Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry
Sep 29, 2016
Heterocyclic aromatic amines (HCAA) are listed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as harmful or potentially harmful constituents of tobacco smoke. However, quantifying HCAA exposure is challenging. In this study, we developed a sensitive, p...
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
Sep 23, 2016
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Smoking is the largest preventable cause of death and diseases in the developed world, and advances in modern electronics and machine learning can help us deliver real-time intervention to smokers in novel ways. In this pape...
BACKGROUND: This study examined the long-term efficacy of individualized counseling letters that targeted either smoking abstinence or reducing the number of cigarettes smoked per day to promote future cessation.
Resting state functional network connectivity (rsFNC) derived from functional magnetic resonance (fMRI) imaging is emerging as a possible biomarker to identify several brain disorders. Recently it has been pointed out that methods used to preprocess ...
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
Dec 30, 2015
An extensive, in-depth study of cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) seems to be of crucial importance in the research of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in order to prevent (or reduce) the chance of developing or dying from CVD. The main focus of data an...
We hypothesized that dietary total fiber intake may be less than recommendations and that the intake of total, soluble, and insoluble fiber may be associated with demographic, lifestyle, and socioeconomic factors. Data were drawn from the Health Surv...
Determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the exhaled breath samples of lung cancer patients and healthy controls was carried out by SPME-GC/MS (solid phase microextraction- gas chromatography combined with mass spectrometry) analyses. In...
This study adopted an integrated procedure that combines the clustering and classification features of data mining technology to determine the differences between the symptoms shown in past cases where patients died from or survived oral cancer. Two ...
Studies in health technology and informatics
May 15, 2025
Accurately documenting smoking status is essential for clinical decision-making and patient care. However, smoking status information is often only available in clinical narratives. Mapping smoking-related terms to standardized terminologies such as ...
Smoking has been widely identified for its detrimental effects on human health, particularly on the cardiovascular health. The prediction of these effects can be anticipated by monitoring the dynamic changes in vital signs and other physiological sig...
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