Publications by authors named "A J Smyth"
Rotator Cuff Repair Study Designs Correlate With Revision Shoulder Surgery Rates: A Systematic Review.
Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil
December 2024
Purpose: To identify arthroscopic rotator cuff repair study groups and evaluate if study design or other study characteristics correlate with a repeat ipsilateral shoulder surgery.
Methods: A systematic search of the PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases was conducted on March 20, 2021, and April 2, 2021. The following search terms were used by 2 different researchers: ((Rotator cuff repair[Title/Abstract]) AND (Revision[Title/Abstract]) NOT (Systematic Review[Title/Abstract]) NOT (arthroplasty[Title/Abstract]).
Introduction: Medicaid coverage is associated with longer appointment wait times, decreased access to care, and poorer health outcomes compared with private insurance across medical subspecialties. The purpose of this study was to evaluate new patient appointment wait times for subspecialty Orthopaedic care based on insurance type and to identify factors influencing these wait times.
Methods: Orthopaedic physicians were identified using the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons patient-facing database in the fields of Adult Reconstruction, Foot and Ankle, Hand, Sports Medicine, Spine, Pediatric, and General Orthopaedic surgery.
Microplastics are both pervasive in the marine environment and highly detrimental to it. In this study, we investigate the abundance, distribution, and characteristics of microplastics in surface waters on a transect spanning 6 major ocean current regions in the Atlantic Ocean from Scheveningen (the Netherlands) to Montevideo (Uruguay). 50 surface trawls were completed with a manta net (mesh 500 μm, cod 333 μm) and particles were analyzed in the laboratory including polymer type identification with ATR-FTIR spectroscopy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSOD-YOLOv8-Enhancing YOLOv8 for Small Object Detection in Aerial Imagery and Traffic Scenes.
Sensors (Basel)
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- Object detection is essential for applications like traffic management and autonomous vehicles, but detecting small objects from high-altitude images remains difficult due to size and environmental factors.
- The proposed model, small object detection YOLOv8 (SOD-YOLOv8), improves detection by enhancing feature integration and adding a new detection layer for better accuracy in identifying small objects.
- SOD-YOLOv8 outperforms existing models by improving recall, precision, and mean average precision (mAP) significantly, showcasing its effectiveness in real-world traffic scenarios without increasing computational costs.
Article Synopsis
- In July 2017, a black flying fox was found with neurological issues, leading to the discovery of a new hantavirus called Robina virus (ROBV) in its brain.
- Research indicated that ROBV is closely related to Quezon virus, which was found in a different type of bat in the Philippines.
- From March 2018 to October 2023, 495 bats were tested for ROBV, revealing a 4.2% prevalence, with increased detections in 2019-2020 suggesting a possible epidemic and demonstrating seasonal effects on virus spread.