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In particular, the computer simulations are performed to investigate the influence of direct stretching forces on different equilibrium cell morphologies on cell spectrin link extensions and cell elongation index, along with a parametric analysis on membrane shear modulus, spectrin link extensibility, bending modulus and RBC membrane-bead contact diameter. HMG-CoA Reductase inhibitor The results agree with the experimentally observed stiffer nature of stomatocyte and echinocyte with respect to a healthy discocyte at experimentally determined membrane characteristics and suggest the preservation of relevant morphological characteristics, changes in spectrin link densities and the primary contribution of cytoskeletal spectrin network on deformation behaviour of stomatocyte, discocyte and echinocyte morphologies during optical tweezers stretching deformation. The numerical approach presented here forms the foundation for investigations into deformation characteristics and recoverability of RBCs undergoing storage lesion.PURPOSE One critical step in routine orthognathic surgery is to reestablish a desired final dental occlusion. Traditionally, the final occlusion is established by hand articulating stone dental models. To date, there are still no effective solutions to establish the final occlusion in computer-aided surgical simulation. In this study, we consider the most common one-piece maxillary orthognathic surgery and propose a three-stage approach to digitally and automatically establish the desired final dental occlusion. METHODS The process includes three stages (1) extraction of points of interest and teeth landmarks from a pair of upper and lower dental models; (2) establishment of Midline-Canine-Molar (M-C-M) relationship following the clinical criteria on these three regions; and (3) fine alignment of upper and lower teeth with maximum contacts without breaking the established M-C-M relationship. Our method has been quantitatively and qualitatively validated using 18 pairs of dental models. RESULTS Qualitatively, experienced orthodontists assess the algorithm-articulated and hand-articulated occlusions while being blind to the methods used. They agreed that occlusion results of the two methods are equally good. Quantitatively, we measure and compare the distances between selected landmarks on upper and lower teeth for both algorithm-articulated and hand-articulated occlusions. The results showed that there was no statistically significant difference between the algorithm-articulated and hand-articulated occlusions. CONCLUSION The proposed three-stage automatic dental articulation method is able to articulate the digital dental model to the clinically desired final occlusion accurately and efficiently. It allows doctors to completely eliminate the use of stone dental models in the future.PURPOSE The biopsy procedure is an important phase in breast cancer diagnosis. Accurate breast imaging and precise needle placement are crucial in lesion targeting. This paper presents an end-effector (EE) for robotic 3D ultrasound (US) breast acquisitions and US-guided breast biopsies. The EE mechanically guides the needle to a specified target within the US plane. The needle is controlled in all degrees of freedom (DOFs) except for the direction of insertion, which is controlled by the radiologist. It determines the correct needle depth and stops the needle accordingly. METHOD In the envisioned procedure, a robotic arm performs localization of the breast, 3D US volume acquisition and reconstruction, target identification and needle guidance. Therefore, the EE is equipped with a stereo camera setup, a picobeamer, US probe holder, a three-DOF needle guide and a needle stop. The design was realized by prototyping techniques. Experiments were performed to determine needle placement accuracy in-air. The EE was placed on a seven-DOF robotic manipulator to determine the biopsy accuracy on a cuboid phantom. RESULTS Needle placement accuracy was 0.3 ± 1.5 mm in and 0.1 ± 0.36 mm out of the US plane. Needle depth was regulated with an accuracy of 100 µm (maximum error 0.89 mm). The maximum holding force of the stop was approximately 6 N. The system reached a Euclidean distance error of 3.21 mm between the needle tip and the target and a normal distance of 3.03 mm between the needle trajectory and the target. CONCLUSION An all in one solution was presented which, attached to a robotic arm, assists the radiologist in breast cancer imaging and biopsy. It has a high needle placement accuracy, yet the radiologist is in control like in the conventional procedure.Figure 3c of this article originally contained standard deviation values which had not been calculated correctly. A single standard deviation value was used for all 5 time points for each condition.BACKGROUND Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) modeling has made an enormous contribution to intravenous anesthesia. Because of their altered physiological, pharmacological and pathological aspects, titrating general anesthesia in the elderly is a challenging task. METHODS Eighty patients were consecutively enrolled divided by decades from vicenarians (20-29 year) to nonagenarians (90-99 year) into eight groups. Using target controlled infusion (TCI) and electroencephalographic (EEG)-derived bispectral index (BIS) we set propofol plasma concentration (Cp) to gradually reach 3.5 μg mL-1 over 3.5-min. In each patient, we constructed a PK/PD model and conducted a population PK/PD (PopPK-PD) covariate analysis. RESULTS Age was significant covariate for baseline BIS effect (E0), inhibitory propofol concentration at 50% BIS decline (IC50) and maximum BIS decline (Emax). First-order rate constant Ke0 of 0.47 min-1 in vicenarians (20-29 year) gradually increased with age-progression to 1.85 min-1 in nonagenarianscal University ethics committee approval number 20110707-4.Prediabetes is a type of hyperglycemia in which patients have blood glucose levels above normal but below the threshold for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Prediabetic patients are considered to be at high risk for developing T2DM, but not all will eventually do so. Because it is difficult to identify which patients have an increased risk of developing T2DM, we developed a model of several clinical and laboratory features to predict the development of T2DM within a 2-year period. We used a supervised machine learning algorithm to identify at-risk patients from among 1647 obese, hypertensive patients. The study period began in 2005 and ended in 2018. We constrained data up to 2 years before the development of T2DM. Then, using a time series analysis with the features of every patient, we calculated one linear regression line and one slope per feature. Features were then included in a K-nearest neighbors classification model. Feature importance was assessed using the random forest algorithm. The K-nearest neighbors model accurately classified patients in 96% of cases, with a sensitivity of 99%, specificity of 78%, positive predictive value of 96%, and negative predictive value of 94%.