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The proposed objective function selection process is based on the sliding-mode control theory. The objective function is reformulated as a sliding surface function, and the switching combination that satisfies the sliding mode control stability criteria is selected as an optimum input. The mathematical concepts are experimentally validated, and the results demonstrate the potency of the proposed strategy.This paper presents an trust-region filtered sequential convex programming (TRF-SCP) to reduce computational burdens of multi-UAV trajectory planning. In TRF-SCP, the trust-region based filter is proposed to remove the inactive collision-avoidance constraints of the convex programming subproblems for decreasing the complexity. The inactive constraints are detected based on the intersection relations between trust regions and collision-avoidance constraints. The trust-region based filter for different types of obstacles are tailored to address complex scenarios. An adaptive trust-region updating mechanism is also developed to mitigate infeasible iteration in TRF-SCP. The sizes of the trust regions are automatically adjusted according to the constraint violation of the optimized trajectory during the SCP iterations. TRF-SCP is then tested on several numerical multi-UAV formation scenarios involving cylindrical, spherical, conical, and polygon obstacles, respectively. Comparative studies demonstrate that TRF-SCP eliminates a large number of collision-avoidance constraints in the entire iterative process and outperforms SCP and Guaranteed Sequential Trajectory Optimization in terms of computational efficiency. The indoor flight experiments are presented to further evaluate the practicability of TRF-SCP.A lateral automatic carrier landing system (ACLS) control law is proposed for carrier-based aircraft, which could suppress the landing risk and increase the control precision. The nonlinear lateral landing equation is transformed into a polytopic model with a serial of state bounds. The landing risk including approach and arresting risks is proposed, and a Kalman filter is used to integrate both risks to construct the landing risk model. The concept of virtual state deviations is adopted by the output augment, which is estimated by an observer. The risk-state model predictive control (MPC) is established on the basis of the landing risk gradient composed of virtual states and time-varying weights. A compared simulation is tested on a semi-physical platform, which verifies excellent performance of the proposed method.Etiologic factors and long-term outcomes of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) in young patients have not been well characterized. This study aimed to analyze the etiologic factors and outcomes of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in patients with young-onset AF (young-AF, defined as having first documented episode less then 45 years). Consecutive patients with young-AF undergoing PVI (n = 197) in 2 academic centers were enrolled and followed for 36.1 ± 24.5 months. A control group of patients with AF onset ≥45 years (n = 554) was included. The most frequent risk factors in young-AF were intensive exercise (25%), moderate-to-heavy alcohol consumption (23%), and familial AF (22%). Compared with patients with AF onset ≥45-year, patients with young-AF were more often men (82% vs 66%, p less then 0.001), had more frequently paroxysmal AF (81% vs 60%, p less then 0.001), had less left atrial dilatation (40.9 ± 6.2 mm vs 44.2 ± 7.2 mm, p less then 0.001), and had lower 4-year recurrence rate after last PVI procedure (22% vs 45%, p less then 0.001). In young-AF, structural heart disease (SHD) was the only independent predictor of recurrence. Patients with young-AF selected to undergo cryoballoon (CB) ablation were younger (35.0 ± 7.7 vs 36.6 ± 6.7 years, p = 0.035) and had less persistent AF (6% vs 24%, p = 0.004) and coronary artery disease (2% vs 7%, p = 0.02) compared with radiofrequency ablation. After excluding patients with persistent AF and SHD, there was no difference in single procedural success between radiofrequency or CB PVI (27% vs 17%, p = 0.11). In conclusion, patients with young-AF have diverse etiologies and high single and multiprocedural PVI successes. SHD is the only independent predictor of recurrence. In patients with young-AF, there is a selection bias for CB ablation.Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a rare event affecting relatively young patients therefore leading to a high social impact. The management of SAH follows a biphasic course with early brain injuries in the first 72 hours followed by a phase at risk of secondary deterioration due to delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) in 20 to 30% patients. Cerebral infarction from DCI is the most preventable cause of mortality and morbidity after SAH. DCI prevention, early detection and treatment is therefore advocated. Formerly limited to the occurrence of vasospasm, DCI is now associated with multiple pathophysiological processes involving for instance the macrocirculation, the microcirculation, neurovascular units, and inflammation. Therefore, the therapeutic targets and management strategies are also evolving and are not only focused on proximal vasospasm. In this review, we describe the current knowledge of DCI pathophysiology. We then discuss the diagnosis strategies that may guide physicians at the bedside with a multimodal approach in the unconscious patient. We will present the prevention strategies that have proven efficient as well as future targets and present the therapeutic approach that is currently being developed when a DCI occurs.

