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Single- versus multi-port robotic partial nephrectomy: a comparative analysis of perioperative outcomes and analgesic requirements.

Evidence supporting the safe use of the single-port (SP) robot for partial nephrectomy is scarce. The purpose of this study was to compare perioperative outcomes for patients undergoing robotic assisted SP vs multi-port (MP) partial nephrectomy (PN) in a time-matched cohort. All patients with clinically localized renal masses who underwent robotic PN from January 2019 to March 2020 were evaluated....

Risk factors of osteoporosis in soldiers of the Armed Forces: A cross-sectional study from Western India.

BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis may result from risk factors such as smoking, alcohol, low body mass index, less physical exercise, and dietary calcium deficiency. The risk of osteoporosis fractures can be reduced with lifestyle changes, which include diet, exercise, and preventing falls. The present study is an effort to measure the burden of risk factors of osteoporosis in adult male soldiers in the Ar...

Intraoperative multimodal analgesic bundle containing dexmedetomidine and ketorolac may improve analgesia after robot-assisted prostatectomy in patients receiving rectus sheath blocks.

BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) has replaced open prostatectomy. However, RALP does not reduce...

Study becomes insight: Ecological learning from machine learning.

The ecological and environmental science communities have embraced machine learning (ML) for empirical modelling and prediction. However, going beyond...

An analytic framework using deep learning for prediction of traffic accident injury severity based on contributing factors.

Vulnerable road users (VRUs) are exposed to the highest risk in the road traffic environment. Analyzing contributing factors that affect injury severi...

Future roles of artificial intelligence in early pain management of newborns.

The advent of increasingly sophisticated medical technology, surgical interventions, and supportive healthcare measures is raising survival probabilit...

Machine learning prediction of dropping out of outpatients with alcohol use disorders.

BACKGROUND: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic disease with a higher recurrence rate than that of other mental illnesses. Moreover, it requires c...

A robot goes to rehab: a novel gamified system for long-term stroke rehabilitation using a socially assistive robot-methodology and usability testing.

BACKGROUND: Socially assistive robots (SARs) have been proposed as a tool to help individuals who have had a stroke to perform their exercise during t...

Intelligent Network Applications Monitoring and Diagnosis Employing Software Sensing and Machine Learning Solutions.

The article presents a research in the field of complex sensing, detection, and recovery of communications networks applications and hardware, in case...

Comparative Outcomes of Double-J and Cutaneous Pyeloureteral Stents in Pediatric Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty.

Comparative outcome studies investigating internal Double-J (DJ) and externalized stents have primarily been performed for open and laparoscopic pyel...

Perioperative and Oncologic Outcomes of Single-Port Multiport Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Meta-Analysis.

Although single-port robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (SP-RARP) is considered a safe and feasible approach for radical prostatectomy, the compara...

AIoT-Enabled Rehabilitation Recognition System-Exemplified by Hybrid Lower-Limb Exercises.

Ubiquitous health management (UHM) is vital in the aging society. The UHM services with artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) can assist home-isola...

Modeling the response of ecological service value to land use change through deep learning simulation in Lanzhou, China.

Land use (LU) changes caused by urbanization, climate, and anthropogenic activities alter the supply of ecosystem services (ES), which affects the eco...

An Unbiased Machine Learning Exploration Reveals Gene Sets Predictive of Allograft Tolerance After Kidney Transplantation.

Efforts at finding potential biomarkers of tolerance after kidney transplantation have been hindered by limited sample size, as well as the complicate...

Nuclear Quantum Effect and Its Temperature Dependence in Liquid Water from Random Phase Approximation via Artificial Neural Network.

We report structural and dynamical properties of liquid water described by the random phase approximation (RPA) correlation together with the exact ex...

Sclareol Inhibits Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α Accumulation and Induces Apoptosis in Hypoxic Cancer Cells.

The hypoxia in solid tumors is associated with the resistance to chemo/radiotherapy. Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) plays a key role in cell remo...

Objective pain stimulation intensity and pain sensation assessment using machine learning classification and regression based on electrodermal activity.

An objective measure of pain remains an unmet need of people with chronic pain, estimated to be 1/3 of the adult population in the United States. The ...

Eye-Movement-Controlled Wheelchair Based on Flexible Hydrogel Biosensor and WT-SVM.

To assist patients with restricted mobility to control wheelchair freely, this paper presents an eye-movement-controlled wheelchair prototype based on...

Predicting changes in substance use following psychedelic experiences: natural language processing of psychedelic session narratives.

: Experiences with psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin or lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), are sometimes followed by changes in patterns of tobacco...

The effect of enzyme loading, alcohol/acid ratio and temperature on the enzymatic esterification of levulinic acid with methanol for methyl levulinate production: a kinetic study.

As an important bio-based chemical, methyl levulinate (ML) can be produced enzymatic esterification of levulinic acid with methanol. A kinetic model ...