AIMS Decreasing a number of hospital admissions is important for improving outcomes for people with schizophrenia. The Information Technology Aided Relapse Prevention Programme in Schizophrenia (ITAREPS) programme enables early pharmacological intervention in psychosis by identification of prodromal symptoms of relapse using home telemonitoring via a phone-to-PC SMS platform. METHODS This stu...

BACKGROUND Accurate assessment of the depth of tumor invasion (DI) in microinvasive squamous cell carcinoma (MISCC) of the tongue is critical to prognosis. An arithmetic model is generated to determine a reliable method of measurement of DI and correlate this with the local recurrence. MATERIAL AND METHODS Tumor thickness (TT) and DI were measured in tissue sections of 14 cases of MISCC of th...

PURPOSE To evaluate the changes in focal macular electroretinograms (fmERGs) after surgical removal of choroidal neovascular (CNV) lesions. METHODS Fourteen patients (14 eyes) with subfoveal or juxtafoveal CNV associated with age-related macular degeneration and 1 patient with idiopathic CNV underwent vitrectomy and removal of the lesions. fmERGs elicited by a 15 degree stimulus were recorded...

BACKGROUND In this chart review, we attempted to evaluate the benefits of adding aripiprazole in veterans with military-related PTSD and comorbid depression, who had been minimally or partially responsive to their existing medications. METHODS A retrospective chart review of patients who received an open-label, flexible-dose, 12- week course of adjunctive aripiprazole was conducted in 27 mili...

a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Keywords: Digital image watermarking Integer wavelet transform Singular value decomposition Wilcoxon signed rank test Digital signature In this paper, a new robust and secure digital image watermarking scheme that can be used for copyright protection is proposed. The scheme uses the integer wavelet transform (IWT) and singular value decomposition (SVD). The...

The massive surge in the production of microarray data poses a great challenge for proper analysis and interpretation. In recent years numerous computational tools have been developed to extract meaningful interpretation of microarray gene expression data. However, a convenient tool for two-groups comparison of microarray data is still lacking and users have to rely on commercial statistical pa...

Both long posterior ciliary arteries were occluded or the three extraocular muscles were tenotomized to produce anterior segment ischemia in rabbits, and the aqueous levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were measured. The occlusion of both long posterior ciliary arteries led to clinical and histological anterior segment ischemia in varying degrees. The aqueous VEGF levels increas...

Due to versatile diagnostic and prognostic fidelity molecular signatures or fingerprints are anticipated as the most powerful tools for cancer management in the near future. Notwithstanding the experimental advancements in microarray technology, methods for analyzing either whole arrays or gene signatures have not been firmly established. Recently, an algorithm, ArraySolver has been reported by...

This study aims to determine the dysfunction caused by existing pathological condition in structures involved in the transfer of sensory functions of the neural system in cervical disc herniation, and to establish whether or not the level and degree of this anatomical damage can be anticipated by SEP (Somatosensorial Evoked Potentials). We compared the obtained SEP values for statistical signif...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Calcium and vitamin D malabsorption in coeliac disease predispose to skeletal demineralisation. This study aimed to determine bone mineral density in patients studied in the first year after diagnosis of coeliac disease, and to detect changes in bone mineral density over the subsequent year. METHODS Lumbar spine and femoral neck bone mineral density was measured in 21 adults w...