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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536682/weakly-supervised-contrastive-learning-for-unsupervised-object-discovery
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yunqiu Lv, Jing Zhang, Nick Barnes, Yuchao Dai
Unsupervised object discovery (UOD) refers to the task of discriminating the whole region of objects from the background within a scene without relying on labeled datasets, which benefits the task of bounding-box-level localization and pixel-level segmentation. This task is promising due to its ability to discover objects in a generic manner. We roughly categorize existing techniques into two main directions, namely the generative solutions based on image resynthesis, and the clustering methods based on self-supervised models...
March 27, 2024: IEEE Transactions on Image Processing: a Publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Society
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535684/rational-design-of-a-portable-chemometric-assisted-voltammetric-sensor-based-on-ion-imprinted-polymeric-film-for-co-ii-determination-in-water
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sabrina Di Masi, Nelson Arturo Manrique Rodriguez, Marco Costa, Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto, Cosimino Malitesta
Herein, chemometric-assisted synthesis of electrochemical sensors based on electropolymerised ion-imprinted polymeric (e-IIP) films was explored. Co(II)-IIPs sensors were prepared by performing electropolymerisation procedures of polymerisation mixtures comprising varying concentrations of an electroactive o-aminophenol (o-AP) monomer and Co(II) ions, respectively, according to the Taguchi L9 experimental design, exploiting the simultaneous evaluation of other controlled parameters during electrosynthesis. Each e-IIP developed from Taguchi runs was compared with the respective non-imprinted polymer (NIP) films and fitted according to Langmuir-Freudlich isotherms...
March 18, 2024: Nanomaterials
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534543/enhancing-diagnostic-images-to-improve-the-performance-of-the-segment-anything-model-in-medical-image-segmentation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Luoyi Kong, Mohan Huang, Lingfeng Zhang, Lawrence Wing Chi Chan
Medical imaging serves as a crucial tool in current cancer diagnosis. However, the quality of medical images is often compromised to minimize the potential risks associated with patient image acquisition. Computer-aided diagnosis systems have made significant advancements in recent years. These systems utilize computer algorithms to identify abnormal features in medical images, assisting radiologists in improving diagnostic accuracy and achieving consistency in image and disease interpretation. Importantly, the quality of medical images, as the target data, determines the achievable level of performance by artificial intelligence algorithms...
March 9, 2024: Bioengineering
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534289/dental-practice-websites-in-germany-how-do-they-inform-about-fluoridation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Antje Geiken, Mirja Kock, Lisa Banz, Falk Schwendicke, Christian Graetz
Fluoridation (Fl) is effective in preventing caries; however, it is unclear to what extent its use is counteracted by misinformation on the internet. This study aimed to evaluate the information provided on professional websites of German dental practices regarding fluoridation. A systematic search was performed by two independent examiners, utilizing three search engines, from 10 September 2021 to 11 December 2021. Modified, validated questionnaires (LIDA, DISCERN) were used to evaluate technical and functional aspects, generic quality, and risk of bias...
March 4, 2024: Dentistry Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38532393/acceptability-and-usefulness-of-the-eortc-write-in-three-symptoms-problems-wisp-a-brief-open-ended-instrument-for-symptom-assessment-in-cancer-patients
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Leslye Rojas-Concha, Juan Ignacio Arrarrás, Thierry Conroy, Tara Chalk, Monica Guberti, Bernhard Holzner, Olga Husson, Dagmara Kuliś, Omar Shamieh, Claire Piccinin, María José Puga, Gudrun Rohde, Mogens Groenvold
BACKGROUND: The use of open-ended questions supplementing static questionnaires with closed questions may facilitate the recognition of symptoms and toxicities. The open-ended 'Write In three Symptoms/Problems (WISP)' instrument permits patients to report additional symptoms/problems not covered by selected EORTC questionnaires. We evaluated the acceptability and usefulness of WISP with cancer patients receiving active and palliative care/treatment in Austria, Chile, France, Jordan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom...
