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Innovative drugs, chemicals, and enzymes within the animal production chain
(2018-07-31)
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The alarming number of recently reported human illnesses with bacterial infections resistant to multiple antibacterial agents has become a serious concern in recent years. This phenomenon is a core ...
Synthesis of graphene oxide-quaternary ammonium nanocomposite with synergistic antibacterial activity to promote infected wound healing
(2018-05-21)
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Background
Bacterial infection is one of the most common complications in burn, trauma, and chronic refractory wounds and is an impediment to healing. The frequent ...
Personalization for Massive Product Innovation Using Open Architecture
(2018-05-06)
Abstract
Product innovation is creation of new concepts to plan and realize technological and functional details in the product to satisfy market and customer needs. One of the key drivers to product innovation ...
Data mining and machine learning approaches for the integration of genome-wide association and methylation data: methodology and main conclusions from GAW20
(2018-09-17)
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Multiple layers of genetic and epigenetic variability are being simultaneously explored in an increasing number of health studies. We summarize here different ...
Systematic evaluation of DNA methylation age estimation with common preprocessing methods and the Infinium MethylationEPIC BeadChip array
(2018-10-16)
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The capacity of technologies measuring DNA methylation (DNAm) is rapidly evolving, as are the options for applicable bioinformatics methods. The most ...
Caffeine is a risk factor for osteopenia of prematurity in preterm infants: a cohort study
(2018-01-22)
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Caffeine, the most commonly used medication in Neonatal Intensive Care Units, has calciuric and osteoclastogenic effects.
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Meaningful connections in dementia end of life care in long term care homes
(2018-09-24)
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Background
Most persons with dementia die in long term care (LTC) homes, where palliative approaches are appropriate. However, palliative approaches have not been ...
Tranexamic Acid versus Placebo to Prevent Blood Transfusion during Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer (TACT): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
(2018-05-02)
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Radical cystectomy for bladder cancer is associated with a high risk of needing red blood cell transfusion. Tranexamic acid reduces blood loss during cardiac ...
Peer-assisted debriefing of multisource feedback: an exploratory qualitative study
(2018-03-14)
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Background
The Manitoba Physician Achievement Review (MPAR) is a 360-degree feedback assessment that physicians undergo every 7 years to retain licensure. Deliberate ...
Advancing the evaluation of integrated knowledge translation
(2018-11-06)
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Background
Integrated knowledge translation (IKT) flows from the premise that knowledge co-produced with decision-makers is more likely to inform subsequent decisions. ...