OBJECTIVE Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is an investigational treatment for diseases thought to involve alterations in the intestinal microbiota including ulcerative colitis (UC). Case reports have described therapeutic benefit of FMT in patients with UC, possibly due to changes in the microbiota. We measured the degree to which the transplanted microbiota engraft following FMT in pati...

Diagnostic processes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are evolving. Knowledge about disease-specific biomarkers is constantly increasing and larger volumes of data are being measured from patients. To gain additional benefits from the collected data, a novel statistical modeling and data visualization system is proposed for supporting clinical diagnosis of AD. The proposed system computes an evidenc...

Deep ocean regeneration of dissolved silica (DSi) is an essential part the cycle and driven by a complex series biogeochemical processes. Here we compare distributions DSi other environmental parameters in several western Pacific marginal seas to explore role deep regeneration. Results show that oligotrophic (such as South China Sea), content waters similar adjacent waters. However, productive ...

Dynamical stability of the shock compressed layer with finite thickness is investigated. It is characterized by self-gravity, structure, and shock condition at the surfaces of the compressed layer. At one side of the shocked layer, its surface condition is determined via the ram pressure, while at the other side the thermal pressure supports its structure. When the ram pressure dominates the th...

C. Lin, W. I. Tseng, L. Kuo, V. J. Wedeen, J. Chen Interdisciplinary MRI/MRS Lab at Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Center for Optoelectronic Biomedicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, MGH Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, United States Synopsis DSI reflects the dis...

   Objectives: The present study aimed at investigating the relationship between Dysphonia Severity Index (DSI) and disease speech and voice severity of Parkinson disease (PD) patients. Method. This study was a cross-sectional ones, carried out on 45 PD patients with the age range of 50 to 75 years, who were randomly selected. The Hoehn and Yahr Scale (H.Y Scale) was employed to measure the le...

Abstract Digital technologies are radically changing how established organizations design novel services. transformation (DT) strategies executed to manage the transition from product-centric service-centric business models based on digital technologies. However, little is known about what configurations of DT lead successful service innovation (DSI) in organizations. We employ fuzzy-set Qualit...

Focal epilepsy is increasingly recognized as the result of an altered brain network, both on the structural and functional levels and the characterization of these widespread brain alterations is crucial for our understanding of the clinical manifestation of seizure and cognitive deficits as well as for the management of candidates to epilepsy surgery. Tractography based on Diffusion Tensor Ima...