Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the most common cause of nosocomial diarrhea.
Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) may be at increased risk for CDI. Patients with …

The automatic extraction of chemical information from text requires the recognition of
chemical entity mentions as one of its key steps. When developing supervised named entity …

Metabolic challenge protocols, such as the oral glucose tolerance test, can uncover early
alterations in metabolism preceding chronic diseases. Nevertheless, most metabolomics data …

The timing of puberty is highly variable and is associated with long-term health outcomes.
To date, understanding of the genetic control of puberty timing is based largely on studies in …

… An x–y-table was installed between the wedge and the actuator to allow free translations
in the transverse plane and so to prevent coupled shear loading during assembly. …

The discovery of neutrino oscillations is a direct indication of physics beyond the Standard
Model and it provides a unique new window to explore physics at high mass scale including …

The probability of fractures of the cortical shell of vertebral bodies increases as ageing
progresses. Ageing involves all the spinal component changes. However, the effect of the spinal …

The correlations between the failure load of 20 T12 vertebral bodies, their patient-mode high-resolution
peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) indices, and the L1 …

Prediction of the vertebral failure load is of great importance for the prevention and early
treatment of bone fracture. However, an efficient and effective method for accurately predicting …

The Biomechanically founded individualised osteoporosis Assessment and treatment (BioAsset)
consortium pursues experimental and clinical studies in the context of skeletal effects of …