March 26, 2024: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38531612/individual-outcomes-after-tailored-versus-generic-self-management-strategies-for-persistent-fatigue-in-youth-with-a-fatigue-syndrome-or-rheumatic-condition-a-multiple-single-case-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Anouk Vroegindeweij, Jan Houtveen, Desiree A Lucassen, Elise M Van De Putte, Nico M Wulffraat, Sanne L Nijhof, Joost F Swart
OBJECTIVE: To examine individual outcomes after tailored lifestyle (PROfeel) or generic dietary advice as self-management intervention for persistent fatigue in adolescents and young adults with a chronic condition, to compare participants who did and did not benefit and to explore changes to factors in the biopsychosocial model of fatigue after PROfeel. METHOD: A multiple single-case AB-phase design was embedded in a randomized crossover trial (N = 45)...
March 26, 2024: British Journal of Health Psychology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38531542/how-far-can-reformulation-participate-in-improving-the-nutritional-quality-of-diets-at-population-level-a-modelling-study-using-real-food-market-data-in-france
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Barthélémy Sarda, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Bernard Srour, Mélanie Deschasaux-Tanguy, Morgane Fialon, Léopold K Fezeu, Pilar Galan, Serge Hercberg, Mathilde Touvier, Chantal Julia
BACKGROUND: Food reformulation is promoted as a tool to improve the nutritional quality of population diets. However, the potential impact of industry-wide reformulation on dietary intake has been investigated minimally. OBJECTIVES: The aim was to estimate the impact on the French population nutrient intakes of industry-wide reformulation towards healthier products using the updated nutrient profiling system underpinning the front-of-pack nutrition label Nutri-Score (uNS-NPS)...
March 25, 2024: BMJ Global Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38530614/responsiveness-and-minimal-important-change-of-the-family-reported-outcome-measure-from-16
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
R Shah, A Y Finlay, M S Salek, H Allen, S J Nixon, M Nixon, K Otwombe, F M Ali, J R Ingram
BACKGROUND: The FROM-16 is a generic family quality of life (QoL) instrument that measures the QoL impact of patients' disease on their family members/partners. The study aimed to assess the responsiveness of FROM-16 to change and determine Minimal Important Change (MIC). METHODS: Responsiveness and MIC for FROM-16 were assessed prospectively with patients and their family members recruited from outpatient departments of the University Hospital Wales and University Hospital Llandough, Cardiff, United Kingdom...
March 26, 2024: Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38529698/the-state-of-art-on-the-use-of-patient-reported-outcomes-in-migraine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Alicia Alpuente, Marta Torres-Ferrus, Edoardo Caronna, Patricia Pozo-Rosich
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review aims to explore the use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in migraine. Traditionally assessed through specific features, recent adoption of PROMs allows for a more objective and quantifiable evaluation. PROMs, which are standardized questionnaires collecting health information directly from a patients' perspective, cover various aspects, including migraine specific aspects. The review focuses on delineating the applications and interpretation of commonly used PROMs in migraine research, with an emphasis on their integration in clinical care...
March 27, 2024: Current Opinion in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38526806/correction-comparing-the-psychometric-performance-of-generic-paediatric-health%C3%A2-related-quality-of-life-instruments-in-children-and-adolescents-with-adhd-anxiety-and-or-depression
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Rachel O'Loughlin, Renee Jones, Gang Chen, Brendan Mulhern, Harriet Hiscock, Nancy Devlin, Kim Dalziel
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March 25, 2024: PharmacoEconomics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38525832/readability-analysis-and-concept-mapping-of-proms-used-for-headache-disorders
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REVIEW
Merel H J Hazewinkel, Lisa Gfrerer, Sait Ashina, William G Austen, Anne F Klassen, Andrea Pusic, Manraj N Kaur
OBJECTIVE: To assess the readability and the comprehensiveness of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) utilized in primary headache disorders literature. BACKGROUND: As the health-care landscape has evolved toward a patient-centric model, numerous PROMs have been developed to capture treatment outcomes in patients with headache disorders. For these PROMs to advance our understanding of headache disorders and their treatment impact, they must be easy to understand (i...
