Addictions

An Automated Algorithm Incorporating Poincaré Analysis Can Quantify the Severity of Opioid-Induced Ataxic Breathing.

BACKGROUND: Opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD) is traditionally recognized by assessment o...

Identifying opioid misuse among adolescents: Is the answer hiding in plain sight?

Innovative Identification of Substance Use Predictors: Machine Learning in a National Sample of Mexican Children.

Machine learning provides a method of identifying factors that discriminate between substance users ...

Predicting post-experiment fatigue among healthy young adults: Random forest regression analysis.

The current study utilized a random forest regression analysis to predict post-experiment fatigue in...

Regulating Child Sex Robots: Restriction or Experimentation?

In July 2014, the roboticist Ronald Arkin suggested that child sex robots could be used to treat tho...

Extracting Alcohol and Substance Abuse Status from Clinical Notes: The Added Value of Nursing Data.

We applied an open source natural language processing (NLP) system "NimbleMiner" to identify clinica...

Effect of Visual Information on Dominant and Non-dominant Hands During Bimanual Drawing with a Robotic Platform.

In a stable bimanual trajectory tracing task with interlimb spatial and temporal synchrony, blocking...

Natural language processing and machine learning to identify alcohol misuse from the electronic health record in trauma patients: development and internal validation.

OBJECTIVE: Alcohol misuse is present in over a quarter of trauma patients. Information in the clinic...

Single-Channel Real-Time Drowsiness Detection Based on Electroencephalography.

The need of a reliable drowsiness detection system is arising today, as drowsiness is considered as ...

[Can artificial intelligence be used for assessing a patient with alcohol dependence?].

Labor Epidural Analgesia: Comparison of Two Different Intermittent Bolus Regimes.

BACKGROUND: Optimal labor analgesia can be provided with epidural by addition of opioid to the local...

Evaluation of Lignin-Modifying Enzyme Activity of Trametes spp. (Agaricomycetes) Isolated from Georgian Forests with an Emphasis on T. multicolor Biosynthetic Potential.

In this study, a wide diversity in lignin-modifying enzyme (LME) secretion by 11 Trametes spp. strai...

Comparison of the solid phase and liquid-liquid extraction methods for methadone determination in human serum and whole blood samples using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.

The aim of this study was to determine the optimal biological sample and the optimal extraction tech...

[Determination of flavor compounds in foxtail millet wine by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry coupled with headspace solid phase microextraction].

To comprehensively understand flavor compounds and aroma characteristics of foxtail millet wine, ext...

High-resolution Temporal Representations of Alcohol and Tobacco Behaviors from Social Media Data.

Understanding tobacco- and alcohol-related behavioral patterns is critical for uncovering risk facto...

Enhancing Risk Assessment in Patients Receiving Chronic Opioid Analgesic Therapy Using Natural Language Processing.

OBJECTIVES: Clinical guidelines for the use of opioids in chronic noncancer pain recommend assessing...

Quantitative assessment of motor functions post-stroke: Responsiveness of upper-extremity robotic measures and its task dependence.

Technology aided measures offer a sensitive, accurate and time-efflcient approach for the assessment...

Development of New Diagnostic Techniques - Machine Learning.

Traditional diagnoses on addiction reply on the patients' self-reports, which are easy to be dampene...

Prescription Opioid Dependence in Western New York: Using Data Analytics to Find an Answer to the Opioid Epidemic.

Opioid dependence and overdose is on the rise. One indicator is the increasing trends of prescriptio...

Comparative Effects of Buprenorphine and Dexmedetomidine as Adjuvants to Bupivacaine Spinal Anaesthesia in Elderly Male Patients Undergoing Transurethral Resection of Prostrate: A Randomized Prospective Study.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Transurethral resection of the prostate is a commonly performed urological proc...

Single Layer Extended Release Two-in-One Guaifenesin Matrix Tablet: Formulation Method, Optimization, Release Kinetics Evaluation and Its Comparison with Mucinex Using Box-Behnken Design.

Guaifenesin, a highly water-soluble active (50 mg/mL), classified as a BCS class I drug. Owing to it...