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Objectives We aimed to compare various methods for imputing disease activity in longitudinally collected observational data of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Methods We conducted a simulation study on data from 8583 axSpA patients from ten European registries. Disease activity was assessed by the Axial Spondyloarthritis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) and the corresponding low disea
Background: Corticosteroids appears to be beneficial for severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children, but data in adults are limited. This study investigated effects of adjunctive corticosteroids in hypoxemic adults with M. pneumoniae pneumonia. Methods: Adults admitted 2013-2017 with verified M. pneumoniae pneumonia and hypoxemia (SpO2 < 93% or oxygen treatment) were included in a cohort.
We report the discovery and characterization of two sub-Saturns from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) using high- resolution spectroscopic observations from the MaHPS spectrograph at the Wendelstein Observatory and the SOPHIE spectrograph at the Haute-Provence Observatory. Combining photometry from TESS, KeplerCam, LCOGT, and MuSCAT2, along with the radial velocity measurements fro
The digitalisation of courtrooms brings both opportunities and challenges to the judicial process, shaping our understandings of trials and their participants in a myriad of, at times, unexpected ways, and transforming how we participate in, attend, engage with, and consume trials. While digital tools offer potential benefits, they can also impact core aspects of judicial integrity, such as the co
Inspired by the workshop "Sacred Canopies: LGBT+, Buddhism, and Economics in Vietnam,"hosted at the University of Copenhagen in November 2023, this introduction frames the themes of the special issue. It focuses on how Vietnam's globalized market economy is shaping LGBTQI+ aspirations, mobilizations, personhoods, and spiritual experiences. It explores how the articles in this special issue shed ne
Random access codes are a type of communication task that is widely used in quantum information science. The optimal average success probability that can be achieved through classical strategies is known for any random access code. However, only a few cases are solved exactly for quantum random access codes. In this paper, we provide bounds for the fully general setting of n independent variables,
Introduction: Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) are lymphocyte aggregates resembling secondary lymphoid organs and are pivotal in cancer immunity. The ambiguous morphological definition of TLS makes it challenging to ascertain their clinical impact on patient survival and response to immunotherapy. Objectives: This study aimed to characterize TLS in hematoxylin-eosin tissue sections from lung can
Background: Keeping the umbilical cord intact the first minutes after delivery is beneficial for both term and preterm infants. However, this may be challenging in caesarean sections (CS) due to lack of mobile resuscitation equipment, maintenance of sterility or concern for excessive maternal blood loss. The objective of this study was to develop and pilot-test extra-uterine placental transfusion
Lung transplantation remains the definitive treatment for end-stage lung disease, but several critical challenges persist. Key issues include the limited availability of donor organs, ongoing debates over optimal preservation methods, and the controversy surrounding the best intraoperative support systems. Additionally, the efficacy of bridging strategies to transplantation continues to be questio
In food engineering in general and in liquid food processing specifically, accurate measurement of particle size is important, both for product development and daily quality control. Laser diffraction is the dominating method for particle size measurement of e.g., plant cell structures in food and beverage processing. However, the accuracy of the method can be questioned since these particles diff
Hydrodynamic cavitation occurs in high-pressure homogenizer (HPH) valves, causes wear and influences emulsification. Substantial advances have previously been made studying HPH cavitation in experimental systems. However, there is a lack of understanding on how cavitation develops in industrially relevant valves. The series applies CFD to address this knowledge gap. This part combines a previously
Shared entanglement can significantly amplify classical correlations between systems interacting over a limited quantum channel. A natural avenue is to use entanglement of the same dimension as the channel because this allows for unitary encodings, which preserve global coherence until a measurement is performed. Contrasting this, a distributed task based on a qubit channel is demonstrated, for wh
Purpose: This study aims to provide insights into the experiences of working from home (WFH) in a global context from the perspective of perceived productivity. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses a multivariate analysis benefiting from an extensive data set of almost 137,500 respondents from 88 countries. Findings: This paper find that most respondents are satisfied with their productivi
The problem of substructure characteristic modes is developed using a scattering matrix-based formulation, generalizing subregion characteristic mode decomposition to arbitrary computational tools. It is shown that the modes of the scattering formulation are identical to the modes of the classical formulation based on the background Green’s function for lossless systems under conditions where both
Background People with serious respiratory illness frequently have a high symptom burden and may be prescribed supplemental oxygen therapy with the aims of reducing the severity of breathlessness and improving health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the effectiveness of oxygen therapy versus no oxygen on 1) breathlessness, 2) HRQoL and 3) ad
Risk management in land-use planning often boils down to practical decision-making situations, such as deciding on safe distances between residential buildings and other types of developments and dangerous goods transportation routes or hazardous industries. The practical approaches to managing risk in land-use planning vary across countries, ranging from prescriptive regulations on managing risk
Although criminology has long debated the so-called ‘crime drop’, the shifting nature of criminality complicates any clear-cut assessment. While some offences have decreased, this is not necessarily due to moral reform or growing securitisation but rather to transformations in crime modalities. The illicit does not simply retreat or relocate, we argue; nowadays, it increasingly adapts, embeds, and
