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Faraj MG, Ibrahim K, Eisa MH, Azhari F, Alrajhi MA. Aluminum Deposition on Polymer Substrate by DC Sputtering and Evaporation Methods. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1166/jom.2014.1065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Qaeed MA, Ibrahim K, Saron KMA, Ahmed MA, Allam NK. Low-temperature solution-processed flexible solar cells based on (In,Ga)N nanocubes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2014; 6:9925-9931. [PMID: 24937197 DOI: 10.1021/am502217b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Indium gallium nitride nanocubes were syntheized via a low-temperature chemical route. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analyses confirmed the successful fabrication of (In,Ga)N with various indium mole fractions. The bandgap of the material was tunded as a function of the indium content. The fabricated nanocubes showed a deep level photoluminescence emission at 734 nm as well as in the visible region at 435-520 nm. The Hall effect measurements showed the hole concentration to constantly increase from 6.2 × 10(16) to 2.3 × 10(18) cm(-3), while the hole mobility to decrease from 0.92 to 0.1 cm(2) /(V s) as the doping ratio increases from 0.005 to 0.025 cm(-3). The solar cell device made of nanocubes film containing 0.4 indium on flexible substrates showed a short-circuit current density of 12.47 mA/cm(2) and an open-circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.48 V with 54% fill factor. The relationship between Voc and indium content in the fabricated films was also investigated.
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Pfluecke C, Christoph M, Kolschmann S, Tarnowski D, Forkmann M, Jellinghaus S, Poitz DM, Wunderlich C, Strasser RH, Schoen S, Ibrahim K. Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) counterpulsation improves cerebral perfusion in patients with decreased left ventricular function. Perfusion 2014; 29:511-6. [DOI: 10.1177/0267659114525218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Background: The current goal of treatment after acute ischemic stroke is the increase of cerebral blood flow (CBF) in ischemic brain tissue. Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) counterpulsation in the setting of cardiogenic shock is able to reduce left ventricular afterload and increase coronary blood flow. The effects of an IABP on CBF have not been sufficiently examined. We hypothesize that the use of an IABP especially enhances cerebral blood flow in patients with pre-existing heart failure. Methods: In this pilot study, 36 subjects were examined to investigate the effect of an IABP on middle cerebral artery (MCA) transcranial Doppler (TCD) flow velocity change and relative CBF augmentation by determining velocity time integral changes (ΔVTI) in a constant caliber of the MCA compared to a baseline measurement without an IABP. Subjects were divided into two groups according to their left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF): Group 1 LVEF >30% and Group 2 LVEF ≤30%. Results: Both groups showed an increase in CBF using an IABP. Patients with a LVEF ≤30% showed a significantly higher increase of ΔVTI in the MCA under IABP augmentation compared to patients with a LVEF >30% (20.9% ± 3.9% Group 2 vs.10.5% ± 2.2% Group 1, p<0,05). The mean arterial pressure (MAP) increased only marginally in both groups under IABP augmentation. Conclusions: IABP improves cerebral blood flow, particularly in patients with pre-existing heart failure and highly impaired LVEF. Hence, an IABP might be a treatment option to improve cerebral perfusion in selected patients with cerebral misperfusion and simultaneously existing severe heart failure.
