Multifunctional Sensor Array for User Interaction Based on Dielectric Elastomers with Sputtered Metal Electrodes.

The integration of textile-based sensing and actuation elements has become increasingly important across various fields, driven by the growing demand for smart textiles in healthcare, sports, and wearable electronics. This paper presents the development of a small, smart dielectric elastomer (DE)-based sensing array designed for user control input in applications such as human-machine interaction, virtual object manipulation, and robotics. DE-based sensors are ideal for textile integration due to their flexibility, lightweight nature, and ability to seamlessly conform to surfaces without compromising comfort.

A vision transformer architecture for the automated segmentation of retinal lesions in spectral domain optical coherence tomography images.

Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) is one of the major causes of irreversible blindness and is characterized by accumulations of different lesions inside the retina. AMD biomarkers enable experts to grade the AMD and could be used for therapy prognosis and individualized treatment decisions. In particular, intra-retinal fluid (IRF), sub-retinal fluid (SRF), and pigment epithelium detachment (PED) are prominent biomarkers for grading neovascular AMD.

Predictors of Participation in Clinical Research.

Background: Despite numerous efforts to create more equitable healthcare systems, minority populations face long-standing health disparities compared to White populations. Healthcare research is the necessary foundation for creating equitable health systems and providing patient-centered care. Significant challenges exist, however, with recruiting and engaging underrepresented populations in clinical research.

The recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN): application to transhiatal oesophagectomy.

To emphasize the risks of recurrent laryngeal nerve lesions during transhiatal oesophagectomy an anatomical study of the course of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) was performed. Twenty RLN were dissected in their thoracic portion. This work showed the constancy of the low origin of the nerve in the adult under the aortic arch, and its course in the tracheal angle.

Anatomic basis of tracheobronchial reconstruction by intercostal flap.

A feasibility study was carried out to standardise the use of the intercostal muscle flap (ICF) for reconstruction of the posterior wall of the trachea and bronchi. The program consisted of two stages. Morphologically, in anatomic specimens, intercostal muscle flaps were dissected that could be used whatever the morphotype of the subject.

[Value of Tissucol in cervical anastomosis of esophagoplasty].

There is an important fistula rate associated with the cervical anastomosis of oesophagoplasties. The authors report their experience with reinforcement of these anastomoses by adhesion using a fibrinogen based biological tissue glue. They propose that this technique be used in all high risk anastomoses, in particular, for those affecting a non peritonealized section of the digestive tract.

[Pregnancy and delivery after the age of 40].

When pregnancy occurs in a woman who is more than 40 years of age there are certain risks, ranging from the risks of chromosome abnormalities to those associated with grand multiparity and the syndrome of "the precious baby", when it is a first pregnancy. We have looked at the case notes of 52 patients who delivered after the age of 40. This was a total of 59 pregnancies which occurred in our service between the 1st January 1981 and the 31st December 1986.