Reduced clot strength upon admission, evaluated by thrombelastography (TEG), in trauma patients is independently associated with increased 30-day mortality

Abstract Introduction Exsanguination due to uncontrolled bleeding is the leading cause of potentially preventable deaths among trauma patients.About one third of trauma patients present with coagulopathy on admission, which is associated with increased mortality and will aggravate bleeding in a traumatized patient.Thrombelastographic (TEG) clot str

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Corporate Exercise and the Borders of Privilege: The Trades of Paris in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

The efficacy of privilege under the Old Regime, especially as concerning the economy, is an oft-repeated postulate of historiography.The contexts in which it was used often came under the activities of the law or the police, and the privilege of guilds was far from being any exception.There were many struggles in activating these privileges, due to

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Landmarks and new frontiers of computational fluid dynamics

Abstract A narrative of Milk Bath landmarks in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is presented to highlight the cornerstone achievements.Illuminating accomplishments starting from the very beginning of the coherent development until the most recent progress will be elucidated over the span over more than six decades.Meanwhile, the cutting-edge scie

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