Abstract Background Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a temporary mechanical support system that handles the function of the heart and/or lungs in patients with a variety of cardiac and respiratory problems.Veno-arterial ECMO is most commonly used for patients recovering from heart surgery, suffering from cardiac shock, or awaiting a he

During the last two decades, new container ship generations had come into service, as a result of the huge growth of container trade.New container ships with larger dimensions may lead to the need to develop many of container Kitchen terminals by either just deepening in front of quay walls or by deepening and replacing existing quay cranes with on

We address an important and practical problem facing deep-learning-based image classification: class incremental learning with a large domain shift.Most previous efforts on class incremental learning focus on one aspect of the problem, i.e., learning to classify additional new classes (with a little shift).However, in the real world, when new class

Orthoses are commonly prescribed to relieve symptoms for musculoskeletal and neurological conditions; however, patients stop wearing orthoses as recommended for many reasons.When considering the effectiveness of orthoses, there needs to be an objective way to monitor whether participants wear the orthosis as instructed, because if this is not follo

Inappropriate activation or inadequate regulation of CD4+ and CD8+ Outdoor Dining Set T cells may contribute to the initiation and progression of multiple autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.Studies on disease-associated genetic polymorphisms have highlighted the importance of biological context for many regulatory variants, which is particularly