Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a promising imaging technique to evaluate small airway remodeling. However, the short-term insertion-reinsertion reproducibility of OCT for evaluating the same bronchial pathway has yet to be established. We evaluated 74 OCT data sets from 38 current or former smokers twice within a single imaging session. Although the overall insertion-reinsertion airway w...

In this paper, we propose a new reflectance separation model to separate the diffuse and specular reflection components. The model is based on a two-dimensional space called Ch-CV space, which is spanned by maximum chromaticity and the coefficient of variation (CV) of RGB color. The space exhibits a more direct correspondence to diffuse and specular reflection components than the RGB color spac...

ABBREVIATIONS bp base pair cDNA complementary DNA CV coefficient of variation DNA deoxyribonucleic acid FRET fluorescence resonance energy transfer HRCA hyperbranched rolling circle amplification LN lymph node nt nucleotide OLA oligonucleotide ligation assay PCR polymerase chain reaction RCA rolling circle amplification RCR rolling circle replication RNA ribonucleic acid SCA serial circle ampli...

Methods: Thirteen analytes were measured using serum from dogs and cats. Observed total error (TEo) was calculated based on coefficient of variation (CV) and bias. TEo was compared with allowable total error (TEa). Canine and feline samples were collected and measured in five small clinical sites and one reference site. Passing-Bablok regression and Bland-Altman analysis were used to compare PT...

The craniodental hypodigm of Paranthropus boisei sensu stricto is morphologically distinctive, but it has been suggested that the substantial variation in mandibular and dental size in that hypodigm may exceed that which is reasonable to subsume within a single hominin species. In this study, Fligner and Killeen, coefficient of variation (CV)-based and average taxonomic distance (ATD)-based boo...

Purpose: The present study aimed to determine the effect of dual-tasking on spatiotemporal characteristics in subjects with and without Anterior Cruciate Ligament Deficiency (ACLD) using linear dynamics. Methods: In this mixed model design study, spatiotemporal parameters were measured in 22 patients with ACLD (25.95±4.69 y) and 22 control subjects (24.32±3.37 y) while they were walking w...

Corresponding Author: Dr. Gabriele Corciolani, Via Derna 4, 58100 Grosseto (Italy) E-mail: [email protected]; Tel/Fax: +39056425384 Abstract Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the repeatability of readings with a clinical spectrophotometer in comparison with a laboratory one. Materials and Methods: A stand alone clinical spectrophotometer (Easyshade, Vita) and a labor...

Proteins are used as prognostic and predictive biomarkers in breast cancer. However, the variability of protein expression within the same tumor is not well studied. The aim of this study was to assess intratumoral heterogeneity in protein expression levels by reverse-phase-protein-arrays (RPPA) (i) within primary breast cancers and (ii) between axillary lymph node metastases from the same pati...