Publications by authors named "M J Visscher"

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  • The aim was to determine whether continuous or multiple daily doses of PTH would be more effective in reducing urinary calcium excretion and lowering the nephrolithiasis risk, using a pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PKPD) model.
  • The results indicated that continuous PTH infusion significantly improved phosphate clearance, although its effect on calcium clearance was less pronounced, suggesting that further research on continuous administration is warranted.
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  • This study investigates the use of CPAP for treating neonatal respiratory distress and the resultant increase in nasal pressure injuries as noninvasive ventilation became more common.
  • It employs a modified pressure sensor to measure mask-interface pressure on neonates’ faces and evaluates how different factors, such as mask placement and positioning, affect these pressure readings.
  • Results show significant pressure variations, particularly at the philtrum, highlighting the need for improved strategies to prevent skin injuries in neonates receiving CPAP therapy.
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Introduction: Hospital-based studies have demonstrated topical applications of sunflower seed oil (SSO) to skin of preterm infants can reduce nosocomial infections and improve survival. In South Asia, replacing traditional mustard with SSO might have similar benefits.

Methods: 340 communities in Sarlahi, Nepal were randomised to use mustard oil (MO) or SSO for community practice of daily newborn massage.

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Background: Vital signs measurements on the ward are performed intermittently. This could lead to failure to rapidly detect patients with deteriorating vital signs and worsens long-term outcome. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that continuous wireless monitoring of vital signs on the postsurgical ward improves patient outcome.

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Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene can host a variety of gate-tunable correlated states - including superconducting and correlated insulator states. Recently, junction-based superconducting moiré devices have been introduced, enabling the study of the charge, spin and orbital nature of superconductivity, as well as the coherence of moiré electrons in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene. Complementary fundamental coherence effects-in particular, the Little-Parks effect in a superconducting ring and the Aharonov-Bohm effect in a normally conducting ring - have not yet been reported in moiré devices.

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