Health Policy

Effectiveness of Superficial Radial Nerve Block on Pain, Function and Quality of Life in Patients With Hand Osteoarthritis: A Prospective, Randomized and Controlled Single-Blind Study.

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to investigate the effects of ultrasound-guided superficial branch of th...

Automated estimation of image quality for coronary computed tomographic angiography using machine learning.

OBJECTIVES: Our goal was to evaluate the efficacy of a fully automated method for assessing the imag...

Assessing microscope image focus quality with deep learning.

BACKGROUND: Large image datasets acquired on automated microscopes typically have some fraction of l...

Impact of database quality in knowledge-based treatment planning for prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: This article investigates dose-volume prediction improvements in a common knowledge-based p...

Prediction of pork loin quality using online computer vision system and artificial intelligence model.

The objective of this project was to develop a computer vision system (CVS) for objective measuremen...

Machine Learning of Partial Charges Derived from High-Quality Quantum-Mechanical Calculations.

Parametrization of small organic molecules for classical molecular dynamics simulations is not trivi...

Using machine-learning to optimize phase contrast in a low-cost cellphone microscope.

Cellphones equipped with high-quality cameras and powerful CPUs as well as GPUs are widespread. This...

Exploring the Impact of Early Decisions in Variable Ordering for Constraint Satisfaction Problems.

When solving constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs), it is a common practice to rely on heuristics ...

Re: Quality of Life, Psychological Functioning, and Treatment Satisfaction of Men Who Have Undergone Penile Prosthesis Surgery following Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy.

Assessing the practice of biomedical ontology evaluation: Gaps and opportunities.

With the proliferation of heterogeneous health care data in the last three decades, biomedical ontol...

A review of machine learning in obesity.

Rich sources of obesity-related data arising from sensors, smartphone apps, electronic medical healt...

Providing Healthcare-as-a-Service Using Fuzzy Rule Based Big Data Analytics in Cloud Computing.

With advancements in information and communication technology, there is a steep increase in the remo...

Prediction analysis and quality assessment of microwell array images.

Microwell arrays are widely used for the analysis of fluorescent-labelled biomaterials. For rapid de...

Brain maps 4.0-Structure of the rat brain: An open access atlas with global nervous system nomenclature ontology and flatmaps.

The fourth edition (following editions in 1992, 1998, 2004) of Brain maps: structure of the rat brai...

The Cost-Effectiveness of Using PARO, a Therapeutic Robotic Seal, to Reduce Agitation and Medication Use in Dementia: Findings from a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.

OBJECTIVES: To examine the within-trial costs and cost-effectiveness of using PARO, compared with a ...

Low-cost and disposable sensors for the simultaneous determination of coenzyme Q10 and α-lipoic acid using manganese (IV) oxide-modified screen-printed graphene electrodes.

In this work, for the first time, manganese (IV) oxide-modified screen-printed graphene electrodes (...

The Effect of Lenalidomide on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Lower-Risk Non-del(5q) Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Results From the MDS-005 Study.

BACKGROUND: The phase III MDS-005 study compared lenalidomide versus placebo in red blood cell trans...

[Position Paper of The AG Digital Health DNVF on Digital Health Applications: Framework Conditions For Use in Health Care, Structural Development and Science].

The term "digital health" is currently the most comprehensive term that includes all information and...

Perceptions of the use of intelligent information access systems in university level active learning activities among teachers of biomedical subjects.

BACKGROUND: Student participation and the use of active methodologies in classroom learning are bein...

Multi-scale analysis of the relationship between landscape patterns and a water quality index (WQI) based on a stepwise linear regression (SLR) and geographically weighted regression (GWR) in the Ebinur Lake oasis.

Water quality is highly dependent on landscape characteristics. This study explored the relationship...

The Pivotal Multicenter Trial of Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Arteriovenous Fistula Creation for Hemodialysis Access.

PURPOSE: To evaluate safety and efficacy of arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) created with a thermal res...