Publications by authors named "S Adeleh Mirjafari"

MoodCapture presents a novel approach that assesses depression based on images automatically captured from the front-facing camera of smartphones as people go about their daily lives. We collect over 125,000 photos in the wild from N=177 participants diagnosed with major depressive disorder for 90 days. Images are captured naturalistically while participants respond to the PHQ-8 depression survey question: .

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Recent investigations have demonstrated abnormal expression of non-coding RNAs in pituitary adenomas. Cntribution of many lncRNAs to the pathogenesis of these tumors has not been evaluated yet. HOTTIP, ANRIL, PANDAR, PCGEM1 and HOTAIR are among lncRNAs with established roles in the pathogenesis of human cancers, particularly those originated from endocrine organs.

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There have been very rare reports on the migration of foreign bodies that are left or implanted in the body, and so far, they have only been reported in the gastrointestinal tract and intestines (a process similar to phagocytosis), later manifesting as an obstruction in the lumen. Meanwhile, no such cases have yet been reported in the cardiovascular system. The case reported here is a 14-month-old girl who had undergone pulmonary artery banding (PA band made of PTFE) around the pulmonary artery at the age of 8 months due to severe pulmonary hypertension and failure to thrive.

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Brain circuit functioning and connectivity between specific regions allow us to learn, remember, recognize and think as humans. In this paper, we ask the question if mobile sensing from phones can predict brain functional connectivity. We study the brain resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) between the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) and the amygdala, which has been shown by neuroscientists to be associated with mental illness such as anxiety and depression.

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Pericardial cysts are rare lesions. These benign anomalies are located in the middle mediastinum. In this article, we present a 24-year-old man who was referred to the emergency department with dyspnea and persistent cough.

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