BACKGROUND Critical stroke causes high morbidity and mortality. We examined if variables in the early stage of critical stroke could predict in-hospital mortality. METHODS We recruited 611 ischemic and 805 hemorrhagic stroke patients who were admitted within 24 h after the symptom onset. Data were analyzed with independent t test and Chi square test, and then with multivariate logistic regres...

This paper presents a new approach to the Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) modelling of bacterial growth; using Neural Network models based on Product Units (PUNN) instead of on sigmoidal units (MLP) of kinetic parameters (lag-time, growth rate and maximum population density) of Leuconostoc mesenteroides and those factors affecting their growth such as storage temperature, pH, NaCl and NaNO 2 c...

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is associated with swine respiratory diseases. Although gene organization and regulation are well known in many prokaryotic organisms, knowledge on mycoplasma is limited. This study performed a comparative analysis of three strains of M. hyopneumoniae (7448, J and 232), with a focus on genome organization and gene comparison for open read frame (ORF) cluster (OC) identi...

Postoperative or posttraumatic sepsis remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in hospital populations, especially in populations in intensive care units (ICUs). Central to the successful control of sepsis-associated infections is the ability to rapidly diagnose and treat disease. The ability to identify sepsis patients before they show any symptoms would have major benefits...

Overtaking a slow lead vehicle is a complex maneuver because of the variety of overtaking conditions and driver behavior. In this study, two novel prediction models for overtaking behavior are proposed. These models are derived based on multi-input multi-output adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (MANFIS). They are validated at microscopic level and are able to simulate and predict the fut...

water contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons has harmful effects on health, economy and environment. in this study, photolysis process for treating petroleum hydrocarbons was investigated. hence different initial cods with different uv-c radiation power were examined. based on the energy consumption per unit of cod removed, cod of 350 mg/l and radiation power of 80 w were chosen as the optimu...