New Set Of Criteria Research Articles

Diagnostic Criteria for Vascular Cognitive Disorders

Several sets of diagnostic criteria have been published for vascular dementia since the 1960s. The continuing ambiguity in vascular dementia definition warrants a critical reexamination. Participants at a special symposium of the International Society for Vascular Behavioral and Cognitive Disorders (VASCOG) in 2009 critiqued the current criteria. They drafted a proposal for a new set of criteria, later reviewed through multiple drafts by the group, including additional experts and the members of the Neurocognitive Disorders Work Group of the fifth revision of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) Task Force. Cognitive disorders of vascular etiology are a heterogeneous group of disorders with diverse pathologies and clinical manifestations, discussed broadly under the rubric of vascular cognitive disorders (VCD). The continuum of vascular cognitive impairment is recognized by the categories of Mild Vascular Cognitive Disorder, and Vascular Dementia or Major Vascular Cognitive Disorder. Diagnostic thresholds are defined. Clinical and neuroimaging criteria are proposed for establishing vascular etiology. Subtypes of VCD are described, and the frequent cooccurrence of Alzheimer disease pathology emphasized. The proposed criteria for VCD provide a coherent approach to the diagnosis of this diverse group of disorders, with a view to stimulating clinical and pathologic validation studies. These criteria can be harmonized with the DSM-5 criteria such that an international consensus on the criteria for VCD may be achieved.

Guest Editorial: A practical approach to understanding - and applying! - the scholarship of application

As many as 80% of papers published by the IEEE Transactions on Education fall within an area known as the scholarship of application. Recently, the TRANSACTIONS established a new set of criteria to evaluate manuscripts submitted in this area. This guest editorial is intended to demystify these new criteria and to help writers avoid some common mistakes. The guidelines given here suggest systematic ways for researchers to design their studies and present their findings that will increase the likelihood of their papers being accepted by the IEEE Transactions on Education. Potential authors will want to be able to support and describe the many carefully researched decisions made in laying out a claim and attempting to prove it. Remember that, in some sense, the author is working as a detective who has made an important claim and is now trying to prove that claim using all the wit and intelligence at your disposal. This editorial is meant to guide these authors in their work.

Mo1500 Design and Validation of New Diagnostic Criteria for Dysplasia in Barrett's Esophagus Using Volumetric LASER Endomicroscopy

Volumetric laser endomicroscopy (VLE) is a second generation optical coherence tomography device designed for wide-field imaging of the human esophagus. Current criteria for the diagnosis of dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus (BE) show high sensitivity (98%) but only modest specificity (23%). We recently described that non-dysplastic BE is associated with partial effacement of mucosal layering compared to complete effacement in dysplastic BE using VLE. We propose and validate a new set of criteria using these findings.

Mo1501 Attending Endoscopists and Gastroenterology (GI) Trainees Have Similar Performance When Characterizing Diminutive Colorectal Polyps With Narrow Band Imaging (NBI)

Mo1501 Attending Endoscopists and Gastroenterology (GI) Trainees Have Similar Performance When Characterizing Diminutive Colorectal Polyps With Narrow Band Imaging (NBI)

G358 The performance of the new SLICC criteria for the classification of SLE in children

AimsThe Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) have recently suggested a new set of criteria for the classification of SLE. We aimed to compare the sensitivity and specificities of the...

Metabolic syndrome in young people

The prevalence of obesity is on the increase, and consequently metabolic syndrome is also becoming a serious health problem in children and adolescents all over the world. This review attempts to summarize the recent literature on metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents. To date, a standard definition of metabolic syndrome for the pediatric population is not available. Recently, the International Diabetes Federation has proposed a new set of criteria to define metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents aged 6-16 years. The relationships between obesity, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome may be explained by the pattern of lipid partitioning. Fatty liver plays a central role in the insulin-resistant state in obese adolescents. Although insulin resistance has been proposed as the central factor leading to the abnormalities observed in metabolic syndrome, most definitions of metabolic syndrome use impaired fasting glucose as a marker. Nutrition impairment during both prenatal and early postnatal life can cause metabolic disturbances leading to insulin-resistance, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Metabolic syndrome prevalence in children and adolescents is on the increase. Therefore, the emphasis in all studies and programs related to metabolic syndrome should be focused on prevention, early detection of metabolic risk factors and interventions that will have a significant impact on future adult health.

