Academic Articles & Research Papers

Illicit opioids, methamphetamine/amphetamine, and cocaine use are associated with loss of housing and delay with becoming rehoused across seven diverse cohorts with and without HIV in the United States and Canada.

Nowcasting officially reported highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak counts under heterogeneous reporting delays.

Spatial and multilevel determinants of delayed healthcare access following occupational accidents in Brazil.

Pre-hospital care delays in trauma-related mass casualty incidents: a comparative international survey of high-income and low- and middle-income country perspectives.

Surgical delay is not associated with increased mortality in Greenlandic hip fracture patients: a 5-year retrospective cohort study.

Comparative outcomes of timely versus delayed presentation of pediatric fractures in post-conflict Iraq: a multicenter retrospective cohort study.

Interhospital Transfer Dependency and Delays to Arterial Puncture in UK Thrombectomy Centres: A National Observational Study.

Regional disparities in hepatitis C treatment initiation and treatment delay in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective observational study.

A SAM2 and VLM-Based Automatic Radiological Reporting System for Pneumothorax Detection

Background/Objectives: Pneumothorax, caused by air accumulation in the pleural space, can lead to lung collapse and, if diagnosis is delayed, respiratory or cardiovascular deterioration. Most deep-learning studies on pneumothorax address cl...

The Genetics of Psoriasis

The genetics of psoriasis has been studied with a questionnaire requesting information on presence or absence of the disease in relatives of 698 probands and 104 controls (spouses of probands). A statistically significant familial concentra...

Segmentation Clock Networks in Vertebrate Somitogenesis

In vertebrate embryonic development, the segmentation clock controls the cyclic formation of somites through presomitic mesoderm (PSM) cells. Somites are paired segmented structures along the anterior-posterior axis that eventually develop ...

Microwave Photonic Techniques in Phase-Noise Measurements of Microwave Sources: A Review of Fiber-Optic Delay-Line Methods

Microwave photonics has recently come to the forefront as a valuable approach to generating, processing, and measuring signals in high-performance domains such as communication, radar, and timing systems. Recent studies have introduced a ra...

Improving Waste Management at Construction Sites—Evidence from a Comparative Study in Poland and Slovakia

Construction waste management remains a critical challenge for improving project efficiency and sustainability. Despite extensive research, there is still a lack of comparative and up-to-date empirical studies addressing both material and n...

Penalty model for delay of bidding section construction period in South-to-North Water Diversion Eastern Route Project from perspective of programs

According to the multi-project and program management theory, this paper analyzes the program generation principle and establishes a program based on progress goals. On the basis of the present situation of calculation of penalty for delay ...

From intra- to extra-uterine: early phase design of a transfer to extra-uterine life support through medical simulation

IntroductionExtra-uterine life support technology could provide a more physiologic alternative for the treatment of extremely premature infants, as it allows further fetal growth and development ex utero. Animal studies have been carried ou...

The Roles of Marketing and Industrial Design in Discontinuous New Product Development *

Radical or “discontinuous” products based on new technological breakthroughs are playing an ever‐increasing role in the success of firms. However, little research has been conducted that investigates the roles of marketing and industrial de...

Risks and Benefits of Clinical Diagnosis Around the Time of Dementia Onset

Diagnostic delay in dementia is common in the U.S. Drivers of diagnostic delay are poorly understood, but appear related to misconceptions about dementia, stigma, concerns about autonomy, the nature of the diagnostic process, and provider-r...

Investigation of Play Intervention for Dementia (PID) Activities in Addressing Cognitive Domains Reflected in Hong Kong Montreal Cognitive Assessment (HK-MoCA)

Background/Objectives: Yee Hong Play Intervention for Dementia (PID) is a community program strengthening East Asians >65 years with dementia in their daily functional activities. We analyzed how PID activities align with Hong Kong Montreal...

The Challenge of Cultural Gerontology

Over the last decade, Cultural Gerontology has emerged as one of the most vibrant elements of writing about age (Twigg, J., & Martin, W. (Eds.) (2015). The Routledge handbook of cultural gerontology. London: Routledge). Reflecting the wider...

Proceedings of APCE-CECE-ITP-IUPAC 2022

In a demonstration of modern analytical chemistry at its best, the International Interdisciplinary Conference of Chemical Analysis, APCE-CECE-ITP-IUPAC 2022 was held after two years of COVID-19-related delays in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The qua...