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Clustering with shallow trees

, 2009
We propose a new method for hierarchical clustering based on the optimisation of a cost function over trees of limited depth, and we derive a message--passing method that allows to solve it efficiently.
A Braunstein, A Flaxman, Altschul S F, Bradde S Braunstein A Flaxman A Zecchina R, L Foini, M Bailly-Bechet, R Zecchina, S Bradde   +7 more
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Post-Mortem diagnosis of dementia by informant interview. [PDF]

, 2010
The diagnosis of normal cognition or dementia in the Brazilian Brain Bank of the Aging Brain Study Group (BBBABSG) has relied on postmortem interview with an informant. Objectives:To ascertain the sensitivity and specificity of postmortem diagnosis based
Balbino, Érika Silvério, Battela, Camila, Brucki, Sonia Maria Dozzi, Campora, Flávia, Damin, Antonio Eduardo, Farfel, José Marcelo, Ferretti, Renata Eloah de Lucena, Grinberg, Lea Tenenholz, Jacob-Filho, Wilson, Leite, Renata Elaine Paraiso, Lima, Maria do Carmo de Ascenção, Moreira, Eliza Guccione, Morillo, Lilian Schafirovits, Nitrini, Ricardo, Pasqualucci, Carlos Augusto, Perroco, Tibor Rilho, Rosemberg, Sérgio, Ruiz, Lumena, Saldiva, Paulo Hilário Nascimento, Suemoto, Claudia Kimie   +19 more
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Gel Containing Catechin and Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Protecting Root Dentin Against Erosion: An In Situ Study

Microscopy Research and Technique, EarlyView.
Gels containing EGCG adsorbed on mesoporous silica nanoparticles have a protective effect against dentin erosion. ABSTRACT This study evaluated the in situ anti‐erosive effect of gels containing epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate (EGCG) isolated and adsorbed on mesoporous silica nanoparticles (EGCG/MSN) on eroded dentin.
Helaine Cajado Alves, Edison Augusto Balreira Gomes, Antonia Flavia Justino Uchoa, Nágila Maria Pontes Silva Ricardo, Vanara Florêncio Passos, Sérgio Lima Santiago   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neonatal mortality within 24 hours of birth in six low- and lower-middle-income countries [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVE: To assess the rates, timing and causes of neonatal deaths and the burden of stillbirths in rural Uttar Pradesh, India. We discuss the implications of our findings for neonatal interventions.
Baqui, Abdullah H., Begum, Nazma, Bhandari, Nita, Edmond, Karen, et al., Hurt, Lisa, Jehan, Fyezah, Kirkwood, Betty, Mazumder, Samilla, Mitra, Dipak K., Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Soremekun, Seyi, Taneja, Sunita   +12 more
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Coping Practices of Small‐ and Medium‐Sized Enterprises Facing Power Asymmetry in Digital Platform Business

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital platform (DP) enterprises have risen to the top of the global economy by inverting traditional business models. They earn money through matchmaking, transaction facilitation, and efficient orchestration of other stakeholders' resources.
Lukas R. G. Fitz, Jochen Scheeg
wiley   +1 more source

Introducing visual participatory methods to develop local knowledge on HIV in rural South Africa [PDF]

, 2017
The authors would also like to acknowledge the field staff at the MRC/Wits Agincourt unit, particularly Ms Rirhandzu Debs and Dr Kerstin Edin from the Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, who facilitated data collection and made ...
Brooks, Chloe, Byass, Peter, D'Ambruoso, Lucia, Kahn, Kathleen, Kazimierczak, Karolina, Ngobeni, Sizzy, Tollman, Stephen, Twine, Rhian   +7 more
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Testing a dose‐response effect of the visuospatial game Tetris on intrusive memories

Journal of Traumatic Stress, EarlyView.
Abstract Tetris has been shown to reduce intrusions following exposure to experimentally induced and actual traumatic events. However, no study has systematically investigated whether multiple sessions of Tetris produce greater reductions in intrusions than a single session.
Marcus Broughill, Sean Commins, Philip Hyland   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on the Outcome of Treatment and Survival of Tuberculosis Patients in Mwanza, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 1998
Little is known about the outcome of tuberculosis (TB) treatment and subsequent survival of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients treated under routine programme conditions in a developing country.
Lefi, M, Mfinanga, S, Moshiro, C, Mugomela, A, O'Brien, R, van den Broek, J   +5 more
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Burden of visceral leishmaniasis in villages of eastern gedaref state, Sudan: an exhaustive cross-sectional survey. [PDF]

, 2012
Since December 2009, Médecins Sans Frontières has diagnosed and treated patients with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Tabarak Allah Hospital, eastern Gedaref State, one of the main endemic foci of VL in Sudan.
A Ismail, A Stauch, AB Joshi, AM Musa, B Bucheton, CP Thakur, Dagemlidet Worku, DE Elnaiem, DE Elnaiem, EA Khalil, EE Zijlstra, EE Zijlstra, EE Zijlstra, EE Zijlstra, F Chappuis, Fabienne Nackers, François Chappuis, GK Adam, H Veeken, Hechmi Louzir, Himida Ali Gorashi, Jean-Claude Djoumessi, Jean-François Etard, JH Kolaczinski, K Ritmeijer, K Ritmeijer, K Ritmeijer, Khalid A. Ahmed, Koert Ritmeijer, Marleen Boelaert, Niven Salih, OF Osman, Omer Hammam, Rahma Eltigani, SE Meredith, Y Mueller, Yolanda Kathrin Mueller, ZM Luz   +37 more
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Application of the verbal autopsy during a clinical trial

Social Science & Medicine, 1990
During a community-based treatment trial of onchocerciasis with ivermectin, verbal autopsies were employed as one method to assess the safety of the drug. The verbal autopsy questionnaire was designed to determine causes of death and mortality differentials in the treated population.
Michel Pacqué, Z. D. Dukuly, Sara Pacqué-Margolis, John Boateng, Hugh R. Taylor   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources