Relevance judgment during health information seeking on a discussion forum by Pian, Wenjing

“…Participants seeking for their own health issue used mostly cased-based relevance criteria such as symptoms, history of disease in their judgments, which took a longer time to scan post surrogates and reading the detailed posts. …”
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Seroepidemiology of COVID-19 in pregnant women and their infants in Uganda and Malawi across multiple waves 2020-2022 by Hookham, L, Cantrell, L, Cose, S, Freyne, B, Gadama, L, Imede, E, Kawaza, K, Lissauer, S, Musoke, P, Nankabirwa, V, Sekikubo, M, Sommerfelt, H, Voysey, M, PeriCOVID Consortium, Le Doare, K

“…Our study adds to existing evidence that suggests under-reporting of infection if based solely on cases with clinical disease, or a positive RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2, as most of the women in our study had asymptomatic infections and did not seek medical care. …”

Microbial communities: network reconstruction and control by Fu, A

“…Its efficacy is demonstrated in both acyclic and cyclic cases, including feedback loops, using algorithms such as Fast Causal Inference (FCI) and Greedy Fast Causal Inference (GFCI). …”

The epidemiology of periportal fibrosis and relevance of current Schistosoma mansoni infection within the context of repeated mass drug administration: a population-based, cross-se... by Ajayi, S, Nabatte, B, Mpooya, S, Tinkitina, B, Opio, CK, Kabatereine, NB, Chami, G

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Interpretation:</strong> WHO guidelines reliant on current schistosome status and intensity are uninformative for identifying probable cases or communities with periportal fibrosis. History of HIV and underlying chronic hepatitis or early cirrhosis-like disease are risk factors that could be investigated for periportal fibrosis surveillance and management.…”

A promising deep learning-assistive algorithm for histopathological screening of colorectal cancer by Ho, Cowan, Zhao, Zitong, Chen, Xiu Fen, Sauer, Jan, Saraf, Sahil Ajit, Jialdasani, Rajasa, Taghipour, Kaveh, Sathe, Aneesh, Khor, Li-Yan, Lim, Kiat-Hon, Leow, Wei-Qiang

“…Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide, accounting for an annual estimated 1.8 million incident cases. With the increasing number of colonoscopies being performed, colorectal biopsies make up a large proportion of any histopathology laboratory workload. …”
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Tac2Pose: Tactile object pose estimation from the first touch by Bauza, Maria, Bronars, Antonia, Rodriguez, Alberto

“…This suggests synergistic use of Tac2Pose with additional sensing modalities (e.g., vision) even in cases where the tactile observation from a grasp is not sufficiently discriminative. …”
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From Sample to Answer: Innovations in sample processing and CRISPR-based diagnostics for enhanced clinical translation and field deployment by Arizti Sanz, Jon

“…Widespread, rapid, and user-friendly diagnostic tests are vital components of effective outbreak containment and response strategies, as they enable the rapid identification of new cases, thereby facilitating timely intervention and preventing further pathogen spread. …”
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Secure Computation in Decentralized Systems by Zyskind, Guy

“…This means that decentralized systems, and public blockchains in particular, cannot operate on private data, greatly limiting the kinds of use-cases they can support. This dissertation explores solutions to mitigate the privacy concerns associated with modern decentralized systems, focusing particularly on blockchains. …”
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Simulation-based passenger evacuation optimization in metro stations considering multi-objectives by Guo, Kai, Zhang, Limao

“…Especially under the high passenger volume conditions, the passenger density could reach up to 6.2 unit/m2 (extremely dangerous); (2) An average improvement degree, 7.5%, can be achieved for the optimization of 20 test cases, and a maximum improvement degree, 22.5%, can be achieved for the evacuation optimization at metro stations; (3) It could be difficult to keep both of the evacuation time and density within the standards if one major exit is closed, even after the optimization. …”
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Study of circulation of traffic agents at the road-side bus-stops by Sim, Si Hui

