The sampling based motion planning algorithm known as Rapidly-exploring Random Trees (RRT) has gained the attention of many researchers due to their computational efficiency and effectiveness. Recently, a variant of RRT called RRT* has been proposed that ensures asymptotic optimality. Subsequently its bidirectional version has also been introduced in the literature known as Bidirectional-RRT* (...

BACKGROUND Nephrologists need to better understand the impact of their decisions about long-term treatment strategies. Healthcare planning requires the anticipation of demand. Indicators from ESRD registries are especially difficult to interpret when the underlying dynamic process is not well understood. Therefore, we have developed a statistical tool to study the course of incident ESRD patien...

BACKGROUND Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common in heart failure (HF) and is associated with poor outcomes. Renal replacement therapy (RRT) may be deferred over concerns regarding tolerability and outcomes in HF. Our objectives were to ascertain the incidence of RRT, changes in RRT incidence over time and the association between RRT and survival in hospitalized HF patients. METHODS A retros...

Aiming to realize the obstacle avoidance of fruit tree pruning manipulator in unstructured complex natural environment, an improved bidirectional fast extended random (RRT-Connect) algorithm was presented this study. The and obstacles were properly simplified based on their geometrical characteristics build collision detection models taking account obstacles, ground, itself carry out path plann...

INTRODUCTION Acute kidney injury (AKI) remains a serious clinical problem in the intensive care unit (ICU). It constitutes an independent risk factor for mortality, especially when renal replacement therapy (RRT) is required. AIM Due to limited evidence pertaining to timing, choice of RRT modality and lack of studies investigating AKI in Polish ICUs, we sought to analyse outcomes of adult AKI...

Abstract The slow convergence rate and large cost of the initial solution limit performance rapidly exploring random tree star (RRT*). To address this issue, paper proposes a modified RRT* algorithm (defined as FF-RRT*) that creates an optimal with fast rate. An improved hybrid sampling method is proposed to speed up by decreasing iterations overcoming application limitation original towards co...

BACKGROUND The Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus causes severe disease in humans, with a high mortality rate. Since, there is no approved vaccine or specific treatment for CCHF, an early and accurate diagnosis, as well as reliable surveillance, is essential for case management and patient improvement. OBJECTIVES For this research, our aim was to evaluate the application of a novel ...

INTRODUCTION Indications for renal replacement therapy (RRT) have not been generally standardized and vary among intensive care units (ICUs). We aimed to assess the proportion, indications, and modality of RRT, as well as the association between the proportion of RRT use and 90-day mortality in patients with septic shock in Finnish adult ICUs. METHODS We identified patients with septic shock ...