A Deep Learning-Based EIT System for Robust Gesture Recognition Under Confounding Factors [PDF]
BiosensorsGesture recognition with electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is an enormous potential tool for human–machine interaction because of its low cost, low complexity and high temporal resolution.
Hancong Wu +3 more
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Factors confounding the assessment of reflection: a critical review [PDF]
BMC Medical Education, 2011 Background Reflection on experience is an increasingly critical part of professional development and lifelong learning. There is, however, continuing uncertainty about how best to put principle into practice, particularly as regards assessment.
Koole Sebastiaan +6 more
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Confounding factors in algal phosphorus limitation experiments. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Assessing algal nutrient limitation is critical for understanding the interaction of primary production and nutrient cycling in streams, and nutrient diffusing substrate (NDS) experiments are often used to determine limiting nutrients such as nitrogen (N)
Whitney S Beck, Ed K Hall
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Companies’ Responses to a Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: Implications for Research; Comment on “Understanding Marketing Responses to a Tax on Sugary Drinks: A Qualitative Interview Study in the United Kingdom, 2019” [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2023 The paper by Forde et al, newly published in this journal, sheds light on how sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) companies may react to the introduction of a SSB tax.
Judite Gonçalves
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Application of Standardization for Causal Inference in Observational Studies: A Step-by-step Tutorial for Analysis Using R Software [PDF]
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2022 Epidemiological studies typically examine the causal effect of exposure on a health outcome. Standardization is one of the most straightforward methods for estimating causal estimands.
Sangwon Lee, Woojoo Lee
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Enhancing result reliability by addressing potential confounding factors [PDF]
Microbiology SpectrumSatoru Mitsuboshi
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Confounders in Identification and Analysis of Inflammatory Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Diseases
Biomolecules, 2021 Proinflammatory biomarkers have been increasingly used in epidemiologic and intervention studies over the past decades to evaluate and identify an association of systemic inflammation with cardiovascular diseases.
Qurrat Ul Ain +4 more
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Cytokines in schizophrenia: Hope or hype?
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2016 Although there is a cumulative evidence for the inflammation pathophysiology in schizophrenia, it has not been conclusively proven yet. One reason for this is the lack of studies that have controlled for major confounding factors such as obesity, smoking,
Maju Mathew Koola
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 BackgroundThe aim of this study was to assess the electrophysiological and other influencing factors correlating with symptom severity in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) under three different conditions: baseline, stress exposure, and ...
Jan Sarlon +5 more
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Host and Environmental Factors Affecting the Intestinal Microbiota in Chickens
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 The initial development of intestinal microbiota in poultry plays an important role in production performance, overall health and resistance against microbial infections. Multiplexed sequencing of 16S ribosomal RNA gene amplicons is often used in studies,
Jannigje G. Kers +6 more
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