PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare automated, motion-corrected, color-encoded (AMC) perfusion maps with qualitative visual analysis of adenosine stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging for detection of flow-limiting stenoses. MATERIALS AND METHODS Myocardial perfusion measurements applying the standard adenosine stress imaging protocol and a saturation-recovery temporal...

OBJECTIVE The aim was to compare the efficacy and safety of two antibiotic regimens in patients with diabetic foot infections (DFIs). METHODS Data of a subset of patients enrolled in the RELIEF trial with DFIs requiring surgery and antibiotics were evaluated retrospectively. DFI was diagnosed on the basis of the modified Wagner, University of Texas, and PEDIS classification systems. Patients ...

Introduction: The NASA ESMD Lunar Mapping and Modeling Project (LMMP) has been charged with producing cartographic products for use by mission planners and scientists in NASA’s Constellation program. As part of the LMMP, we have produced 70 preliminary Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) and orthoimages derived from Apollo 15 Metric Camera (AMC) orbit 33 imagery using the Ames Stereo Pipeline (ASP); ...

1Department of Plasma Proteins, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory Academic Medical Centre (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2Division of Molecular Neuroendocrinology, Medical Research Council (MRC) National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom; 3Cell Biology Research Group, Robarts Research Institute, Department of Physiology and Pharmacolog...

Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) is a syndrome characterized by nonprogressive multiple congenital joint contractures. The etiology of disease is multifactorial; it is most commonly suspected from absent fetal movements and genetic defects. AMC affects mainly limbs; also it might present with other organs involvement. It is crucial that the diagnosis of AMC should be kept in mind by mus...

A design of novel bendable Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC) structures has been presented in this paper in two selected of frequencies at 5G application. These designs started with a square patch shape and continued with the combination of circular and Jerusalem shape which resonate at a frequency of 18 GHz and 28 GHz. Details of the theory and the structures of AMCs are explained. The refle...

The advent of novel therapies has significantly changed the therapeutic landscape in multiple myeloma (MM). However, MM remains largely incurable and patients undergo disease relapse frequently after a short remission period. This is partly because MM is characterized by the loss of critical mediators of immune surveillance and the development of an immunologic milieu that fosters both disease ...

In this paper, several data fusion and soft decision fusion methods are proposed for cooperative automatic modulation classification (AMC) by using multiple sensors. A well-known AMC using fourth-order cumulant is considered. Also, a novel joint cumulant estimate correction is proposed. The AMC performance of proposed fusion methods with and without joint estimate correction is evaluated throug...

To improve spectrum efficiency (SE), the adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) and automatic repeat request (ARQ) scheme have been combined for MIMO systems. In this paper, we add variable power subject to power constraint in each AMC mode. We use KKT optimization algorithm to get the optimal transmit power and AMC mode boundaries. The numerical results show that the average SE is increased by a...

The survival motor neuron (SMN) gene was lacking in 6/12 patients with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) associated with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Neither point mutation in the SMN gene nor evidence for linkage to chromosome 5q13 were found in the other patients. Hitherto, arthrogryposis was regarded as an exclusion criterion in SMA. Our data strongly suggest that AMC of neurogenic ...