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Undrained Seismic Compression of Unsaturated Sand by Rong, W, McCartney, J. S

“…AbstractUnsaturated soils in engineered geostructures like embankments or retaining walls may experience seismic compression during earthquakes due to particle…”
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Compression Response of Sedimented Unsaturated Soils by Behbehani, F., McCartney, J. S.

“…AbstractThis paper presents an experimental study on the hydromechanical behavior of unsaturated sedimented soil to understand the impacts of suction on the…”
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Drained Seismic Compression of Unsaturated Sand by Rong, W, McCartney, J. S

“…AbstractSeismic compression of unsaturated soils occurs due to particle rearrangement during large-strain cyclic shearing, which may be resisted by…”
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Phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate: Low abundance, high significance by McCartney, Amber J., Zhang, Yanling, Weisman, Lois S.

“…Recent studies of the low abundant signaling lipid, phosphatidylinositol 3,5‐bisphosphate (PI(3,5)P2), reveal an intriguingly diverse list of downstream…”
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Neurological Complications After Regional Anesthesia: Contemporary Estimates of Risk by Brull, Richard, McCartney, Colin J. L., Chan, Vincent W. S., El-Beheiry, Hossam

“…Regional anesthesia (RA) provides excellent anesthesia and analgesia for many surgical procedures. Anesthesiologists and patients must understand the risks in…”
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Role of Nonequilibrium Water Vapor Diffusion in Thermal Energy Storage Systems in the Vadose Zone by Başer, T, Dong, Y, Moradi, A. M, Lu, N, Smits, K, Ge, S, Tartakovsky, D, McCartney, J. S

“…AbstractAlthough siting of thermal energy storage systems in the vadose zone may be beneficial due to the low thermal conductivity of unsaturated soils, water…”
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The mid‐point transverse process to pleura (MTP) block: a new end‐point for thoracic paravertebral block by Costache, I., Neumann, L., Ramnanan, C. J., Goodwin, S. L., Pawa, A., Abdallah, F. W., McCartney, C. J. L.

“…Summary Current descriptions of thoracic paravertebral block techniques require the needle tip to be anterior to the superior costotransverse ligament. We…”
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Shearing Behavior of Interfaces between Tire-Derived Aggregate and Three Soil Materials by Ghaaowd, I, Fox, P. J, McCartney, J. S

“…AbstractWhen tire derived aggregate (TDA) is used as a lightweight monolithic fill in civil engineering applications, such as embankments and retaining walls,…”
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Effect of local anaesthetic volume (20 vs 5 ml) on the efficacy and respiratory consequences of ultrasound-guided interscalene brachial plexus block by Riazi, S., Carmichael, N., Awad, I., Holtby, R.M., McCartney, C.J.L.

“…Interscalene brachial plexus block (ISBPB) is an effective nerve block for shoulder surgery. However, a 100% incidence of phrenic nerve palsy limits the…”
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Shear strength behavior of clayey soil reinforced with polypropylene fibers under drained and undrained conditions by Correia, N.S., Rocha, S.A., Lodi, P.C., McCartney, J.S.

“…The fundamental mechanisms controlling shear strength and deformability behavior of clay-fiber mixtures have still not been well established, nor the…”
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Venous thromboembolism risk assessment and prophylaxis in hospitalised medical patients in the Cape Town metropole, South Africa by Wehmeyer, A, Coetzee, R, McCartney, J

“…Background Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is regarded as the most preventable cause of inpatient death in hospital settings globally. VTE can be prevented…”
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Seismic Performance of Underground Reservoir Structures: Insight from Centrifuge Modeling on the Influence of Backfill Soil Type and Geometry by Hushmand, A, Dashti, S, Davis, C, Hushmand, B, McCartney, J. S, Hu, J, Lee, Y

“…AbstractThe seismic response of underground reservoir structures is a complex soil–structure interaction problem that depends on the properties of the…”
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A model to predict level of adherence to prehabilitation in older adults with frailty having cancer surgery by Shaw, Julia F., Hladkowicz, Emily, McCartney, Colin J. L., Bryson, Gregory L., McIsaac, Daniel I.

“…Purpose Preoperative exercise could improve postoperative outcomes for people with frailty; however, little is known about how to predict older people’s…”
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Local Presynaptic Activity Gates Homeostatic Changes in Presynaptic Function Driven by Dendritic BDNF Synthesis by Jakawich, Sonya K., Nasser, Hassan B., Strong, Michael J., McCartney, Amber J., Perez, Amanda S., Rakesh, Neal, Carruthers, Cynthia J.L., Sutton, Michael A.

“…Homeostatic synaptic plasticity is important for maintaining stability of neuronal function, but heterogeneous expression mechanisms suggest that distinct…”
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Seismic Performance of Underground Reservoir Structures: Insight from Centrifuge Modeling on the Influence of Structure Stiffness by Hushmand, A, Dashti, S, Davis, C, Hushmand, B, Zhang, M, Ghayoomi, M, McCartney, J. S, Lee, Y, Hu, J

“…AbstractThe available simplified analytical methods for the seismic design of underground structures either assume yielding or rigid-unyielding conditions…”
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A Qualitative Systematic Review of the Role of N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptor Antagonists in Preventive Analgesia by McCartney, Colin J. L., Sinha, Avinash, Katz, Joel

“…We evaluated in a qualitative systematic review the effect of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists on reducing postoperative pain and analgesic…”
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Barriers and facilitators to participation in exercise prehabilitation before cancer surgery for older adults with frailty: a qualitative study by Barnes, Keely, Hladkowicz, Emily, Dorrance, Kristin, Bryson, Gregory L, Forster, Alan J, Gagné, Sylvain, Huang, Allen, Lalu, Manoj M, Lavallée, Luke T, Saunders, Chelsey, Moloo, Hussein, Nantel, Julie, Power, Barbara, Scheede-Bergdahl, Celena, Taljaard, Monica, van Walraven, Carl, McCartney, Colin J L, McIsaac, Daniel I

“…Older adults with frailty are at an increased risk of adverse outcomes after surgery. Exercise before surgery (exercise prehabilitation) may reduce adverse…”
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A senataxin-associated exonuclease SAN1 is required for resistance to DNA interstrand cross-links by Andrews, Alex M., McCartney, Heather J., Errington, Tim M., D’Andrea, Alan D., Macara, Ian G.

“…Interstrand DNA cross-links (ICLs) block both replication and transcription, and are commonly repaired by the Fanconi anemia (FA) pathway. However,…”
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Ultrasound guidance improves success rate of axillary brachial plexus block by CHAN, Vincent W. S, PERLAS, Anahi, MCCARTNEY, Colin J. L, BRULL, Richard, DAQUAN XU, ABBAS, Shérif

“…The purpose of this study is to determine if real time ultrasound guidance improves the success rate of axillary brachial plexus blockade. Patients undergoing…”
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Activity-dependent PI(3,5)P₂ synthesis controls AMPA receptor trafficking during synaptic depression by McCartney, Amber J, Zolov, Sergey N, Kauffman, Emily J, Zhang, Yanling, Strunk, Bethany S, Weisman, Lois S, Sutton, Michael A

“…Significance Defects in biosynthesis of the signaling lipid phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate [PI(3,5)P ₂] are associated with profound neurodegeneration…”
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