Automated multi-class classification for prediction of tympanic membrane changes with deep learning models
by Yeonjoo Choi, Jihye Chae, Keunwoo Park, Jaehee Hur, Jihoon Kweon, Joong Ho Ahn
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by Yeonjoo Choi, Jihye Chae, Keunwoo Park, Jaehee Hur, Jihoon Kweon, Joong Ho Ahn
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by Csilla Sebők, Stephanie Walmsley, Patrik Tráj, Máté Mackei, Júlia Vörösházi, Janka Petrilla, László Kovács, Ágnes Kemény, Zsuzsanna Neogrády, Gábor Mátis
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by Jingshi (Joyce) Liu, Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Catherine Wing-Man Yeung
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by Jin Young Nam, Seoyeon Hwang, Sung-In Jang, Eun-Cheol Park
BackgroundWhether infertility treatment predicts severe maternal morbidity in both singleton and twin pregnancies is controversial. We conducted this nationwide population-based cohort study to compare pregnancies conceived through assisted reproductive technology treatments, such as intrauterine insemination or in vitro fertilization, with unassisted pregnancies.
MethodsThis study included 269,930 women who experienced childbirth in 2018... Читать дальше...
by Yi Gao, Zhen Liu, Cuiying Zhou
Mulching film is an important material in ecological restoration, such as desert control, saline alkali land improvement, and slope greening protection. At present, both solid and liquid mulching films are mainly made of man-made materials, which have a great impact on the ecological environment and are expensive. Naturally weathered red-bed soil mud films are being applied in the construction industry because of their advantages of environmental friendliness and low cost. Читать дальше...
by Maria Jaensson, Emma Josefsson, Erik Stenberg, Karuna Dahlberg
BackgroundA wish for improved health or avoidance of ill health is often given as reason for wanting to undergo bariatric surgery. How such reasons relate to postoperative outcome is unclear.
ObjectiveThe aim was to explore Swedish patients’ reasons for undergoing bariatric surgery. Also, we wanted to analyze if there were sex and age differences and associations with weight loss and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Читать дальше...
by Alexandre Renaux, Frédéric Muhla, Fabien Clanché, Philippe Meyer, Séverine Maïaux, Sophie Colnat-Coulbois, Gérome Gauchard
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by Yikeber Abebaw Moyehodie, Solomon Sisay Mulugeta, Seyifemickael Amare Yilema
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by Xinyue Gao, Daisuke Sawamura, Ryuji Saito, Yui Murakami, Rika Yano, Satoshi Sakuraba, Susumu Yoshida, Shinya Sakai, Kazuki Yoshida
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by Shuyi Zhang, Marc D. Pell
Cultural context shapes the way that emotions are expressed and socially interpreted. Building on previous research looking at cultural differences in judgements of facial expressions, we examined how listeners recognize speech-embedded emotional expressions and make inferences about a speaker’s feelings in relation to their vocal display. Canadian and Chinese participants categorized vocal expressions of emotions (anger, fear, happiness, sadness) expressed at... Читать дальше...
by Bi-Cheng Wang, Wen-Xuan Zhang, Bo-Hua Kuang, Guo-He Lin
BackgroundEpidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) monotherapy is the standard of care in treating advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Nevertheless, whether adding pemetrexed-based chemotherapy to EGFR-TKI targeted therapy furtherly prolongs survival outcomes and improves responses remains controversial. Therefore, we conducted this pooled analysis to compare the efficacy and tolerability... Читать дальше...
by Yukitaka Ohashi, Yuya Takane, Ko Nakajima
Some cardiovascular and respiratory diseases are triggered by changes in ambient temperature or extremes of temperature. This study aimed to clarify the changes in mortality associated with temperature-sensitive diseases in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic. We used data from three major cities (Sapporo City, Tokyo 23 wards, and Osaka City) from 2010 to 2019 to determine disease mortality rates and monthly mean temperatures from April to December. Читать дальше...
