Numerous process gases are used in the production of semiconductor chips. Accurate metering of these gases into process chambers is critical for maximizing device throughput and yield. A national flow standard for semiconductor process gases does not exist, forcing the industry to rely on approximate "meter factors" to extrapolate a meter calibration carried out with nitrogen to the actual process gas.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn light of the introduction of new Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi), new indications for JAKi and recent safety considerations that have arisen since the preceding consensus statement on JAKi therapy, a multidisciplinary taskforce was assembled, encompassing patients, health care professionals, and clinicians with expertise in JAKi therapy across specialties. This taskforce, informed by two comprehensive systematic literature reviews, undertook the objective to update the previous expert consensus for using JAKi developed in 2019. The taskforce deliberated on overarching principles, indications, dosage and comedication strategies, warnings and contraindications, screening protocols, monitoring recommendations, and adverse effect profiles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) improve overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in many types of malignancies but can result in off-target immune-related adverse events including inflammatory arthritis (ICI-associated inflammatory arthritis [ICI-IA]), which can persist even after ICI cessation. We aimed to examine the proportion of patients with ICI-IA who develop chronic ICI-IA and describe characteristics and outcomes associated with chronic ICI-IA.
Methods: We identified patients from the Canadian Research Group of Rheumatology in Immuno-Oncology retrospective cohort who developed de novo ICI-IA with at least three months of follow-up after ICI cessation.
Introduction: Neuromodulation has been a staple of treatment for moderate-to-severe chronic refractory pain since the introduction of the first spinal cord stimulator by Norman Shealy in 1967. Appreciating the dynamic nature of electrical modulation of the nervous system from the epidural space, the goal has been consistent, reliable, and therapeutic neural activation of the spinal cord. This has proven to be extremely difficult.
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