Academic Articles & Research Papers

Understanding Design Tradeoffs for Health Technologies

We introduce a mixed-methods approach for determining how people weigh tradeoffs in values related to health and technologies for health self-management. Our approach combines interviews with Q-methodology, a method from psychology uniquely...

Geometric nonlinear analysis of Timoshenko beams with variable cross-section using co-rotational formulation

The geometrically nonlinear analysis of Timoshenko beams with variable cross-sections remains a challenging task in engineering practice, particularly for structures subjected to large deformations. While co-rotational (CR) formulations hav...

The effectiveness of M-health technologies for improving health and health services: a systematic review protocol

BACKGROUND: The application of mobile computing and communication technology is rapidly expanding in the fields of health care and public health. This systematic review will summarise the evidence for the effectiveness of mobile technology ...

Preparation and evaluation of mushroom (Lentinus edodes) and mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) as dog food attractant

Chicken liver is a main protein source to prepare attractant for dog food. However, animal proteins are costly. Seeking high quality and low-cost protein sources has been a goal for the industry. Mushroom Lentinus edodes (L. edodes) and Mea...

Designing mobile health technology for bipolar disorder

An increasing number of pervasive healthcare systems are being designed, that allow people to monitor and get feedback on their health and wellness. To address the challenges of self-management of mental illnesses, we have developed the MON...

Health Technologies 'In the Wild'

The widespread deployment of technology by professional health services will provide a substantial opportunity for studies that consider usage in naturalistic settings. Our study has documented experiences of engaging with technologies inte...

Oh brother, where art tau? Amyloid, neurodegeneration, and cognitive decline without elevated tau

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can be an early manifestation of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology, other pathologic entities [e.g., cerebrovascular disease, Lewy body disease, LATE (limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy)], ...

Medical informatics and institutional strategy.

Programs in medical informatics can help academic medical centers make effective use of information technology. But to achieve the greatest strategic benefits from these programs, an institution must forge proper linkage between informatics...

Training residents in medical informatics.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: A number of medical educators have called for an increased emphasis on medical informatics training, but few family practice residency programs have provided more than cursory teaching efforts in this area. This p...

Data Mining Techniques in Medical Informatics

The advent of high-performance computing has benefited various disciplines in finding practical solutions to their problems, and our health care is no exception to this.Signal processing, image processing, and data mining tools have been de...

EPEPT: A web service for enhanced P-value estimation in permutation tests

Abstract Background In computational biology, permutation tests have become a widely used tool to assess the statistical significance of an event under investigation. However, the common way of computing the P-value, which expresses the sta...

Quantum computing in medical informatics

In an era of exponential technological advancements, the integration of quantum computing (QC) and medical informatics emerges as a captivating frontier, promising to unlock a new realm of possibilities for healthcare. QC, harnessing the pr...

(Bio)Medical Informatics in the Next Decade

Even though medical informatics is most often viewed from the perspective of its host disciplines in clinical and biologic medicine, it has an identity and agenda of its own. This paper is an attempt to promote discussion about the long-ter...

Rough Sets in Medical Informatics Applications

Identifying Applied Aspects, Medical Fields, and Technological Trends in Developing Future Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Telemedicine

Introduction: Parallel with the growth of technologies, which affect the telemedicine, timely identification of telemedicine entrepreneurial opportunities seems to be necessary for the product development. This study aimed to identify appli...

A career in medical informatics

Mohammad Al-Ubaydli explains how to have a career in medical informatics1 If you want to understand why I love technology, take a look at my hearing aid. Just before starting my house job, my nightmare scenario was of being deafened by the...

The deep learning applications in IoT-based bio- and medical informatics: a systematic literature review

Abstract Nowadays, machine learning (ML) has attained a high level of achievement in many contexts. Considering the significance of ML in medical and bioinformatics owing to its accuracy, many investigators discussed multiple solutions for ...

Theory, Abstraction and Design in Medical Informatics

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the scientific and engineering components of Medical Informatics. A clear characterization of these components should be undertaken to categorize different areas of Medical Informatics and create a research agenda for ...

Structural relationships within medical informatics

Medical informatics is the application of information science and information technology to the theoretical and practical problems of biomedical research, clinical practice, and medical education. Although it is broadly interdisciplinary, i...

Artificial Intelligence And Medical Informatics

This review considers the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical informatics. It begins by describing artificial intelligence and then places it in the context of medical computing. Knowledge processing is emphasized. Following a b...