This paper deals with uncertainty, asymmetric information, and risk modelling in a complex power system. The uncertainty is managed by using probability decision theory methods. Multiple-criteria making (MCDM) very effective well-known tool to investigate fuzzy information more effectively. However, the selection of houses cannot be done utilizing symmetry because enterprises do not have comple...

Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Mechanical Thrombectomy Improves Functional Outcomes Independent of Pretreatment With Intravenous Thrombolysis” We would like to thank Kamtchum-Tatuene et al for commenting on our recently published meta-analysis evaluating the potential interaction of pretreatment with intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) on the association of endovascular reperfusion therapies...

PURPOSE To report the long-term results of intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) injection alone or combined, at the time of first IVB injection, with intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVT) for treatment of refractory diabetic macular edema (DME). METHODS In this randomized clinical trial, 115 eyes of 101 patients with refractory DME were enrolled and randomly assigned to one of the three study ...

Laser microdissection (LM) provides a useful method for isolating specific cells or tissues from biological samples. Here, we adapted microdissection protocols to allow high-resolution transcript analysis of different tissues from developing Arabidopsis seed. Sufficient RNA ( approximately 50 ng) was extracted from endosperm tissue for RT-PCR. However, to obtain enough RNA for microarray analys...

purpose: to compare repeated intravitreal injections of bevacizumab (ivb) with triamcinolone acetonide (ivt) for treatment of acute branch retinal vein occlusion (brvo). methods: this randomized clinical trial included, 86 eyes with recent onset (less than 12 weeks) brvo. participants were randomly assigned to two treatment groups: the ivb group (43 eyes) consisted of patients who received mont...

Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) is contraindicated in stroke patients receiving oral anticoagulants [1] . Knowledge of current medication is therefore necessary before commencing IVT. In the emergency setting, pointof-care (POC) coagulation devices provide rapid international normalized ratio (INR) measurements [2] . However, current POC devi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We aimed to assess the interaction between intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) and arterial occlusion on acute cervicocerebral computed tomographic angiography on the outcome of patients with acute ischemic stroke. METHODS Patients from the Acute Stroke Registry and Analysis of Lausanne (ASTRAL) registry with onset-to-door-time ≤4 hours, acute cervicocerebral computed tomogr...

Many systemic cytotoxic agents cannot penetrate the blood-brain barrier. Because of this, in approximately 5% of cancer cases, metastatic disease is seen in the leptomeninges. Without treatment, patients with neoplastic meningitis (NM) generally survive for only a matter of weeks. In the treatment of NM, intraventricular (IVT) topotecan results in progression-free and overall survival outcomes ...

A 59-year-old woman was referred to the institution with burdens of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (IVT). Electroanatomic mapping revealed a complex fractionated, high frequency potential with long duration preceding the QRS onset of the IVT. The real end point of ablation was the disappearance of the conduction block of Purkinje potential during the sinus rhythm besides the disappearance o...