March 25, 2024: Headache
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38525482/development-of-a-qualitative-data-analysis-codebook-for-arterial-hypertension-and-type-2-diabetes-integrated-care-evaluation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Črt Zavrnik, Nataša Stojnić, Majda Mori Lukančič, Monika Martens, Katrien Danhieux, Savina Chham, Matic Mihevc, Tina Virtič Potočnik, Zalika Klemenc Ketiš, Josefien van Olmen, Antonija Poplas Susič
INTRODUCTION: Non-communicable diseases, such as arterial hypertension (HTN) and type-2 diabetes (T2D), pose a global public health problem. Integrated care with focus on person-centred principles aims to enhance healthcare quality and access. Previous qualitative research has identified facilitators and barriers for scaling-up integrated care, however the lack of standardized terms and measures hinder cross-country comparisons. This paper addresses these gaps by presenting a generic codebook for qualitative research on integrated care implementation for HTN and T2D...
2024: International Journal of Integrated Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38517800/patient-reported-outcome-measures-in-neuromuscular-diseases-a-scoping-review
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REVIEW
Nicoline Voet, Ronne Pater, Joana Garmendia, Andone Sistiaga, Garazi Labayru, Benjamin Gallais, Ingrid de Groot, Samar Muslemani, Cynthia Gagnon, Christopher Graham
 Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are valuable in comprehensively understanding patients' health experiences and informing healthcare decisions in research and clinical care without clinicians' input. Until now, no central resource containing information on all PROMS in neuromuscular diseases (NMD) is available, hindering the comparison and choice of PROMs used to monitor NMDs and appropriately reflect the patient's voice. This scoping review aimed to present a comprehensive assessment of the existing literature on using PROMs in children and adults with NMD...
March 19, 2024: Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38515103/developing-generic-templates-to-shape-the-future-for-conducting-integrated-research-platform-trials
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Madhavi Gidh-Jain, Tom Parke, Franz König, Cecile Spiertz, Peter Mesenbrink
BACKGROUND: Interventional clinical studies conducted in the regulated drug research environment are designed using International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) regulatory guidance documents: ICH E6 (R2) Good Clinical Practice-scientific guideline, first published in 2002 and last updated in 2016. This document provides an international ethical and scientific quality standard for designing and conducting trials that involve the participation of human subjects. Recently, there has been heightened awareness of the importance of integrated research platform trials (IRPs) designed to evaluate multiple therapies simultaneously...
March 21, 2024: Trials
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38513853/urban-canopy-airflow-dynamics-a-numerical-investigation-of-drag-forces-and-distribution-for-generic-neighborhoods-and-their-relationships-with-breathability
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mingjie Zhang, Xin Guo, Jiaying Li, Zhi Gao, Guohua Ji, Jianshun Zhang, Rriccardo Buccolieri
Thorough investigations of urban-canopy drag primarily stemming from pressure drag on building surfaces are necessary given the turbulent flows within complex urban areas. Moreover, a gap persists regarding the relationships between canopy drag and breathability. Therefore, this work delves into the canopy-layer airflow dynamics for generic urban neighborhoods by performing three-dimensional Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes simulations. A total of 32 subcases are examined, encompassing uniform- and varying-height and diverse plan area densities (λp , categorized into groups of sparse: 0...
March 19, 2024: Science of the Total Environment
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38512535/hip-specific-and-generic-patient-reported-outcome-measure-scores-after-primary-hip-replacement-are-associated-with-early-revision-surgery-a-national-registry-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ilana N Ackerman, Kara Cashman, Michelle Lorimer, Emma Heath, Ian A Harris
BACKGROUND: The ability to efficiently identify patients at higher risk of poor outcomes after joint replacement would enable limited resources for post-operative follow-up to be directed to those with the greatest clinical need. This is particularly important as joint replacement rates continue to grow internationally, stretching health system capabilities. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are routinely administered in many settings and offer an opportunity to detect suboptimal patient outcomes early...
