High-Speed GPU-Based Fully Three-Dimensional Diffuse Optical Tomographic System by Manob Jyoti Saikia, Rajan Kanhirodan, Ram Mohan Vasu

“…Two different GPU implementations of DOT programs are developed in this study: (1) conventional C language program augmented by GPU CUDA and CULA routines (C GPU), (2) MATLAB program supported by MATLAB parallel computing toolkit for GPU (MATLAB GPU). …”
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Anesthesia Management for Pediatrics with Congenital Heart Diseases Who Undergo Cardiac Catheterization in China by Chun-Mei Xie, Yun-Tai Yao

“…Anesthesia-related complications occurred in 7.41% of the patients and included dysphoria, respiratory depression, nausea, vomiting, cough, increased respiratory secretion, and airway obstruction. …”
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Appearances Can Be Deceiving: What Is the Diagnosis for this Community-Acquired Pneumonia? by Frank YH Lin, Coleman Rotstein

“…A and asbestos exposure (in the 1970s) presented to the emergency department with a one-month history of progressive dyspnea, right-sided pleuritic chest pain, cough productive of white-coloured sputum and malaise. …”
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A Review on Covid-19 Detection Using Artificial Intelligence from Chest CT Scan Slices by Dhanshri M. Mali, S. A. Patil

“…According to studies, COVID-19 is frequently accompanied by coughing. Therefore, the identification and classification of cough sounds can be a promising method for rapidly and efficiently diagnosing the disease. …”
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Pulmonary Embolism Mimicking Pneumonia in a HIV Patient by Vivek Nagaraja, Joel A. Terriquez, Hemanth Gavini, Lokesh Jha, Stephen A. Klotz

“…It is important to consider pulmonary embolism in the differential of HIV patients with fever, cough, and dyspnea, particularly in those with well-controlled HIV infection.…”
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) related to COVID-19 among members of Kabale University (KAB) community: a pre-intervention study by G.B, Turyasingura, E.B, Maniple, Nshakira, N.N, H.E, Ainamani, M, Karungi, J, Murangira

“…It spreads directly from person-to-person through salivary and nasal droplets expelled from an infected person during sneezing, coughing or talking that fall on the soft mucosa of a close by non-infected person (within one meter).…”
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A Case of Amyopathic Dermatomyositis with Pneumomediastinum and Subcutaneous Emphysema by Aslıhan Gürün Kaya, Aydın Çiledağ, Orhan Küçükşahin, Özlem Özdemir Kumbasar, Çetin Atasoy

“…A 34-year-old man was admitted with dyspnea, cough, and fever. …”
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Sarcoidosis Confined to the Airway Masquerading as Asthma by George Mixides, Elizabeth Guy

“…A rare case of sarcoidosis is presented. A 32-year-old white woman initially diagnosed with asthma was to undergo thyroidectomy to eliminate what was thought to be the real source of her symptoms. …”
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Chlamydial Pneumonitis: A Creepy Neonatal Disease by Kam Lun Hon, Alexander K. C. Leung

“…The child was afebrile and the only symptom was a cough. The respiratory equations are calculated to understand the respiratory physiology. …”
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An Unusual Association in an Uncommon Disease: Two Cases of Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum Associated with Pneumorrhachis by Luís Martins, Patrícia Dionísio, Susana Moreira, Alda Manique, Isabel Correia, Cristina Bárbara

“…Here, we present two rare cases of spontaneous pneumomediastinum associated with pneumorrhachis caused by vigorous coughing.…”
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Aortic Periannular Abscess Missed by Transthoracic Echocardiography: A Case Report by Wenjuan He, Yudong Peng, Yan Yi, Han Hu, Jinzhi Lu, Keming Chen, Qingsong Zeng

“…ABSTRACT An aortic periannular abscess (PA) is a critical consequence of infective endocarditis (IE). In our case report, the patient's clinical symptoms were only fever, cough, and shortness of breath. …”
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Altérations comportementales et fonctionnelles de la préhension au cours du vieillissement chez un primate non-humain : le microcèbe murin by Marie Le Brazidec, Emmanuelle Pouydebat, Anthony Herrel, Fabienne Aujard