Previous studies have demonstrated improved outcomes for patients with rectal cancer treated at higher-volume hospitals. DZD9008 However, little is known whether heterogeneity in this effect exists. The objective was to test whether the effect of increased annual rectal cancer resection volume on outcomes is consistent across all hospitals treating rectal cancer.

Adult stage I to III patients who underwent surgical resection for rectal adenocarcinoma from 2004 to 2016 were identified in the National Cancer Database.

We included 120,522 patients treated at 763 hospitals in this retrospective cohort study. Higher volume was linearly and incrementally related to outcomes in unadjusted analyses. In adjusted models, for an average patient at the average hospital, the effect of increasing the annual caseload of rectal cancer resections by 20 resections per year was associated with 8%, (hazard ratio= 0.92, 95% confidence interval= 0.87, 0.97), 18% (odds ratio= 0.82, 95% confidence interval= 0.70, 0.98), and 16% (odds e exists significant variation in these effects induced by individual within-hospital effects. Regionalization policies may need to be flexible in identifying the hospitals that would achieve enhanced benefits from treating a larger volume of patients.

The assessment of frailty before and after kidney transplantation is becoming more important in the aging population. It is recommended to recognize the post-transplant risks and establish a treatment strategy. We report the case of a patient who underwent 2 laparotomy hemostasis procedures due to frailty after kidney transplantation.

A 72-year-old woman presented with end-stage renal failure due to an unknown primary disease. She was also found to be frail when assessed using the physical frailty phenotype. She underwent ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation from her husband at the end of March 2020. On the first postoperative day, re-operation for hematoma evacuation was performed. The bleeding point could not be identified at that time. Progression of anemia was observed on the sixth postoperative day, and computed tomography showed no obvious bleeding. Subsequently, the renal allograft started functioning immediately, without rejection. However, emergency laparotomy for hematoma removal was performed on the 22nd postoperative day. Bleeding had occurred from the anastomotic region of the renal allograft artery and the external iliac artery. Her serum creatinine levels and renal function remained stable one month after surgery.

We encountered a case of living-donor kidney transplantation in a frail older woman who underwent 2 laparotomies due to hemorrhage. Perioperative risk management is necessary for patients with a high risk of postoperative bleeding. To ensure a good outcome, preoperative and postoperative rehabilitation is important for patients with frailty.

We encountered a case of living-donor kidney transplantation in a frail older woman who underwent 2 laparotomies due to hemorrhage. Perioperative risk management is necessary for patients with a high risk of postoperative bleeding. To ensure a good outcome, preoperative and postoperative rehabilitation is important for patients with frailty.Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a rare complication after solid organ transplant. We present a case of GVHD after simultaneous pancreas kidney transplant. The patient was diagnosed with a cutaneous biopsy after developing the classic symptoms of maculopapular rash, diarrhea, and pancytopenia. However, this patient had unexplained elevations in donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) for months before the onset of GVHD symptoms. We hypothesize that GVHD may be associated with elevated dd-cfDNA as a result of massive donor lymphocyte proliferation and turnover. Further investigation is warranted because earlier diagnosis and treatment could improve outcomes in an otherwise lethal disease.Severe neurologic complications after chronic liver disease greatly affect the patient's quality of life. Hepatic myelopathy (HM) is a rare but devastating disease, in chronic liver disease. The limbs of patients with HM show slowly progressive symmetrical spastic paralysis without sensory loss. Management of this severe neurologic complication is challenging. These patients often require timely and effective clinical intervention. Although liver transplantation is one of the effective treatments for HM, the prognosis of these patients remains poor, many of them spend their lives in wheelchairs. Here, we report a patient with HM after hepatitis B virus related decompensated liver cirrhosis who recovered well after liver transplant. This work was carried out in compliance with the Helsinki Congress and the Declaration of Istanbul.An eco-friendly and fast HPLC method was developed for the determination of adenosine, inosine, guanosine and uridine in Cordyceps and related products (fermented mycelia of Hirsutella sinensis andPaecilomyces hepiali). The sample was ultrasonically extracted using 0.5% phosphoric acid solutions for 2.5 min. Sample separation was performed on a Poroshell SB-Aq column (50 mm × 4.6 mm, 2.7 μm) using eco-friendly mobile phase consisting of formic acid and ammonium formate aqueous solution at a flow rate of 1.0 mL·min-1. The detection wavelength was 260 nm. The developed HPLC method showed good linearity with correlation coefficients of 1.0000 in the test range. Good precision, repeatability and stability of this method were also observed (RSD ≤ 2.81%). The recovery ranged from 91.84%-105.19% (RSD ≤ 2.59%). Compared with reported methods, the current method did not use harmful organic solvent and took only 10.5 min. It obtained a high eco-score of 91 by the "Analytical Eco-Scale" tool. The developed method is eco-friendly and fast, which is suitable for the quality evaluation of Cordyceps and related products.