fixes #1734
cleaning things a bit, see #1734
fixes #1647, try catch on gaussian filter
Merge pull request #56 from aabadie/1734_item_reset_bug

fixes #1734
Correct update bugs when emptying a patient in one of the databases but not the other
This commit set dot as the decimal-point character in formatted input/output operations and string formatting
endif(.*) -> endif().
endforeach(.*) -> endforeach().
if( -> if (.
ENDIF -> endif.
endif(.*) -> endif().
ELSE -> else.
else(.*) -> else().
MESSAGEE -> message.
SET -> set.
IF -> if.
SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES -> set_target_properties.
SOURCE_GROUP -> source_group.
CONFIGURE_FILE -> /configure_file.
ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND -> add_custom_command.