Applications of optical sensing and imaging spectroscopy in indoor farming: A systematic review.

As demand for food continues to rise, innovative methods are needed to sustainably and efficiently meet the growing pressure on agriculture. Indoor farming and controlled environment agriculture have emerged as promising approaches to address this challenge. However, optimizing fertilizer usage, ensuring homogeneous production, and reducing agro-waste remain substantial challenges in these production systems.

[Laparoscopy at the pediatric surgery department for a five-year period].

Introduction: Laparoscopy in small children was developed only after the adoption and verification of basic principles in adult patients and is mostly concentrated in specialized facilities due to the possible complications and necessity of follow-up specialized anesthesiological and post-operative care. In the 1990s, the Clinic of Paediatric Surgery, Orthopaedics and Traumatology at University Hospital Brno was one of the first in the Czech Republic to begin operating on children laparoscopically. The presented study informs about the development of these minimally invasive methods, the frequency of their use, and the spectrum of patients at the pediatric surgery facility where laparoscopy in children has been systematically developed over many years.

Comparison of the accuracy and correctness of mortality estimates for Intensive Care Unit patients in internal clinics of the Czech Republic using APACHE II, APACHE IV, SAPS 3 and MPMoIII models.

Aim To verify and compare the accuracies of mortality predictions in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Internal Clinic of Central Military Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic, using model APACHE II and the newer systems of the APACHE IV, SAPS 3 and MPMo III. Methods The data were collected retrospectively between 2011 and 2012, 1000 patients were evaluated. The assessment of the overall accuracy of the mortality predictions was performed using the standardized mortality ratio (SMR), and the calibration was assessed using the Lemeshow-Hosmer "goodness-of-fit" C statistic.

Arterial stiffening contributes to impairment of cerebrovascular reactivity in patients with coronary artery disease without carotid stenosis.

Impaired cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR), an important risk factor for future stroke, is affected by a presence carotid stenosis. However, in some cases CVR can be impaired in the absence of carotid stenosis due to several poorly characterized mechanisms. We hypothesized that arterial stiffening as observed in coronary heart disease (CHD) could be associated with alteration in CVR in CHD patients without carotid stenosis.

[Intercondylar eminence fracture in children. Results of long-term follow-up].

Purpose Of The Study: An intercondylar eminence fracture is injury more common in children and adolescents than in adults. Also if it is considered a benign lesion, a displaced medial spine fracture can result in cruciate ligament laxity. We report the evaluation of long-term results of conservative and arthroscopic stabilisation in children and adolescents with different types of intercondylar eminence fracture.