Alleviating symptoms of paediatric acute rhinosinusitis and acute otitis media with otorrhea using nasal-spraying Bacillus probiotics: a randomized controlled trial.

Acute rhinosinusitis (ARS) in children may be accompanied by acute otitis media (AOM) which is often associated with bacterial co-infections. These conditions are among the primary reasons that children visit hospitals and require antibiotic treatment. This study evaluated the efficacy of the nasal-spraying probiotics (LiveSpo Navax containing 5 billion Bacillus subtilis and B.

Optimising Concrete Crack Detection: A Study of Transfer Learning with Application on Nvidia Jetson Nano.

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to detect defects such as concrete cracks in civil and transport infrastructure has the potential to make inspections less expensive, quicker, safer and more objective by reducing the need for on-site human labour. One deployment scenario involves using a drone to carry an embedded device and camera, with the device making localised predictions at the edge about the existence of defects using a trained convolutional neural network (CNN) for image classification. In this paper, we trained six CNNs, namely Resnet18, Resnet50, GoogLeNet, MobileNetV2, MobileNetV3-Small and MobileNetV3-Large, using transfer learning technology to classify images of concrete structures as containing a crack or not.

Effectiveness of Combined External Ventricular Drainage with Intraventricular Fibrinolysis for the Treatment of Intraventricular Haemorrhage with Acute Obstructive Hydrocephalus.

Background: Intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) patients with acute obstructive hydrocephalus (AOH) who require external ventricular drainage (EVD) are at high risk for poor outcomes. Intraventricular fibrinolysis (IVF) with low-dose recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) can be used to improve patient outcomes. Here, we evaluated the impact of IVF on the risk of death and the functional outcomes in IVH patients with AOH.

Commentary on Almassalha et al., "The Greater Genomic Landscape: The Heterogeneous Evolution of Cancer".

In this issue of Cancer Research, Almassalha and colleagues have proposed a new concept of the development of malignancy, that of the greater genomic landscape. They propose a stressor-related exploration of intracellular genomic sites as a response mechanism. This process can express sites with beneficial or deleterious effects, among them those that promote cell proliferation.

The effect of vasoactive agents on post-pressure hyperemia.

The cutaneous hyperemic response following the release of direct pressure occlusion lasts much longer than the short-term hyperemia that occurs after proximal arterial occlusion. Post-pressure hyperemia may be an important mechanism to prevent pressure induced injury to the skin. The role of vasoactive mediators in modulating post-pressure hyperemia is unknown.

Manifestations of cutaneous diabetic microangiopathy.

The etiologies of a variety of skin conditions associated with diabetes have not been fully explained. One possible etiological factor is diabetic microangiopathy, which is known to affect the eyes and kidneys in patients with diabetes. There are many mechanisms by which diabetes may cause microangiopathy.