BACKGROUND The increase of intraabdominal pressure to 10 mmHg provokes a decrease of renal blood flow (RBF). Pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopic techniques with intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) to 15 mmHg, results in a decrease in RBF, urine output and glomerular filtration rate (GFR). PURPOSE Analyze the changes in RBF, urine output an GFR in a porcine experimental model during open vs laparo...

Many researchers and organizations are interested in creating a mechanism capable of automatically predicting software defects. In the last years, machine learning techniques have been used in several researches with this goal. Many recent researches use data originated from NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) IV&V (Independent Verification & Validation) Facility Metrics Data P...

High-dimensional visualization is usually connected with large data processing. Because of dimensionality, it is nearly impossible to make a tessellation, like the Delaunay tessellation in E, followed by data interpolation. One possibility of data interpolation is the use of the Radial Basis Functions (RBF) interpolation. The RBF interpolation supports the interpolation of scattered data in d-d...

A high performance speaker-independent isolated-word hybrid speech recognizer was developed which combines Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) and Radial Basis Function (RBF) neural networks. In recognition experiments using a speaker-independent E-set database, the hybrid recognizer had an error rate of 11.5% compared to 15.7% for the robust unimodal Gaussian HMM recognizer upon which the hybrid syste...

Loop diuretics like furosemide have been shown to cause renal vasodilatation in dogs and humans, an effect thought to result from both a direct vascular dilator effect and from inhibition of tubuloglomerular feedback. In isolated perfused afferent arterioles preconstricted with angiotensin II or N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, furosemide caused a dose-dependent increase of vascular diameter...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a common condition with high morbidity. While measurement of tissue oxygen saturation (S(t)O(2)) has been demonstrated, this is the first study to assess both S(t)O(2) and relative blood flow (rBF) in the extremities of PAD patients. Diffuse optics is employed to measure hemodynamic response to treadmill and pedal exercises in 31 healthy controls and 26 patien...

The aim of the study was to investigate mechanisms underlying the downregulation of renal blood flow (RBF) after a prolonged reduction in renal perfusion pressure (RPP) in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). We tested the effect on the RBF response of clamping plasma ANG II in sevoflurane-anesthetized SHR. We also tested the effect of general cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibition and inhibit...

Cross-linked hemoglobin (XL-Hb) infused into dogs increases mean arterial pressure (MAP) but decreases blood flow to the renal (RBF), mesenteric (MBF), and iliac (IBF) circulations. These actions differ markedly from dextran infusion (which increases RBF, MBF, and IBF without altering MAP) and may be due to scavenging of nitric oxide by XL-Hb. However, because the hormonal milieu regulating reg...

It has limitations to apply the traditional mathematical model to assess the risk of the information security for it is characterized by its nonlinearity and uncertainty. The RBF Neural Networks Theory, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) Analysis and Fuzzy Evaluation are combined to build a particle swarm optimizing model of Information Security Risk Assessment based on RBF Neural Networks, so a...

Estimation of suspended sediments in rivers using soft computing techniques has been extensively performed around the world since 1990’s. However, accuracy in the results was always found to be highly desired and a profound crucial task. This study presents a thorough comparison between the performances of best basis function of Radial Basis Functions (RBF) and the best training algorithm in Mu...