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Cellulose nanofibers to assist the release of healing agents in epoxy coatings
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2017 , Article)
Epoxy monomer and amine curing agents were immobilized on cellulose nanofibers (CNF). Obtained epoxy immobilized CNF (EiCNF) and amine curing agent immobilized CNF (AiCNF) were characterized using Fourier transform infrared ...
Cellular immune activation in Sardinian middle-aged, older adults and centenarians
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Elsevier
, 2017 , Article)
In addition to viral infections, malignant disorders, autoimmune diseases, and allograft rejection episodes, neopterin increases in older people where it is found to be predictive of overall mortality. Thus, the serum ...
Qualitative evaluation of a cumulative exit-from-degree objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in a Gulf context
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International Pharmaceutical Federation
, 2017 , Article)
Introduction: Cultural adaptation of assessments into new contexts requires extensive evaluation to ensure validity of examination methods. Aims: The study objective was to critically analyse a cumulative OSCE for graduating ...
Chronic probiotic supplementation with or without glutamine does not influence the eHsp72 response to a multi-day ultra-endurance exercise event.
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NRC Research Press
, 2017 , Article)
Probiotic and glutamine supplementation increases tissue Hsp72, but their influence on extracellular Hsp72 (eHsp72) has not been investigated. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of chronic probiotic ...
Alcohol Consumption, Early-Onset Drinking, and Health-Related Consequences in Adolescents Presenting at Emergency Departments in England
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Elsevier
, 2017 , Article)
PurposeGlobally, alcohol use is the leading cause of ill health and life years lost in adolescents, although its clinical impact is often overlooked, particularly in England where most research is based in schools. This ...
Wavelet-based Encoding Scheme for Controlling Size of Compressed ECG Segments in Telecardiology Systems
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Springer New York LLC
, 2017 , Article)
One of the major issues in time-critical medical applications using wireless technology is the size of the payload packet, which is generally designed to be very small to improve the transmission process. Using small packets ...
Carbon Dioxide Solubility in Phosphonium-, Ammonium-, Sulfonyl-, and Pyrrolidinium-Based Ionic Liquids and their Mixtures at Moderate Pressures up to 10 bar
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American Chemical Society
, 2017 , Article)
Carbon dioxide solubility in four ionic liquids (ILs) of different families with different cationic-anionic groups (tributylmethylphosphonium formate, butyltrimethylammonium bis(trifluoromethyl sulfonyl) imide, ...
Two-stage complete allocation sampling
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
An adaptive sample involves modifying the sampling design on the basis of information obtained during the survey while remaining in the probability sampling framework. Complete allocation sampling is an efficient and easily ...
Photoinduced electron transfer interaction of anthraquinones with aniline quenchers: Influence of methyl substitution in aniline donors
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Elsevier
, 2017 , Article)
© 2016 Elsevier B.V. Photoinduced electron transfer between triplet state of 9,10-anthraquinone (AQ) and its two derivatives: 2-chloro-9,10-anthraquinone (CAQ) and sodium anthraquinone-2-sulfonate (AQS) and ground state ...
False Memory in Adults With ADHD: A Comparison Between Subtypes and Normal Controls
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SAGE Publications Inc.
, 2017 , Article)
Objectives: To examine the performance on the Deese-Roediger-McDermott task of adults divided into ADHD subtypes and compares their performance to that of healthy controls to examine whether adults with ADHD are more ...