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Combined heart-kidney transplantation is an accepted therapeutic option for patients with end-stage heart disease associated with severely impaired renal function. In literature there is not a consensus about the long te...

The traditional failure mechanisms with constant shapes usually overestimate the basal stability of excavations in clay. A new mechanism is established based on the upper bound theorem. The least upper bound solutions an...

Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome (HHS) represents the most severe form of dyskeratosis congenita (DC), a telomere biology disorder caused by pathogenic variants in genes involved in telomere maintenance. DKC1 encodes dysker...

Background Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) uses risk priority numbers (RPNs) based on 3 parameters to classify risks. Risk analysis methods use thresholds to determine risk. These class intervals do not account ...

The approach for calculating the ultimate bearing capacity at the tip of rock-socketed pile in karst areas is proposed considering the coupled bearing effects of rock of socketed part and cavity roof, as well as the infl...

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to develop a modified tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) plate and to compare its biomechanical properties with a locking compression plate (LCP) and plate-rod constructs for the ...

Renal dysfunction in patients with cirrhosis causes significant morbidity, and clinically appears as acute kidney injury (AKI), chronic renal failure (CRF), and CRF on AKI. The main causes of renal dysfunction are preren...

A small-scale physical modelling system is developed to study the pull-out mechanism of embedded soil nails based on transparent soil and particle image velocimetry (PIV). Four types of soil anchorages, common cylindrica...

The experimental tests are carried out on the strength and deformation characteristics of four typical rock samples of phyllite taken from the northern tunnels of Longmen Mountains of the Chengdou-Lanzhou Railway. The re...

Abstract Background Neuraxial block failure in obese parturients is a significant clinical challenge, leading to inadequate pain relief and increased maternal risk. Novel techniques such as the Combined Spinal-Epidural (...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) remains a major zoonotic threat, yet human infections continue to display striking heterogeneity in clinical severity. We report a fatal case of H5N1 pneumonia in an adult patie...

"Several works have addressed the issue of fault tolerance in multirotors in case of a rotor total failure, particularly their ability to keep full independent control of attitude and altitude. It has been proven that to...

Background: Hypothyroidism is a common endocrine disorder that presents challenges for total hip arthroplasty (THA) due to its effects on cardiovascular, metabolic, and immune systems. Prior studies associate hypothyroid...

In order to study the influence of non-uniform distribution of fine soil on mechanical properties of coarse-grained soil under freeze-thaw cycles, triaxial shear tests are conducted on different specimens with different ...

There is local shallow and strong permeable stratum in dike (dam) foundation, and its head dissipating capacity is weak. It is easy to cause piping failure, and the failure mechanism still needs further studies. The eros...

PurposeTo investigate the outcome of single amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) in the treatment of corneal melting associated with ocular graft-versus-host disease (oGVHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell tr...

Patients undergoing major surgical operations are under risk of developing acute renal failure postoperatively. Risk factors for developing postoperative renal failure may be classified as: patient risk factors and surgi...

Introduction: This pilot study investigated the effects of ovariectomy-induced estrogen deficiency on the biomechanical properties of intact anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs) in a porcine model, a biological condition t...

This study highlights the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension as well as the risk factors that are linked to them. Those with diabetes are as much as four times greater likely than non-diabetics to experience hyperte...

El objetivo del presente estudio fue determinar por tercer año consecutivo, la falla en la transferencia de inmunidad pasiva en terneras de lechería en la Región Huetar Norte de Costa Rica. Los datos presentados corre...

Based on maintenance data from over 1000 onshore and offshore wind turbines covering more than 4200 operating years, this study presents an analysis of failure rates, repair times, and maintenance resource requirements, ...

Background: In South Africa, the term ‘service delivery’ has become ubiquitous in public discourse, encompassing a wide array of issues from water outages to damaged roads. However, this generalisation often masks t...

BACKGROUND: Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors improve the outcome among patients with left ventricular dysfunction, whether or not they have heart failure. We assessed the role of an angiotensin-converting-enzyme ...