March 21, 2024: Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38510990/fournier-s-gangrene-a-review-of-predictive-scoring-systems-and-practical-guide-for-patient-management
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REVIEW
Daniel Bowen, Thomas Hughes, Patrick Juliebø-Jones, Bhaskar Somani
This article aims to provide a practical guide for patient management and an overview of the predictive scorings for Fournier's gangrene (FG) that are available to aid clinicians. A literature was performed reviewing currently used scoring systems for FG and presenting a practical guide for its management based on the available evidence. There are four specific scoring systems available for the assessment of FG although few other non-specific and generic tools also exist. These specific tools include Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis, Fournier's Gangrene Severity Index, Uludag Fournier's Gangrene Severity Index, and Simplified Fournier's Gangrene Severity Index and help calculate expected mortality...
2024: Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38503261/off-episode-quality-of-life-impact-scale-offelia-a-new-measure-of-quality-of-life-for-off-episodes-in-parkinson-s-disease
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Maja Kuharic, Victoria Kulbokas, Kent Hanson, Jonathan L Nazari, Kanya K Shah, Ai Nguyen, Tara Hensle, Connie Marras, Melissa J Armstrong, Yash J Jalundhwala, A Simon Pickard
INTRODUCTION: OFF Episodes occur in people with Parkinson's disease when their medication wears off, and motor and/or non-motor symptoms emerge. Existing measures used to assess OFF Episodes focus on the time spent in OFF Episodes through diaries or by identifying symptoms, but they are limited in their ability to capture the severity and functional impact of OFF episodes. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a new instrument, called "OFFELIA," that measures the impact of OFF episodes on the quality of life of individuals with Parkinson's disease...
March 12, 2024: Parkinsonism & related Disorders
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38502416/development-and-validation-of-the-hdsim%C3%A2-assessment-system-a-measure-of-hemorrhoid-disease-symptom-impact
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Carolyn E Schwartz, Katrina Borowiec
BACKGROUND: Hemorrhoid disease (HD) affects 10 million people in the US at any given time, and 50% of the US population will develop symptomatic hemorrhoids during their lifetime. Approximately 60% of people with hemorrhoids experience symptoms. Despite its prevalence and impact on quality of life, the existing patient-reported outcome measures of HD have not been validated using standard psychometric methods. The present study thus aimed to develop the Hemorrhoid Disease Symptom Impact Measure™ (HDSIM™) assessment system, a patient-reported measure of HD symptoms and impact for use in HD clinical research...
March 19, 2024: Quality of Life Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38501338/quality-assurance-in-surgical-trials-of-arteriovenous-grafts-for-haemodialysis-a-systematic-review-a-narrative-exploration-and-expert-recommendations
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REVIEW
David B Kingsmore, Ben Edgar, Emma Aitken, Francis Calder, Marco Franchin, Colin Geddes, Nick Inston, Andrew Jackson, Rob G Jones, Nikolaos Karydis, Ram Kasthuri, Gaspar Mestres, Georgios Papadakis, Rajesh Sivaprakasam, Mike Stephens, Karen Stevenson, Callum Stove, Lazslo Szabo, Peter C Thomson, Matteo Tozzi, Richard D White
BACKGROUND: Introducing new procedures and challenging established paradigms requires well-designed randomised controlled trials (RCT). However, RCT in surgery present unique challenges with much of treatment tailored to the individual patient circumstances, refined by experience and limited by organisational factors. There has been considerable debate over the outcomes of arteriovenous grafts (AVG) compared to AVF, but any differences may reflect differing practice and potential variability...
March 19, 2024: Journal of Vascular Access
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