Rheumatology

A neural model of the frontal eye fields with reward-based learning.

Decision-making is a flexible process dependent on the accumulation of various kinds of information; however, the corresponding neural mechanisms are far from clear. We extended a layered model of the frontal eye field to a learning-based model, using computational simulations to explain the cognitive process of choice tasks. The core of this extended model has three aspects: direction-preferred p...

Rule based fuzzy logic approach for classification of fibromyalgia syndrome.

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic muscle and skeletal system disease observed generally in women, manifesting itself with a widespread pain and impairing the individual's quality of life. FMS diagnosis is made based on the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria. However, recently the employability and sufficiency of ACR criteria are under debate. In this context, several evaluation...

In-House Solid-Phase Radioassay for the Detection of Anti-thyroglobulin Autoantibodies in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.

Thyroglobulin autoantibodies (TgAb) are estimated to detect potential interferences in thyroglobulin (Tg) immunoassays and also for the diagnosis of a...

Drug target identification using network analysis: Taking active components in Sini decoction as an example.

Identifying the molecular targets for the beneficial effects of active small-molecule compounds simultaneously is an important and currently unmet cha...

Vitamin D Deficiency in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Patients with Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections: A Case Control Study.

INTRODUCTION: Previous studies have indicated that vitamin D deficiency is common in psychiatric patients, particularly in those with neuropsychiatric...

(shiitake mushroom): An assessment of anti-atherosclerotic bio-functionality.

Mushrooms have been highly regarded as possessing enormous nutritive and medicinal values. In the present study, we evaluated the anti-oxidative and a...

HEp-2 Cell Image Classification With Deep Convolutional Neural Networks.

Efficient Human Epithelial-2 cell image classification can facilitate the diagnosis of many autoimmune diseases. This paper proposes an automatic fram...

Unbiased estimation of biomarker panel performance when combining training and testing data in a group sequential design.

Motivated by an ongoing study to develop a screening test able to identify patients with undiagnosed Sjögren's Syndrome in a symptomatic population, w...

Neural Network-Based DOBC for a Class of Nonlinear Systems With Unmatched Disturbances.

In this brief, the problem of composite anti-disturbance tracking control for a class of strict-feedback systems with unmatched unknown nonlinear func...

Anti-Müllerian hormone levels as a predictor of clinical pregnancy in in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection-embryo transfer cycles in patients over 40 years of age.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the current study was to determine the predictive value of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels for pregnancy outcomes in patient...

Nanocomposites of gold nanoparticles and graphene oxide towards an stable label-free electrochemical immunosensor for detection of cardiac marker troponin-I.

A stable label-free amperometric immunosensor is presented based on gold nanoparticles and graphene oxide nanocomposites for detection of cardiac trop...

Evaluation of the Relationship between Serum Lipid Profile andOral Lichen Planus.

Background and aims. Oral lichen planus (OLP) is an immunologic disorder. A large number of studies have reported that lipid rafts have a key role in ...

Serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels in patients with acne vulgaris and its association with disease severity.

BACKGROUND: Since vitamin D is a recent known immunoregulatory factor in some diseases which are addressed in immune system disorders such as SLE, [ps...

A "Turn-on-off-on" fluorescence switch based on quantum dots and gold nanoparticles for discriminative detection of ovotransferrin.

A novel strategy for ovotransferrin (OVT) detection by tracing the "on-off-on" fluorescence signals of quantum dots (QDs) and gold nanoparticles (AuNP...

Serum Anti-Müllerian Hormone Levels before Surgery in Patients with Ovarian Endometriomas Compared to Other Benign Ovarian Cysts.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate preoperative anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels in women with endometrioma or other benign ovarian cysts and differences of A...

Anti-IgG-anchored liquid crystal microdroplets for label free detection of IgG.

The orientational variation of 4-cyano-4'-pentyl biphenyl (5CB) molecules in LC microdroplets in response to IgG antigen (IgG) interactions has been u...

Reappraisal of the Immunogenicity and Safety of Three Hepatitis A Vaccines in Adolescents.

Although the overall incidence of hepatitis A in Korea has been decreasing, adolescents remain highly vulnerable to its outbreaks. This study was cond...

A Case of Laryngeal Cancer Associated with Dermatomyositis.

We experienced a rare case of laryngeal cancer associated with dermatomyositis. The patient was a 63-year-old male and Japanese. He was admitted to ou...

Label-free and dynamic evaluation of cell-surface epidermal growth factor receptor expression via an electrochemiluminescence cytosensor.

A label-free electrochemiluminescence (ECL) cytosensor was developed for dynamically evaluating of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression ...

Anti-Müllerian hormone concentrations and antral follicle counts for the prediction of pregnancy outcomes after intrauterine insemination.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentrations and antral follicle counts (AFCs) in the prediction of pregnancy outcomes after con...