Publications by authors named "A L Thorn"

Background: Soft-tissue sarcomas (STSs) are rare and challenging to diagnose due to their heterogeneous presentation. In 2009, Denmark introduced the Cancer Patient Pathways for sarcomas (CPPs) to improve sarcoma treatment by streamlining diagnostic and therapeutic processes. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of the CPPs on the overall survival of patients with deep-seated, high-grade STSs, comparing outcomes from before and after CPP implementation.

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Salmonella Typhi (S. Typhi) is an important pathogen causing typhoid fever worldwide. The emergence of antibiotic resistance, including that of bla genes encoding to TEM [Formula: see text]-lactamases has been observed.

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Two national sarcoma centers have had different approaches for selecting patients with grade 2-3 deep-seated soft tissue sarcomas (STS) for postoperative radiotherapy (RT). We evaluated potential differences in local recurrence in patients treated at the two centers. At Sarcoma Center 1 (SC1), RT was the standard treatment for all tumors except certain small tumors excised with a margin wider than 1 cm.

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During the automatic processing of crystallographic diffraction experiments, beamstop shadows are often unaccounted for or only partially masked. As a result of this, outlier reflection intensities are integrated, which is a known issue. Traditional statistical diagnostics have only limited effectiveness in identifying these outliers, here termed Not-Excluded-unMasked-Outliers (NEMOs).

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Objective: Understanding judges' views is crucial to the successful adoption of a trauma-informed (TI) approach in the U.S. court system, yet little is known on this topic.

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