We study the storage capacity of a fully-connected committee machine with a large number K of hidden nodes. The storage capacity is obtained by analyzing the geometrical structure of the weight space related to the internal representation. By examining the asymptotic behavior of order parameters in the limit of large K, the storage capacity c is found to be proportional to K p ln K up to the le...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To investigate whether single-fraction radiotherapy is equal to multiple fractions in the treatment of painful metastases. PATIENTS AND METHODS The study planned to recruit 1000 patients with painful bone metastases from four Norwegian and six Swedish hospitals. Patients were randomized to single-fraction (8 Gy x 1) or multiple-fraction (3 Gy x 10) radiotherapy. The pri...

Dyspnea, a subjective symptom of impaired breathing, occurs in 70% of terminally ill cancer patients. Current treatments are suboptimal and little is known about the patient’s perception of effect. We tested nebulized inhaled fentanyl citrate on patient perceptions, respiratory rate, and oxygen saturation. The study was conducted using a convenience sample of 35 cancer patients on a dedicated o...

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BACKGROUND Single-photon emission computed tomography and computed tomography (SPECT-CT) has a high impact on diagnosis and treatment decision of different joints. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether there is a different gain of SPECT-CT for different foot regions. MATERIAL AND METHODS We retrospectively identified 86 patients who received a SPECT-CT of the foot and ankle between Ap...

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The type of pain after laparoscopic surgery differs considerably from that seen after laparotomy. Whereas laparotomy results mostly in parietal pain, patients after laparoscopic cholecystectomy complain more of visceral pain results from the stretching of intraabdominal cavity, peritoneal inflammation and phrenic nerve irritation caused by residual carbon dioxide in the peritoneal cavity. Intra...

INTRODUCTION In adult asthma, combination inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)/fast-onset long-acting beta agonist (LABA) used solely as reliever therapy may represent an effective and safe alternative to ICS maintenance and short-acting beta agonist (SABA) reliever therapy. OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy and safety of ICS/fast-onset LABA reliever therapy with ICS maintenance and SABA reliever the...