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Howes OD, Williams M, Ibrahim K, Leung G, Egerton A, McGuire PK, Turkheimer F. Midbrain dopamine function in schizophrenia and depression: a post-mortem and positron emission tomographic imaging study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 136:3242-51. [PMID: 24097339 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awt264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Elevated in vivo markers of presynaptic striatal dopamine activity have been a consistent finding in schizophrenia, and include a large effect size elevation in dopamine synthesis capacity. However, it is not known if the dopaminergic dysfunction is limited to the striatal terminals of dopamine neurons, or is also evident in the dopamine neuron cell bodies, which mostly originate in the substantia nigra. The aim of our studies was therefore to determine whether dopamine synthesis capacity is altered in the substantia nigra of people with schizophrenia, and how this relates to symptoms. In a post-mortem study, a semi-quantitative analysis of tyrosine hydroxylase staining was conducted in nigral dopaminergic cells from post-mortem tissue from patients with schizophrenia (n = 12), major depressive disorder (n = 13) and matched control subjects (n = 13). In an in vivo imaging study, nigral and striatal dopaminergic function was measured in patients with schizophrenia (n = 29) and matched healthy control subjects (n = 29) using (18)F-dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanine ((18)F-DOPA) positron emission tomography. In the post-mortem study we found that tyrosine hydroxylase staining was significantly increased in nigral dopaminergic neurons in schizophrenia compared with both control subjects (P < 0.001) and major depressive disorder (P < 0.001). There was no significant difference in tyrosine hydroxylase staining between control subjects and patients with major depressive disorder, indicating that the elevation in schizophrenia is not a non-specific indicator of psychiatric illness. In the in vivo imaging study we found that (18)F-dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanine uptake was elevated in both the substantia nigra and in the striatum of patients with schizophrenia (effect sizes = 0.85, P = 0.003 and 1.14, P < 0.0001, respectively) and, in the voxel-based analysis, was elevated in the right nigra (P < 0.05 corrected for family wise-error). Furthermore, nigral (18)F-dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanine uptake was positively related with the severity of symptoms (r = 0.39, P = 0.035) in patients. However, whereas nigral and striatal (18)F-dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanine uptake were positively related in control subjects (r = 0.63, P < 0.001), this was not the case in patients (r = 0.30, P = 0.11). These findings indicate that elevated dopamine synthesis capacity is seen in the nigral origin of dopamine neurons as well as their striatal terminals in schizophrenia, and is linked to symptom severity in patients.
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Ibrahim K, Christoph MC, Schmeinck S, Schmieder K, Kolschmann S, Steiding K, Pfluecke C, Strasser R, Wunderlich C. High rate of ticagrelor and prasugrel- non-responder in patients in therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest. Eur Heart J 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht310.p4886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Wunderlich C, Langer M, Richter U, Tausche AK, Sveric K, Boscheri A, Christoph M, Strasser RH, Ibrahim K. Combined value of heart-type fatty acid-binding protein and myocardial creatine kinase in risk stratification of normotensive patients with pulmonary embolism. Eur Heart J 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht308.761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Poitz DM, Hantschke F, Augstein A, Jellinghaus S, Christoph M, Ibrahim K, Strasser RH. Regulation of hypoxia-inducible factors during polarization of human macrophages. Eur Heart J 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht309.2790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Ibrahim K, Christoph M, Mrosek J, Augstein A, Poitz D, Strasser RH, Wunderlich C. The local influence of the eNOS/Caveolin System on the development of atherosclerosis in a arterial transplantation model of atherosclerosis. Eur Heart J 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht308.p2388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Howes OD, Shotbolt P, Bloomfield M, Daalman K, Demjaha A, Diederen KMJ, Ibrahim K, Kim E, McGuire P, Kahn RS, Sommer IE. Dopaminergic function in the psychosis spectrum: an [18F]-DOPA imaging study in healthy individuals with auditory hallucinations. Schizophr Bull 2013; 39:807-14. [PMID: 22282457 PMCID: PMC3686439 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbr195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The psychosis phenotype appears to exist in the population as a continuum, but it is not clear if subclinical psychotic symptoms and psychotic disorders share the same neurobiology. We investigated whether the dopaminergic dysfunction seen in psychotic disorders is also present in healthy, well-functioning people with hallucinations. METHODS We compared dopamine synthesis capacity (using 6-[(18)F]fluoro-L-DOPA [[(18)F]-DOPA] positron emission tomography imaging) in 16 healthy individuals with frequent persistent auditory verbal hallucinations (hallucinating group) with that in 16 matched controls. RESULTS There was no significant difference in dopamine synthesis capacity in the striatum, or its functional subdivisions, between groups and no relationship between subclinical psychotic symptom severity or schizotypal traits and dopamine synthesis capacity in the hallucinating group. CONCLUSIONS Altered dopamine synthesis capacity is unlikely to underlie subclinical hallucinations, suggesting that although there may be a phenomenological psychosis continuum, there are distinctions at the neurobiological level.
