STUDY OBJECTIVES Although the sentinel lymph node (SLN) concept has traditionally been applied to solid organs, we hypothesized that the pleural space might drain into a specific SLN group. The identification of such a nodal group could assist in the staging and treatment of pleural-based diseases, such as mesothelioma, or other lung cancers with visceral pleural invasion. The purpose of this s...

This paper proposes a dual-weighted polarization image fusion method based on quality assessment and attention mechanisms to fuse the intensity (S0) degree of linear (DoLP). S0 has high contrast clear details, DoLP an outstanding ability characterize properties, so can achieve effective complementation superior information. We decompose into base layers detail layers. In layers, we build unit c...

BACKGROUND During paravertebral block, the anterolateral limit of the paravertebral space, which consists of the pleura, should preferably not be perforated. Also it is possible that, during the block, the constant superior costotransverse ligament can be missed in the loss-of-resistance technique. We therefore aimed to develop a new technique for an ultrasound-guided puncture of the paraverteb...

in this paper, a two-surfaces sliding mode controller (tssmc) is proposed for the voltage tracking control of a two input dc-dc converter in application of electric vehicles (evs). the imperialist competitive algorithm (ica) is used for tuning tssmc parameters. the proposed controller significantly improves the transient response and disturbance rejection of the two input converters while prese...

correct context has taken a lot of work. Yanagida's approach to this work has been influenced by his location — starting with the choice of fission yeast. " Working on a remote island, I thought it may be better to work on a more obscure organism, " he says. And once that work was started, " we were quite happy to study these mutants in an isolated fashion. " But if the research was somewhat is...

Organization of living environment is possible through a clear definition of private and public arenas and determinationof a spatial hierarchy. Such defined arenas increase the sense of belonging to the environment which personalizesresidential environments. Enclosure is among the quantities that play a significant role in defining the spaces. In fact,enclosure is the factor that defines a spac...

Prediction method for time series of imagery data on eigen space is proposed. Although the conventional prediction method is defined on the real world space and time domains, the proposed method is defined on eigen space. Prediction accuracy of the proposed method is supposed to be superior to the conventional methods. Through experiments with time series of satellite imagery data, validity of ...

Introduction: Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are uncommon vascular lesions that can arise in any part of the body. Case Report: In this case study, we presented a huge AVM of the upper lip in a 70-year-old man that he noticed since 5years ago with slow growth in this period. Computed tomography angiography revealed a large AVM with feeders from the right...