Publications by authors named "R P M Thomson"
Purpose: Monocyte-lymphocyte ratio (MLR) and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) are emerging biomarkers; they have not been widely utilized in orbital disease. This study investigated the role of these ratios in distinguishing orbital inflammation from infection.
Methods: A retrospective review of medical records was conducted to identify adult patients who presented acutely to a single emergency department at an academic medical center and were diagnosed with serologically and biopsy-proven idiopathic orbital inflammation (IOI, n = 9), orbital cellulitis (OC, n = 14), or necrotizing fasciitis (NF, n = 12).
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- * A modified Delphi methodology will be employed to gather opinions from a diverse group of UK experts through a series of anonymous surveys, aiming for consensus on effective pain management techniques.
- * The study seeks to analyze expert agreement using structured feedback and will only continue if a consensus of at least 75% is reached among participants, although ethical approval was deemed unnecessary.
Purpose: Demonstrate quantitative characterization of 3D patient-specific absorbed dose distributions using Haralick texture analysis, and interpret measures in terms of underlying physics and radiation dosimetry.
Methods: Retrospective analysis is performed for 137 patients who underwent permanent implant prostate brachytherapy using two simulation conditions: "TG186" (realistic tissues including 0-3.8% intraprostatic calcifications; interseed attenuation) and "TG43" (water-model; no interseed attenuation).
Background: Regular airway clearance techniques (ACTs) and exercise are recommended for children with bronchiectasis, but current clinical practice and their predictors are unknown.
Objective: We aimed to describe current use of ACTs and exercise among Australian children with bronchiectasis and identify associated predictors.
Methods: Physiotherapy-specific data of 397 children (median age = 8 were extracted from the Australian Bronchiectasis Registry.
In this paper, we apply mesoscale numerical modeling to predict the effective elastic properties of conductive carbon-black/ultra-high-molecular-weight-polyethylene nanocomposites. The models are based on X-ray microcomputed tomography images. The images show that for the considered range of carbon additive weight fractions, the conductive carbon black (CB) particles are distributed around the ultra-high-molecular-weight-polyethylene (UHMWPE) granules forming a carbon-containing layer of a thickness on the order of 1-2 .
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