Toward autonomous vehicles: A survey on cooperative vehicle-infrastructure system.

Cooperative vehicle-infrastructure system (CVIS) is an important part of the intelligent transport system (ITS). Autonomous vehicles have the potential to improve safety, efficiency, and energy saving through CVIS. Although a few CVIS studies have been conducted in the transportation field recently, a comprehensive analysis of CVIS is necessary, especially about how CVIS is applied in autonomous vehicles.

Th9 Cytokines Inhibit Proliferation, Promote Apoptosis, and Immune Escape in Thyroid Carcinoma Cells.

To investigate the regulatory effects of T helper 9 (Th9) cytokines on the proliferation, apoptosis and immune escape of thyroid cancer cells. The survival rate of human thyroid cancer cell line TPC-1 after treatment with 0, 1, 2.5, 5, 10, 20 ng/ml IL-9 (or IL-21) was determined by CCK-8 method and suitable concentrations of IL-9 and IL-21 were screened out.

A comprehensive study of speed prediction in transportation system: From vehicle to traffic.

In the intelligent transportation system (ITS), speed prediction plays a significant role in supporting vehicle routing and traffic guidance. Recently, a considerable amount of research has been devoted to a single-level (e.g.

The effect of combined TPF and intensity modulated radiotherapy after TPF induction chemotherapy on locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a retrospective analysis.

Background: To evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil (TPF) regimen followed by intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) on locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).

Methods: A total of 150 patients with locally advanced NPC [American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 2009 stage IIIa-IVb] received 2 or 3 cycles of a TPF regimen as induction chemotherapy. A group of 67 participants (TPF group) continued to receive TPF chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and the remaining 83 participants (P group) received cisplatin chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Baseline Serum Cholesterol Levels Predict the Response of Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Based Treatment.

Purpose: Although predictive markers of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-based treatments have been extensively studied, with the exception of programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1), most are not widely used in the clinic due to poor effects or defective practicability. The aim of this study was to identify those patients with high baseline serum cholesterol who benefit from ICI-based treatments.

Patients And Methods: Patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated at Ningbo Medical Center, Li Huili Hospital between August 2017 and December 2019 were enrolled in this retrospective study.

Colorectal cancer with invasive micropapillary components (IMPCs) shows high lymph node metastasis and a poor prognosis: A retrospective clinical study.

Objects: The present study aimed to identify the clinicopathological characteristics of colorectal cancer (CRC) with invasive micropapillary components (IMPCs) and the relationship between different amounts of micropapillary components and lymph node metastasis.

Methods: A cohort of 363 patients with CRC who underwent surgical treatment in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine between January 2013 and December 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. We compared the clinicopathological characteristics, including survival outcomes and immunohistochemical profiles (EMA, MUC1, MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, and PMS2), between CRC with IMPCs and those with conventional adenocarcinoma (named non-IMPCs in this study).

Outcomes of surgery for gastric cancer with distant metastases: a retrospective study from the SEER database.

Background: The role of surgical therapy in gastric cancer patients with distant metastases remains controversial. This retrospective analysis was performed to identify whether gastric cancer patients with distant metastases might benefit from surgery.

Patients And Methods: A total of 5185 patients from the SEER database who were initially diagnosed with histologically confirmed gastric cancer with distant metastases from 2004 to 2009 were included.

The clinicopathological features and prognostic factors of gastric squamous cell carcinoma.

Primary gastric squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is an exceedingly rare disease. We increased the understanding of gastric SCC and evaluated prognostic factors of gastric SCC.In this large-population cohort study, we retrospectively collected 163 primary gastric SCC and 66,209 primary gastric adenocarcinoma cases from the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results program (SEER) database from 1988 to 2012.

Surgical Intervention Improves Survival for Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients.

Surgical intervention for stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is still controversial. This study sought to evaluate the clinical effects of surgical intervention on survival in patients with stage IV NSCLCs and to identify the cohort benefitting the most from surgery.A retrospective study from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database was performed to compare the survival of stage IV NSCLC patients who had undergone surgery with those who did not undergo surgery.

The relationship between low pH in intervertebral discs and low back pain: a systematic review.

Introduction: To systematically review the relationship between low pH in intervertebral discs and low back pain.

Material And Methods: Electronic database (PubMed, ISI Web of Science, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, AMED, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure) searches and hand searching of conference proceedings were conducted. Two authors independently evaluated the methodological quality and abstracted relevant data according to standard criteria.

Gallic acid induces the apoptosis of human osteosarcoma cells in vitro and in vivo via the regulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways.

To examine the antitumor effects of gallic acid (GA) on osteosarcoma, two human osteosarcoma cell lines U-2OS and MNNG/HOS were treated by GA and subjected to cell proliferation and apoptosis assays. In addition, MNNG/HOS xenograft tumors were established in nude BALB/c mice to evaluate the anticancer capacity of GA in vivo. The results showed that GA inhibited the proliferation and induced the apoptosis of osteosarcoma cells, accompanied by the upregulation of p-38 activation and the downregulation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK1/2) activation.