce the number of screen fa
We address H-infinity state feedback and give a simple form for an optimal control law applicable to linear time invariant systems with symmetric and Hurwitz state matrix. More specifically, the control law as well as the minimal value of the norm can be expressed in the matrices of the system's state space representation, given separate cost on state and control input. Thus, the control law is tr
