Liver Tumor Segmentation from MR Images Using 3D Fast Marching Algorithm and Single Hidden Layer Feedforward Neural Network.

abstract：:One of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus is diabetic neuropathy. It may be provoked by metabolic and/or vascular factors, and depending on duration of disease, various layers of nerve may be affected. Our aim was to investigate influence of diabetes on the epineurial, perineurial, and endoneurial conn...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kundalić B,Ugrenović S,Jovanović I,Stefanović N,Petrović V,Kundalić J,Stojanović V,Živković V,Antić V

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incidental gastrointestinal findings are commonly detected on MDCT exams performed for various medical indications. This review describes the radiological MDCT spectrum of appearances already present in the past literature and in today's experience of several gastrointestinal acute conditions such as abdominal hernia,...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Di Grezia G,Gatta G,Rella R,Donatello D,Falco G,Grassi R,Grassi R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. There are limited epidemiological studies evaluating the effect of age at onset on disease features in vitiligo. Objectives. To identify factors associated with adult onset vitiligo in comparison with childhood onset vitiligo. Patients and Methods. We retrospectively collected medical records of 191 patien...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lazzeri L,Colucci R,Cammi A,Dragoni F,Moretti S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor patients and patients after traumas are endangered by a reduced immune defense, and a silver coating on their megaprostheses may reduce their risks of infection. The aim of this study was to determine the silver ion concentration directly measured from the periprosthetic tissue and the influence on the...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Hussmann B,Johann I,Kauther MD,Landgraeber S,Jäger M,Lendemans S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose. To evaluate correlation between tomographic gradation of keratoconus (KC) and its corresponding air-puff induced biomechanical response. Methods. Corneal tomography and biomechanics were measured with Scheimpflug imaging in 44 normal and 92 KC corneas. Deformation waveform was also analyzed with Fourier serie...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Shetty R,Nuijts RM,Srivatsa P,Jayadev C,Pahuja N,Akkali MC,Sinha Roy A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing consumption of tobacco and alcohol has led to a steady increase in the incidence of head and neck cancers in Asia. The drawbacks associated with the existing chemotherapeutic and surgical interventions have necessitated the development of a safer alternative for therapy of head and neck cancers. In this stu...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Mohan A,Narayanan S,Sethuraman S,Krishnan UM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biolasol is a newly developed solution for storing the liver, pancreas, kidneys, and heart by simple hypothermia. It exhibits high efficacy in maintaining structural and functional integrity of the graft prior to its transplantation. The solution was modified by the addition of ascorbic acid (0.088g/l) and ascorbic ac...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Ostróżka-Cieślik A,Dolińska B,Ryszka F

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Freshly ejaculated spermatozoa are incapable or poorly capable of fertilizing an oocyte. The fertilization aptness of spermatozoa depends on the appropriate and time-dependent acquisition of hyperactivation, chemotaxis, capacitation, and the acrosome reaction, where calcium (Ca(2+)) is extensively involved in almost e...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Rahman MS,Kwon WS,Pang MG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to offer a new insight into the microstructure changes during in vitro lipolysis of five lipid-based drug delivery formulations belonging to different lipid formulation types. Five lipid-based formulations of indomethacin were investigated using an in vitro lipolysis model. During lipolys...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Xiao L,Yi T,Liu Y,Zhou H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review postulates the role of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I/IGF-II) signaling in stromal cells during prostate carcinogenesis and progression. It is known that stromal cells have a reciprocal relationship to the adjacent epithelial cells in the maintenance of struct...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lee C,Jia Z,Rahmatpanah F,Zhang Q,Zi X,McClelland M,Mercola D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim. To refine the decellularization protocol of whole porcine liver, which holds great promise for liver tissue engineering. Methods. Three decellularization methods for porcine livers (1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), 1% Triton X-100 + 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate, and 1% sodium deoxycholate + 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wu Q,Bao J,Zhou YJ,Wang YJ,Du ZG,Shi YJ,Li L,Bu H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Suppressor of cytokine signaling 7 (SOCS7) is a member of the SOCS family and is known to interact with phospholipase Cγ-1 (PLCγ-1), a key downstream mediator of the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/C-MET axis. Here, we report our observations of the effect of knocking down SOCS7 gene on the behaviour of breast c...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Sasi W,Ye L,Jiang WG,Sharma AK,Mokbel K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The framework of graph theory provides useful tools for investigating the neural substrates of neuropsychiatric disorders. Graph description measures may be useful as predictor variables in classification procedures. Here, we consider several centrality measures as predictor features in a classification algorithm to i...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： dos Santos Siqueira A,Biazoli Junior CE,Comfort WE,Rohde LA,Sato JR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microalgae are a promising source of omega-3. The purpose of this study was to extract lipid with a relatively high content of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) from Nannochloropsis gaditana using subcritical water extraction (SWE). The effects of different temperatures (156.1-273.9°C), extraction times (6.6-23.4 minutes), ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Ho BCH,Kamal SMM,Danquah MK,Harun R

