Ferguson Barbee

Objective We aimed to develop a machine learning algorithm to screen for depression and assess severity based on data from wearable devices. Methods We used a wearable device that calculates steps, energy expenditure, body movement, sleep time, heart rate, skin temperature, and ultraviolet light exposure. Depressed patients and healthy volunteers…[Read more]

The role of surgery in the treatment of patients with distant metastatic (M1) gastric cancer (GC) remains controversial currently. This study aimed to clarify the impact of primary tumor resection (PTR) on the survival of such patients.

The surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database was adopted to extract eligible patients. We…[Read more]

The brain mechanisms by which we transition from sleep to a conscious state remain largely unknown in humans, partly because of methodological challenges. Here we study a pre-existing dataset of waking up participants originally designed for a study of dreaming (Horikawa, Tamaki, Miyawaki, & Kamitani, 2013) and suggest that suddenly awakening from…[Read more]

Such journals have represented and hopefully will continue to represent the privileged place of welcome for future scientific research in hemocytometry. Improved technologies, attention to quality, new reagents and electronics, information technology, and scientist talent ensure a more profound and deeper knowledge of cell properties current…[Read more]

OBJECTIVE Regulation of food intake and energy balance depends on a group of hypothalamic neurons that release anorexigenic melanocortins encoded by the Pomc gene. Although the physiological importance of central melanocortins is well appreciated, the genetic program that defines the functional identity of melanocortin neurons and assures high…[Read more]

The solar power satellite (SPS) concept is an elegant solution to the challenge of providing large-scale energy for humanity a large platform, positioned in space in a high Earth orbit, continuously collects and converts solar energy into electricity. SPS-ALPHA is composed of a large number of small modules, which enables the modularity and lower…[Read more]

0001), which also was evident in multivariate analysis (p = 0.00067). These patients had also increased rates of therapy-related leukemia and admission to intensive care. Furthermore, in patients who did not undergo immediate ASCT, a significant inferior OS of individuals with DNA repair mutations was also identified (p = 0.003).Adult T-cell…[Read more]

Serum alanine aminotransferase levels decreased to 1807 U/L, compared with 19025 U/L in untreated controls and 3657 U/L in mice treated with parenteral anti-eotaxin-1 (P less then 0.005). A trend toward reduced serum eotaxin-1 levels was observed in treated mice, ranging from 594 pg/mL in the controls to 554 and 561 pg/mL in mice treated orally…[Read more]

We aimed to evaluate the accuracy of sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping with transvaginal ultrasound-guided myometrial injection of radiotracer (TUMIR) to detect lymph node (LN) metastases, in patients with intermediate and high-risk endometrial cancer (EC), focusing on its performance to detect paraaortic involvement.

Prospective study…[Read more]

Using a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, we identified the threshold of pDC level at 0.3 cell/μL as a cutoff to evaluate the difference in patients with high (>0.3 cell/μL) versus low ( less then 0.3 cell/μL) pDC counts. Of these 45 patients, 21 (46.7%) had a high number of pDCs and 24 (53.3%) had low pDCs. The patients with lo…[Read more]

are and follow-up for premature neonates and those face prolonged labor need to be improved in Ethiopia.BACKGROUND Chronic, non-communicable diseases are a significant public health priority, requiring action at individual, community and population levels, and public and political will for such action. Exposure to media, including news,…[Read more]

ghttime light exposure.Palliative care is a complex and challenging field in the healthcare profession. In the United Kingdom (UK), palliative care provision is part of everyday work for General Practitioners (GPs). The UK General Practice Curriculum includes palliative care as a core competency to be achieved to become a fully certified GP/family…[Read more]