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Urinary exosomal viral microRNA as a marker of BK virus nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients.

PloS one Dec 21, 2017
OBJECTIVE: Bkv-miR-B1-5p, one of the microRNAs encoded by BK virus, was recently reported to be elevated in the blood among the patients with BK virus nephropathy (BKVN). Urinary exosome was suggested to be a possible source of biomarker for kidney d...
Humans Kidney Transplantation Female Adult Cross-Sectional Studies Polyomavirus Infections MicroRNAs Kidney Diseases Exosomes BK Virus Male Middle Aged Prevalence Viral Load
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Extraction optimization, purification and characterization of polysaccharides from the seed coat of black soybean.

PloS one Dec 21, 2017
In this study, the extraction of water-soluble polysaccharides from the seed coat of black soybean (BSCP) was investigated and optimized. A response surface methodology based on a Box-Behnken design (BBD) was used to optimize the extraction condition...
Humans Seeds Cell Line Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Glycine max Chromatography, Gel Polysaccharides Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
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Sacubitril/Valsartan in an Elderly Patient with Heart Failure: A Case Report.

Cardiology Dec 21, 2017
Sacubitril/valsartan has recently been approved for the treatment of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Given its recent introduction in the armamentarium for the treatment of heart failure (HF), "field-practice" evidence is required to de...
Biphenyl Compounds Valsartan Aged, 80 and over Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists Male Tetrazoles Humans Stroke Volume Echocardiography Drug Combinations Heart Ventricles Heart Failure Aminobutyrates
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Robots and people with dementia: Unintended consequences and moral hazard.

Nursing ethics Dec 20, 2017
The use of social robots in elder care is entering the mainstream as robots become more sophisticated and populations age. While there are many potential benefits to the use of social robots in care for the older people, there are ethical challenges ...
Geriatrics Dementia Robotics Morals Healthy Aging Humans
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Estimation of the Volume of the Left Ventricle From MRI Images Using Deep Neural Networks.

IEEE transactions on cybernetics Dec 20, 2017
Segmenting human left ventricle (LV) in magnetic resonance imaging images and calculating its volume are important for diagnosing cardiac diseases. The latter task became the topic of the Second Annual Data Science Bowl organized by Kaggle. The datas...
Humans Neural Networks, Computer Algorithms Databases, Factual Magnetic Resonance Imaging Heart Ventricles Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
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Prediction of organ-confined disease after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in patients with clinically locally-advanced prostate cancer.

Asian journal of surgery Dec 20, 2017
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the preoperative predictive factors that could identify subsets of favorable patients who can be possibly cured with robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) alone in locally advanced prostate cancer (LAPCa). Our ...
Biopsy, Large-Core Needle Male Neoplasm Grading Biomarkers Neoadjuvant Therapy Humans Middle Aged Robotic Surgical Procedures Prognosis Prostatic Neoplasms Forecasting Cohort Studies Prostatectomy Neoplasm Staging Retrospective Studies Logistic Models Prostate-Specific Antigen Preoperative Care Aged
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Chemical characterization and wound healing property of a β-D-glucan from edible mushroom Piptoporus betulinus.

International journal of biological macromolecules Dec 20, 2017
A water-soluble β-D-glucan was obtained from fruiting bodies of Piptoporus betulinus, by hot aqueous extraction followed by freeze-thawing procedure and dialysis. Its molar mass distribution and conformational behavior in solution was assessed by siz...
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Monosaccharides Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Glucans Cell Movement Cell Line Agaricales Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Humans Cell Line, Tumor Wound Healing
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Prediction of Hemorrhagic Transformation Severity in Acute Stroke From Source Perfusion MRI.

IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering Dec 20, 2017
OBJECTIVE: Hemorrhagic transformation (HT) is the most severe complication of reperfusion therapy in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients. Management of AIS patients could benefit from accurate prediction of upcoming HT. While prediction of HT occurr...
Aged Magnetic Resonance Angiography Cerebral Hemorrhage Aged, 80 and over Stroke Humans Reperfusion Male Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted Neural Networks, Computer Middle Aged Endovascular Procedures Machine Learning Female
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Improved perioperative outcomes of laparoscopic distal pancreatosplenectomy: modified lasso technique.

ANZ journal of surgery Dec 20, 2017
BACKGROUND: Simultaneous division of the splenic artery, splenic vein and pancreatic parenchyma during laparoscopic distal pancreatosplenectomy (LDPS) is known as the lasso technique, which is considered to be simple to perform. However, the original...
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Perioperative Period Splenectomy Pancreas Pancreatectomy Spleen Pancreatic Fistula Postoperative Complications Length of Stay Incidence Blood Loss, Surgical Operative Time Pancreatic Neoplasms Laparoscopy Outcome Assessment, Health Care Aged, 80 and over Adult Male Middle Aged Humans Retrospective Studies Female Aged
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Post prostatectomy outcomes of patients with high-risk prostate cancer treated with neoadjuvant androgen blockade.

Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases Dec 20, 2017
BACKGROUND: Patients with high-risk prostate cancer have an increased likelihood of experiencing a relapse following radical prostatectomy (RP). We previously conducted three neoadjuvant androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) trials prior to RP in unfavo...
Humans Aged Follow-Up Studies Multicenter Studies as Topic Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Prostatic Neoplasms Neoplasm Staging Male Middle Aged Treatment Outcome Neoadjuvant Therapy Disease-Free Survival Prostate-Specific Antigen Prostatectomy Prostate Kallikreins Androgen Antagonists Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
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