Information distribution on regions of speckle patterns for imaging of multimode fiber.

Multimode fibers (MMF) have been extensively investigated for transmitting images. The transmitting images are distorted into speckle patterns by MMFs, which can be reconstructed by neural networks. We studied the information distribution of MMF speckle patterns for image reconstruction.

Prognostic Role of MELD-Lactate in Cirrhotic Patients' Short- and Long-Term Prognosis, Stratified by Causes of Cirrhosis.

Objectives: Recently, model for end-stage liver disease-lactate (MELD-LA) proved to be a superior predicting factor of inpatient mortality in patients with chronic liver disease. The study's objective was to evaluate the ability of MELD-LA to predict both short- and long-term mortality in critically ill cirrhotic patients stratified by causes of cirrhosis.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective observational research of 469 cirrhotic patients entering intensive care unit.

Predictive value of fibrinogen in identifying inflammatory bowel disease in active stage.

Background: We aimed to externally validate for the first time the diagnostic ability of fibrinogen to identify active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Methods: The research totally involved 788 patients with IBD, consisted of 245 ulcerative colitis (UC) and 543 Crohn' s disease (CD). The Mayo score and Crohn disease activity index (CDAI) assessed disease activity of UC and CD respectively.

The Relationship between C-Reactive Protein/Albumin Ratio and Disease Activity in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Objectives: The aims of this study were to evaluate the C-reactive protein/albumin ratio (CRP/ALB), inflammatory markers, and parameters from the complete blood count (CBC) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and their associations with disease activity.

Methods: A total of 876 IBD patients, composed of 275 patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 601 patients with Crohn's disease (CD), were included in this retrospective study, and the serum C-reactive protein (CRP), albumin (ALB), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and CBC parameters were measured. To explore the disease activity, the Mayo score and Crohn disease activity index were used to assess UC and CD patients, respectively.