Abstract Background Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside (i2b2) is an open source clinical data analytics platform used at over 200 healthcare institutions for querying patient data.The i2b2 platform has several components with numerous dependencies and configuration parameters, which renders the task of installing or upgrading i2b2
Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a minimally invasive therapeutic procedure to remove larger polyps or early non-metastatic lesions.It has long been used in Asia, but is now fast growing in popularity in the West.There are multiple challenges faced by ESD practitioners.While the practice of ESD in gastric lesions is relatively well establi
Colletotrichum cereale is an ascomycete inhabitant of cool-season Pooideae grasses.The fungus has increased in frequency over the past decade as a destructive pathogen of Poa annua and Agrostis stolonifera turfgrass.Colletotrichum cereale exists as two lineages, designated clades A and B, but little is known about the distribution of these clades i
As an inhibitor of microtubule assembly, combretastatin A-4 (CA-4)-induced biological responses in tumor cells have been well known, but the corresponding changes in nano-biophysical properties were not investigated given the lack of an ideal tool.Using Suction Cup Dildos AFM technique, we investigated the alteration of nano-biophysical properties