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Eltayeb A, Ibrahim K. Potential antileishmanial effect of three medicinal plants. Indian J Pharm Sci 2013; 74:171-4. [PMID: 23326001 PMCID: PMC3546337 DOI: 10.4103/0250-474x.103856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2011] [Revised: 03/16/2012] [Accepted: 03/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The antileishmanial activity of three organic solvent extracts and water residue of the plants: Acacia nilotica (Mimosaceae) (husk), Ambrosia miratima (Astraceae) (aerial shoot) and Azadarichta indica (Meliaceae) (leaves) were tested in vitro against Leishmania donovani promastigotes. The study revealed that the extracts of A. nilotica and A. miratima have effectious antileishmanial activity at concentrations (IC50) less than 8 μg/ml, while the extracts of A. indica lack antileishmanial activity. The chromatographic analysis of the ethyl acetate extract of A. nilotica, the most potent extract, resulted in four TLC fractions. Three of these fractions possessed antileishmanial activity. Phytochemical study of the potent fractions revealed the presence of poly hydroxyl compounds.
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van de Merwe JP, Ibrahim K, Whittier JM. Post-emergence handling of green turtle hatchlings: improving hatchery management worldwide. Anim Conserv 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00603.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pakhuruddin MZ, Ibrahim K, Aziz AA. Properties of Aluminium Thin Films on Polyethylene Terephthalate Substrates as Back Contacts in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells. INT J POLYM MATER PO 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/00914037.2011.610068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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van de Me M, West EJ, Ibrahim K. Effects of off-road vehicle tyre ruts on the beach dispersal of green sea turtle Chelonia mydas hatchlings. ENDANGER SPECIES RES 2012. [DOI: 10.3354/esr00436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Jaouni SA, Hussein A, Muhayawi MA, Ibrahim K, Elfiki I. PO22 Honey reduces chemoradiotherapy-induced mucositis in pediatric cancer patients. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s1040-8428(12)70036-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Lord K, Ibrahim K, Kumar S, Rudd N, Mitchell A, Symonds P. Measuring Trust in Healthcare Professionals—A Study of Ethnically Diverse UK Cancer Patients. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2012; 24:13-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2011.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2010] [Revised: 04/19/2011] [Accepted: 04/24/2011] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Faraj MG, Ibrahim K, Salhin A. Investigation of CIGS Solar Cells on Polyethylene Terephthalate Substrates. INT J POLYM MATER PO 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/00914037.2010.551363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Lord K, Mitchell AJ, Ibrahim K, Kumar S, Rudd N, Symonds P. The beliefs and knowledge of patients newly diagnosed with cancer in a UK ethnically diverse population. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2011; 24:4-12. [PMID: 21741225 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2011.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2010] [Revised: 04/19/2011] [Accepted: 04/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS To compare knowledge about the outcome of cancer treatment and beliefs about the causes of cancer among British South Asian (BSA) cancer patients of predominantly Gujarati origin with the beliefs held by British White (BW) cancer patients. We also wanted to determine if these beliefs impacted upon the patients' mental health. MATERIALS AND METHODS We administered a questionnaire about cancer beliefs to 94 BSA and 185 BW newly diagnosed cancer patients at the Leicestershire Cancer Centre. Using a Likert seven-item scale, we analysed patients' views on confidentiality, outcome and cancer treatment and 15 items about beliefs about the causes of cancer. Patients also completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Patient Health Questionnaire, Mini-MAC, Distress Thermometer and newly developed Cancer Insight and Denial, and Physician/Patient Trust questionnaires. RESULTS Most (232/279; 83.2%) believed cancer was curable. However, significantly more BSA (10.6% versus 2.7% BW P=0.001) believed cancer was incurable. Although most (86.4%) agreed that smoking can cause cancer, there was a widespread lack of knowledge of the importance of diet and obesity as contributing causes of cancer. There was, in general, an over-emphasis on pollution, stress and injury as important aetiological agents. There was a strong belief in supernatural involvement in the development of cancer among a minority of BSA patients. Twenty per cent of this sample believed that treatment, especially surgery, caused the cancer to spread and this was associated with significant depression in BSAs (P=0.019) and anxiety in both BW (P=0.006) and BSA (P=0.0134) patients. CONCLUSION Our results show that there is a continual need for education about the causes of cancer both in BW and BSA patients.
