BACKGROUND/AIMS This study investigates the use of blood volume monitoring (BVM) markers for the assessment of fluid status. METHODS Predialysis fluid overload (FO) and BVM data were collected in 55 chronic hemodialysis patients in 317 treatments. Predialysis FO was measured using bioimpedance spectroscopy. The slope of the intravascular volume decrease over time normalized by ultrafiltration...

BACKGROUND Having observed a tendency towards femoral overgrowth (FO) of the affected limb in children with atrophic-type congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia (CPT), we aimed to identify the incidence of, contributors to, and patterns of FO among such children. METHODS We retrospectively evaluated 55 children with CPT, 22 with prepseudarthrosis and 33 with atrophic-type CPT from 1989 to 201...

Background and Objective: Lead entry into the body causes considerable damages to the brain in the long term. We aimed to investigate the effects of exercise (treadmill running) and flaxseed oil on lead acetate-induced behavioral deficits in male rats.  Materials and Methods: 60 rats were divided into 6 groups: Control (C), Exercise (Ex), Flaxseed oil (FO), Lead (L), Lead- Exercise (L-Ex), and...

Couplings of forward osmosis (FO) with reverse (RO) or membrane distillation (MD) are investigated at the water-energy nexus. The treatment low and hypersaline feed solutions was assessed, followed by discussion most effective hybrid scheme for different conditions. Two FO configurations presented, suggesting potential applicability a versatile multi-stage approach treating low-saline wastewate...

INTRODUCTION Femoral offset (FO) is a crucial parameter for hip joint biomechanics. Reference values for FO are particularly important when joint geometry has to be reconstructed during surgical interventions. Such reference values are scarce in literature and have mainly been obtained from osteoarthritis (OA) patients. The aim of this study was to conduct a patient-specific study of FO without...

Many of the todays visual servoing systems rely o n use of markers o n the object to provide features for control. There i s thus a need fo r a visual system that provides control features regardless of the appearance of the object. Region based tracking is a natural approach since it does not require any special type of features. I n this paper we present two different approaches to region bas...