Πέμπτη 2 Απριλίου 2020


Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Associated with Carbapenem Resistance from the Whole-Genome Sequence of Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from Malaysia
Background. The spread of carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii (CrAb) is gaining worldwide attention. The spread of this pathogen is largely due to its ability to acquire various resistance genes of intrinsic and extrinsic origins that confer unpredictable susceptibility to β-lactams. The aim of this study was to analyze β-lactamase genetic compositions of CrAb in Malaysia. Methods. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was carried out on 13 CrAb isolates from clinical samples in Malaysia from 2011 to 2016....
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Human Epididymis Protein 4 Levels in Neonates with Respiratory Disorder
Introduction. Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN) is one of the most common causes of respiratory distress in the full-term neonates. The diagnosis of TTN in early postnatal period remains problematic for clinicians, and unfortunately, there exist no reliable diagnostic tests for TTN. The elevated human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) levels were observed in the cases of severe bronchitis, pneumonia, and inflammatory processes. However, little is known about the fluctuation of this biomarker concentrations...
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Recognition of Functional Areas Based on Call Detail Records and Point of Interest Data
With the recent emergence of big data, there has been significant progress in the study of big data mining and rapid developments in urban computing. With the integration of planning and management in urban areas, there is an urgent need to focus on the identification of urban functional areas (UFAs) based on big data. This paper describes the concept of communication activity intensity, which is more meaningful than the number of communication activities or the user density in identifying UFAs....
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Wound Infection with an Unusual Pathogen after Liver Transplantation
Mucormycosis is a rare and highly invasive fungal infection caused by Mucorales fungi of the class Zygomycetes. Cutaneous mucormycosis typically has a good survival rate when diagnosed early. In this report, we presented a patient with surgical site mucormycosis after liver transplant surgery. Our patient was a 50-year-old man with cirrhosis due to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis who received liver transplant from a deceased donor. On the 8th day of transplant, the patient had fever and purulent discharge...
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Two Cases of Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder Diagnosed in the Acute Inpatient Unit
Pathological grief has been noted to have considerable adverse effects on affected individuals. In the DSM-5, the diagnosis of complicated grief is included under conditions for further study as Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder (PCBD). PCBD can be easily missed because it is a relatively new and developing diagnosis. It can also be overlooked when it is comorbid with more common psychiatric disorders. We present 2 patients with PCBD diagnosed in the inpatient unit, while the patients were...
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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The Sigmoidal Pregnancy: A Rare Entity Complicated by an Inappropriate Medical Intervention
The abdominal ectopic pregnancy is very rare and accounts for less than 1% of all ectopic gestations. Due to the lack of clinical suspicion, many obstetricians confuse it with other diseases and manage it inappropriately. Here, we are reporting the case of a 41-year-old woman that was referred to our hospital because of severe vaginal bleeding caused by multiple uterine perforations during the dilatation and curettage. Her medical history was significant for constipation and a misdiagnosis of incomplete...
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Protection of Sensitive Data in Industrial Internet Based on Three-Layer Local/Fog/Cloud Storage
Industrial Internet technology has developed rapidly, and the security of industrial data has received much attention. At present, industrial enterprises lack a safe and professional data security system. Thus, industries urgently need a complete and effective data protection scheme. This study develops a three-layer framework with local/fog/cloud storage for protecting sensitive industrial data and defines a threat model. For real-time sensitive industrial data, we use the improved local differential...
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Energy-Efficient Mobile Edge Computing: Three-Tier Computing under Heterogeneous Networks
Mobile edge computing (MEC) is a promising technique to meet the demands of computing-intensive and delay-sensitive applications by providing computation and storage capabilities in close proximity to mobile users. In this paper, we study energy-efficient resource allocation (EERA) schemes for hierarchical MEC architecture in heterogeneous networks. In this architecture, both small base station (SBS) and macro base station (MBS) are equipped with MEC servers and help smart mobile devices (SMDs) to...
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Label-Free Identification of Early Stages of Breast Ductal Carcinoma via Multiphoton Microscopy
Breast cancer can be cured by early diagnosis. Appropriate and effective clinical treatment benefits from accurate pathological diagnosis. However, due to the lack of effective screening and diagnostic imaging methods, early stages of breast cancer often progress to malignant breast cancer. In this study, multiphoton microscopy (MPM) via two-photon excited fluorescence combined with second-harmonic generation was used for identifying the early stages of breast ductal carcinoma. The results showed...
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Comparing Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System Version 2 (PI-RADSv2) Category 1 and 2 Groups: Clinical Implication of Negative Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Objectives. To evaluate the clinicopathological differences between Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) version 2 (v2) category 1 and 2 groups. Materials and Methods. We retrospectively reviewed our two institutional clinical databases: (1) transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) fusion biopsy cohort () and (2) radical prostatectomy (RP) cohort (). Subsequently, we performed comparative analyses between PI-RADSv2 category 1 and 2 groups. Clinically significant...
