Pancreatic Diseases

Effect of Decontamination and Cleaning on the Shear Bond Strength of High Translucency Zirconia.

(1) Background: This study evaluated the bonding performance of high translucency zirconia after diverse surficial decontamination and cleaning procedures. (2) Methods: High translucency zirconia (Lava Esthetic) specimens (2.0 mm × 20 mm × 10 mm) were exposed to different surface treatments prior to bonding to CoCr cylinders (d = 5 mm, height = 3 mm). All surfaces were sandblasted (40 µm aluminum ...

Changes in polyphenol composition and bioactivity of the native Chilean white strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis spp. chiloensis f. chiloensis) after in vitro gastrointestinal digestion.

The Chilean white strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis spp. chiloensis f. chiloensis) is a semi-domesticated strawberry with high polyphenol content and antioxidant activity occurring in southern Chile. The aim of this work was to compare the composition and bioactivity of the polyphenol-enriched fruit extract (PEE) before and after simulated gastrointestinal digestion (GID). Results show a decrease by...

A novel electrochemiluminescence sensor coupled with capillary electrophoresis for simultaneous determination of quinapril hydrochloride and its metabolite quinaprilat hydrochloride in human plasma.

A novel electrochemiluminescence (ECL) sensor with composite consisted of silica-sol, Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) a...

Neural network dose models for knowledge-based planning in pancreatic SBRT.

PURPOSE: Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for pancreatic cancer requires a skillful approach to deliver ablative doses to the tumor while li...

Robotic enucleation of benign pancreatic tumors.

Robot-assisted enucleation provides the dual benefits of a minimally-invasive technique and pancreatic parenchymal conservation to selected patients w...

Immunosensor for Pancreatic Cancer Based on Electrospun Nanofibers Coated with Carbon Nanotubes or Gold Nanoparticles.

We report the fabrication of immunosensors based on nanostructured mats of electrospun nanofibers of polyamide 6 and poly(allylamine hydrochloride) co...

Risk Prediction for Portal Vein Thrombosis in Acute Pancreatitis Using Radial Basis Function.

BACKGROUND: Acute pancreatitis (AP) can induce portosplenomesenteric vein thrombosis (PVT), which may generate higher morbidity and mortality. However...

Computer-assisted cytologic diagnosis in pancreatic FNA: An application of neural networks to image analysis.

BACKGROUND: Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy is an accurate method for the diagnosis of solid pancreatic masses. However, a significant number of c...

Persistent light to moderate alcohol intake and lung function: A longitudinal study.

Alcohol intake has been inconsistently associated with lung function levels in cross-sectional studies. The goal of our study was to determine whether...

Effects of protein hydrolysate from chicken feather meal on tyrosinase activity and melanin formation in B16F10 murine melanoma cells.

Tyrosinase is a copper-containing enzyme that controls mammalian melanogenesis. Tyrosinase inhibitors are important for their potential application in...

Assessment of beer quality based on foamability and chemical composition using computer vision algorithms, near infrared spectroscopy and machine learning algorithms.

BACKGROUND: Beer quality is mainly defined by its colour, foamability and foam stability, which are influenced by the chemical composition of the prod...

An Evaluation of Artificial Neural Networks in Predicting Pancreatic Cancer Survival.

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate the development of an artificial neural network (ANN) method for predicting the survival likelihood of pancreat...

TEPAPA: a novel in silico feature learning pipeline for mining prognostic and associative factors from text-based electronic medical records.

Vast amounts of clinically relevant text-based variables lie undiscovered and unexploited in electronic medical records (EMR). To exploit this untappe...

Lessons and Challenges from a 6-Month Randomized Pilot Study of Daily Ethanol Consumption: Research Methodology and Study Design.

Observational studies and crossover feeding studies suggest that moderate alcohol use may benefit cardiovascular risk, but we know of no long-term ra...

Mesenteric approach during pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Mesenteric approach is an artery-first approach during pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). In the present study, we evaluated clinical and oncological benef...

Selective Arterial Calcium Stimulation With Hepatic Venous Sampling in Immune-Mediated Hypoglycemia.

The purpose of the current study was to review the biochemical results of selective arterial calcium stimulation (SACST) with hepatic venous sampling ...

Provider-specific quality measurement for ERCP using natural language processing.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Natural language processing (NLP) is an information retrieval technique that has been shown to accurately identify quality measur...

The effects of Ficus carica on the activity of enzymes related to metabolic syndrome.

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of the various parts of Ficus carica L. (figs) on antioxidant, antidiabetic, and antiobesogenic eff...

Identifying Future Drinkers: Behavioral Analysis of Monkeys Initiating Drinking to Intoxication is Predictive of Future Drinking Classification.

BACKGROUND: The Monkey Alcohol Tissue Research Resource (MATRR) is a repository and analytics platform for detailed data derived from well-documented ...

Artificial neural networks predict the incidence of portosplenomesenteric venous thrombosis in patients with acute pancreatitis.

UNLABELLED: Essentials Predicting the occurrence of portosplenomesenteric vein thrombosis (PSMVT) is difficult. We studied 72 patients with acute panc...