BACKGROUND The purpose of the present study was to investigate the accuracy of Ultrasound (US), conventional X-Ray (CX) and Computed Tomography (CT) to estimate the total count, localization, morphology and consistency of Calcium deposits (CDs) in the rotator cuff. METHODS US, CX and CT imaging was performed pre-operatively in 151 patients who underwent arthroscopic removal of CDs in the rota...

We propose two novel cooperative detection schemes based on the AF (Amplify and Forward) and DF (Decode and Forward) protocols to achieve spatial diversity gains for cognitive radio networks, which are referred to as the AF-CDS, (AF-based Cooperative Detection Scheme) and DF-CDS (DF-based Cooperative Detection Scheme), respectively. Closed-form expressions of detection probabilities for the non...

Due to their excellent properties, polymides (PIs) result promising as high-performance materials in different technological fields. In this research, both micron-sized tubular mesoporous silica (mSiO2) and double-tube diatomite particles with cadmium sulfide quantum dots are prepared by chemical deposition method. A cluster of type fluorescent is self-assembling carbon (CDs) on the inner surfa...

Introduction/Background A large academic hospital organization with seven affiliates decided to transition from multiple home grown and commercial systems to one commercial electronic health record (EHR). The task to develop a standardized request form that would capture necessary elements of clinical decision support (CDS) was essential to inventory current state CDS, to migrate current state ...

We report an environmentally friendly synthetic strategy to fabricate reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-based ternary nanocomposites, in which glutathione (GSH) acts both as a reducing agent for graphene oxide and sulfur donor for CdS synthesis under modified hydrothermal (MHT) conditions. The report becomes interesting as pH variation evolves two distinctly different semiconducting nanocrystals of ...

In patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD), worsening motor symptoms, mainly owing to motor response complications and dyskinesia, may be treated optimally by switching to a continuous dopaminergic stimulation (CDS) treatment approach. There are three CDS options widely available for the treatment of PD: levodopa/carbidopa intraduodenal gel infusion (Duodopa®), subcutaneous apomorphine ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the activities performed by people involved in clinical decision support (CDS) at leading sites. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted ethnographic observations at seven diverse sites with a history of excellence in CDS using the Rapid Assessment Process and analyzed the data using a series of card sorts, informed by Linstone's Multiple Perspectives Model. RESULTS We iden...