Lightweight 3-D Convolutional Occupancy Networks for Virtual Object Reconstruction.

The increasing demand for edge devices causes the necessity for recent technologies to be adaptable to nonspecialized hardware. In particular, in the context of augmented, virtual reality, and computer graphics, the 3-D object reconstruction task from a sparse point cloud is highly computationally demanding and for this reason, it is difficult to accomplish on embedded devices. In addition, the majority of earlier works have focused on mesh quality at the expense of speeding up the creation process.

Global survey on the surgical management of patients affected by colorectal cancer with synchronous liver metastases: impact of surgical specialty and geographic region.

Background: Consensus on the best surgical strategy for the management of synchronous colorectal liver metastases (sCRLM) has not been achieved. This study aimed to assess the attitudes of surgeons involved in the treatment of sCRLM.

Methods: Surveys designed for colorectal, hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB), and general surgeons were disseminated through representative societies.

Endoultrasonography (EUS) examination of the esophagus in the diagnosis of esophageal duplication: a case report and a review of a literature.

Esophageal duplication cysts are a rare medical entity. In most cases they are located at the level of the distal esophagus. Although our case is not unique, we want to focus on it as a reflection on diagnostic methods.

Course and predictors of physical aggressive behaviour after discharge from a psychiatric inpatient unit: 1 year follow-up.

The present study analyzes course and predictors of physically aggressive behaviour over a 1-year follow up in a sample of patients discharged from a psychiatric inpatient unit. One hundred and eighty-six patients discharged from a locked short-term Psychiatric Inpatient Unit at the Bologna University Hospital. After discharge, two data collection contacts at 1 month and at 1 year were scheduled.

Predictors of violent behavior among acute psychiatric patients: clinical study.

Aim: Violence risk prediction is a priority issue for clinicians working with mentally disordered offenders. The aim of the present study was to determine violence risk factors in acute psychiatric inpatients.

Methods: The study was conducted in a locked, short-term psychiatric inpatient unit and involved 374 patients consecutively admitted in a 1-year period.