Transplantation

Prediction of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation Mortality 100 Days After Transplantation Using a Machine Learning Algorithm: A European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Acute Leukemia Working Party Retrospective Data Mining Study.

PURPOSE: Allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) is potentially curative for acute...

Efficacy of Postoperative Pain Management Using Continuous Local Anesthetic Infusion at the Iliac Crest Bone Graft Site in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Parallel, Double-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.

Study Design Randomized controlled trial. Objective Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a commo...

Abdominal multi-organ segmentation from CT images using conditional shape-location and unsupervised intensity priors.

This paper addresses the automated segmentation of multiple organs in upper abdominal computed tomog...

Robot-Assisted Ureteral Reconstruction Using Buccal Mucosa.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the technique of robotic buccal mucosa graft ureteroplasty as a minimally inv...

Biofertilizer and biostimulant properties of the microalga .

Microalgae represent a potential sustainable alternative for the enhancement and protection of agric...

Efficient multi-atlas abdominal segmentation on clinically acquired CT with SIMPLE context learning.

Abdominal segmentation on clinically acquired computed tomography (CT) has been a challenging proble...

Developing an Intelligent Automatic Appendix Extraction Method from Ultrasonography Based on Fuzzy ART and Image Processing.

Ultrasound examination (US) does a key role in the diagnosis and management of the patients with cli...

A hybrid method for airway segmentation and automated measurement of bronchial wall thickness on CT.

Inflammatory and infectious lung diseases commonly involve bronchial airway structures and morpholog...

Scalable 96-well Plate Based iPSC Culture and Production Using a Robotic Liquid Handling System.

Continued advancement in pluripotent stem cell culture is closing the gap between bench and bedside ...

Transcutaneous Drainage of Gel-Like Substance after Application of Hydrogel Dural Sealant: Report of Two Cases.

Study Design Case report. Objective Incidental durotomy (IDT) is a common complication of spinal sur...

Re: Robotic Trans-Abdominal Transplant Nephrectomy for a Failed Renal Allograft.

NIEluter: Predicting peptides eluted from HLA class I molecules.

The immune system has evolved to make a diverse repertoire of peptides processed from self and forei...

Peaking-Free Output-Feedback Adaptive Neural Control Under a Nonseparation Principle.

High-gain observers have been extensively applied to construct output-feedback adaptive neural contr...

Proliferative activity of a blend of Echinacea angustifolia and Echinacea purpurea root extracts in human vein epithelial, HeLa, and QBC-939 cell lines, but not in Beas-2b cell lines.

Echinacea is used for its immunostimulating properties and may have a role in modulating adverse imm...

IgA nephropathy in systemic lupus erythematosus patients: case report and literature review.

Systemic erythematosus lupus (SLE) is a multisystemic autoimmune disease which has nephritis as one ...

Should post-kidney transplant patients with localized prostate cancer be undergoing robotic radical prostatectomy?

Expert system for predicting reaction conditions: the Michael reaction case.

A generic chemical transformation may often be achieved under various synthetic conditions. However,...

Feedback error learning control of magnetic satellites using type-2 fuzzy neural networks with elliptic membership functions.

A novel type-2 fuzzy membership function (MF) in the form of an ellipse has recently been proposed i...

Predictive modelling of survival and length of stay in critically ill patients using sequential organ failure scores.

INTRODUCTION: The length of stay of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) is an i...

Quantitative assessment of new MRI-based measurements to differentiate low and high stages of pelvic organ prolapse using support vector machines.

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: The objective of this study was to quantitatively assess the ability of...

Domesticating the Drone: The Demilitarisation of Unmanned Aircraft for Civil Markets.

Remotely piloted aviation systems (RPAS) or 'drones' are well known for their military applications,...