Background: Detrusor underactivity (DU) and bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) are common causes of voiding dysfunction in women with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). However, differentiating between them remains challenging due to overlapping clin...
Multiplication is the dominant operation for many applications implemented on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Although most current FPGA families have embedded hard multipliers, soft multipliers using lookup tables (LUTs) in the logic fabric...
Previous data have shown that patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to benign prostatic enlargement (BPE) could be refractory to the medical treatment. In this context, the evidence suggests a role...
Background/Objectives: The objective of this study is to explore potential correlations between prostate volume, LUTS, and IIEF, with a particular emphasis on the relationship between prostate dimensions—width, height, and length—and both...
Multiplication by a constant is a common operation for many signal, image, and video processing applications that are implemented in field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Constant-coefficient multipliers (KCMs) are often implemented in the logic fa...
Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are classically characterized as being related to storage (e.g., frequency, urgency, and nocturia) or flow (e.g., weak stream, intermittency, straining, and incomplete emptying). Conventional prescription medicatio...
Pediatric lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are influenced by age and coexist with nocturnal enuresis (NE) and bladder-bowel dysfunction (BBD). Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common and linked to LUTS, though the causal relationship remains un...
Parts I and II of this three-part series indicated how a global review of both English-language and non-English language papers, plus a focus on a lipidosterolic extract of Serenoa repens (LSESr) having a standardized fatty acid profile, have togethe...
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Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) on behavior related to treatment of Polish adults aged ≥ 40 years. Methods: We conducted a computer-assisted telephone survey with a study sampl...
Urinary bladder hamartoma is an exceptionally rare benign lesion composed of disorganized yet mature tissue elements native to the bladder, including urothelium, fibrous stroma, smooth muscle, and occasionally adipose tissue. Unlike malignant tumors,...
(1) Background: The diagnosis of moderate-severe lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) is not easy due to the complexity of the micturition act. Sequential diagnostic tests can be time consuming due to waiting lists. Thus, we developed a diagnostic mod...
Part I of this 3-part series provided the groundwork for understanding the role of a standardized lipidosterolic extract of Serenoa repens (LSESr) in the treatment of LUTS. It documented that a treatment having a high therapeutic index (i.e., a ratio...
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a common cause of male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) that can reduce quality of life. Even if several drugs can be used in its treatment, the development of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) represents the most...
We investigated changes in symptoms and quality of life (QoL) in men with moderate-to-severe lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH) receiving the hexanic extract of Serenoa repens (HESr) and compared resu...
Intravesical chemotherapy may cause chemical cystitis and related lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). The aims of this study were to evaluate the efficacy and safety of an oral preparation of hyaluronic acid (HA), chondroitin sulfate (CS), curcumin,...
To investigate whether tamsulosin (TAM) and the hexanic extract of Serenoa repens (HESr) are more effective in combination than as monotherapy in men with moderate-to-severe lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (L...
This paper presents a fast method to extract logic functions of look-up tables (LUTs) from a bitstream in Xilinx FPGAs. In general, FPGAs utilize LUTs as a primary resource to realize a logic function, and a typical N-input LUT comprises 2N 1-bit SRA...
The use of multi-output look-up tables (LUTs) is a widely adopted approach in contemporary commercial field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Larger LUT configurations (e.g., six-input LUTs) can be partitioned into smaller LUTs (e.g., two five-input...
Very often, digital systems include sequential blocks which can be represented using a model of Mealy finite state machine (FSM). It is very important to improve such FSM characteristics as the number of used logic elements, operating frequency and p...
The objective of this subset analysis was to evaluate and compare the efficacy and tolerability of two combination treatments for men with moderate-to-severe lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH). Data w...
A method is proposed that is focused on reducing the chip area occupied by logic elements creating the circuit of Mealy finite state machines (FSMs). The proposed method is aimed at FSM circuits implemented with internal resources of field-programmab...
A method is proposed which aims at reducing the numbers of look-up table (LUT) elements in logic circuits of Mealy finite state machines (FSMs). The FSMs with twofold state assignment are discussed. The reduction is achieved due to using two cores of...
Practically, any digital system includes sequential blocks. This article is devoted to a case when sequential blocks are represented by models of Mealy finite state machines (FSMs). The performance (maximum operating frequency) is one of the most imp...
One of the very important problems connected with FPGA-based design is reducing the hardware amount in implemented circuits. In this paper, we discuss the implementation of Mealy finite state machines (FSMs) by circuits consisting of look-up tables (...
The Lut desert is one of the largest and most attractive deserts in Iran. The value of desert tourism remains unclear for Iran’s economy and has only recently been taken into consideration by the authorities, although its true national and internatio...
