Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most prevalent immune-mediated inflammatory demyelinating central nervous system disorder, with a diverse set of clinical signs and symptoms. This study aimed to investigate diagnostic values monocyte/lymphocyte ratio (MLR), red cell distribution width/lymphocyte (RLR), systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) in detecting multiple attacks patients Relapsing-remit...

Objectives: Encephalitis and meningitis can have serious potentially life-threatening consequences. This study aims to investigate whether the effects of systemic immune inflammation index (SII) neutrophil/lymphocyte (N/L) ratio on differential diagnosis, severity, clinical outcomes are superior each other in patients diagnosed with encephalitis emergency department. Methods: Patients aged 18 y...

Two light-induced metastable NO linkage isomers with oxygen-bound (SI) and side-on configuration (SII) of NO are generated in trans-[RuCl(py)(4)(NO)][PF(6)](2).(1/2)H(2)O. Irradiation by light in the blue-green spectral range (450-530 nm) leads to the population of SI. A further irradiation by near infrared light (920-1100 nm) transfers SI into SII at temperatures below 150 K. The heat release ...

Consumption of traditional fermented dairy products (tFDP) in Africa leads to the ingestion of up to 108Streptococcus infantarius subspecies infantarius (Sii) per millilitre of spontaneously fermented milk. Sii is a member of the Streptococcus bovis/Streptococcus equinus complex (SBSEC) for which some members are associated particularly with colorectal cancer or endocarditis. The extent of heal...

Objective To investigate the predictive value of preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte (PLR), systemic inflammation response index (SIRI), and immune (SII) for early recurrence after liver resection in patients with hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods A retrospective study was conducted on 162 who underwent carcinoma (HCC) between January 20...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether adding either small, variable financial incentives or optional group sessions improves weight losses in a community-based, Internet behavioral program. METHODS Participants (N = 268) from Shape Up Rhode Island 2012, a 3-month Web-based community wellness initiative, were randomized to: Shape Up+Internet behavioral program (SI), Shape Up+Internet program+incentives...

A linear time-invariant filter is designed in order to improve speech understanding when the speech is played back in a noisy environment. To accomplish this, the speech intelligibility index (SII) is maximized under the constraint that the speech energy is held constant. A nonlinear approximation is used for the SII such that a closed-form solution exists to the constrained optimization proble...

BACKGROUND Recent avoidable mortality trends in Australia suggest that health care has made a substantial contribution to reducing mortality. This study investigates if the benefits of health care have been distributed equally by comparing declines in avoidable with non-avoidable mortality over time by socioeconomic status (SES). METHODS We calculated avoidable and non-avoidable mortality rat...

OBJECTIVE The primary goal of nonlinear frequency compression (NFC) and other frequency-lowering strategies is to increase the audibility of high-frequency sounds that are not otherwise audible with conventional hearing aid (HA) processing due to the degree of hearing loss, limited HA bandwidth, or a combination of both factors. The aim of the present study was to compare estimates of speech au...