This paper presents the design of an augmented reality application for the Gothic Silk Market Building called the "Lonja de la Seda" in Valencia (UNESCO Monument Heritage Site, 1996) and the results of the experiments carried out "in-situ" to observe its usability as an accessibility resource. The objective of this project has been to use and validate augmented reality (AR) as a tool to increas...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical outcomes of "one-time" versus staged multivessel stenting in elderly (≥ 60 years) patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) and multivessel disease (MVD). METHODS We analyzed data of consecutive NSTE-ACS patients with multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) who were enrolled in General Hospital of Shenyang Military Region...

BACKGROUND Different surgical techniques have evolved since excision and autografting became the treatment of choice for deep burns in the 1970s. The treatment plan at the Burn Center, Linköping University Hospital, Sweden, has shifted from single-stage excision and immediate autografting to staged excisions and temporary cover with xenografts before autografting. The aim of this study was to f...

Refer to the page 774-783 Patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) often have multiple non-culprit lesions in addition to culprit lesion. Previous studies suggest that performing " one-time " interventions to non-culprit lesions of multivessel NSTE-ACS patients improve clinical outcomes as compared to culprit-only intervention. 3)4) Shishehbor et al. 3) reported...

Objectives: To determine whether staged procedure involving classical Caesarean section without removing the placenta followed by arterial embolisation before hysterectomy had any clinical value in the surgical management of placenta accreta. Methods: This retrospective case-controlled study was conducted in a tertiary obstetric unit in Hong Kong. All hysterectomy cases with confirmed histologi...

Traditional database systems execute queries using one query multiple operators approach. Such systems do not cash on the common data or computation which could be used by multiple queries. Thus leading to poor performance. To overcome these deficiencies, Staged-DB approach has been proposed, where the philosophy is one operator multiple queries. A Staged-DB system splits a traditional DBMS int...

OBJECTIVE Decompressive craniectomy (DC) requires later cranioplasty (CP) in survivors. However, if additional ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) placement due to shunt-dependent hydrocephalus is necessary, the optimal timing of both procedures still remains controversial. We therefore analyzed our computerized database concerning the optimal timing of CP and VPS regarding postoperative complicat...

Objective: In a prospective non-randomized study, we tested the hypothesis that unilateral reduction pneumoplasty followed by completion of bilateral treatment at the reappearance of symptoms might result in more sustained improvements and better survival than one-stage bilateral treatment. Method: Fifty-nine patients undergoing bilateral thoracoscopic reduction pneumoplasty as a one-stage (n 1...