Background: Glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy (DR) are the leading causes of irreversible retinal damage leading to blindness. Early detection of these diseases through regular screening is especially important to prevent progression. Retinal fundus imaging serves as the principal method for diagnosing glaucoma and DR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLow back pain is a painful disorder that prevents normal mobilization, increases muscle tension and whose first-line treatment is usually non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, together with non-invasive manual therapies, such as deep oscillation therapy. This systematic review aims to investigate and examine the scientific evidence of the effectiveness of deep oscillation therapy in reducing pain and clinical symptomatology in patients with low back pain, through the use of motion capture technology. To carry out this systematic review, the guidelines of the PRISMA guide were followed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMelanoma is the most aggressive and prevalent form of skin cancer globally, with a higher incidence in men and individuals with fair skin. Early detection of melanoma is essential for the successful treatment and prevention of metastasis. In this context, deep learning methods, distinguished by their ability to perform automated and detailed analysis, extracting melanoma-specific features, have emerged.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLow back pain (LBP) is a common issue that negatively affects a person's quality of life and imposes substantial healthcare expenses. In this study, we introduce the (Back-pain Movement) BackMov test, using inertial motion capture (MoCap) to assess lumbar movement changes in LBP patients. The test includes flexion-extension, rotation, and lateralization movements focused on the lumbar spine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLow back pain (LBP) is a highly common musculoskeletal condition and the leading cause of work absenteeism. This project aims to develop a medical test to help healthcare professionals decide on and assign physical treatment for patients with nonspecific LBP. The design uses machine learning (ML) models based on the classification of motion capture (MoCap) data obtained from the range of motion (ROM) exercises among healthy and clinically diagnosed patients with LBP from Imbabura-Ecuador.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe uidA gene codifies for a glucuronidase (GUS) enzyme which has been used as a biotechnological tool during the last years. When uidA gene is fused to a gene's promotor region, it is possible to evaluate the activity of this one in response to a stimulus. Arabidopsis thaliana has served as the biological platform to elucidate molecular and regulatory signaling responses in plants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAtmospheric nitrogen fixation carried out by microorganisms has environmental and industrial importance, related to the increase of soil fertility and productivity. The present work proposes the development of a new high precision system that allows the recognition of amino acid sequences of the nitrogenase enzyme (NifH) as a promising way to improve the identification of diazotrophic bacteria. For this purpose, a database obtained from UniProt built a processed dataset formed by a set of 4911 and 4782 amino acid sequences of the NifH and non-NifH proteins respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNowadays, there are several diseases which affect different systems of the body, producing changes in the correct functioning of the organism and the people lifestyles. One of them is Parkinson's disease (PD), which is defined as a neurodegenerative disorder provoked by the destruction of dopaminergic neurons in the brain, resulting in a set of motor and non-motor symptoms. As this disease affects principally to ancient people, several researchers have studied different treatments and therapies for stopping neurodegeneration and diminishing symptoms, to improve the quality patients' lives.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeck injuries and pathologies are widespread and cause disability. Clinicians use different tools to measure the cervical spine' mobility to diagnose different disorders. There are many reliable assessment methods for this purpose, but their benefits have not been deeply investigated and compared, as well as their measurement results.
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