Combining Participatory and ESM: A Hybrid Approach to Collecting Annotated Mobility Data

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsiu-Chi Chang ◽  
Yung-Ju Chang ◽  
Mark W. Newman ◽  
Chih-Hsin Lin
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Mobility Data

Surgical and endovascular hybrid approach in peripheral arterial disease of the lower limbs

VASA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 417-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anouk Grandjean ◽  
Katia Iglesias ◽  
Céline Dubuis ◽  
Sébastien Déglise ◽  
Jean-Marc Corpataux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Peripheral Arterial Disease ◽  
Limb Salvage ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Arterial Disease ◽  
Early Mortality ◽  
Secondary Patency ◽  
Limb Salvage Rate ◽  
Peripheral Arterial ◽  
Salvage Rate

Abstract. Background: Multilevel peripheral arterial disease is frequently observed in patients with intermittent claudication or critical limb ischemia. This report evaluates the efficacy of one-stage hybrid revascularization in patients with multilevel arterial peripheral disease. Patients and methods: A retrospective analysis of a prospective database included all consecutive patients treated by a hybrid approach for a multilevel arterial peripheral disease. The primary outcome was the patency rate at 6 months and 1 year. Secondary outcomes were early and midterm complication rate, limb salvage and mortality rate. Statistical analysis, including a Kaplan-Meier estimate and univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were carried out with the primary, primary assisted and secondary patency, comparing the impact of various risk factors in pre- and post-operative treatments. Results: 64 patients were included in the study, with a mean follow-up time of 428 days (range: 4 − 1140). The technical success rate was 100 %. The primary, primary assisted and secondary patency rates at 1 year were 39 %, 66 % and 81 %, respectively. The limb-salvage rate was 94 %. The early mortality rate was 3.1 %. Early and midterm complication rates were 15.4 % and 6.4 %, respectively. The early mortality rate was 3.1 %. Conclusions: The hybrid approach is a major alternative in the treatment of peripheral arterial disease in multilevel disease and comorbid patients, with low complication and mortality rates and a high limb-salvage rate.

An Evaluation of a Plasma Fractionation System

1960 ◽  
Vol 4 (01) ◽  
pp. 031-044
Author(s):  
George Y. Shinowara ◽  
E. Mary Ruth
Keyword(s):  
Biological Activity ◽  
Ionic Strength ◽  
Plasma Proteins ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Significant Evidence ◽  
Native Proteins ◽  
Mobility Data ◽  
Fractionation Procedure ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Low Ionic Strength

SummaryFour primary fractions comprising at least 97 per cent of the plasma proteins have been critically appraised for evidence of denaturation arising from a low temperature—low ionic strength fractionation system. The results in addition to those referable to the recovery of mass and biological activity include the following: The high solubilities of these fractions at pH 7.3 and low ionic strengths; the compatibility of the electrophoretic and ultracentrifugal data of the individual fractions with those of the original plasma; and the recovery of hemoglobin, not hematin, in fraction III obtained from specimens contaminated with this pigment. However, the most significant evidence for minimum alterations of native proteins was that the S20, w and the electrophoretic mobility data on the physically recombined fractions were identical to those found on whole plasma.The fractionation procedure examined here quantitatively isolates fibrinogen, prothrombin and antithrombin in primary fractions. Results have been obtained demonstrating its significance in other biological systems. These include the following: The finding of 5 S20, w classes in the 4 primary fractions; the occurrence of more than 90 per cent of the plasma gamma globulins in fraction III; the 98 per cent pure albumin in fraction IV; and, finally, the high concentration of beta lipoproteins in fraction II.

