ASSESSING THE USE OF BLOOD MICRORNA EXPRESSION PATTERNS FOR PREDICTIVE DIAGNOSIS OF MYXOMATOUS MITRAL VALVE DISEASE IN DOGS

Assessing the use of blood microRNA expression patterns for predictive diagnosis of myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs

BackgroundMyxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is a common, acquired, and progressive canine heart disease.The presence of heart murmur and current cardiac biomarkers are useful in MMVD cases but are not sufficiently discriminatory for staging an individual patient.ObjectivesThis study Therapeutic Gloves aimed to conduct a preliminary assessment

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Applications of the Vascularized Medial Femoral Condyle for Nonunion with Associated Bone Loss of the Foot: A Case Series

Category: Hindfoot, Midfoot/Forefoot Introduction/Purpose: Persistent nonunions with large bone defects continue to represent a challenging problem for foot and ankle surgeons.Vascularized corticocancellous grafts have been well described for various applications and represent a comprehensive solution to these difficult nonunion cases.We describe f

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A Multi-Modality Deep Network for Cold-Start Recommendation

Collaborative filtering (CF) approaches, which provide recommendations based on ratings or purchase history, perform well for users and items with sufficient interactions.However, CF approaches suffer from the cold-start problem for users and items with few ratings.Hybrid recommender systems that combine collaborative filtering and content-based ap

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