Gillespie Romero

Cystic fibrosis is a condition caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). It is also thought to increase the activity of epithelial sodium channels (ENaC). The altered function of these ion channels is one of the causes of the thick dehydrated mucus that characterizes the disease and is partially…[Read more]

Adjustable, low-fatigue pressure garments were developed for this porcine study to examine the role of daily duration of wear without confounding factors such as garment fatigue and patient adherence. CONCLUSION For maximum efficacy, pressure garments should be worn 23 to 24 hours per day; however, garments worn as little as 8 hours per day…[Read more]

Smoke is generated by energy-based surgical instruments. The airborne by-products may have potential health implications.

We developed a simple way to use de conventional surgical evacuator coupled with de electrosurgical pen attached to a 14G bladder catheter for open surgery. It was used in ten prospective patients with breast…[Read more]

Our objective was to prospectively validate the use of gestational sac (GS), yolk sac (YS) diameter, crown-rump length (CRL), and embryonal heart rate (HR) dimensions to identify early pregnancy loss. This was a prospective cohort study of first trimester pregnancies. GS and YS diameter, CRL, and HR measurements were serially obtained in singleton…[Read more]

OBJECTIVES Long-term survival of two highly viscous glass ionomer cements (Fuji IX GP Fast and Equia Fil) over a period of 6 years in vivo. METHODS A total of 85 two- or three-surface class II restorations, comprising 43 Equia Fil / Equia Coat and 42 Fuji IX GP Fast / Fuji Coat LC, were placed in 34 patients. The restorations were re-evaluated a…[Read more]

In this work, we introduce an intelligent video sensor for the problem of Action Proposals (AP). AP consists of localizing temporal segments in untrimmed videos that are likely to contain actions. Solving this problem can accelerate several video action understanding tasks, such as detection, retrieval, or indexing. All previous AP approaches are…[Read more]