PURPOSE To evaluate the effects of sex and anthropometry on clinical outcomes in patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). MATERIALS AND METHODS From three randomized trials (REal Safety and Efficacy of 3-month dual antiplatelet Therapy following Endeavor zotarolimus-eluting stent implantation, Impact of intraVascular UltraSound guidance on outcomes of Xience Prime sten...

BACKGROUND Conjoint Analysis (CA) can serve as an important tool to study health disparities and unique factors underlying decision-making in diverse subgroups. However, methodological advancements are needed in exploiting this application of CA. We compared the internal and external predictive validity and inter-temporal stability of Choice-based-Conjoint (CBC) analysis between African-America...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether diffusion-tensor magnetic resonance imaging and whole brain N-acetylaspartate (WBNAA) proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy can provide complementary pieces of information to achieve a better understanding of the factors associated with disability in multiple sclerosis (MS). DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Referral hospital-based MS center. PATIENT...

The antiviral innate immune response follows the detection of viral components by host pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). Two families of PRRs have emerged as key sensors of viral infection: Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and retinoic acid inducible gene-I like RNA helicases (RLHs). TLRs patrol the extracellular and endosomal compartments; signalling results in a type-1 interferon response and/o...

As the resolution of airborne hyperspectral imagers (AHIs) continues to improve, demand for accurate boresight calibration also increases. However, high cost ground control points (GCPs) and low horizontal open digital elevation model (DEM) datasets limit accuracy AHI’s calibration. We propose a method enhance DEM-based using coplanarity constraints address this issue. Our approach utilizes rel...