Drawing comparisons at Duke.

Drawing comparisons at Duke.

Background: The objective of this study was to identify the molecular processes responsible for the anti-lesional activity of imiquimod in subjects with actinic keratosis using global gene expression profiling. Methods: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study was conducted to evaluate gene expression changes in actinic keratosis treated with imiquimod 5% cream. Male subjects (N = 1...

Comparisons of meta-heuristics for the layered digragh drawing problem

In this paper we present a Genetic Algorithm (GA) with problem-specific operators for the layered digraph drawing problem and compare it with two very different meta-heuristics: Tabu search and Multi-start descents. Tabu search has previously proved to be better than the classical deterministic local heuristic often employed in graph drawing. Here, we show on a set of 282 medium-sized graphs th...

Tom Duke

OA02.04. Integrative Health Coaching: the accumulating research at Duke IM

Results In the first RCT, targeting CVD prevention, IHC improved 10 year CVD risk scores (Framingham) faster and more substantially than did usual care (UC). IHC patients also increased exercise and reduced their blood pressure, and the overweight IHC patients had greater weight loss. In a second RCT, patients with type 2 diabetes received 6 months of IHC. Compared to UC, the IHC group improved...

Improving Patient Access to Chemotherapy Treatment at Duke Cancer Institute

This paper describes how we applied simulation and optimization in combination to improve patient flow within the Duke Cancer Institute, a large cancer center. We first developed a discrete-event simulation model to predict patient waiting time and resource utilization throughout various parts of the center, including the outpatient clinic, radiology, the pharmacy, laboratory services, and the ...