Automatic Fetal Middle Sagittal Plane Detection in Ultrasound Using Generative Adversarial Network.

Background And Objective: In the first trimester of pregnancy, fetal growth, and abnormalities can be assessed using the exact middle sagittal plane (MSP) of the fetus. However, the ultrasound (US) image quality and operator experience affect the accuracy. We present an automatic system that enables precise fetal MSP detection from three-dimensional (3D) US and provides an evaluation of its performance using a generative adversarial network (GAN) framework.

Overexpression of ferredoxin, PETF, enhances tolerance to heat stress in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by plants in adverse environments can cause damage to organelles and trigger cell death. Removal of excess ROS can be achieved through the ascorbate scavenger pathway to prevent plant cell death. The amount of this scavenger can be regulated by ferredoxin (FDX).

Development of a hierarchical oligonucleotide primer extension assay for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii subspecies in freshwater.

A newly-developed molecular method, hierarchical oligonucleotide primer extension (HOPE), was used to analyze various groups within the species Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii. PCR-amplified internally transcribed spacer sequences of 16S-23S from C. raciborskii in reservoir samples of Taiwan and Kinmen were examined.

Single meal food intake characteristics reliably predict nutrition status and body composition in patients undergoing continuous peritoneal dialysis.

Aim: This study aimed to determine whether single meal food intake characteristics measured via visual analogue scales (VAS) predict appetite and have a clinical impact on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients.

Methods: The nutritional status of 50 continuous ambulatory PD patients (30 men, mean age 44.26 +/- 13.

Immediate percutaneous drainage compared with surgical drainage of renal abscess.

Purpose: To compare immediate percutaneous drainage of renal abscess via ultrasonographic guidance to surgical drainage.

Procedures: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of 27 patients (mean age of 59.37 +/- 12.

Peritoneal transport characteristics and dwelling time significantly impact ghrelin clearance in peritoneal dialysis patients.

Background: Plasma ghrelin exerts widespread bioactivities. Although it is effectively removed from the blood by a single course of haemodialysis, peritoneal clearance of ghrelin is uncertain. Our study aimed to determine (i) whether there is a correlation between plasma ghrelin levels and characteristics of peritoneal ghrelin clearance, and (ii) whether plasma ghrelin levels significantly impact markers of mortality or morbidity in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients.

The relationship of plasma ghrelin level to energy regulation, feeding and left ventricular function in non-diabetic haemodialysis patients.

Objective: Inadequate plasma ghrelin levels determine the suppression of appetite, nutritional state and morbidity. We investigated the correlation between plasma ghrelin levels and appetite, nutritional status and cardiovascular morbidity in maintenance haemodialysis (HD) patients.

Methods: We measured plasma ghrelin levels at 2 h intervals during a 24 h period in 22 non-diabetic HD patients, who were grouped into normal intake or disturbed intake according to subjective global assessments, and in six healthy controls.