Abstract: This paper presents a novel VLSI architecture design of the Sigmoid activation function using Chebyshev’s polynomial approximation for efficient hardware realization. The Sigmoid activation ...

PURPOSE: To investigate the deposition of collagen in the colon wall of patients with sigmoid diverticulitis. METHODS: Samples of sigmoid tissue from 15 patients (disease group), seven men and eight ...

A colonoscopy technique involving repeat intubation of the sigmoid colon significantly improves detection of adenomas compared with conventional colonoscopy evaluations, new research showed. “After ...

Long-distance running, like marathons and ultramarathons, may not always be the health badge we thought it was. In fact, it could increase your cancer risk, according to a new study out of Virginia.

An 80-year-old man presented with progressive lower left-quadrant abdominal pain. Imaging studies identified a mass adjacent to the sigmoid colon, with features suggestive of an abscess, although no ...

1 Department of Nephrology, National Hospital of Dalal Jamm, Dakar, Senegal. 2 Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, National Hospital of Dalal Jamm, Dakar, Senegal. 3 Department of Urology, ...

Colonoscopy vs. Sigmoidoscopy: What’s the Difference? If your doctor wants to check the health of your colon — whether as part of a routine screening or to investigate a concern — they may recommend a ...

Just when she thought life couldn’t get busier, New Jersey mom of six Elaine Griffin got diagnosed with Stage 2b colon cancer. “I was very shocked, and I think the doctors were as well because it ...

Out of the blue a few days before Christmas, Beth Grenham started experiencing agonizing stomach pain. It was worse than what she went through while giving birth without anesthesia, she says, and so ...

Osseous metastasis originating from colorectal cancer (CRC) is extremely rare. It is reported that only 1.1%–6.12% of CRC cancer patients have bone metastasis (Baek et al., 2016; Lei et al., 2019).