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University of New South Wales

EducationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
About: University of New South Wales is a education organization based out in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 51197 authors who have published 153634 publications receiving 4880608 citations. The organization is also known as: UNSW & UNSW Australia.


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TL;DR: Intensive-dosing, multidonor, faecal microbiota transplantation induces clinical remission and endoscopic improvement in active ulcerative colitis and is associated with distinct microbial changes that relate to outcome.

848 citations

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TL;DR: Life cycle assessment was used to estimate the energy and climate change impacts and the economics of biochar systems, which may at present only deliver climate change mitigation benefits and be financially viable as a distributed system using waste biomass.
Abstract: Biomass pyrolysis with biochar returned to soil is a possible strategy for climate change mitigation and reducing fossil fuel consumption. Pyrolysis with biochar applied to soils results in four coproducts: long-term carbon (C) sequestration from stable C in the biochar, renewable energy generation, biochar as a soil amendment, and biomass waste management. Life cycle assessment was used to estimate the energy and climate change impacts and the economics of biochar systems. The feedstocks analyzed represent agricultural residues (corn stover), yard waste, and switchgrass energy crops. The net energy of the system is greatest with switchgrass (4899 MJ t(-1) dry feedstock). The net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for both stover and yard waste are negative, at -864 and -885 kg CO(2) equivalent (CO(2)e) emissions reductions per tonne dry feedstock, respectively. Of these total reductions, 62-66% are realized from C sequestration in the biochar. The switchgrass biochar-pyrolysis system can be a net GHG emitter (+36 kg CO(2)e t(-1) dry feedstock), depending on the accounting method for indirect land-use change impacts. The economic viability of the pyrolysis-biochar system is largely dependent on the costs of feedstock production, pyrolysis, and the value of C offsets. Biomass sources that have a need for waste management such as yard waste have the highest potential for economic profitability (+$69 t(-1) dry feedstock when CO(2)e emission reductions are valued at $80 t(-1) CO(2)e). The transportation distance for feedstock creates a significant hurdle to the economic profitability of biochar-pyrolysis systems. Biochar may at present only deliver climate change mitigation benefits and be financially viable as a distributed system using waste biomass.

846 citations

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TL;DR: It is concluded that the sensitive detection of contamination events in recycled water systems may be achieved by monitoring Peak T and/or Peak C fluorescence.

845 citations

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TL;DR: A systematic review was conducted of longitudinal studies of acute hepatitis C infection to improve the precision of the estimated rate of spontaneous viral clearance, and factors associated with viral clearance were female gender and acute clinical hepatitis C study population.
Abstract: A large number of studies have reported on spontaneous viral clearance rates in acute hepatitis C infection, however most have been small, and reported rates have varied quite widely To improve the precision of the estimated rate of spontaneous viral clearance, a systematic review was conducted of longitudinal studies Factors associated with viral clearance were also examined Inclusion criteria for studies were: longitudinal assessment from time of acute hepatitis C; hepatitis C virus RNA analysis as determinant of viral clearance; untreated for acute hepatitis C Information on study population, and factors that may influence viral clearance were extracted from each study Viral clearance was defined among individuals with at least 6 months follow-up following acute hepatitis C The number of subjects with viral clearance was expressed as a proportion for each study and a weighted mean for proportion was calculated A total of 31 studies were examined Study populations included nine studies of post-transfusion hepatitis, 19 of acute clinical hepatitis, and three of sero-incident cases In total, data was available for 675 subjects and the mean study population was 22 (range 4-67) The proportion with viral clearance ranged from 00 to 08, with a weighted mean of 026 (95% CI 022-029) Factors associated with viral clearance were female gender and acute clinical hepatitis C study population Further studies are required to more clearly define predictors of clearance and guide therapeutic intervention strategies

840 citations

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TL;DR: The combined modality strategy for PMP may be performed safely with acceptable morbidity and mortality in a specialized unit setting with 63% of patients surviving beyond 10 years with Optimal cytoreduction achieves the best outcomes.
Abstract: Purpose Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) originating from an appendiceal mucinous neoplasm remains a biologically heterogeneous disease. The purpose of our study was to evaluate outcome and long-term survival after cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) consolidated through an international registry study. Patients and Methods A retrospective multi-institutional registry was established through collaborative efforts of participating units affiliated with the Peritoneal Surface Oncology Group International. Results Two thousand two hundred ninety-eight patients from 16 specialized units underwent CRS for PMP. Treatment-related mortality was 2% and major operative complications occurred in 24% of patients. The median survival rate was 196 months (16.3 years) and the median progression-free survival rate was 98 months (8.2 years), with 10- and 15-year survival rates of 63% and 59%, respectively. Multivariate analysis identified prior chemotherapy treatment (P < .001), p...

840 citations


Authors

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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Ronald C. Kessler2741332328983
Nicholas G. Martin1921770161952
John C. Morris1831441168413
Richard S. Ellis169882136011
Ian J. Deary1661795114161
Nicholas J. Talley158157190197
Wolfgang Wagner1562342123391
Bruce D. Walker15577986020
Xiang Zhang1541733117576
Ian Smail15189583777
Rui Zhang1512625107917
Marvin Johnson1491827119520
John R. Hodges14981282709
Amartya Sen149689141907
J. Fraser Stoddart147123996083
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Performance
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
2023389
20221,183
202111,342
202011,235
20199,891
20189,145