Health Policy

Machine Vision-Based Measurement Systems for Fruit and Vegetable Quality Control in Postharvest.

Individual items of any agricultural commodity are different from each other in terms of colour, sha...

PREDICTIVE MODELING OF HOSPITAL READMISSION RATES USING ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD-WIDE MACHINE LEARNING: A CASE-STUDY USING MOUNT SINAI HEART FAILURE COHORT.

Reduction of preventable hospital readmissions that result from chronic or acute conditions like str...

Rapid, portable and cost-effective yeast cell viability and concentration analysis using lensfree on-chip microscopy and machine learning.

Monitoring yeast cell viability and concentration is important in brewing, baking and biofuel produc...

Nicotine Delivery and Vaping Behavior During E-cigarette Access.

OBJECTIVE: To characterize vaping behavior and nicotine intake during e-cigarette access.

Editorial Comment from Dr Stranne and Psychotherapist Stranne to Postoperative urinary incontinence exacerbates nocturia-specific quality of life after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

Technical Note: Unified imaging and robotic couch quality assurance.

PURPOSE: To introduce a simplified quality assurance (QA) procedure that integrates tests for the li...

Classification of squat quality with inertial measurement units in the single leg squat mobility test.

Many assessment and diagnosis protocols in rehabilitation, orthopedic surgery and sports medicine re...

Metabolic cost of level-ground walking with a robotic transtibial prosthesis combining push-off power and nonlinear damping behaviors: preliminary results.

Recent advances in robotic technology are facilitating the development of robotic prostheses. Our pr...

Improving quality and intelligibility of speech using single microphone for the broadband fMRI noise at low SNR.

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) is used in many diagnostic procedures for neurological ...

Sensor data quality processing for vital signs with opportunistic ambient sensing.

Opportunistic ambient sensing involves placement of sensors appropriately so that intermittent conta...

Measuring the quality of exercises.

This work explores the problem of exercise quality measurement since it is essential for effective m...

Bailouts to LIMA Damage for Avoiding Conversion in Minimal Access Coronary Procedures.

Minimally invasive and robotic coronary revascularization strategies offer less pain, fewer adverse ...

LEGO Mindstorms NXT for elderly and visually impaired people in need: A platform.

This paper presents the employment of LEGO Mindstorms NXT robotics as core component of low cost mul...

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy for women with endometrial cancer - complications, women´s experiences, quality of life and a health economic evaluation.

This thesis contains four studies all focusing on women with endometrial cancer undergoing robotic-a...

Robotic-Assisted Surgery Improves the Quality of Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer Compared to Laparoscopy: Results of a Case-Controlled Analysis.

BACKGROUND: The use of a robotic surgical system is claimed to allow precise traction and counter-tr...

Robotic Anterior Resection for Sigmoid Colon Cancer Using Reduced Port Access.

The comparison of humeral intraosseous and intravenous administration of vasopressin on return of spontaneous circulation and pharmacokinetics in a hypovolemic cardiac arrest swine model.

INTRODUCTION: The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends intravenous (IV) or intraosseous (IO) ...

Health Data Entanglement and artificial intelligence-based analysis: a brand new methodology to improve the effectiveness of healthcare services.

Healthcare expenses will be the most relevant policy issue for most governments in the EU and in the...

[Robotics and improvement of the quality of geriatric care].

New technologies offer innovations to improve the care of the elderly with Alzheimer's or and other ...

How Quality Improvement Practice Evidence Can Advance the Knowledge Base.

Recommendations for the evaluation of quality improvement interventions have been made in order to i...

Water quality of Danube Delta systems: ecological status and prediction using machine-learning algorithms.

Environmental issues have a worldwide impact on water bodies, including the Danube Delta, the larges...