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Rare earth free magnetocaloric materials have emerged as a potential candidate for application in magnetic refrigeration presented in this work. A systematic investigation of Hafnium (Hf) substitution effects on the structural, thermal, magnetic, and magnetocaloric properties of rare earth free Fe-Zr-B-Cu alloys, synth…

The effects of alcoholic beverages on the cardiovascular system can take opposite forms, depending on how much of ethanol is consumed. The negative effects of alcoholism are well established. Alcoholism is a cause of cardiomyopathy, cardiac arrhythmias and hypertension. The best argument is the situation of Russian Fed…

Diagnostic radiologists are expected to review and assimilate findings from prior studies when constructing their overall assessment of the current study. Radiology information systems facilitate this process by presenting the radiologist with a subset of prior studies that are more likely to be relevant to the current…

Invited for the cover of this issue is the group of Dillip Kumar Chand at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The image depicts the efficient chloride binding ability of a designer self-assembled coordination cage in water. The binding occurs selectively even in presence of models of biologically abundant anioni…

OBJECTIVE: The research describes an extensible method of evaluating and cancelling electronic journals during a budget shortfall and evaluates implications for interlibrary loan (ILL) and user satisfaction. METHODS: We calculated cost per use for cancellable electronic journal subscriptions (n=533) from the 2013 cale…

On behalf of the Editorial Board, welcome to the new "Italian Journal of Pediatrics," the official journal of the ISP/SIP (Italian Society of Pediatrics/Società Italiana di Pediatria), now publishing on BioMed Central's open access publishing platform. The move to BioMed Central will benefit authors by having thei…

BACKGROUND: Efficient generation of structured dose instructions that enable researchers to calculate drug exposure is central to pharmacoepidemiology studies. Our aim was to design and test an algorithm to codify dose instructions, applied to the NHS Scotland Prescribing Information System (PIS) that records about 100…

AIMS: The NHS Stop Smoking Service (NHS-SSS) helps approximately half its clients to quit for 4 weeks. However, most initially successful quitters relapse within 6 months. Short message service (SMS) texting has been shown to facilitate stopping smoking. We describe the development, implementation and subsequent evalua…

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a life-threatening lung disorder whose recent prevalence has led to an increasing burden on public healthcare. Phenotypic information in electronic clinical records is essential in providing suitable personalised treatment to patients with COPD. However, as ph…

Achieving high-quality electrical contact at metal/organic semiconductor interfaces is crucial for unlocking the full potential of single-crystal organic thin-film transistors (SC OTFTs). However, the delicate nature of organic single-crystalline films (OSCFs) and the harsh metal deposition process often introduce…

BACKGROUND: The use of text messaging is nearly ubiquitous and represents a promising method of collecting data from diverse populations. INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of text message surveys in a clinical setting and to describe key lessons to minimize attriti…

Pulse-echo reconstruction of sound speed has long been considered a difficult problem within the domain of quantitative biomedical ultrasound. However, recent results (Jaeger 2015 Ultrasound Med. Biol. 41 235-50; Jaeger and Frenz 2015 Ultrasonics 62 299-304; Jaeger et al 2015 Phys. Med. Biol. 60 4497-515) have demonstr…

BACKGROUND: Traditional cancer registries, limited by labor-intensive manual data abstraction and rigid, predefined schemas, often hinder timely and comprehensive oncology research. While large language models (LLMs) have shown promise in automating data extraction, their potential to perform direct, just-in-time (JIT)…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between physiological, anthropometric, strength, and muscle power variables and a 5-km time trial (5kmT) in young runners. Twenty-three runners volunteered to participate in this study. Height, body mass, body fat, and fat-free mass (FFM) were measured. The…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: [corrected] In this study, decision and timing of fenestration closure are discussed. We review our experiences with transcatheter occlusion of fenestration or residual baffle leak using Amplatzer occluder. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We have retrospectively reviewed the cath lab records of 26 pat…

The oxygen uptake efficiency slope (OUES) is a well-established substitute for maximum oxygen uptake ((Equation is included in full-text article.)O2 max) in submaximal exercise effort among adolescents and adults. Few studies have analyzed the exercise capacity (EC) and OUES of children aged 4 to 6 (preschoolers). Body…

OBJECTIVE: Mobile health (mHealth) interventions show potential to broaden the reach of efficacious alcohol brief motivational interventions (BMIs). However, efficacy is mixed and may be limited by low participant attention and engagement. The present study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effic…

A considerable effort has been devoted to retrieve systematically information for genes and proteins as well as relationships between them. Despite the importance of chemical compounds and drugs as a central bio-entity in pharmacological and biological research, only a limited number of freely available chemical text-m…

Four large randomized trials to assess efficacy and toxicity of trastuzumab in adjuvant systemic therapy of breast cancer have been initiated. Results clearly demonstrate, that adjuvant treatment of trastuzumab significantly improves outcomes for women with HER2 positive breast cancer. The clinically most significant a…