The Electronic Health Record (EHR) stores valuable information on patient records in digital form. The amount of data in the EHR is increasing due to government mandates and technological innovation. Patient data are recorded using sensors and medical reports. Given huge amounts of heterogeneous data in the EHR, there is a need for effective methods…
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Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: An Analysis of Drug Therapy Options through Interaction Maps and Graph Theory
Summary Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in humans (ASCO 2012). Pancreatic cancer cells exhibit a different gene expression profile from normal cells, with approximately 122 over-expressed proteins. A novel method was created to find the most important areas for future drug development based on influential disease-causing proteins in pancreatic cancer…
Attitudes toward the emission trading system
Abstract Recent years have witnessed rapid and vigorous industrial advances, and as a result, emissions of various pollutants, particularly carbon dioxide, have increased sharply and threaten the environment at the global level in a phenomenon widely referred to as global warming. To mitigate global warming, international agencies have considered the concept of the “carbon trading…
The effect of font type on a school’s ink cost
Summary Ink costs are a large, recurring expense for school districts worldwide. Moreover, ink production, usage, and disposal have a detrimental effect on the environment. Decreasing the amount of ink used can therefore have a positive impact on a school district’s budget and on the environment. This study identifies fonts that use ink most efficiently…
Morphological and Phylogenetic Analysis of Puccinia xanthii and Its Taxonomy
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