Automatic detection of the mental state in responses towards relaxation.

Nowadays, considering society's highly demanding lifestyles, it is important to consider the usefulness of relaxation from the perspective of both psychology and clinical practice. The response towards relaxation (RResp) is a mind-body interaction that relaxes the organism or compensates for the physiological effects caused by stress. This work aims to automatically detect the different mental states (relaxation, rest and stress) in which RResps may occur so that complete feedback about the quality of the relaxation can be given to the subject itself, the psychologist or the doctor.

A Generalization Performance Study Using Deep Learning Networks in Embedded Systems.

Deep learning techniques are being increasingly used in the scientific community as a consequence of the high computational capacity of current systems and the increase in the amount of data available as a result of the digitalisation of society in general and the industrial world in particular. In addition, the immersion of the field of edge computing, which focuses on integrating artificial intelligence as close as possible to the client, makes it possible to implement systems that act in real time without the need to transfer all of the data to centralised servers. The combination of these two concepts can lead to systems with the capacity to make correct decisions and act based on them immediately and in situ.

Recurrent coronary thrombotic events in a moderate case of COVID-19.

We describe the case of a healthy patient with moderate COVID-19 infection without thrombophilia nor coronary disease background who presented with a relapsing thrombotic occlusion of the right coronary artery despite normal oxygenation, adequate antiaggregation and prophylactic anticoagulation. Prophylactic anticoagulation recommendations in COVID-19 were inadequate for this patient. Further data are needed to propose full-dose therapeutic anticoagulation for patients with coronary thrombosis and COVID-19 infection.

Trocar-site incisional hernia after laparoscopic colorectal surgery: a significant problem? Incidence and risk factors from a single-center cohort.

Background: Trocar-site incisional hernia (TSIH) after laparoscopic surgery has been scarcely studied. TSIH incidence and risk factors have never been properly studied for laparoscopic colorectal surgery.

Methods: A retrospective analytic study in a tertiary hospital was performed including patients who underwent elective laparoscopic colorectal surgery between 2014 and 2016.

Characterization of e-Government adoption in Europe.

The digital divide in Europe has not yet been bridged and thus more contributions towards understanding the factors affecting the different dimensions involved are required. This research offers some insights into the topic by analyzing the e-Government adoption or practical use of e-Government across Europe (26 EU countries). Based on the data provided by the statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat), we defined two indexes, the E-Government Use Index (EGUI) and an extreme version of it taking into account only null or complete use (EGUI+), and characterized the use/non use of e-Government tools using supervised learning procedures in a selection of countries with different e-Government adoption levels.

Extraction-site incisional hernia after laparoscopic colorectal surgery: should we carry out a study about prophylactic mesh closure?

Background: Prophylactic mesh closure has only scarcely been studied to avoid extraction-site incisional hernia after laparoscopic colorectal surgery. The aim was to analyze extraction-site incisional hernia incidence after laparoscopic colorectal surgery to assess if prophylactic mesh closure should be studied.

Methods: A retrospective analytic cohort study was conducted in patients who had undergone laparoscopic colorectal surgery with an extraction-site incision.

Modelling the interactive behaviour of users with a medication safety dashboard in a primary care setting.

Objective: To characterise the use of an electronic medication safety dashboard by exploring and contrasting interactions from primary users (i.e. pharmacists) who were leading the intervention and secondary users (i.

A hierarchical architecture for recognising intentionality in mental tasks on a brain-computer interface.

A brain-computer interface (BCI), based on motor imagery EEG, uses information extracted from the electroencephalography signals generated by a person who intends to perform any action. One of the most important issues of current research is how to detect automatically whether the user intends to send some message to a certain device. This study presents a proposal, based on a hierarchical structured system, for recognising intentional and non-intentional mental tasks on a BCI system by applying machine learning techniques to the EEG signals.

Smart Meeting Room Usage Information and Prediction by Modelling Occupancy Profiles.

The monitoring of small houses and rooms has become possible due to the advances in IoT sensors, actuators and low power communication protocols in the last few years. As buildings are one of the biggest energy consuming entities, monitoring them has great interest for trying to avoid non-necessary energy waste. Moreover, human behaviour has been reported as being the main discrepancy source between energy usage simulations and real usage, so the ability to monitor and predict actions as opening windows, using rooms, etc.

A real-time stress classification system based on arousal analysis of the nervous system by an F-state machine.

Background And Objective: Detection and labelling of an increment in the human stress level is a contribution focused principally on improving the quality of life of people. This work is aimed to develop a biophysical real-time stress identification and classification system, analysing two noninvasive signals, the galvanic skin response and the heart rate variability.

Methods: An experimental procedure was designed and configured in order to elicit a stressful situation that is similar to those found in real cases.

A survey of the parallel performance and accuracy of Poisson solvers for electronic structure calculations.

We present an analysis of different methods to calculate the classical electrostatic Hartree potential created by charge distributions. Our goal is to provide the reader with an estimation on the performance-in terms of both numerical complexity and accuracy-of popular Poisson solvers, and to give an intuitive idea on the way these solvers operate. Highly parallelizable routines have been implemented in a first-principle simulation code (Octopus) to be used in our tests, so that reliable conclusions about the capability of methods to tackle large systems in cluster computing can be obtained from our work.

