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Extending traceability in airborne particle size distribution measurements beyond 10 µm : Counting efficiency and unit-to-unit variability of four aerodynamic particle size spectrometers

The aim of this study was to establish traceable number concentration measurements of airborne particles beyond 10 μm in particle size. To this end, the primary standards for particle number concentration at the National Metrology Institutes of Switzerland and Japan were further developed to extend their measurement capabilities. Details on the upgraded setup are provided. An inter-comparison of t

The role of primary care in the cancer care continuum : a qualitative study of cancer survivors’ experiences

Objective: To explore how cancer survivors have experienced their contacts with primary care after being diagnosed with cancer, focusing on the integration between cancer specialist and primary care, and participants’ views on what could make primary care services better at catering to the needs of cancer survivors. Design: A qualitative study in which data was collected through semi-structured di

Validity of clinical psoriatic arthritis diagnoses made by rheumatologists in the Swedish National Patient Register

Objectives: : Knowledge of the correspondence between clinical ICD diagnoses and classification criteria fulfilment is crucial to interpret studies identifying cases via ICD codes. We assessed the degree to which patients registered with ICD-10 diagnoses of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in the Swedish National Patient Register (NPR) fulfil established PsA classification criteria. Method: Four hundred

Resource utilization in mental illness–evaluation of an instrument for measuring direct costs of treatment for patients with severe mental illness (SMI)

Purpose: Serious mental illnesses (SMIs) exert a considerable financial burden on health-care systems. In this study, the resource utilization in mental illness (RUMI) tool was developed and employed to evaluate resource utilization in patients with SMI. Materials and methods: Data from 107 patients with SMI treated in four psychiatric outpatient clinics in Sweden were collected. The relationships

Clonal Hematopoiesis Is Associated with Higher Risk of Stroke

Background and Purpose: Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is a novel age-related risk factor for cardiovascular disease-related morbidity and mortality. The association of CHIP with risk of incident ischemic stroke was reported previously in an exploratory analysis including a small number of incident stroke cases without replication and lack of stroke subphenotyping. The purp

Predictors of hypogammaglobulinemia in ANCA-associated vasculitis after a rituximab-based induction : a multicentre study

OBJECTIVES: Rituximab has become the cornerstone of induction treatment in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). B cell depletion may increase the risk of hypogammaglobulinemia, potentially leading to severe infections. This study aims to assess factors associated with hypogammaglobulinemia in AAV patients treated with rituximab.METHODS: This retrospective cohort study included AAV patients treated wi

Patients having surgery for ulnar nerve compression at the elbow rarely have affection of the spinal nerve root at C8-Th1 levels

Cervical pathology may contribute to residual problems after surgery for ulnar nerve compression. We aimed to evaluate the presence of pathological conditions in spinal cord and cervical spinal nerve roots in patients surgically treated for ulnar nerve compression at elbow. In a cohort of patients, surgically treated for ulnar nerve compression at elbow, magnetic resonance images (MRI; performed 3

CHEOPS geometric albedo of the hot Jupiter HD 209458 b

We report the detection of the secondary eclipse of the hot Jupiter HD 209458 b in optical/visible light using the CHEOPS space telescope. Our measurement of 20.4−3.3+3.2 parts per million translates into a geometric albedo of Ag = 0.096 ± 0.016. The previously estimated dayside temperature of about 1500 K implies that our geometric albedo measurement consists predominantly of reflected starlight

Indeterminacy and Underdetermination

A collection of cutting edge research on indeterminacy and underdetermination. Includes contributions from Ethics, Metaethics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Logic Philosophy of Computation.