Goal is to develop a comprehensive treatment plan for patients with idiopathic retinovasculitis, taking into account etiopathogenetic and clinical data from the retina. 86 (172 eyes) retinal angiitis of genesis were examined subject treatment. The average age was 22.0 ± 0.17. Clinical forms changes: angioretinopathy — 16 eyes, 8 9.3%; neuroretinopathies 104 52 60.5%; neurovasculitis 24 12 14%; ...

This paper presents an improved method for simulating and modifying the beating effect in piano tones. The beating effect is an audible phenomenon, which is characteristic to the piano, and, hence, it should be accounted for in realistic piano synthesis. The proposed method, which is independent of the synthesis technique, contains a cascade of second-order equalizing filters, where each filter...

Objectives. Little evidence exists for the current standard of two annual preventative care visits. The purpose of this study was investigate this claim by modeling the potential savings of implementing a personalized care plan for high risk individuals in the Pittsburgh region. Methods. Using radiographs from 39 patients in the University of Pittsburgh Dental Registry and DNA Repository databa...

Towards the end of life, physicians face dilemmas of discontinuing life-sustaining treatments or interventions. In some circumstances, these treatments are no longer of benefit, while in others the patient or family no longer want them. The physician plays an essential role in clarifying the goals of medical treatment, defining the care plan, initiating discussions about life-sustaining therapy...