Analysis and comparison of lighting design criteria in green building certification systems —Guidelines for application in Serbian building practice

Green building assessment is currently being introduced into Serbian building practice. Since there is no Serbian certification system which could support building assessment, and especially lighting design evaluation, this paper analyzes and compares the lighting design criteria of three international certification systems, LEED, BREEAM and CASBEE. Specific requirements for each considered criterion, as well as the grading structure and stringency of these systems, are also analyzed. Based on the conclusions of these analyses, a new set of criteria, some of which are original, are offered in order to be incorporated into the future Serbian certification system. Taking into account that the structure of the future system is unknown, the basic applied principle was simplicity for application and, therefore, a single requirement is defined for each criterion. Finally, a hierarchy within the new set of criteria is established for both indoor and outdoor lighting. Mandatory criteria are selected first, while the remaining criteria are divided into two groups based on their relevance. Although predominantly intended for the improvement of Serbian building practice, the proposed set of assessment criteria is general and can be used throughout the world.

New ASAS criteria for the diagnosis of spondyloarthritis: Diagnosing sacroiliitis by magnetic resonance imaging

Radiographic sacroiliitis has been included in the diagnostic criteria for spondyloarthropathies since the Rome criteria were defined in 1961. However, in the last ten years, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has proven more sensitive in the evaluation of the sacroiliac joints in patients with suspected spondyloarthritis and symptoms of sacroiliitis; MRI has proven its usefulness not only for diagnosis of this disease, but also for the follow-up of the disease and response to treatment in these patients. In 2009, The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) developed a new set of criteria for classifying and diagnosing patients with spondyloarthritis; one important development with respect to previous classifications is the inclusion of MRI positive for sacroiliitis as a major diagnostic criterion.This article focuses on the radiologic part of the new classification. We describe and illustrate the different alterations that can be seen on MRI in patients with sacroiliitis, pointing out the limitations of the technique and diagnostic pitfalls.

PReS-FINAL-2141: Clinical features, therapeutic interventions and outcome of 362 patients with macrophage activation syndrome enrolled in a multinational survey

A multinational collaborative effort aimed to develop a new set of criteria for macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) complicating systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sjia) is ongoing. The data-collection phase of the project has been recently completed

Rock Burst Intensity Classification Based on the Radiated Energy with Damage Intensity at Jinping II Hydropower Station, China

Based on the radiated energy of 133 rock bursts monitored by a microseismic technique at the Jinping II hydropower station, in Sichuan province, China, we analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of qualitative classification methods for the rock burst intensity. Then, we investigated the characteristics, magnitude, and laws of the radiated energy, as well as the relationship between the rock burst radiated energy and intensity. Then, we selected the energy as an evaluation index for the rock burst intensity classification, and proposed a new rock burst intensity quantitative classification method, which utilized the hierarchical clustering analysis technique with the complete-linkage method. Next, we created a new set of criteria for the quantitative classification of the rock burst intensity based on radiated energy and surrounding rock damage severity. The new criteria classified the rock burst intensity into five levels: extremely intense, intense, moderate, weak, and none, and the common logarithms of the radiated energy of each level were >7 lg(E/J), >4 lg(E/J) and 2 lg(E/J) and 1 lg(E/J) and <2 lg(E/J), and <1 lg(E/J), respectively. Finally, we investigated the factors influencing the classification, and verified its feasibility and applicability via several practical rock burst examples.

PReS-FINAL-2174: The performance of the new slicc criteria for the classification of sle in children

The Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) have recently suggested a new set of criteria for the classification of SLE. However the differences between sensitivity and specificities of the ACR criteria and the new SLICC criteria among pediatric SLE patients have not been investigated yet.