“…Les individus jeunes utilisent davantage leurs mains pour saisir les objets mobiles tandis que les individus âgés évitent d’utiliser des stratégies de coordination complexes impliquant l’utilisation conjointe des mains et de la bouche. Nos résultats peuvent être expliqués par une perte de coordination motrice ou de force musculaire avec l’âge impactant la locomotion arboricole du microcèbe et par conséquent l’acquisition de nourriture. …”
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Penerapan Logika Fuzzy Dan Metode Profile Matching Pada Sistem Pakar Medis Untuk Diagnosis Covid-19 Dan Penyakit Lain by Rusliyawati Rusliyawati, Agus Wantoro, Erliyan Redy Susanto

“…The patient feels pain in the nose and throat and experiences coughing and sneezing. Diagnosis using CT-Scan produces radiation that can increase the risk of cancer because the patient receives doses of substances containing iodine which can cause allergic reactions such as metallic taste in the mouth, itching, and shortness of breath. …”
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ULOGA PROPAGANDNIH AKTIVNOSTI U POLITIČKIM PREVRATIMA by Marko Parezanović, Relja Željski

“…U radu će biti analizirani i naučno sagledani uloga i značaj propagandnih aktivnosti koje imaju za cilj pružanje pomoći inspiratorima (ideolozima), finansijerima, organizatorima i sprovodiocima političkih prevrata, počev od pripremne, pa sve do završne faze njihovog delovanja. …”
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Comprendre le changement institutionnel by Arnaud Buchs

“…In the context of a new syncretic institutionalist approach that aims at exploring the “institutional Bermuda triangle” – i.e. the articulation of beliefs, institutions and behaviours –, the water use mode helps to understand the evolution of water use. It shapes our empirical corpus based on a historiographical analysis of the evolution of water use in the agricultural sector in Almeria between the late nineteenth century and today. …”
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Siła upokorzenia. Avishaia Margalita refleksja o upokorzeniu i przyzwoitym społeczeństwie by Katarzyna Liszka

“…The argument is developed through reference to the texts of thinkers commenting on The Decent Society, among them Martin Krygier, Frederic Schick, and Dianne Taylor; those developing similar projects, like Judith Shklar, Richard Rorty, and Ute Frevent; and those bearing witness to humiliation, especially Audre Lorde and Frantz Fanon.…”
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Exhaled Jet and Viral-Laden Aerosol Transport from Nasal Sneezing by Hana Salati, David F. Fletcher, Mehrdad Khamooshi, Jingliang Dong, Kazuhide Ito, Sara Vahaji, Kiao Inthavong

“…Viral-laden aerosols generated from oral coughs have been well studied; however, aerosols generated from nasal sneezing has been overlooked. …”
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Extremely Unusual Coronary Involvement in Cardiac Sarcoidosis by Amanpreet Singh Wasir, Manish Bansal, Anand Jaiswal, Surbhi Pande, Abha Thakur, Haimanti Sarin, Kartikeya Bhargava

“…Here, we report a case of cardiac sarcoidosis with very unusual coronary involvement. A 43-year-old man presented with a persistent cough and a history of uveitis 6 months back with no other comorbidities. …”
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Multimodal marvels of deep learning in medical diagnosis using image, speech, and text: A comprehensive review of COVID-19 detection by Md Shofiqul Islam, Khondokar Fida Hasan, Hasibul Hossain Shajeeb, Humayan Kabir Rana, Md. Saifur Rahman, Md. Munirul Hasan, AKM Azad, Ibrahim Abdullah, Mohammad Ali Moni

“…We have implemented and analysed 11 deep learning models using COVID-19 image, text, and speech (ie, cough) data. Our analysis revealed that the MobileNet model achieved the highest accuracy of 99.97% for COVID-19 image data and 93.73% for speech data (i.e., cough). …”
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Stool Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra for TB diagnosis in children: experience from a national scale-up programme by S. Kabir, S. Choudhury, T. Rahman, S.M.M. Rahman, M.K.M. Uddin, A. Nashra, A. Hossain, S. Naher, K.M.S. Towhid, L. Shahrin, S. Ahmed, P. Daru, J. Hoffmann, S. Banu

“…Positivity was significantly higher among females, and children presented with ‘only cough ≥2 weeks’, ‘cough ≥2 weeks + weight loss’, or ‘fever ≥2 weeks, weight loss, fatigue + contact history’. …”
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