Saad Awadh Alanazi^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 37-55, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.020118

Abstract Melanoma, also called malignant melanoma, is a form of skin cancer triggered by an abnormal proliferation of the pigment-producing cells, which give the skin its color. Melanoma is one of the skin diseases, which is exceptionally and globally dangerous, Skin lesions are considered to be a serious disease. Dermoscopy-based early recognition and detection procedure is fundamental for melanoma treatment. Early detection of melanoma using dermoscopy images improves survival rates significantly. At the same time, well-experienced dermatologists dominate the precision of diagnosis. However, precise melanoma recognition is incredibly hard due to several factors: low contrast between lesions and surrounding skin, visual… More >

LING GONG¹, HUAJUN YANG¹, YING HUANG², ZHU LI¹, JIN NIE³, MENG YE⁴, PENG XIE⁵, DAISHUN LIU^2,*

BIOCELL, Vol.46, No.4, pp. 1025-1032, 2022, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2022.018248

Abstract Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is known as a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). RSV infection induces the upregulation of Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3). This study aimed to investigate the association of TLR3 with RSV induced acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). Serum/sputum samples from AECOPD patients, stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (SCOPD) patients, and healthy controls were collected. Nested PCR was used to detect RSV. The lung function parameters were assessed by blood gas and lung function analysis. The expression levels of inflammatory factors in sputum and serum samples were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent… More >