Publications by authors named "E A Benedetto"

Article Synopsis
  • This study explores how amplitude transformation can improve the effectiveness of Multiscale Fuzzy Entropy for detecting Alzheimer's disease using EEG signals.
  • Amplitude transformation helps address issues with variations in signal amplitude and parameter selection that lead to inconsistent outcomes.
  • Results show that using amplitude transformation significantly enhances detection accuracy, with an average of 73.2% success rate, compared to only one raw data combination surpassing 65%.
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Background And Objective: Detecting patients at high risk of occurrence of an Invasive Disease Event after a first diagnosis of breast cancer, such as recurrence, distant metastasis, contralateral tumor and second tumor, could support clinical decision-making processes in the treatment of this malignancy. Though several machine learning models analyzing both clinical and histopathological information have been developed in literature to address this task, these approaches turned out to be unsuitable for describing this problem.

Methods: In this study, we designed a novel artificial intelligence-based approach which converts clinical information into an image-form to be analyzed through Convolutional Neural Networks.

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Dietary interventions represent an interesting alternative to pharmacological treatments for improving the quality of life (QoL) of subjects suffering from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a food supplement (FS) containing a probiotic strain, bioactive peptides, and vitamins in relieving heartburn/dyspeptic symptoms in subjects with mild-to-moderate GERD. Fifty-six adult participants were randomly assigned to receive the placebo or the active FS for 28 days.

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative brain disorder that affects cognitive functioning and memory. Current diagnostic tools, including neuroimaging techniques and cognitive questionnaires, present limitations such as invasiveness, high costs, and subjectivity. In recent years, interest has grown in using electroencephalography (EEG) for AD detection due to its non-invasiveness, low cost, and high temporal resolution.

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Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is characterized by insulin deficiency and blood sugar control issues. The state-of-the-art solution is the artificial pancreas (AP), which integrates basal insulin delivery and glucose monitoring. However, APs are unable to manage postprandial glucose response (PGR) due to limited knowledge of its determinants, requiring additional information for accurate bolus delivery, such as estimated carbohydrate intake.

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