BACKGROUND: Patients with cleft lip and/or palate can undergo numerous procedures to
improve appearance, speech, dentition and hearing. We developed a cleft-specific patient-…

Background: Measuring the patient perspective is important in evaluating outcomes of cleft
care. Understanding how treatment outcomes vary depending on cleft type may allow for …

Background Cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) is a common congenital craniofacial anomaly that
may negatively affect an individual’s appearance, health-related quality of life, or speech. In …

Vargas F, Gedalia A, Craver RD, Vehaskari VM. Recurrence of granulomatous interstitial
nephritis in transplanted kidney. Pediatr Transplantation 2010: 14:e54–e57. © 2009 John Wiley …

This report documents the first observed complete mating event of the blotched fantail ray,
also known as the marbled ray, Taeniura meyeni. The event showed several, thus far …

Postoperative pain after abdominoplasty can lead to various complications, ranging from
atelectasis to deep vein thrombosis, and even chronic pain syndromes. For this reason, it is …

Isothiocyanates (ITC), originating from the enzymatic degradation of glucosinolates (GSL),
which are secondary metabolites of Brassicaceae plants, exhibit anticarcinogenic properties …

Background Several cases of invasive fungal diseases in patients with COVID-19 have been
reported, mostly due to Aspergillus spp., with anecdotic reports of Pneumocystis jirovecii …

Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) represent a severe complication of COVID-19, yet they are
under-estimated. We conducted a retrospective analysis including all the COVID-19 patients …

This thesis focuses on two major questions. First, what is the value of implementing a hedging
strategy to minimize the risk implied in the procurement of price volatile raw materials? …