Diabetes

Automatic detection of neovascularization on optic disk region with feature extraction and support vector machine.

Neovascularization (NV) is a definitive indicator for the onset of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR). The new vessels are fragile and prone to bleed, leading to high risk of sudden vision loss. Automatic detection of NV is an important task in automatic Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) screening as a consequence of the unmet requirement between the growing number of DR patients and limited number ...

Classification of large-scale fundus image data sets: a cloud-computing framework.

Large medical image data sets with high dimensionality require substantial amount of computation time for data creation and data processing. This paper presents a novel generalized method that finds optimal image-based feature sets that reduce computational time complexity while maximizing overall classification accuracy for detection of diabetic retinopathy (DR). First, region-based and pixel-bas...

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy for women with endometrial cancer - complications, women´s experiences, quality of life and a health economic evaluation.

This thesis contains four studies all focusing on women with endometrial cancer undergoing robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy (RALH). Women wi...

Identification of Glucose-Binding Pockets in Human Serum Albumin Using Support Vector Machine and Molecular Dynamics Simulations.

Human Serum Albumin (HSA) has been suggested to be an alternate biomarker to the existing Hemoglobin-A1c (HbA1c) marker for glycemic monitoring. Devel...

A Risk Based Neural Network Approach for Predictive Modeling of Blood Glucose Dynamics.

For type 1 diabetes patients, maintaining the blood glucose (BG) at normal values is a challenging task due to e.g. variable insulin reactions, diets,...

Towards a Personal Health Record System for the Assesment and Monitoring of Sedentary Behavior in Indoor Locations.

BACKGROUND: Sedentary behavior has been associated to the development of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) such as cardiovascular diseases (CVD), type 2 ...

Alpha-Linolenic Acid-Enriched Diacylglycerol Oil Suppresses the Postprandial Serum Triglyceride Level-A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study.

This study investigated the effect of a single oral ingestion of alpha-linolenic acid-enriched diacylglycerol (ALA-DAG) on postprandial serum triglyce...

Study on follicular characteristics, hormonal and biochemical profile in norgestomet+PMSG treated acyclic buffaloes.

This research was conducted to study the follicular dynamics, hormonal, biochemical profile and fertility response in acyclic and norgestomet+PMSG tre...

Anatomical and visual outcome of intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) in patients with diabetic macular edema.

BACKGROUND: Intravitreal bevacizumab has been shown to be an effective treatment of diabetic macular edema.

Effects of Phenylglyoxal and N-ethylmaleimide Concentration on Mycophenolic Acid Production by ATCC16024.

Mycophenolic acid is a secondary extracellular metabolite of strains with numerous pharmaceutical properties such as antibiotic and immunosuppressive...

Detection of Hard Exudates in Colour Fundus Images Using Fuzzy Support Vector Machine-Based Expert System.

Diabetic retinopathy is a major cause of vision loss in diabetic patients. Currently, there is a need for making decisions using intelligent computer ...

Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin as an Early Sign of Diabetic Kidney Injury in Children.

OBJECTIVE: There is some evidence indicating that histopathological changes in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) emerge before onset of microalbuminuria...

Attenuation of Diabetic Conditions by Sida rhombifolia in Moderately Diabetic Rats and Inability to Produce Similar Effects in Severely Diabetic in Rats.

OBJECTIVES: This study was done out to evaluate the effects of Sida rhombifolia methanol extract (SRM) on diabetes in moderately diabetic (MD) and sev...

The Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Metabolic Phenotypes in Thais with Prediabetes.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of vitamin D supplement for three months on anthropometric and glucose homeostatic measures in Thai adults with ...

GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS SEEMS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH INFLAMMATION.

The aim of this study was to investigate whether gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with inflammation by comparing serum levels of huma...

[Preparation of baicalein using thermophilic and sugar-tolerant beta-glucosidase].

The reaction conditions of baicalin hydrolyzed into baicalein by a kind of thermophilic and sugar-tolerant beta-glucosidase were studied in this paper...

Population-Level Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes From Claims Data and Analysis of Risk Factors.

We present a new approach to population health, in which data-driven predictive models are learned for outcomes such as type 2 diabetes. Our approach ...

Effect of Maternal Factors and Fetomaternal Glucose Homeostasis on Birth Weight and Postnatal Growth.

OBJECTIVE: It is important to identify the possible risk factors for the occurrence of large for gestational age (LGA) in newborns and to determine th...

Towards a predictive model for Guillain-Barré syndrome.

The severity of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) varies among subtypes, which can be mainly Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (AIDP), Acute...

Advanced Insulin Bolus Advisor Based on Run-To-Run Control and Case-Based Reasoning.

This paper presents an advanced insulin bolus advisor for people with diabetes on multiple daily injections or insulin pump therapy. The proposed syst...