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Integrated Data Mining and TOPSIS Entropy Weight Method to Evaluate Logistics Supply and Demand Efficiency of a 3PL Company
In the past decades, despite considerable attention having been paid to third-party logistics (3PL) owing to its specialized service, sophisticated operation, and reduced cost, research on quantitative methods for estimating the efficiency of 3PL companies is still lacking, especially for those with small or medium scale. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to establish a quantitative evaluation method to measure the efficiency of the individual nongovernmental 3PL firms and explore the valuable...
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Research on the Combination Method of Temporal Conflict Evidence Based on Transition Matrix
Conflict evidence combination is an important research topic in evidence theory. In this paper, two kinds of transition matrices are constructed based on the Markov model; one is the unordered transition matrix, which satisfies the commutative law, and the other is the temporal transition matrix, which does not satisfy the commutative law, but it can handle the combination of temporal evidence well. Then, a temporal conflict evidence combination model is proposed based on these two transition matrices....
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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The LncRNA H19 rs217727 Polymorphism Is Associated with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Susceptibility in Iranian Population
Lack of protein-coding capacity is a main characteristic of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) which, as molecular biomarkers, have found a novel pharmacological application in cancer and are reported to be important regulators of gene expression. H19 is reportedly involved in cancer progression and tumorigenesis. One of the most common types of head and neck cancers is oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the correlation of OSCC susceptibility with...
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Contact allergy across the human lifespan
Allergy and Clinical Immunology
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In reply: Uncertainty in using chest computed tomography in early coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Latest Results for Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Outcomes of vulnerable elderly patients undergoing elective major surgery: a prospective cohort study
Abstract Purpose Identifying patients at risk of postoperative complications and trying to prevent these complications are the essence of preoperative evaluation. While not overtly frail or disabled, vulnerable patients with mild frailty may be missed by routine assessments and may still have a worse postoperative course. Methods We performed a prospective...
Latest Results for Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Restructuring the McMaster anesthesia clerkship program examination process: a modified approach to multiple choice question examination
Latest Results for Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Critical care providers’ support of families in bereavement: a mixed-methods study
Abstract Purpose When people die in intensive care units (ICUs), as many as half of their family members may experience a severe grief reaction. While families report a need for bereavement support, most ICUs do not routinely follow-up with family members. Clinicians are typically involved in supporting families during death and dying, yet little is known about how they work with families in bereavement. Our goal was to explore how...
Latest Results for Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Uncertainty in using chest computed tomography in early coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Latest Results for Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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George Psathas: Phenomenology and Ethnomethdology
Abstract In some of his writings, George Psathas suggests that Alfred Schutz’s account of social-scientific methodology as constructing ideal types falls short of ethnomethodology’s approach, which, by giving an account of how actors produce their social order, exemplifies a kind of social-scientific following of Husserl’s stipulation that phenomenology return to “the things themselves”. By distinguishing Schutz’s phenomenology of the natural attitude which does return to the things...
Latest Results for Human Studies
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Real-world use of ACEI/ARB in diabetic hypertensive patients before the initial diagnosis of obstructive coronary artery disease: patient characteristics and long-term follow-up outcome
Current guidelines recommend angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors (ACEI)/angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) as a first-line therapy in diabetic hypertensive patients and for secondary prevention in patien...
Journal of Translational Medicine - Latest Articles
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Development and validation of a survival model for lung adenocarcinoma based on autophagy-associated genes
Given that abnormal autophagy is involved in the pathogenesis of cancers, we sought to explore the potential value of autophagy-associated genes in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD).
Journal of Translational Medicine - Latest Articles
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High-intensity interval training in allogeneic adoptive T-cell immunotherapy – a big HIT?
Adoptive transfer of virus-specific T cells (VSTs) represents a prophylactic and curative approach for opportunistic viral infections and reactivations after transplantation. However, inadequate frequencies of...
Journal of Translational Medicine - Latest Articles
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Hypoxia-induced complement dysregulation is associated with microvascular impairments in mouse tracheal transplants
Complement Regulatory Proteins (CRPs), especially CD55 primarily negate complement factor 3-mediated injuries and maintain tissue homeostasis during complement cascade activation. Complement activation and reg...
Journal of Translational Medicine - Latest Articles
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Comparison and development of machine learning tools for the prediction of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Chinese population
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major public health problem and cause of mortality worldwide. However, COPD in the early stage is usually not recognized and diagnosed. It is necessary to esta...
Journal of Translational Medicine - Latest Articles
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Wim Hof Method decreases IL-6, can it prevent IL-6-induced cytokine storm in COVID19?
A subgroup of patients with severe COVID-19 may have a cytokine storm syndrome. A cytokine profile in severe COVID-19 disease includes increased interleukin (IL)-2, IL-7, granulocyte-colony stimulating factor, interferon-gamma inducible protein 10, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, macrophage inflammatory protein 1-alpha, tumour necrosis factor-alpha, and IL-6. Mortality might be due to virally driven hyperinflammation.Anti-IL-6 antibody tocilizumab (IL-6 receptor blocker) has been used in patients...