“…These safety perception ratings were then integrated into a systematic framework that incorporates key variables, aiming to streamline the process of upgrading bus-stop layouts. In cases where a bus-stop is considered unsafe, the Bus Stop Evaluation Index employs a derived evaluation score based on the weighted average cyclist behaviour and safety ratings. …”
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A medical image-based computer-aided diagnosis system for musculoskeletal disease and disorder. by Chuah, Tong Kuan

“…The CAD system is designed to provide supplementary information to support medical decision, or to provide second opinion to the practitioner in cases of ambiguity. An image-based CAD system typically has components such as a segmentation (or feature extraction) module, a measurement module, a classification module and/or a visualization module. …”
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Intelligent database design for microgrids in low voltage distribution systems-I GUI and database design by Ng, Pei Fen

“…Climatic change can lead to consequences such as increasing cases of heat-related illness, endangering wildlife like polar bears and rising of sea level that would trigger natural disasters leading to individual losing their homes. [51] Due to extensively use of electricity in this contemporary society, there arises a need to seek for alternative energy sources, if at all possible renewable resources such as wind and solar. …”
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Essays on social responsibility in the marketplace : an experimental economic analysis by Wang, Yan

“…Over the years, along with the development of the market economy, there have been many cases where sellers or buyers do not take responsibility for external costs generated by their activities, and these costs have instead been passed on to society. …”
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In vitro anti-proliferative mechanism of combination therapy with tannic acid and cisplatin against human osteosarcoma cell line U2OS by Kasiram, Mohamad Zahid Mohd

“…The survival rate remains low, especially in metastatic cases. Tannic acid (TA), a phenolic compound found in medicinal plants, has shown promising efficacy in enhancing chemotherapeutic drugs against various cancers. …”
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Tracking and detecting objects in image sequence by Wang, Li

“…First, foreground regions are obtained by using background subtraction on depth data. Then, a so-called “split-merge” approach is proposed to over-segment a foreground region into subregions and then cluster them into a number of object regions by using the proposed boundary based similarity metric. …”
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Metamorpheus: Interactive, Affective, and Creative Dream Narration Through Metaphorical Visual Storytelling by Wan, Qian, Feng, Xin, Bei, Yining, Gao, Zhiqi, Lu, Zhicong

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Paddling to the dyadic rhythm in post-stroke recovery: coping mechanisms among survivor-caregiver dyads in Singapore by Chan, Luo Ming

“…This model illuminated the coping strategies adopted by caregivers (Theme 1: Caregiving Adaptation) and survivors (Theme 2: Enhancing Wellness) in managing the impact of stroke, resulting in changes to their coping strategies and impacting the overall dyadic unit’s management of stroke (Theme 3: Dyadic Functioning). …”
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Data Driven Quality Improvement of Health Professions Education: Design and Development of CLUE – An Interactive Curriculum Data Visualization Tool by Canning, Claire Ann, Loe, Alan, Cockett, Kathryn Jane, Gagnon, Paul, Zary, Nabil

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Emergent geometric frustration of artificial magnetic skyrmion crystals by Ma, Fusheng, Reichhardt, C., Gan, Weiliang, Reichhardt, C. J. Olson, Lew, Wen Siang

“…Here, we propose a skyrmion spin ice, giving a unifying framework for the study of geometric frustration of skyrmion crystals (SCs) in a nonfrustrated artificial geometrical lattice as a consequence of the structural confinement of skyrmions in magnetic potential wells. The emergent ice rules from the geometrically frustrated SCs highlight a novel phenomenon in this skyrmion system: emergent geometrical frustration. …”
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Light-matter interactions in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides by Zhao, Jiaxin

“…In Chapter 6, we incorporate different number of WS2 monolayers separated by silicon dioxide (SiO2) layers to form multiple quantum-wells (QWs) structures within a planar microcavity. …”
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