Prior knowledge-guided vision-transformer-based unsupervised domain adaptation for intubation prediction in lung disease at one week.

Data-driven approaches have achieved great success in various medical image analysis tasks. However, fully-supervised data-driven approaches require unprecedentedly large amounts of labeled data and often suffer from poor generalization to unseen new data due to domain shifts. Various unsupervised domain adaptation (UDA) methods have been actively explored to solve these problems.

Additive manufactured gyroid-based cell structures under compression: design, testing and simulation for biomedical applications.

The mechanical behaviour of a DMLS Ti-6Al-4V gyroid-based cellular structure (CS), with potential application in the fabrication of implants, was studied under compressive conditions. The influence of the CS volumetric fraction on the elastic modulus was experimentally evaluated in cubic and cylindrical samples. The experimental results showed that the selected parameters allowed approximating the mechanical behaviour of the CS to that of trabecular bone.

CeO quantum dots decorated nitrogen-doped hollow porous carbon for supercapacitors.

The pseudocapacitive properties of CeO are largely dependent on its surface Faradaic redox reaction kinetics; however, its electrochemical performance is still limited by the low utilization due to the inefficient diffusionfreeways and the limited active sites. Herein, we prepare a 0D/3D composite composed of oxygen-deficient CeO quantum dots (0D) anchored on a 3D hollow porous N-doped carbon framework (CeO QD@PHC) via a facile template-confined strategy followed by a chemical co-precipitation. The refined QDs and hollow structure greatly shorten the ion diffusion paths and lower the internal strain during cycling.

Design and Fabrication of a Customized Partial Hip Prosthesis Employing CT-Scan Data and Lattice Porous Structures.

As a larger elderly human population is expected worldwide in the next 30 years, the occurrence of aging-associated illnesses will also be increased. The use of prosthetic devices by this population is currently important and will be even more dramatic in the near future. Hence, the design of prosthetic devices able to reduce some of the problems associated with the use of current components, such as stress shielding, reduced mobility, infection, discomfort, etc.

Extrapyramidal symptoms following administration of oral perphenazine 4 or 8 mg: an 11-year retrospective analysis.

Background: Perphenazine is a treatment option in postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) prophylaxis. Chronic administration and high dose are known to cause extrapyramidal system (EPS) dysfunction at a frequency of 8%, but the incidence of acute EPS after a single 4 or 8 mg dose is unknown.

Objective: A retrospective analysis of patient medication billing data and departmental quality records was performed (January 2001 to 10 July 2012) to identify patients who experienced EPS dysfunction after oral perphenazine.

Peripheral intravenous catheter infiltration: anesthesia providers do not adhere to their own ideas of best practice.

Study Objective: To survey anesthesia providers for their opinion on "best practice" in perioperative peripheral intravenous catheter (PIV) management, and to determine if they follow those opinions.

Design: Survey instrument.

Setting: Academic medical center.