Paraplegia due to Thoracic Mobile Schwannoma after Myelography by Akira Honda, Yoichi Iizuka, Tokue Mieda, Hiroyuki Sonoda, Sho Ishiwata, Yohei Kakuta, Daisuke Tsunoda, Eiji Takasawa, Tsuyoshi Tajika, Hiromi Koshi, Hirotaka Chikuda

“…Myelography was performed but discontinued due to his back and lower limb pain. Computed tomography after myelography revealed a rostrally migrated intradural mass with a discrepancy in the exact location in comparison to the MRI findings. …”
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A PRACTICE OF OPEN DATA ADOPTION TO «PROGRAMMING» COURSE OF «SOFTWARE ENGINEERING» BACHELOR PROGRAM by Olga V. Maksimenkova, Vadim V. Podbelskiy

“…The technique of the use of open data sets when developing training and control tasks on programming for students of a bachelor degree of information and technological educational program specialization is offered; standard tasks templates are presented.The application of open data in the educational purposes is a rather new direction in education that considerably enables to improve the quality of training of an expert in the field of computer sciences: to bring closer educational tasks to real; to increase variability of control tasks; to increase motivation of students. …”
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A certificateless aggregate signature scheme for security and privacy protection in VANET by Eko Fajar Cahyadi, Tzu-Wei Su, Chou-Chen Yang, Min-Shiang Hwang

“…The scheme is proven to be secure against the Type-1 ( A 1 ) and Type-2 ( A 2 ) adversaries in the random oracle model under the computational Diffie–Hellman problem assumption. Then, the performance evaluation demonstrates that our proposed scheme is more suitable for deployment in vehicular ad hoc network environments.…”
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Anomaly Detection Based on Local Nearest Neighbor Distance Descriptor in Crowded Scenes by Xing Hu, Shiqiang Hu, Xiaoyu Zhang, Huanlong Zhang, Lingkun Luo

“…Therefore, not only the computation time and storage requirement can be accordingly saved by using LNND descriptor for the anomaly detection method with offline training fashion, but also the negative aspects caused by using high-dimensional feature descriptor can be avoided. …”
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Minimum Flexural Reinforcement Steel Ratios of High-Strength Concrete Beams by Ameer M. Salih, Azad A. Mohammed

“…The findings suggest that, in addition to the yielding strength of the reinforcements and the compressive strength of the concrete, the depth of the beams should be considered when computing the minimum flexural reinforcement of beams.…”
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Big Data-Driven Based Real-Time Traffic Flow State Identification and Prediction by Hua-pu Lu, Zhi-yuan Sun, Wen-cong Qu

“…A case study based on a real-world road network in Beijing, China, is implemented to test the efficiency and applicability of the proposed modeling and computing methods.…”
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Primary Aldosteronism Associated with Multiple Adrenocortical Micronodules in a Patient with Renal Cell Carcinoma by Kazuhito Oba, Yuko Chiba, Yoko Matsuda, Takeshi Kumakawa, Rie Aoyama, Miho Akahoshi, Seiji Hashimoto, Aya Tachibana, Koichi Toyoshima, Remi Kodera, Kenji Toyoshima, Yoshiaki Tamura, Takashi Nagata, Yuto Yamazaki, Hironobu Sasano, Atsushi Araki

“…She was detected to have hypertension (HT) and diagnosed with primary aldosteronism (PA) based on the high level of aldosterone to renin ratio and the results of the upright furosemide-loading test according to the criteria of the Japanese Society of Hypertension (JSH) guidelines. Computed tomography revealed left renal tumor and adrenocortical adenoma. …”
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Design of Optical Lens Assembly Method Based on Star Point Bonding and Surface Shape Accuracy by Qiuhan Ma, Xiaozeng Xie, Chunlei Yang, Tianshuo Zhang, Chuncheng Lang, Bo Tang

“…Finite element analysis is conducted on the lens assembly process using computer-aided engineering software to ensure accuracy and reliability of the assembly. …”
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Parameters of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Patients with Primary Sjӧgren’s Syndrome: Preliminary Results by Edyta Dziadkowiak, Agata Sebastian, Małgorzata Wieczorek, Elżbieta Kusińska, Marta Waliszewska-Prosół, Piotr Wiland, Maria Ejma

