Chronic liver disease is an important risk factor for worse outcomes in acute pancreatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Chronic liver diseases (CLD) affect 1.5 billion patients worldwide, with dramatically increasing incidence in recent decades. It has been hypothesized that the chronic hyperinflammation associated with CLD may increase the risk of a more severe course of acute pancreatitis (AP).

Design and Stability Analysis of an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS)-Based Pacemaker Controller in MATLAB Simulink.

We present the design and stability analysis of an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS)-based controller of a pacemaker in MATLAB Simulink. ANFIS uses learning and speed properties of fuzzy and neural networks. Based on body states and preprogrammed situations of patients (age and sex, etc.

The flow pattern effects of hydrodynamic cavitation on waste activated sludge digestibility.

The disintegration of raw sludge is of importance for enhancing biogas production and facilitates the degradation of substrates for microorganisms so that the efficiency of digestion can be increased. In this study, the effect of hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) as a pretreatment approach for waste activated sludge (WAS) was investigated at two upstream pressures (0.83 and 1.

Interval Type 2 Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System-Based Artificial Pacemaker Design and Stability Analysis.

This paper presents the design and simulation of an Interval type 2 fuzzy system (IT2FS) based, adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) pacemaker controller in MATLAB. After designing the type 1 fuzzy logic model, the stability of the designed system has been verified in the time-domain (unit step response). In previous works, the type 1 (IT1FS) model step response was analyzed.

On the application of hydrodynamic cavitation on a chip in cellular injury and drug delivery.

Hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) is a phase change phenomenon, where energy release in a fluid occurs upon the collapse of bubbles, which form due to the low local pressures. During recent years, due to advances in lab-on-a-chip technologies, HC-on-a-chip (HCOC) and its potential applications have attracted considerable interest. Microfluidic devices enable the performance of controlled experiments by enabling spatial control over the cavitation process and by precisely monitoring its evolution.