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Machine learning screening of COVID-19 patients based on X-ray images for unbalanced classes
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2021 , Article)
Background: COVID-19 is a pandemic that had already infected more than forty-six million people and caused more than a million deaths by 1st of November 2020. The virus pandemic appears to have had a catastrophic effect ...
What COVID-19 has taught the world
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2021 , Article)
Background: A novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has captured global recognition in a short period of time by dramatically impacting people's everyday lives and emerged as a public health emergency. Undoubtedly, it shows that ...
All those exanthematous fevers are not Covid-19
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2021 , Article)
Fever with a rash is a common case scenario that clinicians encounter in their practice. The ubiquity of the presentation is proportional to the magnitude of the physician's dilemma due to its numerous causes. The diagnosis ...
Quality, effectiveness and outcome of blended learning in dental education during the COVID pandemic: Prospects of a post-pandemic implementation
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
Abstract: BackgroundBlended learning is growing in popularity particularly following the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic. One of the fields that the pandemic has substantially affected is dental education. Purpose: The aim ...
An evidence base for school health policy during the covid-19 pandemic
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Paris Scholar Publishing
, 2021 , Article)
Objective: Children represent a small fraction of confirmed COVID-19 cases, with a low case fatality rate (CFR). In this paper, we lay out an evidence-based policy for reopening schools. Methods: We gathered age-specific ...
COVID-19 lesion segmentation using lung CT scan images: Comparative study based on active contour models
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
Pneumonia is a lung infection that threatens all age groups. In this paper, we use CT scans to investigate the effectiveness of active contour models (ACMs) for segmentation of pneumonia caused by the Coronavirus disease ...
Covid -19 lockdown-challenges to higher education in qatar
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
Covid 19 is a pandemic disease and it has spread all over the world. Due to the concern for the health of students, colleges and school authorities all over the world have decided to close the education institution and ...
Mortality prediction utilizing blood biomarkers to predict the severity of COVID-19 using machine learning technique
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
Healthcare researchers have been working on mortality prediction for COVID-19 patients with differing levels of severity. A rapid and reliable clinical evaluation of disease intensity will assist in the allocation and ...
Cancer services during the covid-19 pandemic: Systematic review of patient's and caregiver's experiences
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Dove Medical Press Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: Cancer patients have faced intersecting crises during the COVID-19 pandemic. This review aimed to examine patients and caregivers experiences of accessing cancer services during the pandemic and its perceived ...
A Comparative Study on Pandemic Response and Their Impact on Economic Growth: Evidence From COVID-19 Outbreak In Scandanavia
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IEOM Society
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
Coronavirus strikes again with the delta variant and puts the world in a phase 3 pandemic state. Countries all over the world have adopted different response mechanisms to contain the virus's spread. Health officials call ...