更新日期：2018-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Prior studies have demonstrated that conventional and emerging CV risk factors are associated with worsening arterial stiffness among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on hemodialysis. The present cross-sectional study evaluates the association between the etiology of ESRD and arterial stiffness amon...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： El Ghoul B,Daaboul Y,Korjian S,El Alam A,Mansour A,Hariri E,Samad S,Salameh P,Dahdah G,Blacher J,Safar ME,Aoun Bahous S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrins are a family of membrane-spanning proteins that are important receptors for cell adhesion to extracellular matrix proteins. They also provide connections between the extracellular environment and intracellular cytoskeletons and are responsible for activation of many intracellular signaling pathways. In vitro...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhong Y,Wang J,Luo X

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aims to investigate the effects of the alcohol extract of Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt (AC) on diabetic nephropathy (DN) mice. A total of 30 db/db (DN) mice were divided into 3 groups, which were treated with AC (300 mg/kg/day), metformin (180 mg/kg/day), or saline by gavage for 10 weeks. Ten db/m mice treated w...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yu S,Zhao H,Yang W,Amat R,Peng J,Li Y,Deng K,Mao X,Jiao Y

更新日期：2019-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies assess agreement among Schistosoma haematobium eggs, measured hematuria, and self-reported metrics. We assessed agreement among four metrics at a single time point and analyzed the stability of infection across two time points with a single metric. We used data from the Eastern Region of Ghana and construc...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kosinski KC,Kulinkina AV,Tybor D,Osabutey D,Bosompem KM,Naumova EN

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is a normal phenomenon in the body. Under normal conditions, the physiologically important intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) are maintained at low levels by various enzyme systems participating in the in vivo redox homeostasis. Therefore, oxidative stress can also be viewed as an i...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Rahal A,Kumar A,Singh V,Yadav B,Tiwari R,Chakraborty S,Dhama K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The principle mechanism of protection of stem cells is through the expression of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. These transporters serve as the guardians of the stem cell population in the body. Unfortunately these very same ABC efflux pumps afford protection to cancer stem cells in tumors, shielding them fr...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Moitra K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of in ovo injection of Q10 on hatchability, performance (feed intake (FI), body weight gain (BWG), feed/gain ratio (F/G)) traits, and immune status of Ross × Ross 308 broiler chicks, hatched from eggs laid by a 38-week-old breeder flock, were determined through 42 days after hatch. Eggs containing live embryos...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kalantar M,Hosseini SM,Hosseini MR,Kalantar MH,Farmanullah,Yang LG

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS) is a common disease that occurs in premature infants. However, the mechanisms underlying the disease remain unclear. microRNAs (miRNAs) have been indicated to play a crucial role in the development of NRDS. In this study, we aimed to explore the regulatory mechanisms of mi...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhang YH,Chen AL,Yu RQ,Jia BB,Ye DN,Wang M,Mei YZ,Fang GD,Jiang SY,Zhou Q,Zhang B

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Within-litter birth weight variation in multiparous animals has become a big issue due to high incidence of low birth weight neonates, which gives rise to high preweaning mortality and morbidity. Foetus with various birth weights is the outcome of diverse embryos competence which is affected by oocyte quality. Glucosa...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Feng C,Yuan T,Wang S,Liu T,Tao S,Han D,Wang J

更新日期：2020-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The VAD (vincristine-doxorubicin-dexamethasone) regimen has been used for decades to treat multiple myeloma (MM). Based on reports that vascular endothelial growth factor- (VEGF-) mediated angiogenesis is critical for MM pathogenesis, the antiangiogenic compound thalidomide has been added to VAD (T-VAD). However, it r...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： He GL,Xu DR,Zou WY,He SZ,Li J

更新日期：2018-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) is extensively used as a plasticizer in many products, especially medical devices, furniture materials, cosmetics, and personal care products. DEHP is noncovalently bound to plastics, and therefore, it will leach out of these products after repeated use, heating, and/or cleaning of the...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Rowdhwal SSS,Chen J

更新日期：2018-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：Background:A multifactorial decision support system (mDSS) is a tool designed to improve the clinical decision-making process, while using clinical inputs for an individual patient to generate case-specific advice. The study provides an overview of the literature to analyze current available mDSS focused on prostate ca...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： van Wijk Y,Halilaj I,van Limbergen E,Walsh S,Lutgens L,Lambin P,Vanneste BGL

更新日期：2019-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is commonly defined as a decline in kidney function occurring in a narrow time window after administration of iodinated contrast material. The incidence of AKI after contrast material administration greatly depends on the specific definition and cutoff values used. Althoug...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Meinel FG,De Cecco CN,Schoepf UJ,Katzberg R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most expedient unit of the human body is its cell. Encapsulated within the cell are many infinitesimal entities and molecules which are protected by a cell membrane. The proteins that are associated with this lipid based bilayer cell membrane are known as membrane proteins and are considered to play a significant ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Butt AH,Khan SA,Jamil H,Rasool N,Khan YD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upregulated gene 11 (URG11), a new gene upregulated by hepatitis B virus X protein, is involved in the development and progression of several tumors, including liver, stomach, lung, and colon cancers. However, the role of URG11 in prostate cancer remains yet to be elucidated. By determined expression in human prostate...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Pan B,Ye Y,Liu H,Zhen J,Zhou H,Li Y,Qu L,Wu Y,Zeng C,Zhong W

更新日期：2018-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbial safety and stability of minimally processed foods are based on the application of combined preservative factors. Since microorganisms are able to develop adaptive networks to survive under conditions of stress, food safety may be affected, and therefore understanding of stress adaptive mechanisms plays a...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Guevara L,Antolinos V,Palop A,Periago PM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00