CasesBlog - Medical and Health Blog
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Expansion sphincter pharyngoplasty: analyzing the technique based on anatomy
Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of the different surgical techniques of expansion sphincter pharyngoplasty (ESP) on the dimensions of the oropharyngeal airway. Methods The techniques that were evaluated included the preservation and transection of the palatopharyngeus (PP) and superior pharyngeal constrictor (SPC) muscle...
Latest Results for European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
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Referral Practice for Radioactive Iodine Ablation (RAI) after ATA guidelines 2015: results from a Tertiary Cancer Care Centre
Abstract Introduction The ATA guidelines for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) are one of the most widely referred to. Their 2015 edition proposed a new risk stratification system and modified the indications for radioactive iodine (RAI) ablation especially for the low risk category. We attempted to analyze whether the new guidelines altered referral practices for RAI ablation at our institute. ...
Latest Results for European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
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Bilateral medialization thyroplasty in patients with vocal fold atrophy with or without sulcus
Abstract Purpose To evaluate voice outcome after bilateral medialization thyroplasty in patients with non-paralytic glottic insufficiency due to vocal fold atrophy with or without sulcus. Methods Retrospective cohort study on 29 patients undergoing bilateral medialization thyroplasty for vocal fold atrophy (14 procedures) or atrophy with sulcus (15 procedures)...
Latest Results for European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
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Lymph-node Epstein–Barr virus concentration in diagnosing cervical lymph-node metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Abstract Purpose Cervical lymph-node (CLN) metastasis commonly occurs in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) metastasis. The presence of Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) genomes in neck lymph nodes may diagnose CLN. This research was designed to appraise the diagnostic value of EBV concentration for cervical lymph nodes in NPC. Methods Two hundred and fifty-three...
Latest Results for European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
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The MAPK substrate MASS proteins regulate stomatal development in Arabidopsis
by Xueyi Xue, Chao Bian, Xiaoyu Guo, Rong Di, Juan Dong Stomata are specialized pores in the epidermis of the aerial parts of a plant, where stomatal guard cells close and open to regulate gas exchange with the atmosphere and restrict excessive water vapor from the plant. The production and patterning of the stomatal lineage cells in higher plants are influenced by the activities of the widely-used mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling components. The phenotype caused by the loss-of-function...
PLOS Genetics: New Articles
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Use of Rapid Online Surveys to Assess People's Perceptions During Infectious Disease Outbreaks: A Cross-sectional Survey on COVID-19
*Journal* of *Medical Internet Research*
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Optimizing Text Messages to Promote Engagement With Internet Smoking Cessation Treatment: Results From a Factorial Screening Experiment
*Journal* of *Medical Internet Research*
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Leveraging Eye Tracking to Prioritize Relevant Medical Record Data: Comparative Machine Learning Study
*Journal* of *Medical Internet Research*
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Effectiveness of One-Way Text Messaging on Attendance to Follow-Up Cervical Cancer Screening Among Human Papillomavirus–Positive Tanzanian Women (Connected2Care): Parallel-Group Randomized Controlled Trial
*Journal* of *Medical Internet Research*
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Longitudinal Study of the Variation in Patient Turnover and Patient-to-Nurse Ratio: Descriptive Analysis of a Swiss University Hospital
*Journal* of *Medical Internet Research*
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6 radiology clinic staff test positive for COVID-19
Six staff members at a radiology clinic in Australia have tested positive for...Read more on AuntMinnieEurope.comRelated Reading: Chinese team uses PET/CT on COVID-19 patients Parma team shares experiences of COVID-19 pandemic Behold.ai joins forces with Wellbeing on AI for COVID-19 Philips launches COVID-19 telehealth package Italian ultrasound pioneer dies of COVID-19
AuntMinnieEurope.com Headlines
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Chinese group uses PET/CT on COVID-19 patients
Four patients with suspected COVID-19 underwent FDG-PET/CT at a Chinese hospital....Read more on AuntMinnieEurope.comRelated Reading: What economic impact is COVID-19 having on imaging? Can ultrasound be used effectively for COVID-19? Europe seeks to harness power of AI in COVID-19 crisis U.K. team launches 3D printing project for COVID-19 DRG releases update on children and COVID-19 Behold.ai trains AI to detect COVID-19 on x-ray
AuntMinnieEurope.com Headlines
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Parma team shares experiences of COVID-19 pandemic
Dr. Nicola Sverzellati, head of the radiology unit at the academic hospital...Read more on AuntMinnieEurope.comRelated Reading: ESR creates YouTube playlist for COVID-19 events Kuhl: COVID-19 is a crisis of biblical proportions Can ultrasound be used effectively for COVID-19? Europe seeks to harness power of AI in COVID-19 crisis How radiology can get ready for coronavirus crisis
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