Background: Occult breast cancer (OBC) is an uncommon malignant tumor and the prognosis and treatment of OBC remain controversial. Currently, there exists no accurate prognostic clinical model for OBC, and the treatment outcomes of chemotherapy and s...
Clinical algorithms for child tuberculosis (TB) are a valuable guide for healthcare workers to initiate treatment. We evaluated the agreement of pediatric TB diagnosis using the current Indonesia diagnostic algorithms with the 2022 WHO treatment deci...
Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms can provide actionable insights for clinical decision-making and managing chronic diseases. The treatment and management of complex chronic diseases, such as diabetes, stands to benefit from novel AI algorithms...
This paper investigated the flexible job-shop scheduling problem with the heat treatment process. To solve this problem, we built an unified mathematical model of the heat treatment process and machining process. Up to now, this problem has not been...
Neurogenic bowel dysfunction (NBD) is a common condition in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) or multiple sclerosis (MS). It usually entails constipation, difficult evacuation of the rectum, and fecal incontinence (FI); often in combination....
Background: Surgical treatment of unstable syndesmotic injuries is not trivial, and there are no generally accepted treatment guidelines. The most common controversies regarding surgical treatment are related to screw fixation versus dynamic fixation...
Background: The prognosis for patients with lung cancer bone metastases has improved with the use of novel systemic agents. These patients might need surgery or radiotherapy to alleviate symptoms or maintain function. However, there is currently no d...
Background: In advanced cancer stage the incidence of cancerous wounds is about 5%, and the estimated life expectancy is not more than 6 to 12 months. Without interdisciplinary and individualized treatment strategy, symptoms progress, and adversely i...
Treatment for sialolithiasis has undergone significant changes since the 1990s. Following the development of new minimally invasive and gland-preserving treatment modalities, a 40–50% rate of gland resection was reduced to less than 5%. Extraco...
Low rectal Carcinoma arising at the background of Ulcerative Colitis poses significant management challenges to the clinicians. The complex decision-making requires discussion at the multidisciplinary team meeting. The published literature is scarce,...
The planning of the surgical treatment in orthopedics, with the help of three-dimensional (3D) technologies, arouses an increasing scientific interest. Scientific literature describes some semi-automatic reconstructive attempts at fragmented bone fra...
Objectives: This systematic review provides an in-depth analysis of the surgical treatment of foot syndactyly, offering insights into the various options and their applications. The objective is to improve treatment standardization and optimize patie...
Background/Objective: Surgical treatment of aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) can be challenging, especially in the spine. Non-surgical treatments such as with denosumab have shown promising results in different osteolytic pathologies. This retrospective...
Purpose: There is an urgent need for developing new biomarker tools to accurately predict treatment response of breast cancer, especially the deadly triple-negative breast cancer. We aimed to develop gene-mutation-based machine learning (ML) algorith...
Background: Here, we introduce a comprehensive treatment algorithm for posterolateral rotatory instability (PLRI) of the elbow, a condition affecting elbow mobility. We outline a diagnostic approach and a novel surgical management plan through the ar...
Background and Objectives: Spinal minimally invasive surgery (MIS) experts at the university hospital worked as a team to develop a new treatment algorithm for pyogenic spondylodiscitis in lumbar and thoracic spines. They modified a flow chart introd...
Advances in surgical techniques, radiographic imaging capabilities, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy have led to improved outcomes for patients with rectal adenocarcinoma. Treatment strategies have correspondingly evolved, as seen with total neoadjuvan...
The increasing usage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and their variants carrying complex weapon systems, known as unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs), has triggered a global revolution in complex military and commercial operations and has attr...
The accurate dosing of polyaluminum chloride (PAC) is essential for achieving effective coagulation in drinking water treatment, yet conventional methods such as jar tests are limited in their responsiveness and operational efficiency. This study pro...
Oncology treatment-related diarrhea and malnutrition appear together in oncological patients because of the disease itself, or the treatments that are administered for it. Therefore it is essential to carry out a nutritional treatment. Enteral nutrit...
Childhood stroke can lead to lifelong disability. Developing algorithms for timely recognition of clinical and paraclinical signs is crucial to ensure prompt stroke diagnosis and minimize decision-making time. This study aimed to characterize clinica...
The accurate diagnosis of keratoconus, especially in its early stages of development, allows one to utilise timely and proper treatment strategies for slowing the progression of the disease and provide visual rehabilitation. Various keratometry indic...
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) and HIV coinfection present a conundrum to public health globally and the achievement of the global END TB strategy in 2035. A descriptive, retrospective review of medical records of patients, who were diagnosed wi...
The treatment landscape for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) has undergone significant transformations in recent years. The introduction of novel combination therapies involving tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) and immune checkpoint inhibitors...
