The field of image recognition is extensively researched, with applications addressing numerous challenges posed by the scientific community. Notably among these challenges are those related to individual safety. This article presents a system designed for the application of image recognition in the realm of Occupational Risk Prevention-a concern of paramount importance due to the imperative of preventing workplace accidents as falls, collisions, or other types of accidents for the benefit of both workers and enterprises.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study explored Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) growth from tongue swabs, both experimentally infected after sampling from healthy controls, or sampled from patients with smear-microscopy confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). For both, we evaluated the performance of NALC-NaOH/MGIT960 (MGIT), Kudoh-Ogawa (KO), and cetylpyridinium chloride-Löwenstein-Jensen (CPC/LJ) culture processing methods. Experimentally spiked swabs from 20 participants exhibited 94.
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Background And Aims: The use of e-cigarettes may influence later smoking uptake in young people. Evidence and gap maps (EGMs) are interactive on-line tools that display the evidence and gaps in a specific area of policy or research. The aim of this study was to map clusters and gaps in evidence exploring the relationship between e-cigarette use or availability and subsequent combustible tobacco use in people aged < 30 years.
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