Delayed Closure of Multiple Muscular Ventricular Septal Defects in an Infant after Coarctation Repair and a Hybrid Procedure�A Case Report

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ireneusz Haponiuk ◽  
Maciej Chojnicki ◽  
Radosaw Jaworski ◽  
Jacek Juciski ◽  
Mariusz Steffek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Septal Defect ◽  
Color Doppler ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Ventricular Septal Defects ◽  
Color Doppler Echocardiography ◽  
Septal Defects ◽  
Coarctation Repair ◽  
Step Procedure ◽  
The Right ◽  
Delayed Closure

There are several strategies of surgical approach for the repair of multiple muscular ventricular septal defects (mVSDs), but none leads to a fully predictable, satisfactory therapeutic outcome in infants. We followed a concept of treating multiple mVSDs consisting of a hybrid approach based on intraoperative perventricular implantation of occluding devices. In this report, we describe a 2-step procedure consisting of a final hybrid approach for multiple mVSDs in the infant following initial coarctation repair with pulmonary artery banding in the newborn. At 7 months, sternotomy and debanding were performed, the right ventricle was punctured under transesophageal echocardiographic guidance, and the 8-mm device was implanted into the septal defect. Color Doppler echocardiography results showed complete closure of all VSDs by 11 months after surgery, probably via a mechanism of a localized inflammatory response reaction, ventricular septum growth, and implant endothelization.

A Hybrid Approach for Virtual Machine Migration in Cloud Computing Environment

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramandeep Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Virtual Machine ◽  
Heuristic Algorithms ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Cloud Infrastructure ◽  
Virtual Machine Migration ◽  
Bee Colony ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
Effective Performance

A lot of research has been done in the field of cloud computing in computing domain.  For its effective performance, variety of algorithms has been proposed. The role of virtualization is significant and its performance is dependent on VM Migration and allocation. More of the energy is absorbed in cloud; therefore, the utilization of numerous algorithms is required for saving energy and efficiency enhancement in the proposed work. In the proposed work, green algorithm has been considered with meta heuristic algorithms, ABC (Artificial Bee colony .Every server has to perform different or same functions. A cloud computing infrastructure can be modelled as Primary Machineas a set of physical Servers/host PM1, PM2, PM3… PMn. The resources of cloud infrastructure can be used by the virtualization technology, which allows one to create several VMs on a physical server or host and therefore, lessens the hardware amount and enhances the resource utilization. The computing resource/node in cloud is used through the virtual machine. To address this problem, data centre resources have to be managed in resource -effective manner for driving Green Cloud computing that has been proposed in this work using Virtual machine concept with ABC and Neural Network optimization algorithm. The simulations have been carried out in CLOUDSIM environment and the parameters like SLA violations, Energy consumption and VM migrations along with their comparison with existing techniques will be performed.

Implementation of a Dual-Solver Hybrid Approach for Rotating System Simulations in HPCMP CREATE(TM)-AV HELIOS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Moushegian ◽  
Marilyn J. Smith ◽  
Glen R. Whitehouse ◽  
Daniel A. Wachspress
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Rotating System

Spatial Metabolomics of the Human Kidney Using MALDI Trapped Ion Mobility Imaging Mass Spectrometry

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Neumann ◽  
Lukasz Migas ◽  
Jamie L. Allen ◽  
Richard Caprioli ◽  
Raf Van de Plas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Ion Mobility ◽  
Imaging Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Structural Complexity ◽  
Human Kidney ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
Mobility Separation ◽  
Trapped Ion ◽  
Mobility Data ◽  
Ion Mobility Separation

<div> <div> <p>Small metabolites are essential for normal and diseased biological function but are difficult to study because of their inherent structural complexity. MALDI imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) of small metabolites is particularly challenging as MALDI matrix clusters are often isobaric with metabolite ions, requiring high resolving power instrumentation or derivatization to circumvent this issue. An alternative to this is to perform ion mobility separation before ion detection, enabling the visualization of metabolites without the interference of matrix ions. Here, we use MALDI timsTOF IMS to image small metabolites at high spatial resolution within the human kidney. Through this, we have found metabolites, such as arginic acid, acetylcarnitine, and choline that localize to the cortex, medulla, and renal pelvis, respectively. We have also demonstrated that trapped ion mobility spectrometry (TIMS) can resolve matrix peaks from metabolite signal and separate both isobaric and isomeric metabolites with different localizations within the kidney. The added ion mobility data dimension dramatically increased the peak capacity for molecular imaging experiments. Future work will involve further exploring the small metabolite profiles of human kidneys as a function of age, gender, and ethnicity.</p></div></div>

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