OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The term vocal fold nodules refers to bilateral thickening of the membranous folds with minimal impairment of the vibratory properties of the mucosa. Nodules are thought to be related to repetitive mechanical stress, associated with voice use patterns. Diagnosis is typically made in the office via either rigid or flexible laryngeal stroboscopy. Depending on the individual ...

The assessment of pulmonary congestion in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients is challenging. Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) can estimate body water compartments. Natriuretic peptides are markers of hemodynamic stress, neurohormonal activation and extracellular volume overload. Lung ultrasound (LUS) has been proposed for the non-invasive estimation of extravascular lung water throug...

Care during the COVID-19 pandemic hinges upon existence of fast, safe, and highly sensitive diagnostic tools. Considering significant practical advantages lung ultrasound (LUS) over other imaging techniques, but difficulties for doctors in pattern recognition, we aim to leverage machine learning toward guiding diagnosis from LUS. We release largest publicly available LUS dataset consisting 202 ...

tris(3-bromo-acetylacetonato) chromium(iii) as an inert and very stable complex with a good leaving group was synthesized using as-prepared cr(acetylacetonate)3. highly ordered nanoporous silica (lus-1), with some great features, was functionalized with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane. then the as-prepared product was modified with tris(3-bromo-acetylacetonato) chromium(iii) under mild reaction co...

Lung ultrasound (LUS) allows for the detection of a series manifestations COVID-19, such as B-lines and consolidations. The objective this work was to study inter-rater reliability (IRR) when detecting signs associated with COVID-19 in LUS, well performance test longitudinal or transverse orientation. Thirty-three physicians advanced experience LUS independently evaluated videos previously acqu...

Novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a pandemic of epic proportions and global response to prepare health systems worldwide is utmost importance. In addition its cost-effectiveness in resources-limited setting, lung ultrasound (LUS) emerged as rapid noninvasive imaging tool for the diagnosis COVID-19 infected patients. Concerns surrounding LUS include di...

Background: Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) and restricted allograft (RAS) are two distinct phenotypes of chronic lung dysfunction (CLAD) in transplant (LTx) recipients.  Contrary to BOS, RAS can radiologically present with a pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) pattern. This study investigates ultrasound (LUS) identify potential surrogate markers radiological PPFE patter...

Utilizing the combined cooling, heating and power generation (CHP) systems to produce cooling, heat and electricity is growing rapidly due to their high efficiency and low emissions in commercial and industrial applications. In conventional CHP systems the deficit of the system power can be purchased from the grid. However, this system cannot be used as the standalone application. The hybrid so...