Dental bur detection system based on asymmetric double convolution and adaptive feature fusion.

This study aims to improve the detection of dental burs, which are often undetected due to their minuscule size, slender profile, and substantial manufacturing output. The present study introduces You Only Look Once-Dental bur (YOLO-DB), an innovative deep learning-driven methodology for the accurate detection and counting of dental burs. A Lightweight Asymmetric Dual Convolution module (LADC) was devised to diminish the detrimental effects of extraneous features on the model's precision, thereby enhancing the feature extraction network.

The neuroprotective effect of dl-3-n-butylphthalide on the brain with experimental intracerebral hemorrhage.

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is the most devastating subtype of stroke, nevertheless specific treatments with conclusive clinical benefit in improving outcomes of ICH remain lacking. The present study applied dl-3-n-butylphthalide (NBP), a compound approved for the treatment of ischemic stroke and rarely studied in ICH, to an experimental animal model of ICH, aiming to evaluate the therapeutic effects of NBP on ICH and the potential mechanisms. The results showed that rats receiving NBP administration exhibited a structural and functional restoration of brain after ICH mainly manifested as alleviation of neuronal apoptosis, suppression of neuroinflammation and oxidative stress, neurovascular remodeling, and eventually improvement of neurological deficits.

Ratio of procalcitonin/Simpson's dominance index predicted the short-term prognosis of patients with severe bacterial pneumonia.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the predictive value of the ratio of procalcitonin (PCT) in serum to Simpson's dominance index (SDI) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), in short-term prognosis of patients with severe bacterial pneumonia (SBP).

Methods: This is a retrospective review of case materials of 110 patients with SBP who selected BALF metagenomic next-generation sequencing technique in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University from January 2019 and July 2022. Based on the acute physiology and chronic health status score II, within 24 h after admission to the ICU, patients were divided into a non-critical group ( = 40) and a critical group ( = 70).

Clinical characteristics of cognitive impairment and its related risk factors in post-stroke epilepsy.

Objective: Post-stroke epilepsy (PSE) patients are prone to cognitive impairment (CI) due to multiple factors. This study aimed to assess clinical characteristics of CI and its related risk factors in newly diagnosed Chinese Han adult epilepsy patients with ischaemic stroke.

Methods: Data were collected on PSE patients hospitalized in the neurology ward of the Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, from January 2016 to May 2019.

Correlation of sexual dysfunction with sex hormone and estrogen receptor gene polymorphism in Chinese Han women with epilepsy.

Objective: Women with epilepsy (WWE) have a high risk of sexual dysfunction (SD). We aimed to investigate the incidence of SD, the correlation between SD, sex hormone and estrogen receptor (ER) gene polymorphism in Chinese Han WWE.

Methods: This cross-sectional study examined 112 married WWE in the Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University who were taking antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) for ≥1 year, and 120 healthy controls without epilepsy, all of Chinese Han nationality.

Coronary CTA to Investigate Predictive Value of Left Atrial Appendage for Cardiogenic Stroke in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation.

Purpose: To investigate the predictive value of changes in LAA size and function for cardiogenic stroke (CS) in patients with NVAF by coronary CTA examination. . 179 patients with NVAF were selected and grouped according to the outbreak of acute ischemic stroke and TIA within 2 years after coronary CTA examination.

Numerical Simulation and Process Optimization of Internal Thread Cold Extrusion Process.

In the internal thread extrusion forming, if the process parameters are not selected properly, the extrusion torque will increase, the extrusion temperature will be too high, or even the tap will break. In order to obtain effective process parameters under certain working conditions, this paper uses a combination of numerical simulation and process experiment to analyze the influence of the bottom hole diameter, extrusion speed, and friction factor on the extrusion torque and extrusion temperature. Through an orthogonal experiment, the significant influence law of different process parameters on the extrusion torque and extrusion temperature was studied, and the order of their influence was determined.

Sexual dysfunction and associated factors in Chinese Han women with epilepsy.

Purpose: Women with epilepsy (WWE) are believed to be at risk of sexual dysfunction (SD) and face many sexual challenges because of multiple factors. This study aimed to assess the factors associated with SD in Chinese Han WWE.

Methods: This cross-sectional study examined 112 married WWE in the Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University with focal (FE) or generalized epilepsy (GE) on antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), and 120 healthy controls without epilepsy, all of Chinese Han nationality.

Lesion patterns of single small subcortical infarct and its association with early neurological deterioration.

Early neurological deterioration (END), happening in the acute phase of infarct, is not rare in patients with single small subcortical infarction (SSSI). The aim of this study was to investigate the lesion patterns of SSSI and its association with END as well as functional outcome at 90 days after onset. 227 patients with acute SSSI in the perforator territory of MCA were prospectively recruited from Yangzhou No.