Surveillance After Ureteroneocystostomy: Is it Necessary?

Objective: To determine the utility of post-operative imaging after ureteroneocystostomy and whether long-term symptom or radiographic surveillance aided in the detection of recurrent obstruction.

Materials And Methods: Adult patients were identified who underwent a ureteroneocystostomy with or without psoas hitch or Boari flap between January 2012 and June 2021. Patients who underwent a bilateral procedure, had active malignancy or immediate failure, or did not have 6 months of follow-up with 2 imaging studies were excluded.

On the stability of active disturbance rejection control for first-order plus delay time processes.

The paper presents a stability analysis of a closed-loop system with an active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) algorithm and a reduced-order extended state observer (RESO). The controller is designed for first-order plus delay time processes, and one of the input signals to the RESO is delayed to compensate for the effect of the system delay. If the process delay is known, perfect synchronization between the observer input signals can be achieved.

Electronic states of NaLi molecule: Benchmark results with Fock space coupled cluster approach.

Accurate potential energy curves (PECs) are obtained for 20 lowest lying electronic states of the NaLi molecule. The computational scheme used here is based on the multireference coupled cluster theory formulated in the (2,0) sector of the Fock space. The latter sector provides the description of states obtained by attachment of two electrons to the reference system.

Robotic Versus Open Ureteroneocystostomy: Is There a Robotic Benefit?

We sought to compare the outcomes of patients who underwent an open robotic ureteroneocystostomy for ureteral obstruction. Retrospective review was performed on adult patients who underwent primary ureteroneocystostomy for obstruction from January 2012 to April 2018. Intraoperative outcomes of estimated blood loss (EBL) and operative time, as well as postoperative outcomes of catheter and stent duration, length of hospital stay, inpatient nurse-controlled opioid use, patient-controlled analgesia (PCA), and outpatient opioid prescription, complications, readmission, radiologic and clinical stricture recurrence, and follow-up, were compared.

Does Early Ureteroneocystostomy After Iatrogenic Ureteral Injury Jeopardize Outcome?

Objective: To compare the outcomes of patients who underwent early repair (≤7 days) of iatrogenic ureteral injury with ureteroneocystostomy and compare them to those repaired in a delayed fashion (>7 days).

Methods: A retrospective review of billing data between 2012 and 2018 identified patients who underwent ureteroneocystostomy for a benign ureteral disease. Inclusion criteria included all ureteral injuries related to a laparoscopic, robotic, or open surgical injury.

Oscillatory behaviour control in a continuous culture under double-substrate limitation.

The paper discusses the possibility of using a mixture of two growth limiting substrates to induce or eliminate self-sustained oscillations in a continuous culture process. The proportion of both substrates in the mixture is treated as a new control variable. The presented approach is based on the assumption that the oscillatory behaviour occurs for selected substrates in some range of dilution rates.

Tuning strategy for dynamic matrix control with reduced horizons.

In Dynamic Matrix Control (DMC) algorithm, the control signal is computed optimally based on the process model. In effect, the DMC algorithm allows for obtaining a better quality of control than conventional controllers, especially for plants with large time delays. However, in spite of these advantages, there are still some difficulties that can appear in the implementation of DMC in local control loops.

Potential Energy Curves for the Low-Lying Electronic States of K from ab Initio Calculations with All Electrons Correlated.

The electron affinity (EA) calculations based on the equation-of-motion coupled cluster method proved to be an efficient scheme in the treatment of potential energy curves (PECs) for alkali molecular ions, Me. The EA approach provides description of states obtained by an attachment of one electron to the reference, which for the Me is a doubly ionized Me system. The latter has a very concrete advantage in the calculations of the PECs, since it dissociates into the closed-shell fragments (Me → Me + Me); hence, the restricted Hartree-Fock reference can be used in the whole range of interatomic distances.

[Functionalization of carbon nanotubes for multimodal drug delivery].

Nanotechnology is a very promising technology with a potential that can revolutionise the pharmaceutical industry. One interesting nanostructure are carbon nanotubes whose application possibilities are restricted by their solubility. Their solubility can be improved by applying endo- and exohedral modifications.

Carbon nanotubes linked with pitavastatin: synthesis and characterisation.

The paper presents a study on functionalisation of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in the area of lattice defects and an attempt to bind the nanotubes with pitavastatin. Carbon nanotubes were synthesised by alcohol-chemical vapour deposition in the presence of the catalyst Fe-Co/MgO. The nanotubes were purified and the product was subjected to chemical functionalisation.

NMR relaxation time studies of large bowel neoplasms.

The purpose of the study was to determine if measurements of the NMR relaxation times could be useful in distinguishing healthy from neoplasmatic tissue in in vitro study of the slices from the large bowel obtained during surgery before histological examination. Tissue samples taken from the center of the tumor and from the distal part of the excised large bowel segment were stored at 4 degrees C in closed tubes not longer than 24 hours. The measurements were performed at 37 degrees C using a pulse spectrometer operating at 27 MHz.