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AlWaqfi N, Ibrahim K, Kharashgah M. Coronary Artery Bypass as Adequate Treatment for Entrapped Coronary Angioplasty Catheter. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011; 59:441-2. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1271181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Farhat FS, Temraz S, Kattan JG, Ibrahim K, Bitar N, Haddad N, Hatoum H, Shamseddine A. Final results of a phase II study of liposomal cisplatin -vinorelbine combination as first-line treatment in HER2/neu negative metastatic breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.15_suppl.e11080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To analyze the epidemiological and clinical characteristic of a measles outbreak in Qatar in 2007, the records of 21 2 confirmed cases of measles were analyzed retrospectively, confirmation being based on clinical suspicion of the disease with a positive measles IgM (170 cases) and /or exposure to a laboratory confirmed measles case during the infectious period (42 cases; epidemiologic link). Eighty five percent of the cases occurred between April and July. Seventeen percent were in infants < 1 year of age, 47% in children between 1-5 years of age, 24% in school age children < 10 year of age and 1 2% in children >10 years old. Vaccinations were up to date in 60% of cases, second dose missed in 30% and no vaccination in 10% because of travel outside the country, concurrent illness, or lack of transportation. Thirty one percent of the cases required admission, with a mean hospital stay of four days. Cases were reported predominantly in Pakistani and Qatari patients, living mainly in three areas within the capital, Abu Hammour, Al Rayyan, and Al Mamuora.
Conclusion: Status of vaccination in Qatar needs careful analysis and the vaccination schedule should be reviewed. Early administration of vaccine, increasing community awareness, a well-coordinated school-based immunization program and immunization campaigns are required to prevent future outbreaks.
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Choong SS, Rosmanizam S, Ibrahim K, Gan GG, Ariffin H. Development of an algorithm of satellite markers for monitoring chimerism status in post-allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients. Int J Lab Hematol 2010; 33:182-6. [PMID: 20868447 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553x.2010.01264.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Analysis of variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a common method used to predict engraftment status in post-allogeneic haematopoeitic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) patients. Different populations have different copies of repeated DNA sequence and hence, different percentage of informativeness between patient and donor. METHODS PCR amplification of four highly polymorphic VNTR markers (YNZ-22, D1S80, D1S111 and ApoB) was conducted on 60 patient-donor pairs. The informativeness of the markers was analysed using 3% agarose gel electrophoresis. RESULTS We developed an algorithm for identification of informative VNTR markers in 60 post-allogeneic HSCT patients. YNZ-22 was the most informative (72%), followed by D1S80 (63%) and D1S111 (60%), while the least informative was ApoB (47%). The degree of informativeness achieved was 95%, which could discriminate 57 patient-donor pairs, when all four markers were combined. CONCLUSION Since population genetic studies on VNTR loci are not well established in Southeast Asia, the present study is useful to determine reliable markers during the initial screening step of chimerism analysis. By following this algorithm, we are able to reduce time and cost of finding a suitable VNTR marker in our cohort.
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Faraj MG, Ibrahim K, Eisa MH, Ali MKM, Azhari F. Investigation on Molybdenum Thin Films Deposited by DC-Sputtering on Polyethylene Terephthalate Substrate. INT J POLYM MATER PO 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/00914031003760733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Mann A, Ibrahim K, Oyewale A, Amupitan J, Okogun J. Antimycobacterial activity of some medicinal plants in Niger state, Nigeria. Afr J Infect Dis 2010. [DOI: 10.4314/ajid.v3i2.55080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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