Elimination of High-grade Gliomas Through Induced Cytolysis, Elucidated by Two Patient Cases.

Background/aim: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive form of primary malignant tumors in the central nervous system of adults. In practice, all patients with GBM experience relapse, and treatment options become limited following first-line therapy. We previously reported a new, successful treatment approach for a GBM patient, implemented in direct conjunction with surgical intervention.

Insect frass fertilizer as a regenerative input for improved biological nitrogen fixation and sustainable bush bean production.

Bush bean ( L.) production is undermined by soil degradation and low biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) capacity. This study evaluated the effect of black soldier fly frass fertilizer (BSFFF) on bush bean growth, yield, nutrient uptake, BNF, and profitability, in comparison with commercial organic fertilizer (Phymyx, Phytomedia International Ltd.

Thermal Imaging and Dimensionality Reduction Techniques for Subclinical Mastitis Detection in Dairy Sheep.

Subclinical mastitis is a common and economically significant disease that affects dairy sheep production. Thermal imaging presents a promising avenue for non-invasive detection, but existing methodologies often rely on simplistic temperature differentials, potentially leading to inaccurate assessments. This study proposes an advanced algorithmic approach integrating thermal imaging processing with statistical texture analysis and t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding (t-SNE).

Manual versus deep learning measurements to evaluate cumulus expansion of bovine oocytes and its relationship with embryo development in vitro.

Cumulus expansion is an important indicator of oocyte maturation and has been suggested to be indicative of greater oocyte developmental capacity. Although multiple methods have been described to assess cumulus expansion, none of them is considered a gold standard. Additionally, these methods are subjective and time-consuming.

Nutritional Status and the Influence of the Vegan Diet on the Gut Microbiota and Human Health.

The human gut microbiota is considered a well-known complex ecosystem composed of distinct microbial populations, playing a significant role in most aspects of human health and wellness. Several factors such as infant transitions, dietary habits, age, consumption of probiotics and prebiotics, use of antibiotics, intestinal comorbidities, and even metabolic diseases may continously alter microbiota diversity and function. The study of vegan diet-microbiota interactions is a rapidly evolving field, since plenty of research has been focused on the potential effects of plant-based dietary patterns on the human gut microbiota.

ELITE: a diode laser minimal invasive technique for hemorrhoids during the surgical treatment for anal fissure.

A 44-year-old male patient diagnosed with Anal Fissure and Stage II Hemorrhoids in 2013. He has been suffering ever since, avoiding surgery, using local analgesic and anti-hemorrhoidal crèmes. Physical examination in February 2017, showed a chronic character of his problem and hemorrhoids to have progressed to Stage III.

A Trust Model for Ubiquitous Healthcare Environment on the Basis of Adaptable Fuzzy-Probabilistic Inference System.

Trust is considered to be a determinant on psychologist selection which can ensure patient satisfaction. Hence, trust concept is essential to be introduced into ubiquitous healthcare (UH) environment oriented on patients with anxiety disorders. This is accomplished by trust model estimating psychologists' trustworthiness, a priory to service delivery, with the use of patient's and his/her acquaintances testimonies, i.

A comprehensive Reputation mechanism for ubiquitous healthcare environment exploiting cloud model.

Absence of trust foundations may outweigh benefits of ubiquitous and personalized mental healthcare supervision provided within a Ubiquitous Healthcare environment (UH). Trust is composed by patient's Personal Interaction Experience (PIE) and social entourage accumulated PIE, i.e.

A Trust Assessment mechanism for Ubiquitous Healthcare environment employing cloud theory.

Mental healthcare domain highlights the significance of trustworthiness between patient and psychiatrist for treatment process. In this paper, the issue of assessing psychiatrist trustworthiness from patient perspective, within a Ubiquitous Healthcare (UH) environment, is addressed. To meet that challenge, a Trust Assessment mechanism mimicking human cognitive judgment, is proposed.

Stress-oriented driver assistance system for electric vehicles.

Stress is physiological and physical reaction that appears in highly demanding situations and affects human's perception and reaction capability. Occurrence of stress events within highly dynamic road environment could lead to life-threatening situation. With the perspective of safety and comfort driving provision to anxious drivers, in this paper a stress-oriented Driver Assistance System (DAS) is proposed.

A novel trust evaluation method for Ubiquitous Healthcare based on cloud computational theory.

The notion of trust is considered to be the cornerstone on patient-psychiatrist relationship. Thus, a trustfully background is fundamental requirement for provision of effective Ubiquitous Healthcare (UH) service. In this paper, the issue of Trust Evaluation of UH Providers when register UH environment is addressed.

Photonic bandgap confinement in an all-solid tellurite-glass photonic crystal fiber.

We report on the fabrication and optical assessment of an all-solid tellurite-glass photonic bandgap fiber. The manufacturing process via a preform drawing approach and the fiber characterization procedures are described and discussed. The fiber exhibits some minor morphological deformations that do not prevent the observation of optical confinement within the fiber by bandgap effects.

The red blood cell deformability in patients suffering from end stage renal failure on hemodialysis or continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

Anemia is the main problem for patients suffering from end stage renal disease (ESRD). This study aimed to determine whether the index of rigidity (IR), that shows red blood cells (RBCs) deformability and the possible IR disturbances can provide an explanation about the cause of anemia, in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (HD) or on peritoneal dialysis. The IR was determined in 39 hemodialyzed patients, who were already in dialysis for a period of time ranging from 16 to 120 months (mean+/-SD=41.

The influence of l-carnitine supplementation on hematocrit and hemoglobin levels in patients with end stage renal failure on CAPD.

The influence of L-carnitine supplementation on hematocrit (Hct) and hemoglobin (Hb) levels, in patients suffering from end stage renal disease (ESRD) on maintenance hemodialysis, are well known from several studies. The data concerning the serum levels of carnitine, in patients with ESRD on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) are contradictory, but most of them support that they are rather normal. In this study the effect of L-carnitine supplementation on Hct, and Hb levels were investigated in patients suffering from ESRD on CAPD.

Synthesis and antifungal and antioxidant properties of some new 5-substituted-4-amino(or aryl)-3-mercapto-4(H)-1,2,4-triazoles.

The synthesis and antifungal and antimicrobial evaluation of some new 5-substituted-4-amino(or aryl)-3-mercapto-4(H)-1,2,4-triazoles is reported. The involvement of the new compounds in free radical processes is also investigated and their lipophilicity is calculated and related to the determined antioxidant activity. Compounds 7a, 7b and 7c exhibited interesting antioxidant properties at concentration 0.

Erythrocyte membrane deformability in patients with thalassemia syndromes.

The purpose of this study was to measure the erythrocyte membrane's elasticity in patients with thalassemia syndromes. These syndromes have been well investigated regarding the problems associated with the hemoglobin solution. A few studies dealing with the whole cells' flexibility have also been published.