Skinner Acosta

Intra-operatively, the QTcB and QTcF intervals exceeded 450 ms in six and five patients, respectively, in the Desflurane group, but in none in the TIVA group. Moreover, the incidence of intra-operative QTc interval prolongation >20 ms and >60 ms was significantly higher in the Desflurane group than in the TIVA group. There were no significant…[Read more]

5-13.5 cm). Similarly, FCL screws decreased axial stiffness 23% (P less then .01) in the same baseline comparison. Fracture site displacement under loading comparable to a long working length nonlocked plate construct was achieved using a shorter FCL plate construct. By closely replicating the biomechanical properties of a long plate construct, a…[Read more]

Cross-level interaction suggested that the relationship of lower income and lower schooling with tooth loss is different across levels of city-level income and city-level education inequality, respectively. Public policies aiming to reduce the income and education gaps and preventive dental interventions are imperative to tackle tooth loss among…[Read more]

Other procedures were not altered with the addition of 3D-RA to 2D-IOA. There were no complications from the addition of 3D-RA to 2D-IOA. Conclusions Using a combination of 3D-RA in addition to 2D-IOA in the hybrid operating room may enhance the likelihood of achieving an optimal result when employing microsurgical cerebrovascular surgery and…[Read more]

To clarify the diagnostic value of the calcification in the Achilles tendon for Werner syndrome.

Calcification of the Achilles tendon in the plain radiograph was investigated in 92 patients with Werner syndrome provided from the nationwide secondary survey in 2010. And the same investigation was performed for 2151 feet in 1853 patients…[Read more]

Portal hypertension (PHT) and its complications in children are thought to be distinct from adult PHT in several areas, including the underlying bio-physiology of a child in which PHT develops, but also because of the pediatric-specific etiologies that drive disease progression. And yet pharmacologic approaches to PHT in children are mainly based…[Read more]

Many cross-sectional studies showed whole grain intake was, to some degree, significantly associated with body weight measures, whereas associations varied greatly among cohort studies. Studies calculating whole grain intake using total grams of intake, USDA databases, or ≥25% whole grain in combination with listing specific foods, showed c…[Read more]

This approach will help to systematically advance our technological capability to delay plant ethylene responses and to expand shelf-life or vase life of fruits and flowers.We have developed and applied a novel strategy that can best be described as in vivo chemical genomics, a concept where populations of any transformable organism may be…[Read more]

Our work expands the use of capsule networks to the task of object segmentation for the first time in the literature. This is made possible via the introduction of locally-constrained routing and transformation matrix sharing, which reduces the parameter/memory burden and allows for the segmentation of objects at large resolutions. To compensate…[Read more]