Pioneering Data Processing for Convolutional Neural Networks to Enhance the Diagnostic Accuracy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Pulse Diagnosis for Diabetes.

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has relied on pulse diagnosis as a cornerstone of healthcare assessment for thousands of years. Despite its long history and widespread use, TCM pulse diagnosis has faced challenges in terms of diagnostic accuracy and consistency due to its dependence on subjective interpretation and theoretical analysis. This study introduces an approach to enhance the accuracy of TCM pulse diagnosis for diabetes by leveraging the power of deep learning algorithms, specifically LeNet and ResNet models, for pulse waveform analysis.

Enantioselective determination of 3-hydroxybutyrate in the tissues of normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats of different ages.

L-3-Hydroxybutyrate (3HB) and D-3HB are enantiomers that exist in various rat tissues, and the ratio of the 2 compounds is of importance since it may affect glucose utilization in cardiomyocytes. In this study, we determined the concentrations of L-3HB and D-3HB in the tissues of normal and streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats of different ages by column-switching high-performance liquid chromatography using a fluorescence detection system. In normal rats, the levels of L-3HB peaked at 8 weeks of age in the cerebrum, liver, spleen, lung, kidney, adrenal gland, and heart and then decreased afterwards.

Early-onset septicemia due to CMY-2-producing Escherichia coli in a woman with blunt abdominal trauma.

Escherichia coli remains one of the most common etiologies of secondary peritonitis. CMY-2 is the most prevalent AmpC enzyme identified in nosocomial E. coli isolates causing bacteremia in Taiwan.

Overexpression of nuclear protein kinase CK2 Beta subunit and prognosis in human gastric carcinoma.

Background: Gastric carcinoma is one of the most common malignancies in the world, yet little is known about the molecular process of its development and progression. The aims of this study are to correlate the expression of nuclear protein kinase CK2 beta subunit (CK2beta) with clinicopathologic parameters and patient survival.

Methods: Expression levels of nuclear CK2beta were analyzed in 104 gastric tissues from patients with gastric carcinoma by immunohistochemistry.

Randomized trial of low-pressure carbon dioxide-elicited pneumoperitoneum versus abdominal wall lifting for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Background: Two alternative surgical techniques for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), low-pressure insufflation of the peritoneal cavity and abdominal wall lifting (AWL), have been developed over time to minimize the disadvantages associated with CO2-elicited pneumoperitoneum. To the best of our knowledge, the 2 methods have seldom been compared as regards their relative advantages and disadvantages.

Methods: Eighty patients scheduled for elective LC were randomized into either a low-pressure (8 mmHg) CO2 insufflation method (LPLC) group, or a gasless technique using a subcutaneous abdominal wall lifting device (GLC group).