BACKGROUND Intra-abdominal infections (IAI) constitute a common reason for hospitalization. However, there is lack of standardization in empiric management of (1) anaerobes, (2) enterococci, (3) fungi, and (4) multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO). The recommendation is to institute empiric coverage for some of these organisms in "high-risk community-acquired" or in "healthcare-associated" infec...

Johann Haller IAI –Instituto de Ciencia Aplicada de la InformaciónUniversidad de Saarland Martin-Luther-Strasse 14, 66111, Saarbrücken, Alemania [email protected] Alexis Donoso IAI –Instituto de Ciencia Aplicada de la InformaciónUniversidad de Saarland Martin-Luther-Strasse 14, 66111, Saarbrücken, Alemania [email protected] Yamile Ramírez IAI –Instituto de Ciencia Aplicada de la InformaciónU...

INTRODUCTION Intracavernous alprostadil injection (IAI) is a widely used treatment for sexual rehabilitation (SR) after radical prostatectomy (RP). It is unknown whether the continuation of IAI beyond 1 year continues to improve erectile function. AIMS To assess evolution of sexual function in patients using IAI who are nonresponsive to phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5i) between 12 (...

User interface generation has become a Software Engineering branch of increasing interest, probably due to the great amount of money, time and effort used to develop user interfaces and the increasing level of exigency of user requirements for usability (Nielsen, 1993) and accessibility (W3C, 2002) compliances. There are different kinds of users, and that is a fact we cannot ignore. Human socie...

This paper describes technology and tools for Intelligent HCI (IHCI) where human cognitive, perceptual, motor, and affective factors are modeled and used to adapt the H C interface. Intelligent HCI emphasizes that human behavior encompasses both apparent human behavior and the hidden mental state behind behavioral performance. IHCI expands on the interpretation of human activities, known as W4 ...

The license plate recognition system is part of the intelligent transportation system. In the intelligent transportation system, the vehicle image is used as the system input. The first step is to improve the image, after the edge detection, a series of morphological operations are performed to identify the plaque. The main purpose of this research was to increase the importance of plate re...

One of the next challenges in research on Human Computer Interfaces (HCI) is to give users the means to perceive and manipulate easily huge quantities of information in the minimum amount of time. Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) have been proposed as a means to solve this problem. The intelligence in the interface makes the system more flexible and more adaptable. One subset of IUI is adaptiv...

Intra-abdominal infection (IAI) is a complex disease entity in which different aspects must be balanced in order to select the proper antimicrobial regimen and determine duration of therapy. A current classification indicates different faces of peritonitis. Primary peritonitis implies an intact gastrointestinal tract without overt barrier disruption. Secondary peritonitis refers to localized or...

Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is characterized by polyp-like choroidal neovascularization and a branching vascular network. Intravitreal aflibercept injection (IAI) or photodynamic therapy (PDT) is used for treatment. We retrospectively compared the 1-year outcomes of IAI monotherapy and its combination with initial PDT for PCV. Twelve eyes with naïve PCV received three IAIs and a sin...

Although replication-competent oncolytic viral vectors have been developed to improve antitumor activity, the generation of high titers of neutralizing antibodies inhibits repetitive viral infection. Many studies have reported that oncolytic virus-infected carrier cells can overcome this viral induced immunogenicity. However, the effects of oncolytic virus-infected carrier cells in human oral s...