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A Fitness Index model for Italian adolescents living in Southern Italy: The ASSO project
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Edizioni Minerva Medica
, 2016 , Article)
BACKGROUND: Strong relations between physical fitness and health in adolescents have been established in the last decades. The main objectives of the present investigation were to assess major physical fitness components ...
Metronidazole in conjunction with penicillin neither prevents recurrence nor enhances recovery from peritonsillar abscess when compared with penicillin alone: A prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial
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Oxford University Press
, 2016 , Article)
Objectives
The objectives of this study were to evaluate the efficacy of metronidazole in conjunction with penicillin in preventing the recurrence of peritonsillar abscess (PTA) and to learn whether metronidazole enhances ...
Targeting dopaminergic system for treating nicotine dependence
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Bentham Science Publishers B.V.
, 2016 , Article)
Background: Smoking is the world's leading cause of preventable death among populations. Cigarette smoking increases the risk of numerous health problems, including heart diseases, stroke, atherosclerosis and many types ...
Utilization of evidence-based secondary prevention medications at the time of discharge in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in Qatar
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Bentham Science Publishers
, 2016 , Article)
Background and Objectives: In Qatar, ACS (Acute Coronary Syndrome) has become the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Guidelines recommend that ACS patients should receive indefinite treatment with antiplatelets, ...
Generalisability theory analyses of concept mapping assessment scores in a problem-based medical curriculum
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
Context
In problem-based learning (PBL), students construct concept maps that integrate different concepts related to the PBL case and are guided by the learning needs generated in small-group tutorials. Although an ...
Locality Sensitive Deep Learning for Detection and Classification of Nuclei in Routine Colon Cancer Histology Images
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2016 , Article)
Detection and classification of cell nuclei in histopathology images of cancerous tissue stained with the standard hematoxylin and eosin stain is a challenging task due to cellular heterogeneity. Deep learning approaches ...
Patient-Specific Seizure Detection Using Nonlinear Dynamics and Nullclines
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2020 , Article)
Nonlinear dynamics has recently been extensively used to study epilepsy due to the complex nature of the neuronal systems. This study presents a novel method that characterizes the dynamic behavior of pediatric seizure ...
Self-organized operational neural networks for severe image restoration problems
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
Discriminative learning based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) aims to perform image restoration by learning from training examples of noisy-clean image pairs. It has become the go-to methodology for tackling image ...
Magnetic mesoporous nanospheres anchored with LyP-1 as an efficient pancreatic cancer probe
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
Immobilization of a ligand that selectively interacts with cancer cells to nanomaterials can enhance their diagnostic and therapeutic efficiency. In this study, we firstly demonstrate the high expression of receptor for ...
In honour of Professor Jackie Ying, recipient of the Journal of Drug Targeting's Lifetime Achievement Award�for 2020
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Taylor and Francis Ltd
, 2020 , Article)
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