The compact Genetic Algorithm (cGA) is an Estimation of Distribution Algorithm that generates offspring population according to the estimated probabilistic model of the parent population instead of using traditional recombination and mutation operators. The cGA only needs a small amount of memory; therefore, it may be quite useful in memory-constrained applications. This paper introduces a theo...

OBJECTIVES To construct and validate a frailty index (FI) that is clinically sensible and practical for geriatricians by basing it on a routinely used comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) instrument. DESIGN Secondary analysis of a 3-month randomized, controlled trial of a specialized mobile geriatric assessment team. SETTING Rural Nova Scotia. Participants were seen in their homes. PA...

PURPOSE To evaluate whether the pretreatment determination of serum chromogranin A (CgA) can provide information beyond that obtained with serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) and Gleason score at biopsy as a predictive factor of clinical understaging (T2-pT3) of prostate adenocarcinoma. MATERIALS In this prospective study, we analyzed 83 consecutive patients with clinical T2N0M0 prostate ad...

Chromogranins (Cg) are large acidic proteins, co-stored with amines or peptides in the secretory granules of a wide variety of paraneurons. By immunohistochemistry performed on serial semithin sections, the distribution of Cg in the gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) system was analyzed in the endocrine pancreas of 10 mammalian species and in enteroendocrine cells of 6 species. Of the Cg families, Cg...

BACKGROUND With regard to the growing proportion of elderly multimorbid patients, a sound undergraduate geriatric education becomes more important. Therefore we included the execution and interpretation of a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) into a mandatory two-week clerkship at a general practitioner's office. The present study examined the effect of a guide structuring the students' c...

Lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) is a major phospholipid component of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) and is implicated in its atherogenic activity. This study investigated the effects of LPC on cell viability, intracellular calcium homeostasis, and the protective mechanisms of chlorogenic acid (CGA) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). LPC increased intracellular calcium ...

We show that if Projective Geometric Algebra (PGA), i.e. the geometric algebra with degenerate signature (n, 0, 1), is understood as a subalgebra of Conformal (CGA) in mathematically correct sense, then flat primitives share same representation PGA and CGA. Particularly, we treat duality framework This leads to unification CGA which important especially for software implementation symbolic calc...

The application of intense ultrasound to a liquid-gas interface results in the formation of an ultrasonic fountain and generates both mist and vapor from the liquid. Here, the composition of the vapor and aerosol above an ultrasonic fountain is determined as a function of irradiation time and compared with the results of sparging for five different solutions. The experimental apparatus for dete...

This study proposes a fuzzy neural network (FNN) that can process both fuzzy inputs and outputs. The continuous genetic algorithm (CGA) is employed to enhance its performance. Both the simulation and real-world problem results show that the proposed CGA-based FNN can obtain the relationship between fuzzy inputs and outputs. CGA can not only shorten the training time but also increase the accura...