Objective: Sarcopenia, or the age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass and function, has been investigated as a potential marker of adverse outcomes among surgical patients. Our aim was to assess for changes in psoas muscle volume (PMV) following administration of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in patients with bladder cancer and to examine whether changes in PMV following NAC are predictive of...

Panicum mosaic virus (PMV) and its satellite virus (SPMV) together infect several small grain crops, biofuel, and forage and turf grasses. Here, we establish the emerging monocot model Brachypodium (Brachypodium distachyon) as an alternate host to study PMVand SPMV-host interactions and viral synergism. Infection of Brachypodium with PMV+SPMV induced chlorosis and necrosis of leaves, reduced se...

Objective: To delineate the incidence, outcome impact, and clinical predictors of prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) after adult aortic arch repair requiring deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (AAR-DHCA) Aims: (1) To determine the incidence of PMV after AAR–DHCA. (2) To determine whether PMV after AAR-DHCA is a multivariate predictor for mortality or length of stay in the intensive care un...

It has been suggested that successful percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PMV) decreases the intensity of spontaneous left atrial contrast, reduces the size of the left atrium, and improves left atrial function in patient with mitral stenosis. However, left atrial mechanical functions immediately after PMV have not been extensively evaluated yet. The aim of this study was to evaluate the...

A study on skin cross-reactivity between stabilized "4C-labeled mycobacterial antigens, namely tuberculin purified protein derivative (PPD; from Mycobacterium tuberculosis), PPD-A (M. avium), PPD-Y (M. kansasii), PPD-G (M. scrofulaceum), PPD-B (M. intracellulare), and PPD-F (M. fortuitun), has been carried out in groups of guinea pigs sensitized with one of the following heat-killed mycobacteri...

Thermal discomfort body language has been shown to be a psychological representation of personnel’s particular thermal comfort. Individual comfort differences are ignored in public building settings with random personnel flow. To solve this issue, we suggested Bayesian group dissatisfaction rate prediction model based on expression and subsequently implemented intelligent indoor temperature hum...