word2vec affords a simple yet powerful approach of extracting quantitative variables from unstructured textual data. Over half of healthcare data is unstructured (1) and therefore hard to model without involved expertise in data engineering and natural language processing. word2vec can serve as a bridge to quickly gather intelligence from such data sources. In this study, we ran 650 megabytes o...

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) involvement in gastric cancer is demonstrated by uniform presence of viral RNA in carcinoma cells as detected by EBV-encoded small RNA in situ hybridization, monoclonal proliferation of EBV-infected carcinoma cells, and elevated antibodies. Our review of selected early gastric cancers found that 46 of 49 EBV-positive lesions (94%) but only four of 97 EBV-negative lesion...

The creation of highly oriented, co-extruded polypropylene (PP) tapes allows the production of recyclable ‘all-polypropylene’ composites, with a large temperature processing window (O30 8C) and a high volume fraction of highly oriented PP (O90%). These composites show little deviation of mechanical properties with compaction temperature. This paper introduces all-polypropylene composites and re...

The use of polypropylene mesh devices for Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) spread rapidly during the last decade, yet our knowledge of the mesh-tissue interaction is far from complete. We aimed to perform a thorough pathological examination of explanted POP meshes and describe findings that may explain mechanisms of complications resulting in product excision. We report a spectrum of important findi...

J Zhao, Z N Wang *, X L Wei, F Liu, W Zhou, X L Tang & T H Wu College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes Ministry of Education, Shandong Normal University, 250014 Jinan, China Email: [email protected] College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaocheng University, 252059 Liaocheng, China Test Center, Shandong Academy of ...

Structures that are 3D printed by an extrusion process have periodic geometrical heterogeneity whose influence on the final stiffness properties is not extensively discussed in existing literature. The objective of this article to quantify effect local lace geometry anisotropy extrusion-based 3d structures. A numerical homogenisation scheme implemented compute equivalent homogeneous Kirchhoff–L...

Background Polypropylene material is widely used in gynecological surgery. There are few reports regarding its carcinogenic potential. There is lack of evidence supporting tumor formation directly attributed to the use of polypropylene material. Case This patient is a 49-year-old woman with a history of stress urinary incontinence which required a MiniArc® Sling who presented with a hard, ten...

Objective: To evaluate surgical handling, prolapse correction and complication rate of polypropylene mesh. Methods: A retrospective review of patients who had pelvic floor repair using polypropylene mesh(PPM) and intra-vaginal sling(IVS), between January 2003 and July 2005. All patients were followed-up for a period of 6weeks to 12months.The effectiveness and complications following PPM inserti...