Advances in the neurobiology of eating disorders

To systematize new neurobiological findings on the cause and treatment of eating disorders. The conceptual framework of the cause of eating disorders has undergone great changes in the past decades. Recently, the National Institute of Mental Health proposed a new set of criteria for research purposes--the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC). We aim to structure this study as much as possible using these constructs across biological units of analysis, summarizing new findings. Brain imaging techniques have become sophisticated in identifying brain circuits related to illness behaviour and to fundamental traits such as reward and social processing. Genetic studies have moved from candidate gene studies onto genome-wide association studies; however, the field needs to cooperate to collect larger samples in order to benefit from this approach. Hormonal changes as the results of starvation or as underlying factors for behavioural changes still receive attention in both animal and human studies. Advances made in neuropsychology show problems in cognition (set shifting and central coherence) and in other RDoC domains. Some of these findings have been translated into treatment. New biological models are being developed which explain causal and maintaining factors. The RDoC construct may be used to systematize these findings.

Nuevos criterios ASAS para el diagnóstico de espondiloartritis. Diagnóstico de sacroileítis por resonancia magnética

Radiographic sacroiliitis has been included in the diagnostic criteria for spondyloarthropathies since the Rome criteria were defined in 1961. However, in the last ten years, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has proven more sensitive in the evaluation of the sacroiliac joints in patients with suspected spondyloarthritis and symptoms of sacroiliitis; MRI has proven its usefulness not only for diagnosis of this disease, but also for the follow-up of the disease and response to treatment in these patients. In 2009, The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) developed a new set of criteria for classifying and diagnosing patients with spondyloarthritis; one important development with respect to previous classifications is the inclusion of MRI positive for sacroiliitis as a major diagnostic criterion. This article focuses on the radiologic part of the new classification. We describe and illustrate the different alterations that can be seen on MRI in patients with sacroiliitis, pointing out the limitations of the technique and diagnostic pitfalls.

OP0135 Clinical and therapeutic features of 270 patients with macrophage activation syndrome enrolled in a multinational survey

BackgroundA multinational collaborative effort aimed to develop a new set of criteria for macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) complicating systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) has been recently started. The first step...

FRI0358 The association between inflammatory bowel diseases and familial mediterranean fever in turkish children diagnosed as familial mediterranean fever

BackgroundCrohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are multifactorial and heterogeneous, chronically relapsing inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) that are thought to result from a dysregulated mucosal immune response to gut lumen bacterial...

The shape parameter in the Gaussian function II

This is a continuation of our former study, Luh [1], of the shape parameter β contained in Gaussian e−β|x|2, x∈Rn. Instead of using the error bound presented by Madych and Nelson [2], here we adopt an improved error bound constructed by Luh to evaluate the influence of β on error estimates. This results in a new set of criteria for the optimal choice of β and much sharper error estimates for Gaussian interpolation. What is important is that the notorious ill-conditioning of Gaussian interpolation can be greatly relieved because in this approach the fill distance need not be very small.

Early diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis: an introduction to the newly designed Iran criteria for ankylosing spondylitis

More than 14 years of clinical practice in rheumatology led the author to develop his experience-based criteria for early ankylosing spondylitis (AS) diagnosis. This study aims to introduce this new set of criteria, Iran criteria for ankylosing spondylitis, and to assess its sensitivity in comparison with 1984 modified New York criteria. A cost-effective diagnostic approach towards AS diagnosis is also proposed. The criteria score the patients according to the findings in history and physical examination, imagings and HLA-B27 testing. Sensitivity analysis was performed in a retrospective manner after reviewing the medical records of 120 patients at the outpatient Rheumatology Clinic of the author (private sector), regarding clinical diagnosis by a single rheumatologist as the gold standard. The sensitivity was separately measured for disease durations of 2, 2-5, 5-10 and more than 10 years. Iran criteria for AS recorded a sensitivity of 100 % in all disease durations. However, the sensitivity of 1984 modified New York criteria was 48.39 % in early stages of the disease and increased to 92.10 % for disease duration of more than 10 years. Iran criteria for AS provide a highly sensitive instrument for detecting AS in its early and late, clinical and subclinical, radiographic and pre-radiographic stages as well as atypical forms.

