Convolutional-and Deep Learning-Based Techniques for Time Series Ordinal Classification.

Time-series classification (TSC) covers the supervised learning problem where input data is provided in the form of series of values observed through repeated measurements over time, and whose objective is to predict the category to which they belong. When the class values are ordinal, classifiers that take this into account can perform better than nominal classifiers. Time-series ordinal classification (TSOC) is the field bridging this gap, yet unexplored in the literature.

[Design and validation of an instrument to measure the level of worker participation in an Occupational Health and Safety Management System].

Introduction: Occupational health and safety is affected by various internal and external factors, most importantly the human factor. The objective of this study was to design and validate a questionnaire to measure the level of worker participation in occupational health and safety management systems.

Method: To design the questionnaire, Peruvian regulations and recommendations from international institutions, among others, were consulted.

Search for Magnetic Monopole Pair Production in Ultraperipheral Pb+Pb Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.36 TeV with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC.

This Letter presents a search for highly ionizing magnetic monopoles in 262  μb^{-1} of ultraperipheral Pb+Pb collision data at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.36  TeV collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. A new methodology that exploits the properties of clusters of hits reconstructed in the innermost silicon detector layers is introduced to study highly ionizing particles in heavy-ion data.

Inhaled Pentamidine for Bolivian Mucosal Leishmaniasis.

Aerosolized pentamidine is Food and Drug Administration approved to treat Pneumocystis pneumonia via a route that does not lead to systemic absorption or toxicity. Because Leishmania is also susceptible to pentamidine and mucosal leishmaniasis is also an infection of the respiratory tract, we performed a pilot study of aerosolized pentamidine (300 mg for 10 days over approximately 4 weeks) for mucosal leishmaniasis caused by Bolivian Leishmania braziliensis with a 2-year follow-up. Of 15 patients, 6 of 7 patients with initially mild disease were cured, 3 of 4 patients with initially moderate disease relapsed at the 18- to 24-month follow-up visits, and 3 of 4 patients with initially severe disease failed early after treatment.