The main purpose of the method proposed in this article is to reduce the number of look-up-table (LUT) elements in logic circuits of sequential devices. The devices are represented by models of Mealy finite state machines (FSMs). Thesee are so-called...
The main contribution of this paper is a novel design method reducing the number of look-up table (LUT) elements in the circuits of three-block Mealy finite-state machines (FSMs). The proposed method is based on using codes of collections of outputs...
A method is proposed for optimizing circuits of sequential devices which are used in cyber-physical systems (CPSs) implemented using field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The optimizing hardware is a very important problem connected with implementi...
Contemporary digital systems include many varying sequential blocks. In the article, we discuss a case when Mealy finite state machines (FSMs) describe the behavior of sequential blocks. In many cases, the performance is the most important characteri...
A method is proposed which aims to reduce the hardware in FPGA-based circuits of Mealy finite state machines (FSMs). The proposed method is a type of structural decomposition method. Its main goal is the reducing the number of look-up table (LUT) ele...
We propose a probabilistic shaping (PS) scheme based on a single-layer lookup table (LUT) that employs only one LUT for symbol mapping while achieving favorable system performance. This scheme reduces the average power of the signal by adjusting the...
Traveling to space and walking on other planets has always been a great dream for many tourists. Given that space tourism is not available to everyone, adventurers have always been looking for special and strange places that evoke the feeling of trav...
The precise determination of the state of health (SOH) of lithium-ion batteries is critical in the domain of battery management systems. The proposed model in this research paper emulates any deep learning or machine learning model by utilizing a Loo...
In order to meet the increasing requirements of speed and distance, an advanced digital signal processing (DSP) algorithm is preferred without changing the system structure in intensity modulation and the direct detection (IM/DD) system. As the trans...
The upcoming satellite mission EnMAP offers the opportunity to retrieve information on the seasonal development of vegetation parameters on a regional scale based on hyperspectral data. This study aims to investigate whether an analysis method for th...
To the best of our knowledge, applying adaptive three-dimensional lookup tables (3D LUTs) to underwater image enhancement is an unprecedented attempt. It can achieve excellent enhancement results compared to some other methods. However, in the image...
Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) accounts for approximately 70–75% of all bladder cancer cases. The standard treatment for high-risk NMIBC involves transurethral tumour resection followed by intravesical Bacillus Calmette–Guerin...
The hexanic extract of Serenoa repens (HESr) has been in use for decades as an effective, safe and well-tolerated therapy for relieving bothersome lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) associated with benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). This manuscript...
Leaf area index (LAI) is a key biophysical parameter for monitoring crop growth status, predicting crop yield, and quantifying crop variability in agronomic applications. Mapping the LAI at the field scale using multispectral cameras onboard unmanned...
Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are highly prevalent, and their treatment is mainly focused on the control of symptoms. Histamine intolerance (HIT) has been related to a variety of systemic symptoms. DAO deficiency has been identified as a signif...
Purpose: The aim of this study was to measure, at the population level, the prevalence, bother, and treatment-related behavior for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) in a large cohort of cardiology patients. Met...
Background and Objectives: The significant prevalence of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS), erectile dysfunction (ED), and associated adverse effects calls for increased attention in primary care settings. In Greece, there is a lack of sufficient d...
Anecdotal evidence has long suggested that patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) develop mood disorders, such as depression and anxiety, at a higher rate than the general population and recent prospective studies have confirmed this link....
Many IoT applications require high computational performance and flexibility, and FPGA is a promising candidate. However, increased computation power results in higher energy dissipation, and energy efficiency is one of the key concerns for IoT appli...
Analog design productivity remains a challenge in the digitally driven semiconductor chip design field. Knowledge-based and simulation-based analog automation approaches have not achieved widespread acceptance in the analog design community. Systemat...
Look-up table (LUT)-based canopy reflectance models are considered robust methods to estimate vegetation attributes from remotely sensed data. However, the LUT inversion approach is sensitive to measurements and model uncertainties, which raise the i...
The present study aims to investigate the effects of ultrasound on the non-covalent interaction of β-lactoglobulin (β-LG) and luteolin (LUT) and to investigate the relationship between allergenicity and human intestinal microbiota. After tr...
The symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) frequently include fatigue, depression, and neurogenic lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), causing severe burdens on affected individuals. The relationships between these symptoms have not been intensively res...
In this paper, we demonstrate a receiver-side lookup table (Rx-side LUT) equalization method for high-speed short-reach intensity modulation and direct detection (IM/DD) transmission systems, which alleviates the computational complexity of neural ne...
The lower urinary tract (LUT), in particular the prostate, has been theoretically recognized as a target for SARSCoV-2. Moreover, common pathophysiological mechanisms have been described for BPE/LUTS and COVID-19, including RAS dysregulation, androge...
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