“…In 33 patients with pSS without clinical features of CNS damage and normal head computed tomography scan, somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) were studied. …”
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A novel multi-source data-driven energy consumption prediction model for Venlo-type greenhouses in China by Yangda Chen, Aiqun Bao, Yapeng Li, Yingfeng Xiang, Wanlong Cai, Zhaoqiang Xia, Jialei Li, Mingyang Ning, Jing Sun, Haixi Zhang, Xianpeng Sun, Xiaoming Wei

“…The final experimental results indicated that the proposed energy consumption prediction method demonstrates excellent performance with high prediction accuracy (R² = 0.9388) and low computational resource consumption (runtime = 926.91s), outperforming other models. …”
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A Mathematical Model for a Transmissible Disease with a Variant by A. Otto, M. Amidou

“…We determined the four equilibria of the system of ordinary differential equations representing the model and characterized their existence using exact methods of algebraic geometry and computer algebra. The model is studied using the stability theory for systems of differential equations and the basic reproduction number R0. …”
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Forecasting long-time dynamics in quantum many-body systems by dynamic mode decomposition by Ryui Kaneko, Masatoshi Imada, Yoshiyuki Kabashima, Tomi Ohtsuki

“…Reliable numerical computation of quantum dynamics is a fundamental challenge when the long-ranged quantum entanglement plays essential roles as in the cases governed by quantum criticality in strongly correlated systems. …”
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Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease by Leslie B. Tolle

“…Making a differential diagnosis of ILD requires a thorough medical history, clinical examination, serologies, high-resolution computed tomography (CT) scan, and, in some cases, bronchoalveolar lavage or surgical lung biopsy. …”
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Determination of Slope Safety Factor with Analytical Solution and Searching Critical Slip Surface with Genetic-Traversal Random Method by Wen-jie Niu

“…The Genetic-Traversal Random Method uses random pick to utilize mutation. A computer automatic search program is developed for the Genetic-Traversal Random Method. …”
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INFORMATION SECURITY CONTROLS AS DETERMINANT OF CONTINUITY OF INFORMATION SYSTEM WORK by Edin Osmanbegović, Nedžad Pirić, Mirza Suljić

“…About 32% of these companies have the controls at the level of computer network, 22% of them have the control at the operating system level, while 38% have the control at the software application level. …”
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Location Problem - Routing a vehicle with a specified fuel capacity based on a tough time window and customer satisfaction by Mohammad Moshrefi

“…To evaluate the proposed performance, an example is mentioned in this framework. The result of computational experiments, shows the efficiency of the existing research methodology and its strengths and weaknesses.…”
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Impinging Performance of High-Pressure Water Jets Emitting from Different Nozzle Orifice Shapes by Fei Huang, Jianyu Mi, Dan Li, Rongrong Wang

“…Additionally, the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method was also applied to study the velocity distribution. …”
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Does Technetium-99m Diethylenetriaminepentaacetate Clearance Predict the Clinical Course of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis? by Marco Mura, Gelorma Belmonte, Stefano Fanti, Angela Maria Pacilli, Luca Fasano, Maurizio Zompatori, Mario Schiavina, Mario Fabbri

“…At diagnosis, high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scans showed a honeycomb pattern with bibasilar reticular opacities in all cases. …”
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An Agent-Based Model of Leader Emergence and Leadership Perception within a Collective by Shun Cao, Neil G. MacLaren, Yiding Cao, Yingjun Dong, Hiroki Sayama, Francis J. Yammarino, Shelley D. Dionne, Michael D. Mumford, Shane Connelly, Robert Martin, Colleen J. Standish, Tanner R. Newbold, Samantha England, Gregory A. Ruark

“…Here, we explore leadership emergence and leadership perception by means of computational simulations whose assumptions and parameters were informed by empirical research and human-subject experiments. …”
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Improving the healthcare user experience: an optimization model grounded in patient-centredness by Elisa Peruzzo, Chiara Seghieri, Milena Vainieri, Sabina De Rosis

“…Abstract Background Patient satisfaction and experience are key outcomes of healthcare and can be computed as powerful measures of service quality. Understand what affects them is essential for service quality improvement. …”
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