Dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (DCEUS) is an imaging modality for assessing microvascular perfusion and dispersion kinetics. However, the presence of speckle noise may hamper the quantitative analysis of the contrast kinetics. Common speckle denoising techniques based on low-rank approximations typically model the speckle noise as white Gaussian noise (WGN) after the log transformation and apply matrix-based algorithms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Management of children with functional abdominal pain (FAP) or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is difficult in primary care. When education and reassurance do not alleviate symptoms, primary care physicians lack treatment options for children with FAP or IBS. Home-based guided hypnotherapy is a promising treatment because of its accessibility.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: The global spread of carbapenem-resistant (CRPA) warrants collaborative action. Guidance should come from integrated One Health surveillance; however, a surveillance strategy is currently unavailable due to insufficient knowledge on the sources and transmission routes of CRPA. The aim of the SAMPAN study ("A Smart Surveillance Strategy for Carbapenem-resistant ") is to develop a globally applicable surveillance strategy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssessing whether texts are positive or negative-sentiment analysis-has wide-ranging applications across many disciplines. Automated approaches make it possible to code near unlimited quantities of texts rapidly, replicably, and with high accuracy. Compared to machine learning and large language model (LLM) approaches, lexicon-based methods may sacrifice some in performance, but in exchange they provide generalizability and domain independence, while crucially offering the possibility of identifying gradations in sentiment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWater systems can act as an important reservoir for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which can pose public health risks during human contact. Carbapenem resistance is one of the most concerning resistances in P. aeruginosa making it a high-priority pathogen according to the World Health Organization (WHO), due to its ability to cause difficult-to-treat infections.
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