Publications by authors named "D Liakos"

Hemodialysis (HD) patients suffer from multiple health problems, including severe insulin resistance. Both cold dialysis and intradialytic exercise training could elicit health benefits; however, it is still unknown whether the combination of those two approaches could enhance overall health. The current study aimed to evaluate the separate and combined acute effects of a single session of cold dialysis and intradialytic exercise in parameters related to insulin sensitivity and glucose disposal.

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Background: One of the adverse effects of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus is lipodystrophy, which is often associated with metabolic complications such as hyperlipidemia, increased cardiovascular risk factors, and altered body fat distribution. This is characterized by a dorsal hump, hypermastia, or abdominal pannus deformity. The reasons for corrective surgery are aesthetic, psychosocial, and medical benefits.

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Background: Tracheostomal stenosis is a distressing complication with a high incidence rate post laryngectomy. We aimed to assess the deltopectoral flap (DPF) for tracheostomal stenosis correction in irradiated patients.

Methods: Six patients with tracheostomal stenosis, 3 of whom developed restenosis after prior use of local flaps, were managed using a DPF to reconstruct the defect following a vertical incision release of the stenotic band down to the inferior tracheal cartilaginous ring.

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The coupled cluster method with single-, double-, and perturbative triple excitations [CCSD(T)] is considered to be one of the most reliable quantum chemistry theories. However, the steep scaling of CCSD(T) has limited its application to small or medium-sized systems for a long time. In our previous work, the linear scaling domain based local pair natural orbital CCSD variant (DLPNO-CCSD) has been developed for closed-shell and open-shell.

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