Sternal wound infections developed following 77 (0.97%) of 7,949 operative procedures
involving median sternotomy at New York University Medical Center from 1976 to 1984. Risk …

Animal models have provided invaluable information in the pursuit of medical knowledge
and alleviation of human suffering. The foundations of our basic understanding of disease …

The public's understanding of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) related
issues and their likely actions following a CBRN incident is an issue of great concern, as …

Plasma wall interaction (PWI) is important for the material choice in ITER and for the plasma
scenarios compatible with material constraints. In this paper, different aspects of the PWI are …

Progress, since the ITER Physics Basis publication (ITER Physics Basis Editors et al 1999
Nucl. Fusion 39 2137–2664), in understanding the processes that will determine the …

The computation of angular acceleration of a rigid body from measured linear accelerations
is a simple procedure, based on well-known kinematic principles. It can be shown that, in …

Background Thyroid hormone has many effects on the cardiovascular system. During and
after cardiopulmonary bypass, serum triiodothyronine concentrations decline transiently, …

Some of the remaining crucial plasma edge physics and plasma–material interaction issues
of the ITER tokamak are discussed in this paper, using either modelling or projections of …

Background The objective of this randomized clinical trial of elective coronary artery bypass
grafting was to investigate whether intraoperative mean arterial pressure below …

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is widely accepted as an effective approach for
collecting, analyzing, and translating valuable customer information into managerial action. …