Coastal landscape classification using convolutional neural network and remote sensing data in Vietnam.

The length of global coastline is about 356 thousand kilometers with various dynamic natural and anthropogenic. Although the number of studies on coastal landscape categorization has been increasing, it is still difficult to distinguish precisely them because the used methods commonly are traditional qualitative ones. With the leverage of remote sensing data and GIS tools, it helps categorize and identify a variety of features on land and water based on multi-source data.

Towards the development of Vietnam's national dementia plan-the first step of action.

Objective: To foster a national dialogue on addressing dementia as an emerging public health problem and formulating a strategy for developing Vietnam's national dementia plan.

Methods: In September 2018, the Vietnamese National Geriatric Hospital supported by University staff in Australia and the United States organised the first Vietnam National Dementia Conference in Hanoi.

Results: Over 270 Vietnamese dementia stakeholders and international dementia experts participated in the conference.

Weekly Checks Improve Real-Time Prehospital ECG Transmission in Suspected STEMI.

Unlabelled: IntroductionField identification of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and advanced hospital notification decreases first-medical-contact-to-balloon (FMC2B) time. A recent study in this system found that electrocardiogram (ECG) transmission following a STEMI alert was frequently unsuccessful.HypothesisInstituting weekly test ECG transmissions from paramedic units to the hospital would increase successful transmission of ECGs and decrease FMC2B and door-to-balloon (D2B) times.

Relationship between serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and in-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction (the lipid paradox).

Lipoprotein levels are currently recognized as independent risk factors for long-term cardiovascular events after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). During the acute-phase reaction after AMI, previous studies have reported trends of decreased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), increased triglycerides, and variable high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels. However, the association between LDL-C and HDL-C levels and in-hospital mortality has not been well established following AMI.

Previous myocardial infarction as a risk factor for in-hospital cardiovascular outcomes (from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 4 and 5).

Patients with acute coronary syndromes have a substantial disease burden and are at continued risk of future cardiovascular events. In this setting, the relation between previous myocardial infarction (MI) and the risk of subsequent in-hospital adverse cardiovascular outcomes has not been definitively established. The data were analyzed from 427,778 hospitalized patients presenting with acute MI from July 2002 to December 2006, who were enrolled in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 4-5 study.

Intracoronary delivery of bone-marrow-derived stem cells.

Ischemic heart disease is the single greatest killer of Americans and its complications are a major cause of congestive heart failure and ventricular arrhythmias while signifiicantly contributing to increased health care costs and reduced patient quality of life. Advances in medical therapy, although signifiicant over the past decade, are still inadequate in regards to targeting the prime underlying pathology, the irreversible loss of damaged or dead cardiomyocytes. Research into the use of cell transplantation therapy to treat cardiac diseases, with the goal of improving cardiac function, shows promise.

Darapladib.

Importance Of The Field: Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory-immune mediated disease process. Plaque rupture is responsible for the clinical events of ischemic death, myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndromes and ischemic strokes. Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A(2) (Lp-PLA(2)) seems to play a major role in the development of such high-risk lesions, in both the coronary and carotid arteries.

"Double wire" angio-seal closure technique after balloon aortic valvuloplasty.

Objectives: To report the feasibility of a collagen-mediated closure device using a modified Angio-Seal closure technique for access site management following percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV).

Background: With the advent of percutaneous aortic valve replacement therapies, there has been a resurgence of interest in BAV procedures. Vascular complications, including bleeding, are a common source of morbidity post procedure as a result of the requirement for large bore femoral artery access.

Atherosclerotic plaque development.

Atherosclerosis is now recognized as an inflammatory/immunomodulatory reaction to the presence of oxidized low-density lipoproteins within the arterial wall, often times in the setting of such risk factors as family history, hypercholesterolemia, high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus and smoking. The progression to high-risk lesions such as thin-fibrous cap atheromas results in an increased risk of sudden death, acute myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke. The interplay of macrophages, T lymphocytes and mast cells play a central role in both the development but more importantly in the progression of coronary and carotid artery disease to high-risk phenotypes.