by Ömer Alkan, Ceyhun Serçemeli, Kenan Özmen
Verbal and psychological violence against women is considered an important sociological and legal problem and a serious threat within the context of basic human rights. The aim of this study was to detect the factors affecting verbal and psychological violence against women in Turkey, a developing country. The micro data set of the National research on domestic violence against women in Turkey, which was conducted by the Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies... Читать дальше...
by Michael Kakinda, Didas Tugumisirize, Abdunoor Nyombi, Marvin Mugisha, Stavia Turyahabwe, Simon Walusimbi, Joseph K. B. Matovu
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by Tom Pennance, M. Inês Neves, Bonnie L. Webster, Charlotte M. Gower, Stefanie Knopp, Iddi Simba Khamis, Shaali M. Ame, Said M. Ali, Muriel Rabone, Aidan Emery, Fiona Allan, Mtumweni Ali Muhsin, Khamis Rashid Suleiman, Fatama Kabole, Martin Walker, David Rollinson, Joanne P. Webster
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by Khaled M. Zayed, Yun-Hai Guo, Shan Lv, Yi Zhang, Xiao-Nong Zhou
BackgroundSchistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, is the second important parasitic disease after malaria. The present study aimed to evaluate the molluscicidal effects of silver nanoparticles on Biomphalaria alexandrina, B. glabrata, Oncomelania hupensis, snail intermediate hosts of intestinal schistosomes (i.e. Schistosoma mansoni and S. japonicum), along with the changes their antioxidant enzymes.
MethodsSilver... Читать дальше...
by Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Lucas Augusto Moysés Franco, Gabriela Venturini, Mariliza Velho Rodrigues, Emanuelle Marques, Lea Campos de Oliveira-da Silva, Larissa Natany Almeida Martins, Ariela Mota Ferreira, Paulo Emílio Clementino Almeida, Felipe Dias Da Silva, Sâmara Fernandes Leite, Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes, Desiree Sant’Ana Haikal, Claudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira, Clareci Silva Cardoso, Jonathan G. Seidman, Christine E. Seidman, Juan P. Casas, Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro, Jose E. Krieger, Alexandre C. Читать дальше...
by Taehee Chang, Bong-Kwang Jung, Jong-Yil Chai, Sung-il Cho
BackgroundThe coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory disease that has caused extensive ravages worldwide since being declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Unlike initially predicted by WHO, the incidence and severity of COVID-19 appeared milder in many Low-to-Middle-Income Countries (LMIC). To explain this noticeable disparity between countries, many hypotheses, including socio-demographic and geographic factors, have been put forward. Читать дальше...
by Saiful Islam, Abdullah Saeed Khan, Fakhrul Amin Badal, Muhammad Ziaul Islam Khan, David Gozal, Mohammad Jahid Hasan
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by Steve M. Taylor, Sarah Korwa, Angie Wu, Cynthia L. Gree, Betsy Freedman, Sheila Clapp, Joseph Kipkoech Kirui, Wendy P. O’Meara, Festus M. Njuguna
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by Ana Novačić, Dario Menéndez, Jurica Ljubas, Slobodan Barbarić, Françoise Stutz, Julien Soudet, Igor Stuparević
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by Charlotte Kathleen Golden, Thomas David Daniel Kazmirchuk, Erin Kate McNally, Mariyam El eissawi, Zeynep Derin Gokbayrak, Joël Denis Richard, Christopher Leonard Brett
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by Suran Galappaththige, Richard A. Gray, Caroline Mendonca Costa, Steven Niederer, Pras Pathmanathan
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by Jean-François Lemay, Edlie St-Hilaire, Daryl A. Ronato, Yuandi Gao, François Bélanger, Sari Gezzar-Dandashi, Aimé Boris Kimenyi Ishimwe, Christina Sawchyn, Dominique Lévesque, Mary McQuaid, François-Michel Boisvert, Frédérick A. Mallette, Jean-Yves Masson, Elliot A. Drobetsky, Hugo Wurtele
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