PURPOSE This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the performance of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) in identification of colorectal cancer. METHODS A systematic literature search was performed for studies that evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of DWI in identification of colorectal cancer. Methodological quality was assessed by Quality Assessment for Studies of Diagnostic Accu...

Numerous studies have investigated the utility of calretinin in differentiating malignant mesothelioma (MM) from metastatic carcinoma (MC) in serous effusions. However, the results remain controversial. The aim of this study is to determine the overall accuracy of calretinin in serous effusions for MM through a meta-analysis of published studies. Publications addressing the accuracy of calretin...

BACKGROUND Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) is recently developed for identifying different malignant tumors. In this article the diagnostic accuracy of DWI for ovarian cancer was evaluated by synthesis of published data. METHODS A comprehensive literature search was conducted in PubMed/MEDLINE and Embase databases on the diagnostic performance of DWI for ovarian cancer published in English. ...

Numerous studies have investigated the utility of Ber-EP4 in differentiating metastatic adenocarcinoma (MAC) from malignant epithelial mesothelioma (MM) and/or reactive mesothelial cells (RM) in serous effusions. However, the results remain controversial. The aim of this study is to determine the overall accuracy of Ber-EP4 in serous effusions for MAC through a meta-analysis of published studie...

We investigated a post-lingually defeaned cochlear implant user’s ability to perceive sinewave replicas of spoken sentences. The patient, Mr. S, transcribed sinewave sentences under audio-only (AO), visual-only (VO), and audio-visual (A+V) conditions. His performance was compared to the data collected from a group of normal-hearing participants in an earlier study by R.E. Remez, J.M. Fellowes, ...

CI engines are widely used in stationary as well as mobile applications. Stationary applications include typical gen-set, etc. and mobile applications include heavy automobiles, forestry equipments, etc. as well as other applications in day-to-day life. Since the turbulence is necessary for better mixing and the fact that it can be controlled by shape of the combustion chamber, makes this revie...