7 Paul C Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China ...

Objectives To determine current epidemiology and clinical characteristics of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt surgery, including revisions. Methods A retrospective, multicentre, registry-based study ...

High sensitivity for any right-to-left shunt. Semi-quantitative assessment ... number, location of the VSD and to rule out VSD-related aortic valve dysfunction. Percutaneous VSD closure is ...

Background: The left atrial septal pouch (LASP) is a blind-ended structure resulting from incomplete fusion of the septum primum and septum secundum during embryonic development, unlike a patent ...

In a crucial verdict dealing with paternity and the notion of legitimacy, the Supreme Court today balanced an individual's right to know his biological father with another's unwillingness to agree ...

Millions of Europeans will go to the polls this year in a test of the right-wing movements that surged ... the people who work less have more money left over than the hard-working people.

These are two of the opening salvos in a campaign to crush the academic left. “There’s kind of a multifront threat right now as to whether or not you can express views that are unpopular with ...

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It is a mistake, he argued, for the left to “cede patriotism to parties of the right”. In their conversation, Piketty is optimistic about the march towards equality. Does Sandel retain the same degree ...

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But such a gesture, given his already known proximity to right-wing populists in the fascist tradition, must worry every democrat,” said German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach from the center-left ...