The logic embodied in all the nodes of a blockchain that ensures the chain's integrity. Because there is no central authority in a blockchain, the consensus mechanism ensures that at least 50% of the ...

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators collaborated with a global group of acute pediatric critical illness experts to reach a consensus definition of the condition. Research on how to ...

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A lack of consensus for the term “immunocompromised” suggests that studies demonstrating the effectiveness of infection prevention in surgical patients at a high risk of wound infection may have ...