BACKGROUND: There is recent evidence showing that obesity is associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease and esophageal dysmotility, although symptoms are not always present. AIMS: This is a ...

Abstract: High-resolution natural image matting plays an important role in image editing, film-making and remote sensing due to its ability of accurately extract the foreground from a natural ...

Background: High-resolution esophageal manometry (HRM) is essential for diagnosing esophageal motility disorders, affecting 10%-15% of patients with dysphagia. Current interpretation via the Chicago ...

Imagine trying to spot an object just 30 centimeters wide from hundreds of kilometers above Earth. Years ago, I remember when “satellite view” meant blurry green blobs on a screen. Now, we can see ...

Myles Hannan considers himself a happy guy. He likes his job as an EMT for an ambulance company in Alameda County. He loves his fiancée. But with the Bay Area’s notoriously high cost of living, he’s ...

Background: Gastroesophageal reflux disease has a prevalence of 12% in the Brazilian population. Its treatment includes hygienic-dietary changes, use of medications and, in selected cases, surgery ...

We present Diffusion-4K, a novel framework for direct ultra-high-resolution image synthesis using text-to-image diffusion models. The core advancements include: (1) Aesthetic-4K Benchmark: addressing ...

ABSTRACT: Background and Aims: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by widespread fibrosis and vascular abnormalities that affect multiple organs, including the ...

Abstract: A Smart ElectroMagnetic Environment (SEME) is enabled by introducing smart electromagnetic (EM) skins, or metasurfaces, with the final aim of manipulating the reflection and/or transmission ...

The following is a summary of “Diagnosis of Retrograde Cricopharyngeus Dysfunction Using High-Resolution Impedance Manometry and Comparison with Control Subjects,” published in the January 2025 issue ...