This paper descr ibes processes of t ransforming michi-annai-bun, l i t e r a l l y s t reet-guide-sentence i n to a map on a d isp lay device: we f i r s t show how such t ransformat ion is performed, and then we discuss what i t means in terms of understanding natura l language expressions. INTRODUCTION In A r t i f i c i a l I n t e l l i g e n c e and Cogni t ive Science there have been a n...

Sir, Dehydrated patients usually present with elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN) concentrations, reflecting a low urine flow rate and increased renal reabsorption of urea. This increased renal reabsorption of urea is thought to owe at least in part to the action of antidiuretic hormone (ADH). A 44-year-old Japanese man with mental retardation was admitted because of the recent onset of polyposi...

Table. Laboratory Data Leukocytes (× 10 6.2 Neutrophils (× 10 4.5 Eosinophils (× 10 0.1 Basophils (× 10 0 Monocytes (× 10 0.7 Lymphocytes (× 10 1 Hemoglobin (g/dL 6.9 Platelets (× 10 21.8 CRP (mg/dL 5.52 ESR (mm/h >150 BUN (mg/dL 19 Creatinine (mg/d 0.89 AST (mU/m 10 ALT (mU/m 3 LDH (mU/ 112 Antinuclear antibody (Anti-CCP antibody (Rheumatoid factor (CRP: C-reactive protein, ESR: erythrocyte se...

methods: in a retrospective descriptive study, medical records of 204 hip fractured patients with the age of 60 or older who were admitted to the department of orthopedics was considered regarding routine laboratory tests. predictive values of these tests were assessed using receiver operating characteristic curve (roc).  results: the incidence of death due to hip fracture was 24%. the mortalit...

Disease The “hot cross bun” sign refers to pontine cruciform hyperintensity on long TR sequences, which can be observed in multiple-system atrophy, spinocerebellar atrophy types 2 and 3, and in parkinsonism secondary to vasculitis. It has not been previously demonstrated in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), to our knowledge. A 16-year-old girl, diagnosed with vCJD at age 14 years and de...

Abstract Background Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (NH) is among the common neonatal morbidities. Phototherapy its most used therapeutic intervention. Different delivering systems and types are currently available. This study aimed to detect compare effects of different phototherapy on serum electrolytes blood glucose effect duration them. Results Five hundred healthy newborns with indirect NH wer...