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Nanotechnology From Engineers to Toxicologists
There is growing public perception that nanotechnology products are flourishing without sufficient care for the risks they pose to life, global, and local environments. The transparency of safety issues and impact on environment...
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Call to Action
Angela McCaskill
Jul 01, 2021
Low quality healthcare services can hinder economic and social development, result in premature death and disability, and waste human capital. To compound pre-pandemic healthcare access and equity issues, the quality of care...
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Higher Dimensions of Clusters of Intermetallic Compounds
Gennadiy Zhizhin
Jan 01, 2019
The author has previously proven that diffraction pattern of intermetallic compounds (quasicrystals) have translational symmetry in the space of higher dimension. In this paper, it is proved that the metallic nanoclusters also...
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Defect Dynamics in Graphene
The experimental and theoretical study of graphene, two-dimensional (2D) graphite, is an extremely rapidly growing field of today's condensed matter research. Different types of disorder in graphene modify the Dirac equation...
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What It Will Take to Achieve High-Value Patient-Centered Care Globally
Healthcare systems worldwide have been facing a value crisis, with expenditure increasing at unsustainable rates and, in many cases, exceeding the real growth of GDP. Furthermore, this substantial increase in spending has not...
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The Continuum of Care in Cross-Border Health Travel
David Vequist IV
Jan 01, 2021
There are several studies showing that a breakdown in the continuum of care occurs when a person crosses an international boundary for healthcare, such as migrants and medical tourists. This study attempted to measure the impact...
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Design of Nano-Scale Devices Affecting Synapses
Rinat Galiautdinov
Jul 01, 2019
The research describes the nano scale devices, their general architecture, and how they affect the synapses. Such devices, based on the new approach in artificial intelligence, will play a significant role in many spheres. The...
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3D-Printed Conductive Filaments Based on Carbon Nanostructures Embedded in a Polymer Matrix
Conductive and magnetic filaments are revolutionizing three-dimensional printing (3DP) to a new level. This review study presents the current state of the art on the subject, summarizing recent high impact studies about main...
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The Geometry of Higher-Dimensional Multi-Shell Clusters With Common Center and Different Centers
Gennadiy Zhizhin
Jul 01, 2019
In this article, it is shown that the dimension of a metal skeleton of giant palladium cluster, containing 561 atoms in five shells, is 8. The claims of some authors that the palladium cluster in this case is an E8 lattice are...
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Calculation of the Boundary Dimensions of Functionally Active Nanoparticles
Zulayho Smanova, Tokhir Rakhimov, Muxtarjan Mukhamediev, Dilfuza Gafurova, Dilbar Shaxidova
Jan 01, 2020
Size is a key characteristic of nanoparticles that determines whether the objects belong to this category. Currently, there are not enough experiments on materials of the same chemical composition but of different dispersion in...
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Possibilities of the Quantitative Comparison of Catalytic Capacity in Autocatalytic Processes of Palladium-Containing Nanocatalysts
Zulayho Smanova, Tokhir Rakhimov, Muxtarjan Mukhamediev, Dilfuza Gafurova, Dilbar Shaxidova
Jan 01, 2020
When studying the nanocrystalline state, in some cases, an increase in functional activity is observed with an increase in the size of nanoparticles. In this case, the most active atoms are situated on the faces and have a...
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TiO2 Nanotubes Transformation Into 4nm Anatase Nanoparticles
The scope of this work shows novel experimental findings on preparing anatase TiO2 nanoparticles, first anodizing titanium into an organic media for obtaining TiO2 nanotubes, and using these as a photocatalytic active electrode...
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International Accreditation Standards and the Benefits to Hospitals Attracting Medical Tourists
There are several studies showing international hospital accreditation does have some impact on clinical standards and even bed occupancy rates. However, little is known about the impact on attracting more international medical...
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Medical Tourism for Cosmetic Procedures
Medical tourism, especially cosmetic surgery in South Korea, is popular amongst Thai youths. Like their counterparts around the world, they rely on web resources—in particular, online health discussion forums typically offering...
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Machine Learning Applications in Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicology
The development of machine learning algorithms together with the availability of computational tools nowadays have given an increase in the application of artificial intelligence methodologies in different fields. However, the...
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Design of Nano-scale Electrodes and Development of Avatar-Based Control System for Energy-Efficient Power Engineering
In this article is described the avatar-based energy-efficient power engineering control system, which is based on authors results published previously related to development of an Internet of Things and people (IOTAP) and the...
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Performance Evaluation of Adopting the Electronic Style in Hospital Services
Globally, health information systems and technologies are being used increasingly and are seen as a way to increase the efficiency and quality of patient care. One of the factors blocking the use of electronic healthcare system...
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Timing of the First Antenatal Care Visit and Associated Risk Factors in Rural Parts of Ethiopia
Early antenatal care visit promotes early detection and treatment of complications during pregnancy. The aim of this study was to assess the timing of the first antenatal care visit and associated factors in rural parts of...
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Synthesis and Characterization of Mullites From Silicoaluminous Fly Ash Waste
Nisha Choudhary, Bijendra Singh, Virendra Yadav, Pallavi Saxena, Chagan Lal, Govindhan Gnanamoorthy, Neha Tavker, Haresh Kalasariya, Pankaj Kumar
Jan 01, 2020
Fly ash is considered one of the major hazardous pollutants around the globe. Every year a million tonnes of fly ash is disposed of into the fly ash ponds which are major sites of pollution. The major fractions of fly ash are...
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