Heterotrophic fungus-like marine protists are recognized to contribute significantly to the coastal carbon cycling largely due to their high biomass and ability to decompose recalcitrant organic matter. Yet, little is known about their dynamics at po...
International journal of environmental research and public health
Jul 25, 2018
Many studies have established that urban greenness is associated with better health outcomes. Yet most studies assess urban greenness with overhead-view measures, such as park area or tree count, which often differs from the amount of greenness perce...
Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi
Dec 29, 2017
INTRODUCTION: In Asia, few reports are available on the outcomes for living renal donors. We report the short- and long-term clinical outcomes of individuals following living donor nephrectomy in Hong Kong.
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
Nov 7, 2017
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The Accident and Emergency Department (A&ED) is the frontline for providing emergency care in hospitals. Unfortunately, relative A&ED resources have failed to keep up with continuously increasing demand in recent years, whic...
International journal of environmental research and public health
Jan 24, 2017
With the development of the economy and society all over the world, most metropolitan cities are experiencing elevated concentrations of ground-level air pollutants. It is urgent to predict and evaluate the concentration of air pollutants for some lo...
This study develops a neural network (NN) model to explore the nonlinear relationship between crash frequency and risk factors. To eliminate the possibility of over-fitting and to deal with the black-box characteristic, a network structure optimizati...
Environmental science and pollution research international
Jul 6, 2016
In this paper, we predict air pollutant concentration using a feedforward artificial neural network inspired by the mechanism of the human brain as a useful alternative to traditional statistical modeling techniques. The neural network is trained bas...
RATIONALES: Using AI for health information seeking is a novel behavior, and as such, developing effective communication strategies to optimize AI adoption in this area presents challenges. To lay the groundwork, research is needed to map out users' ...
BACKGROUND: Accurate prediction of population-wide depression incidence is vital for effective public mental health management. However, this incidence is often influenced by socioeconomic factors, such as abrupt events or changes, including pandemic...
The automated valuation model (AVM) has been widely used by real estate stakeholders to provide accurate property value estimations automatically. Traditional valuation models are subjective and inaccurate, and previous studies have shown that machin...
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