BACKGROUND Platelet indices are potentially useful markers for the early diagnosis of thromboembolic diseases. An increase in both mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) due to platelet activation, resulting from platelet swelling and pseudopodia formation was hypothesized. METHODS Platelet indices (MPV and PDW) in three groups of persons, using impedance and optical...

Hypoxia is a prominent characteristic of inflammatory tissue lesions. It can affect platelet function. While mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) are sample platelet indices, they may reflect subcinical platelet activation. To investigated associations between adiposity indices and platelet indices, 17327 eligible individuals (7677 males and 9650 females) from the Do...

A class of biped locomotion called Passive Dynamic Walking (PDW) has been recognized to be efficient in energy consumption and a key to understand human walking. Although PDW is sensitive to the initial condition and disturbances, studies of Quasi-PDW which incorporates supplemental actuators have been reported to overcome this sensitivity. In this article, we propose a reinforcement learning m...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to investigate whether gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) and healthy pregnancy differ with respect to complete blood count parameters and these parameters can be used both to explain the pathophysiologic mechanisms and differentiate the two conditions from each other. METHODS The data obtained from 37 women with GTD and 61 healthy pregnancies (contro...

BACKGROUND Activated platelets promote cancer progression and metastasis. However, the prognostic value of platelet indices in laryngeal cancer remains poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictive significance of platelet indices in laryngeal cancer. RESULTS Of the 241 patients, high platelet distribution width (PDW) levels were observed in 116 (48.1 %) patie...

INTRODUCTION Acute gangrenous appendicitis (AGA) is a common medical condition; however, the grade of appendicitis usually cannot be established preoperatively. We have attempted to identify some indicators, such as the mean platelet volume (MPV) and the platelet distribution width (PDW), to diagnose AGA. Aims. To evaluate whether or not the MPV and PDW are suitable markers to diagnose AGA. M...

OBJECTIVE To determine the alterations of mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), platelet level and hemoglobin level in pregnancies with threatened preterm labor (TPL). METHODS The retrospective analysis of 201 pregnant women with threatened preterm labour admitted to our clinic between 2009 and 2013 and 192 healthy pregnancies was conducted. The data regarding the mat...

A lot of research on humanoid robots or biped robots has been conducted. This research focused on enabling robots to walk very smoothly, similar to the way humans walk, which is highly energy efficient. Motion control using a central pattern generator (CPG) has attracted much attention as an effective control mechanism for biped robots to achieve human-like walking (e.g., Kato & Itoh (2005); Ko...

Previous studies demonstrated that several inflammation-based hematological indices are closely related to various malignancies, including colorectal cancer (CRC). In this study, the prognostic value of inflammation-based markers, including a combination index termed coNLR-PDW, comprising the preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and the platelet distribution width (PDW), was evalua...

BACKGROUND We aimed to determine the association between platelet indices including plateletcrit (PCT), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), and proteinuria associated with hypertension (HT) as well as the relative power of each to predict proteinuria. METHODS The study included 223 patients (68 men and 155 women) with primary HT. PCT, MPV, PDW, and proteinuria level...