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20,000 years of societal vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in southwest Asia.
(United States, 2019-03)The Fertile Crescent, its hilly flanks and surrounding drylands has been a critical region for studying how climate has influenced societal change, and this review focuses on the region over the last 20,000 years. The ... -
2D Recurrent Neural Networks for Robust Visual Tracking of Non-Rigid Bodies
(Springer, 2016-08-18)This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks, EANN 2016, held in Aberdeen, UK, in September 2016. -
The 5th National Audit Project (NAP5) on accidental awareness during general anaesthesia: patient experiences, human factors, sedation, consent and medicolegal issues.
(England, 2014-10)The 5th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland into accidental awareness during general anaesthesia yielded data related to psychological ... -
5th National Audit Project (NAP5) on accidental awareness during general anaesthesia: patient experiences, human factors, sedation, consent, and medicolegal issues.
(England, 2014-10)The 5th National Audit Project (NAP5) of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland into accidental awareness during general anaesthesia (AAGA) yielded data related ... -
The 5th National Audit Project (NAP5) on accidental awareness during general anaesthesia: protocol, methods and analysis of data.
(England, 2014-10)Accidental awareness during general anaesthesia with recall is a potentially distressing complication of general anaesthesia that can lead to psychological harm. The 5th National Audit Project was designed to investigate ... -
5th National Audit Project (NAP5) on accidental awareness during general anaesthesia: protocol, methods, and analysis of data.
(England, 2014-10)BACKGROUND: Accidental awareness during general anaesthesia (AAGA) with recall is a potentially distressing complication of general anaesthesia that can lead to psychological harm. The 5th National Audit Project (NAP5) ... -
The 5th National Audit Project (NAP5) on accidental awareness during general anaesthesia: summary of main findings and risk factors.
(England, 2014-10)We present the main findings of the 5th National Audit Project on accidental awareness during general anaesthesia. Incidences were estimated using reports of accidental awareness as the numerator, and a parallel national ... -
Abandoned metal mines and their impact on receiving waters: A case study from Southwest England.
(2016-06)Historic mine sites are a major source of contamination to terrestrial and river environments. To demonstrate the importance of determining the significance of point and diffuse metal contamination and the related ... -
Accounting for multivariate probabilities of failure in vertical seawall reliability assessments
(Edinburgh, 2013-10-01)The aim of this paper is to appraise the current knowledge on seawall performance and reliability, and to make the case for improved reliability assessments of vertical seawalls, which are used here as a representative ... -
Accumulation of Cu and Zn from antifouling paint particles by the marine macroalga, Ulva lactuca.
(England, 2009-08)The marine macroalga, Ulva lactuca, has been exposed to different concentrations of antifouling paint particles (4-200 mg L(-1)) in the presence of a fixed quantity of clean estuarine sediment and its photosynthetic ... -
Accuracy of FibroScan Controlled Attenuation Parameter and Liver Stiffness Measurement in Assessing Steatosis and Fibrosis in Patients With Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
(Elsevier, 2019-01-25)BACKGROUND & AIMS: We estimated the accuracy of FibroScan vibration-controlled transient elastography controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) and liver stiffness measurements (LSMs) in assessing steatosis and fibrosis in ... -
Achieving valid patient-reported outcomes measurement: a lesson from fatigue in multiple sclerosis.
(England, 2013-11)BACKGROUND: The increasing influence of patient-reported outcome (PRO) measurement instruments indicates their scrutiny has never been more crucial. Above all, PRO instruments should be valid: shown to assess what they ... -
Acquired neuromyotonia following upper respiratory tract infection: a case report.
(England, 2009-09-08)We present a 37-year-old male subject who presented with burning sensations in his hands and feet with generalised twitching of his limbs, trunk and face. His symptoms developed 2 weeks after an upper respiratory tract ... -
Acute myeloid leukaemia: an unusual cause of biliary strictures.
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2019-03-14)A 17-year-old man with no significant past medical history presented with a 2-week history of worsening jaundice, lethargy, anorexia and progressive right upper quadrant abdominal pain. There were no stigmata of chronic ...
