Classification is a method of accurately predicting the target class for an unlabelled sample by learning from instances described by a set of attributes and a class label. Instance based classifiers are attractive due to their simplicity and performance. However, many of these are susceptible to noise and become unsuitable for real world problems. This paper proposes a novel instance based cla...

BACKGROUND/AIMS As the incidence rate of and mortality from pseudomembranous colitis (PMC) are increasing worldwide, it is important to study the simple predictive risk factors for PMC among patients with hospital-acquired diarrhea (HAD). This study focused on identifying the clinical risk factors that can easily predict PMC. METHODS The presumed HAD patients were prospectively recruited at t...

The periaqueductal gray (PAG) of the mesencephalon has been implicated to be involved in the control of micturition. We investigated the micturition-suppressing region in the PAG of the cat. Decerebrated 27 adult cats were used. A microelectrode was inserted stereotaxically into the PAG, and a region was searched where electrical stimulation suppressed isovolumetric bladder contractions. Simult...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder which causes dementia, especially in the elderly. The posteromedial cortex (PMC), which consists of several subregions involved in distinct functions, is one of the critical regions associated with the progression and severity of AD. However, previous studies always ignored the heterogeneity of the PMC and focused on one stage...

Recent findings in monkeys suggest that action selection is based on a competition between various action options that are automatically planned by the motor system. Here we discuss data from intracranial EEG recordings in human premotor cortex (PMC) during a bimanual version of the Eriksen flankers test that suggest that the same principles apply to human action decisions. Recording sites in t...

We recently reported a novel CD8 molecule on rat alveolar macrophages and peritoneal mast cells (PMC). However, little is known about the regulation of CD8 expression and function on these cells. We investigated the regulation of CD8 expression on PMC by NO, because NO can regulate inflammatory responses and also because anti-CD8 Ab stimulates inducible NO synthase and NO production by PMC and ...

BACKGROUND An active-surveillance clinical trial of low-risk papillary microcarcinoma (PMC) patients has been performed at the authors' institution, Kuma Hospital, since 1993. Favorable oncological results have been reported. During the trial, a few patients were encountered with PMC that showed enlargement during pregnancy, and these cases have been reported. During pregnancy, a large amount o...

PURPOSE To examine whether National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded articles that were archived in PubMed Central (PMC) after the release of the 2008 NIH Public Access Policy show greater scholarly impact than comparable articles not archived in PMC. METHODS A list of journals across several subject areas was developed from which to collect article citation data. Citation information and ci...

Percutaneous balloon mitral valve commissurotomy (PMC) was introduced by Inoue in the 1980s, as an alternative to surgical closedcommissurotomy. PMC is the first exampleof a transcatheter valve intervention replicating a surgical procedure, and the fact that Inoue is a surgeon underlines the influence of multidisciplinary efforts in the evolution of transcatheter therapies. Today PMC is the fir...

This report was authored by William K. Nuttle (former Executive Officer of the Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Program Management Committee [PMC]) and edited by John Hunt (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Marine Research Institute, and PMC), Brian D. Keller (NOAA, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and PMC), Raquel Filipek (The Nature Conservancy), and Lau...