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A novel survival model of cardioplegic arrest and cardiopulmonary bypass in rats: a methodology paper
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This article describes a mathematical model to theoretically explore the effect of inbreeding in increased population fitness against lethal infections such as malaria.
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Is Obesity Associated with an Increased Risk for Airway Hyperresponsiveness and Development of Asthma?
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Genetic characterization of clinical and agri-food isolates of multi drug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Heidelberg from Canada
Ashleigh
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UV-visible marker confirms that environmental persistence of Clostridium difficile spores in toilets of patients with C. difficile -associated diarrhea is associated with lack of compliance with cleaning protocol.
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Pat
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Selena
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Alana
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Evelyn
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BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :64 (12 May 2008)
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The use of ultraviolet light-sensitive markers reveals that the toilets of patients with Clostridium difficile diarrhea are cleaned less well than other patients; and that the C. difficile persists on the toilet even after adequate cleaning.
310.
Oxidative stress in children late after Kawasaki disease: relationship with carotid atherosclerosis and stiffness
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Changes in cholesterol kinetics following sugar cane policosanol supplementation: a randomized control trial
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Nicotine treatment of neutrophils, short-lived white blood cells that defend against infection, leaves them less able to seek and destroy bacteria, partially explaining chronic tobacco users' increased susceptibility to bacterial infection and inflammatory diseases.
314.
Symbol Error-Rate Analysis of OSTB Codes and Linear Precoder Design for MIMO Correlated Keyhole Channels
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Clinical utility of tissue Doppler imaging in patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock
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Cardiovascular response to dobutamine stress predicts outcome in severe sepsis and septic shock
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Comprehensive transcriptional profiling of prion infection in mouse models reveals networks of responsive genes
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Generation of functional scFv intrabody to abate the expression of CD147 surface molecule of 293A cells
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Delayed contrast enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in trastuzumab induced cardiomyopathy
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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2008, 10 :5 (22 January 2008)
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Mapping as a knowledge translation tool for Ontario Early Years Centres: views from data analysts and managers
Anita
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Muscle formation during embryogenesis of the polychaete Ophryotrocha diadema (Dorvilleidae) – new insights into annelid muscle patterns
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Design of a trans protease lentiviral packaging system that produces high titer virus
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Multiple-Description Multistage Vector Quantization
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EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing 2007, 2007 :067146 (3 December 2007)
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