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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Accuracy of diagnosis"”.
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A Vignette Study Examining The Accuracy Of Diagnosis: The Role Of Patient And Practitioner Gender And Race Match
… Medical Sociology</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology</p> <p>A convenience snowball sample of 228 mental health practitioners were surveyed and administered two vignettes of persons with mental illness and a 12-question survey that included occupational background and …
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Accuracy of Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder Between Individual Healthcare Practitioners From Various Professions and a Multidisciplinary Group of Practitioners
… investigation to examine the difference in rate of diagnosis of autism in children between individual healthcare practitioners from various professions and a multidisciplinary group of practitioners. Participants included five pediatricians, five speech language pathologists, five occupational …
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Simulation- and Deduction-Based Techniques for Fault Diagnosis
… an integrated technique that uses a combination of static and dynamic processing for the diagnosis of bridging faults in sequential circuits is presented. During diagnosis, the failing outputs from the test are used to adaptively determine the behavior of the bridge at each time-frame. Selective …
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Implementation and evaluation of a bony structure suppression software tool for chest X-ray imaging
… algorithm in order to assist in the analysis of chest X-ray images. The diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) often includes the evaluation of chest X-ray images, and the reliability of image interpretation depends upon the experience of the radiologist. Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) may …
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Automatic detection of lesion border and edge-related structures in dermoscopy images
"Early detection of malignant melanoma is critical because early stage diagnosis results in a higher survival rate. As pre-processing steps of digital dermoscopy images in an automatic diagnosis system, line structure identification and lesion border identification algorithms are important for …
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Investigating a Multimodal Approach to Clinical Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease
… decline that comes with aging and a dementia diagnosis (Peterson, 1999). Due to a lack of a cure or particularly effective treatment, a major goal of treatment is to focus on improving quality of life (Budson & Solomon, 2016). An early and accurate diagnosis can address this goal in a variety …
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Improving patient outcomes in systemic vasculitis
The systemic vasculitides are a group of rare heterogeneous conditions where the primary problem is inflammation of blood vessels. The underlying aetiology for most forms of vasculitis is unknown. The resulting blockage of blood flow causes tissue ischaemia which can result in organ damage or …
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Use of the Rorschach Inkblot Test to aid in diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents
… in recent years it has become a frequent diagnosis for youth. However, diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder (BPD) in children is complicated by ambiguous symptoms and co existence with other psychiatric disorders. Existing research into differential diagnosis of BPD in children focuses on …
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Structure and agency in the economics of public policy for TB control
… a devastating disease, despite the availability of treatment. The disease is associated with poverty, and those with the disease incur a high cost of accessing care, while simultaneously experiencing income loss due to a loss in productivity. A key challenge in TB programmes remains the accurate …
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Test and diagnosis of resistive bridges in multi-Vdd designs
A key design constraint of circuits used in hand-held devices is the power consumption, mainly due to battery life limitations. Adaptive power management (APM) techniques aim to increase the battery life by adjusting the supply voltage (Vdd) and operating frequency, according to the workload. …
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Identification of ADHD and Comorbid Disorders in Children: The potential role of minority group membership
<p>Identification of ADHD and Comorbid Disorders in Children: The potential role of minority group membership</p> <p>by</p> <p>Rachel Tayler, MSc, MA</p> <p>Advisor: Sarah O’Neill, PhD</p> <p>Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects six million US children. Females, Latinx, and …
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Appraisal of free online symptom checkers and applications for self-diagnosis and triage: An Australian evaluation
… practice. The phrase ‘Google it’ is now part of modern vernacular and is a resource increasingly utilised by young and old alike. Around 80% of Australian’s search health-related information online as it is convenient, cheap, and available 24/7. Symptom checkers are one tool used by consumers …
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Shape Analysis in Bioinformatics
In this thesis we explore two main themes, both of which involve proteins. The first area of research focuses on the analyses of proteins displayed as spots on 2-dimensional planes. The second area of research focuses on a specific protein and how interactions with this protein can naturally …
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Automated analysis of digital medical images in cervical cancer screening: A systematic review
… Cervical cancer is the second highest cause of mortalities in women living in resource-constrained countries compared to those living in high income countries, due to lack of organized population screening. Cervical cancer screening is the best way to detect lesions and remove them before …
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Die Bedeutung einer Dilatation der Vena femoralis communis für die Pathophysiologie der chronischen Veneninsuffizienz und der Stellenwert einer Diameterbestimmung der Vena femoralis communis als diagnostisches und prognostisches Kriterium der CVI im Rahmen der degenerativen Venenerkrankungen
Background: Chronic Venous Disease (CVD) is one of the most frequent illnesses in the industrialised countries. Its prevalence within adult population exceeds in some European countries 50%. This accounts for 1.5 till 2.0 % of health care expenditures. Varicose veins (vv) and CVD decrease the …