Background High thrombotic burden, subsequent distal embolization and myocardial no-refl ow remain a big obstacle which may negate the benefi ts of urgent coronary revascularization in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We aimed at assessing the predictors of (1) thrombus grade in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI), and (2) infarct size,...

BACKGROUND The prognostic value of inflammation indexes in esophageal cancer has not been established. Recent studies have shown that the advanced lung cancer inflammation index (ALI) is a useful predictive factor. The purpose of the current study was to determine whether the ALI is useful for predicting long-term survival in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). PATIENTS A...

OBJECTIVE To compare 2 commonly used aqueous drainage devices for the treatment of refractory glaucoma. DESIGN International, multicenter, randomized trial. PARTICIPANTS Patients aged 18 years or older with uncontrolled or high-risk glaucoma refractory to maximum medical therapy, many of whom had failed trabeculoplasty and trabeculectomy. METHODS Eligible patients were randomized to an Ah...

The univariate conditioning of copulas is studied, yielding a construction method for copulas based on an a priori given copula. Based on the gluing method, g-ordinal sum of copulas is introduced and a representation of copulas by means of g-ordinal sums is given. Though different right conditionings commute, this is not the case of right and left conditioning, with a special exception of Archi...

The Inter feeder Power Flow Regulator (IFPFR) proposed in this paper consists of several voltage source inverters with common dc bus; each inverter is connected in series with one of different independent distribution feeders in the power system. This paper is concerned with how to transfer power between the feeders for load sharing purpose. The power controller of each inverter injects the pow...