Citation de Smet AM, Kluytmans JA, Cooper BS, Mascini EM, Benus RF, van der Werf TS, van der Hoeven JG, Pickkers P, BogaersHofman D, van der Meer NJ, Bernards AT, Kuijper EJ, Joore JC, Leverstein-van Hall MA, Bindels AJ, Jansz AR, Wesselink RM, de Jongh BM, Dennesen PJ, van Asselt GJ, te Velde LF, Frenay IH, Kaasjager K, Bosch FH, van Iterson M, Thijsen SF, Kluge GH, Pauw W, de Vries JW, Kaan J...

A new method was proposed for leaning from the imbalanced dataset based the samples distribution density in this paper. In the proposed scheme, a model of samples distribution density was designed, followed by the improved smote progress SDD-SMOTE where we smoted the minority samples according to the samples distribution density. Cross-validation results show that proposed SDD-SMOTE method to s...

Introduction Emergence of carbapemenases and their worldwide distribution has worsens the clinical scenario of antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria. Selective Digestive Decontamination (SDD) has been used to prevent development of nosocomial colonization and infections in ICU patients. However, rectal colonization with multirresistant bacteria is a serious concern with SDD. An effect...

Grip, Key Pinch (KP), 3 Point Pinch (3PP) and 2 Point Pinch (2PP) strengths were measured twice weekly in 32 women with primary osteoarthritis of the hand (POAH) and 25 healthy women. Reproducibility was assessed by standard error of measurement (SEM) and the coefficient of variation (CV). Cutoff values for significant improvement or deterioration were determined and expressed, respectively, as...

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We thank Krueger and colleagues for their critical comments (1). We fully agree that selective digestive tract decontamination (SDD) is not a substitute for good infection control, especially hand hygiene. With respect to their argument that our findings are in sharp contrast to what is known so far about the effect of SDD on the risk of acquisition of colistin-resistant bacteria, we feel diffe...

A windowless silicon (Si) diode (4 mm(2)) was evaluated as alpha particle detector and spectrometer for field measurements. It was irradiated with alpha particles from a (241)Am (2.3 kBq) and a (210)Po (9 kBq) source at source-detector distances (SDD) of 0.5, 1.0 and 1.8 cm. The energy resolution in terms of full width at half maximum was 281, 148 and 113 keV for SDD of 0.5, 1.0 and 1.8 cm, res...

INTRODUCTION Helicobacter fennelliae is an enterohepatic Helicobacter species causing bacteraemia in immunocompromised hosts. Only a few cases of recurrent H. fennelliae bacteraemia have been reported in Japan and there are no guidelines regarding antimicrobial treatment for H. fennelliae infection. CASE PRESENTATION H. fennelliae bacteraemia was observed in a patient receiving platinum-based...

We study the onset of sustained oscillations in a classical state-dependent delay (SDD) differential equation inspired by control theory. Owing to the large delays considered, the Hopf bifurcation is singular and the oscillations rapidly acquire a sawtooth profile past the instability threshold. Using asymptotic techniques, we explicitly capture the gradual change from nearly sinusoidal to sawt...

We examined the efficacy and toxicity of single daily dosing (SDD) of aminoglycosides for febrile, immunocompromised adults by systematically reviewing four randomized, controlled trials of SDD vs. standard dosing regimens. We assessed the methodological quality of each study and extracted data pertaining to efficacy and toxicity outcomes. Pooled risk ratios for the efficacy outcomes were bacte...