Methodological Quality of Surgical Mortality Studies Using Large Hospital Databases: A Systematic Review

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État des lieux du recours à la chirurgie min-invasive assistée par robot en France entre 2000 et 2022 à partir du SNDS.

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Compositional characterisation of Zn-diffused lithium niobate waveguides

Rutherford backscattering (RBS) and secondary- ion mass spectrometry techniques have been used to investigate the two-step process involved during waveguide fabrication in LiNbO3 using Zn-vapour diffusion. Compositional analysis (O, Nb, Li and Zn) in the two steps has been characterised. RBS analysis reveals that the first step, involving a heating of the substrate under a metallic Zn atmosphere, gives rise to a partial exchange between the Nb and Li ions from the crystals and the Zn from the vapour source. The second treatment at higher tem- perature in an open atmosphere diffuses the Zn deeper into the substrate, thus forming an optical waveguide, while the Nb and Li ions recover their bulk values

Impact of Total Thyroidectomy on Quality of Life at 6 Months: The Prospective ThyrQoL Multicentre Trial.

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Dielectric anomalous response of water at 60 °C

Recently, the paraelectric response of water was investigated in the range 0–100 °C. It showed an almost perfect Curie–Weiss behaviour up to 60 °C, but a slight change in slope of 1/εd versus T at 60 °C was overlooked. In this work, we report optical extinction measurements on metallic (gold and silver) nanoparticles dispersed in water, annealed at various temperatures in the range from 20 to 90 °C. An anomalous response at 60 °C is clearly detectable, which we associate to a subtle structural transformation in the water molecules at that temperature. This water anomaly is also manifested by means of a blue shift in the longitudinal surface plasmon resonance of the metallic nanoparticles for the solutions annealed at temperatures higher than about 60 °C. A reanalysis of 1/εd (T) for water in the whole temperature range leads us to conclude that the water molecule undergoes a subtle transformation from a low temperature (0–60 °C) configuration with a dipole moment μ1 = 2.18 D (close to the molecular dipole moment of ice) to a high temperature (60–100 °C) configuration with μ2 = 1.87 D (identical to the molecular dipole moment in water vapour)

Self-Assessment of Voice Outcomes after Total Thyroidectomy Using the Voice Handicap Index Questionnaire: Results of a Prospective Multicenter Study.

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Assessment of the Aldosteronona Resolution Score as a Predictive Resolution Score of Hypertension after Adrenalectomy for Aldosteronoma in French Patients.

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