Background: The treatment paradigm for metastatic nonsquamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) continues to change. Algorithms published only 6 months ago are outdated today and are dramatically different from those published a few years ago. New d...
To provide real-time prediction of wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent water quality, a machine learning (ML) model was developed by combining an improved feedforward neural network (IFFNN) with an optimization algorithm. Data used as input va...
Background: Continuous breakthroughs in computational algorithms have positioned AI-based models as some of the most sophisticated technologies in the healthcare system. AI shows dynamic contributions in advancing various medical fields involving dat...
This study contributes to the modeling and optimization model for reverse osmosis water treatment (ROWT) due to a lack of economic and operational aspects. This study proposes a hybrid modeling and optimization framework using a hybrid artificial neu...
Peritoneal cancer (PC) is a dire finding, yet in selected patients, long-term survival is possible. Complete cytoreductive surgery (CRS) together with combination immunochemotherapy is essential to achieve cure. Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemother...
Motor neuron diseases (MNDs) are a group of chronic neurological disorders characterized by the progressive failure of the motor system. Currently, these disorders do not have a definitive treatment; therefore, it is of huge importance to propose new...
With the discovery of insulin came a deeper understanding of therapeutic options for one of the most devastating chronic diseases of the modern era, diabetes mellitus. The use of insulin in the treatment of diabetes, especially in those with severe i...
Pulmonary fibrosis is one of the most severe long-term consequences of COVID-19. Corticosteroid treatment increases the chances of recovery; unfortunately, it can also have side effects. Therefore, we aimed to develop prediction models for a personal...
Diabetes incidence has been a problem, because according with the World Health Organization and the International Diabetes Federation, the number of people with this disease is increasing very fast all over the world. Diabetic treatment is important...
Background/Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of established response assessment tools for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy (iBT) alone or with transarterial...
The activated sludge process (ASP) is the most widely used biological wastewater treatment system. Advances in research have led to the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI), in particular, Nature-Inspired Algorithm (NIA) techniques such as Geneti...
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy and leading cause of cancer-related mortality among women worldwide. Oestrogen receptor (ER)-positive disease accounts for the majority of cases, where endocrine and targeted therapies have substantially im...
Background and Objectives: Long-standing or protracted temporomandibular joint dislocation refers to a condition that persists for more than 1 month without reduction. To elucidate the clinical characteristics and treatment results of this condition,...
With the continuous increase in emphasis on the environmental protection industry, sewage treatment plants have been built in many places, and these sewage treatment plants undoubtedly occupy an important position in protecting the local environment....
Tomato is an agricultural product of great economic importance because it is one of the most consumed vegetables in the world. The most crucial chemical element for the growth and development of tomato is nitrogen (N). However, incorrect nitrogen usa...
Background: The concept of aneurysm “complexity” has undergone significant changes in recent years, with advancements in endovascular treatments. However, surgical clipping remains a relevant option for middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneury...
Background/Objectives: Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are a frequent cause of emergency room (ER) visits, yet assessment, treatment, and discharge processes may lack standardization. This initiative aimed to ide...
Activated sludge models (ASMs) are often used in the simulation of the wastewater treatment process to evaluate whether the effluent quality parameters of a wastewater treatment plant meet the standards. The premise of successful simulation is to cho...
The DirectDensity® CT reconstruction algorithm provides a reconstruction approach independent of the tube voltage, directly reconstructing the CT projection data into CT numbers related to the electron densities of the materials. This work examin...
3D rotational angiography is now increasingly used in routine neuroendovascular procedures––in particular, for situations where the analysis of two overlayed sets of volume imaging proves useful for planning the treatment strategy or for...
In order to demonstrate whether the sparrow search algorithm can show good performance in optimization, this paper improves the prediction model by this algorithm and predicts the change data of wood mechanical properties under different conditions,...
Transcranial focused ultrasound has been studied for non-invasive and localized treatment of many brain diseases. The biggest challenge for focusing ultrasound onto the brain is the skull, which attenuates ultrasound and changes its propagation direc...
In order to address the issues of system fluctuation and low efficiency brought on by various disturbance factors in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), this study builds a robust multi-objective optimization model and determines the ideal parameter...
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Study Design: Systematic review of hyaluronic acid (HA)-related complications. Objective: To systematically review all available literature including case reports and case series to identify a pattern for the management of vascular compromise resulti...
Posterosuperior rotator cuff tears range among the most common causes of shoulder complaints. While non-operative treatment is typically reserved for the elderly patient with low functional demands, surgical treatment is considered the gold standard...
This paper presents an optimal-setpoint-based control strategy of a wastewater treatment process (WWTP). The treatment plant serves the city of Galati, located in Eastern Romania, a city with a population of 250,000 inhabitants. As the treatment plan...
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