Induction of Causal Relationships From a Time-Oriented Clinical Database: An Overview of the RX Project

Discovery, confirmation, and incorporation of causal relationships from a large time-oriented clinical data base: the RX project.

In the mid-1970s Robert Blum, a physician with an interest in medical AI, went to Stanford as a fellow in clinical pharmacology and a doctoral student in computer science. He soon learned about the well-known TOD data base work of James Fries and Gio Wiederhold (the time-oriented data bank that is used as the basis for an international rheumatology network known as ARAMIS-the American Rheumatis...

An Evaluative Case Study Of The Unicef Global Education Project In Iran

In 2000, an evaluation of Iranian elementary education revealed that it did not successfully prepare students for the future. The failure was attributed to the teacher centered, content-oriented education system. In 2001, the Iranian Ministry of Education began a pilot project that introduced an alternative curriculum, known as “Global Education,” with UNICEF’s participation. Global education, ...

Importance and Surgical Methods of Induction of Endometriosis and Osteoporosis Following Menopause in Rats: an Overview Study

Introduction: Endometriosis is one of the main causes of pelvic pain and subfertility, which is characterized by endometrial-like tissues outside the uterus and primarily is created in the pelvic peritoneum, ovaries, walls between the rectum and vagina and in rare cases in the diaphragm, pleura and pericardium. Some risk factors for endometriosis are obstruction in menstrual hemorrhage, an incr...

A theoretical overview of the concept of anxiety and its role on emotion regulation from the perspective of psychoanalysis from Freud's time to the present

Infants would be able to regulate emotion and manage anxiety merely through their intimate relationship with attachment figures they are emotionally in harmony with. This capability is essential for social, emotional, cognitive, and neurobiological development of children, and moreover, their ability to cope with anxiety predicts their success in future relationships. Thus, a theoretical overvi...

Editorial : Sustainable Development of Cognitive Science and Technology Ecosystem an Overview to the “Human Brain Project” as a Functioning Sample