Cumulative health risk estimation for exposure to mixtures is a current issue, which would
present a useful tool for environmental and public health management. Cumulative risks were …

… This paper tests the effectiveness of ERGI in mapping the lithology and geometry of buried
fluvial deposits. ERGI surveys are presented from two channel-fills and two valley-fills. ERGI …

BACKGROUND Both transthoracic aortic cross-clamp and endoaortic balloon occlusion have
been shown to have comparable safety profiles for aortic occlusion. Since most surgeons …

Cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) parameters are established prognosticators in heart
failure. However, the prognostic value of preimplantation and postimplantation CPET …

Home security is now a major concern, not only in big cities, but also in suburban areas,
especially for people who carry out many activities outside the home. Strategies are needed to …

Objective The left heart bypass is currently the most frequent adjunct to provide distal aortic
perfusion during aortic clamping. However, closed-circuits cannot respond to sudden …

Religious identity was weakened in the 1960s due to decisive changes in the religious history
of the Western World as well as the push of secularization (cf. Lehmann 2004; McLeod …

Background Advanced heart failure studies demonstrate that ischemic factors increase in
prevalence with age and are more prominent in men. Ejection fraction (EF) cannot be …

<p>'Seidr' is a term used in this paper to describe certain 'shamanistic' practices of Northern
Europe, mentioned in the Icelandic Sagas. Today, seidr practices are reappearing as 'neo-…

Background Normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) has been growing as a novel procurement
strategy after circulatory death (donation after circulatory death (DCD)) in the context of …