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Analysis and Architecture of Clinical Workflow Systems using Agent-Oriented Lifecycle Models
Healthcare executives are grappling with a climate of great change in the healthcare industry. This is coming from a number of sources. First, there...
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Current Status of Computerized Decision Support Systems in Mammography
Breast cancer is one of the most devastating and deadly diseases for women today. Despite advances in cancer treatment, early mammographic detection...
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Computerization of Clinical Guidelines: an Application of Medical Document Processing
Clinical Guidelines are being developed as a tool to promote Best Practice in Medicine. They are usually defined as “systematically developed...
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Case-based Medical Informatics
The “applied” nature distinguishes applied sciences from theoretical sciences. To emphasize this distinction, we begin with a general, meta-level...
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Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Based on the DNA Microarray Technology
Immense genomic data have been accumulated through various research activities such as the Human Genome Project. A genome is the entire collection of...
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Wearable Devices in Healthcare
The miniaturization of electrical and electronic equipment is certainly not a new phenomenon, and its effects have long been evident in the...
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Evidence Based Telemedicine
This chapter focuses on evidence based telemedicine and its various applications. Evidence based medicine is the integration of best research...
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Virtual Communities in Health Care
A virtual community is a social entity involving several individuals who relate to one another by the use of a specific communication technology that...
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Thyroid tuberculosis mimicking multinodular goiter: a case report
BackgroundMycobacterium tuberculosis is the second most common infectious cause of death in adults worldwide. The ability of this organism to...
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Demographic changes in COVID-19 mortality during the pandemic: analysis of trends in disparities among workers using California’s mortality surveillance system
BackgroundThere is limited information on the extent and patterns of disparities in COVID-19 mortality throughout the pandemic. We aimed to examine...
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Guideline for reporting systematic reviews of outcome measurement instruments (OMIs): PRISMA-COSMIN for OMIs 2024
PurposeAlthough comprehensive and widespread guidelines on how to conduct systematic reviews of outcome measurement instruments (OMIs) exist, for...
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Mediated effects of a randomised control trial for a text messaging smoking cessation intervention for online help-seekers and primary care visitors
Background and AimsDigital smoking cessation interventions have been shown to be effective in hel** individuals achieve prolonged smoking...
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The determinants of mental health inequalities between Chinese migrants and non-migrants during the Shanghai 2022 lockdown: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition
BackgroundThe mental health inequality between migrants and non-migrants was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying key determinants of...
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Skin carotenoid scores and metabolic syndrome in a general Japanese population: the Hisayama study
BackgroundHigher vegetable intake is being promoted as an initiative to prevent lifestyle-related diseases. Carotenoids are yellow or red pigment...
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Dissecting the vascular-cognitive nexus: energetic vs. conventional hemodynamic parameters
Blood pressure or flow measurements have been associated with vascular health and cognitive function. We proposed that energetic hemodynamic...
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Quantifying Household Discomfort Perception: An Application for Spain
The physical structure of the dwelling itself and its immediate surroundings determine its Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) and this has a direct...
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The association between the visceral to subcutaneous abdominal fat ratio and the risk of cardiovascular diseases: a systematic review
BackgroundCardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the primary cause of mortality globally. The prevalence of obesity is rising worldwide; there seems to...
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Knowledge uptake from lived experience regarding sustainable groundwater management: complementing scientific knowledge in urban policymaking
Urbanization can pose water management challenges in cities while overlooking the possibilities of residents’ lived experience and collaborative...