[Effect of vitamin D deficiency on hypocalcaemia after total thyroidectomy due to benign goitre].

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to analyse the relationship between preoperative serum levels of vitamin D and postoperative hypocalcaemia after total thyroidectomy.

Material And Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted on 113 patients treated by total thyroidectomy due to benign disease. Preoperative vitamin D serum levels and postoperative albumin-corrected calcium and parathormone (PTH) levels were determined.

Time-dependent density-functional theory in massively parallel computer architectures: the OCTOPUS project.

Octopus is a general-purpose density-functional theory (DFT) code, with a particular emphasis on the time-dependent version of DFT (TDDFT). In this paper we present the ongoing efforts to achieve the parallelization of octopus. We focus on the real-time variant of TDDFT, where the time-dependent Kohn-Sham equations are directly propagated in time.

[Laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Lateral transabdominal tecnique "step by step" and analysis of 41 consecutive patients].

Since the initial report in 1992, laparoscopic adrenalectomy has proved substantial advantages over the conventional procedure in terms of decreased postoperative pain and hospital stay, allowing earlier return to normal activity. The technical details are in permanent evolution and the most widely accepted laparoscopic surgery for the adrenal gland is the transabdominal lateral approach. We hereby describe step by step the way we perform the lateral approach after 41 consecutive cases.

[Relationship between parathormone concentration during surgery and the post-operative outcome of primary hyperparathyroidism].

Introduction: The relationship between the intra-operative concentration of parathyroid hormone (IOPTH) and the long-term outcome of patients intervened due to primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT).

Patients And Methods: A prospective observational study was performed with 120 patients. Three determinations were made of PTH in blood: baseline, when the diseases gland was located, and 10 minutes after its extirpation.

Intrinsic defects explain altered proliferative responses of T lymphocytes and HVS-derived T-cell lines in gastric adenocarcinoma.

We have taken advantage of a recently described technique of transformation and immortalization of T lymphocytes using the lymphotropic Herpesvirus saimiri, to achieve long-lasting T-cell lines from gastric cancer patients and healthy volunteers. Blood samples were drawn and T lymphocytes were transformed. Once sustained growth was observed, lines were subjected to phenotypic and functional analyses, and the results compared with freshly isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

Preoperatively irradiated rectal carcinoma: analysis of the histopathologic response and predictive value of proliferating cell nuclear antigen immunostaining.

Objectives: To investigate the relationship between the histopathologic effects of preoperative chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer and the proteins, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and p53.

Methods: Samples from 73 tumors were examined. The histopathologic effects observed in the resected specimens induced by preoperative chemoradiotherapy were correlated with the inmunohistochemical expression of PCNA and p53 in biopsies obtained by rectoscopy before chemoradiotherapy.

P53 protein expression in gastric adenocarcinoma. Negative predictor of survival after postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy.

Background: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of p53 protein on the survival of patients undergoing radical gastrectomy and postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer.

Patients And Methods: It was a retrospective study of 46 patients with gastric adenocarcinoma (Stage II and III of the Japanese staging system). Alypatients were treated by curative radical gastrectomy with regional lymphadenectomy plus adjuvant chemotherapy.

Influence of tumor localization on the prognostic value of P53 protein in colorectal adenocarcinomas.

Background: The prevalence of genetic alterations is different in primary carcinomas from the proximal colon when compared with carcinomas from the distal colorectum. The objective of this work was to explore the existence of possible differences in the informative weight of the risk of tumor recurrence provided by p53 immunostaining depending on the localization of the neoplasm.

Patients And Methods: Nuclear immunohistochemical expression of p53 protein was determined in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded archival tumor tissue samples from 190 primary colorectal adenocarcinomas.

Rupture of splenic artery aneurysm during pregnancy and posterior evolution of gestation.

We present a case of splenic artery aneurysm rupture in a 26 weeks pregnant patient. Facing to the maternal collapse and after the ultrasonographical diagnosis of massive hemoperitoneum, the rapid intervention proved to be crucial in controlling the hemorrhage and allowed for the continuation of gestation and successful delivery.

Time-dependency of the prognostic effect of carcinoembryonic antigen and p53 protein in colorectal adenocarcinoma.

Background: This study examined the prognostic information regarding the risk of postoperative tumor recurrence obtained by simultaneous determination of preoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and immunohistochemical expression of p53 protein in tumor tissue from patients with colorectal carcinoma.

Methods: A retrospective study of 174 patients (AJCC/UICC Stages I, II and III) was conducted. Serum CEA levels were determined by an enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay.

Clinical, histopathological, cytogenetic and prognostic differences between mucinous and nonmucinous colorectal adenocarcinomas.

Objective: To assess the clinical and biological significance of histological typing of colorectal carcinomas.

Patients And Methods: The retrospective analysis of 142 consecutive patients who underwent surgical resection of a mucinous (MC; n = 27; 19%) or a nonmucinous (nMC; n = 115; 81%) colorectal adenocarcinoma was carried out. The two groups were compared in terms of the clinical features, p53 gene expression (antiserum CM1), proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) labeling index, DNA ploidy (by flow cytometry), histopathological features, prognosis and recurrence rate.