The early events leading to the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain unclear,
but formation of autoantibodies to citrullinated protein antigens (ACPAs) is considered a key …

Importance Despite improvement during recent decades, extremely preterm infants continue
to contribute disproportionately to neonatal mortality and childhood morbidity. Objective To …

Background Understanding the causes and timing of death in extremely premature infants
may guide research efforts and inform the counseling of families. Methods We analyzed …

Background Data reported during the past 5 years indicate that rates of survival have increased
among infants born at the borderline of viability, but less is known about how increased …

An immature intestinal epithelial barrier may predispose infants and children to many
intestinal inflammatory diseases, such as infectious enteritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and …

Prematurity is the leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. In developed countries,
extremely preterm infants contribute disproportionately to both neonatal and infant mortality. …

… The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences provided support for this study
and for Dr Patel under award numbers UL1 TR000454 and KL2 TR000455. Dr Patel reports …

In the light of recent advances in spectral imaging technology, highly flexible modeling
methods must be developed to estimate various soil and crop parameters for precision farming …

This study evaluates the potential of decision tree classification algorithms for the classification
of hyperspectral data, with the goal of discriminating between different growth scenarios …

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality, and
the most common gastrointestinal emergency in neonates. 1, 2 NEC develops in …