This paper presents a generative model for the automatic discovery of relations between entities in electronic medical records. The model discovers relation instances and their types by determining which context tokens express the relation. Additionally, the valid semantic classes for each type of relation are determined. We show that the model produces clusters of relation trigger words which ...

Introduction: Dentigerous cysts (DCs) are the most common developmental cysts of the jaws, mostly associated with impacted third molars and canines. Multiple or bilateral DCs are rare and typically occur in association with some syndromes including cleidocranial dysplasia and Gorlin-Goltz. The occurrence of multiple DCs is rare in the absence of these syndromes. Case Presentation: A 28-year-ol...

background : hope is an important factor in the recovery of cancer patients. few iranian studies investigated the level of hope in cancer patients. therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the level of hope in iranian cancer patients and the related factors. methods : in a descriptive correlational study, 150 cancer patients were selected by a consecutive sampling method. hope in patie...

abstract background: stphylococcus cohnii is an organism of coagulase negative species which is considered as normal flora. however, it has been isolated from urinary tract infections and surgical prostheses but its relation with staghorn stones has not been reported, yet. case presentation: a 50-years-old woman presented with left renal staghorn stone in june 2014. she had bilateral staghorn s...

a retrospective comparative study was performed on 54 patients treated medically or surgically (thymectomy) for myasthenia gravis (mg) from 1979- 1989 in three shiraz university hospitals. each surgical patient was compared with a medical patient on the basis of age, sex, severity and duration of disease. complete remission was noted in 3 out of 27 thymectomized patients but in none of the medi...

Aims and Objectives To describe postoperative handover reporting tasks in relation to patient condition situational circumstances, order identify facilitators for best practices. Background High-quality handovers settings are important safety continuity of care. There is a need explore quality other affecting factors. Design Observational mixed methods convergent design. Methods Postoperative w...