Early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis: an introduction to the newly designed Iran Criteria for Rheumatoid Arthritis

More than 14 years of clinical practice in rheumatology led the author to discover the prognostic role of anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) as well as the erosions found by MRI, in detecting the RA patients resulting in establishing a new set of criteria by revising the 1987 ACR classification-Iran Criteria for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Medical records of 243 patients at the outpatient Rheumatology Clinic of the author (private sector) were reviewed for the data on the criteria of the 1987 ACR, 2010 ACR/European League against Rheumatism (EULAR), and Iran Criteria for RA. In addition to modifying the 1987 ACR classification, Iran Criteria for RA adds some additional information to the ACR criteria (including ACPA and bony erosions detected by MRI), and any patient who satisfies 6 out of 12 points is considered as a definite RA patient. Sensitivity of the three classifications was calculated considering the clinical diagnosis by a single rheumatologist as the gold standard. A total of 63 male and 180 female patients with a mean follow-up duration of 28.24 ± 50.19 months were considered. Mean age at diagnosis and mean disease duration were 49.16 ± 15.38 years and 7.04 ± 6.87 months, respectively. The sensitivity for Iran Criteria for RA, 1987 ACR classification, and 2010 ACR/EULAR criteria were calculated as 98.4, 59.7, and 66.3%, respectively. Comparing Iran Criteria for RA with ACR and ACR/EULAR criteria, it was concluded that our newly introduced criteria is a more sensitive instrument in determining RA patients in the early stages of the disease.

Case studies in the applications of additive manufacturing for the medical field: with a focus on plastic parts

Additive manufacturing comprises a powerful family of technologies which have recently evolved to offer the ability of final production as well as prototyping and design work. However, there are some limitations which restrict the universal adoption of additive manufacturing as a substitute for conventional processes such as injection moulding. This study presents the current state-of-the-art in additive manufacturing through a series of examples and case studies in the medical field. An in-depth case study of an improved glucose testing strip is used as an example of a hybrid approach combining conventional and additive manufacturing. These examples are used to explore the advantages and disadvantages of additive manufacturing and a new set of criteria is drawn up to evaluate whether a medical product should be produced through additive or conventional techniques.

가시적 응집도 향상을 위한 사용자 인터페이스 설계 모델

애플리케이션 소프트웨어 개발 환경이 빠르게 변함에 따라 사용자 인터페이스 설계의 중요성이 증가하고 있다. 일반적으로 대부분의 설계자들은 설계 인터페이스에서 상호 의존성 있는 객체들을 정의하기 위해 개인 각자의 주관적인 방법으로 그룹화한다. 그러나 특정한 규칙이 배제된 체 설계된 인터페이스는 이러한 시스템을 사용하는 사 용자들에게 업무의 비효율성과 복잡성만 증가시킬 뿐이다. 그러므로, 본 논문에서는 인터페이스 프로토타입을 정형화 함으로써 어떠한 GUI 환경에서도 유연한 개발을 할 수 있도록 객체지향 설계 모델을 제안한다. 사용자 인터페이스 의 가시적 응집도는 사용자 인터페이스 내용들과 연관된 연구를 해왔던 새로운 범주영역이며, 기본적 소프트웨어 공 학 개념을 사용하는 것을 정의한 것으로서 인터페이스의 응집 원리에 기반한다. 가시적 응집도는 프로그래밍 단위로 나타나는 비즈니스 이벤트의 응집도 뿐 아니라 각 단위 객체가 정렬되고 그룹화되는 방법에 대한 결과를 내포한다. 따라서 인터페이스는 비즈니스 이벤트들이 상호 연관성으로 그룹화 된다면 이해하기 쉽고 사용하기가 더욱 용이해질 것이다.