Using only implicit data, many recommender systems fail in general to provide a precise set of recommendations to users with limited interaction history. This issue is regarded as the “Cold Start” problem and is typically resolved by switching to content-based approaches where extra costly information is required. In this paper, we use a dimensionality reduction algorithm, Word2Vec (W2V), origi...

Introduction Water is the most abundant constituent of the human body. Human body has 60-70 % of weight due to its water content 1 . Water occupies two main fluid compartments 1. Intracellular fluid (ICF)about two third by volume, contained in cells 2. Extracellular fluid (ECF)-about one third by volume, consist of two major subdivisions  Plasma – the fluid portion of the blood  Interstitial ...

Carbon emission reduction could be achieved through extensive cooperation between relevant groups such as businesses, governments and consumers. Generally, carbon emissions stem from consumer behavior. To tackle the increasingly serious energy crisis and climate change in China, it is thus vital to control carbon emissions generated by the country’s urban consumers. From a consumption perspecti...

Secondary lymphoedema reduces both a patient’s physical and psychological quality of life (QOL; Franks et al, 2006; Chase and Wenzel, 2011; Fu et al, 2013) and is frequently seen in cancer patients after treatment that includes lymph node dissection (LND) or radiation therapy (Moffatt et al, 2003). The major symptoms of lymphoedema include discomfort, heaviness, problems with physical mobility,...

INTRODUCTION With this growing demand, the length of stay for total hip arthroplasty (THA) procedures has decreased, and as a trade-off, we have seen a higher utilization of extended care facilities (ECFs). Both trends have significant economic implications on the health care system, and predicting the discharge destinations of THA patients would help policy makers plan for future health expend...

The focus of the research described in this paper is on the nature of the event information provided in commonly available computer and other logs and the extent to which it is possible to correlate such event information despite its heterogeneous nature and origins. The strategic purpose of the research has been to develop a means by which a consolidated repository of such information can be c...

Earphone-based simulation of Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) is a common component of spatial auditory display for virtual sound sources located in virtual environments, but one technical component of HRTF deployment that requires special care has not always received proper attention. The audio signals to be presented to the listener are not often properly corrected for the response of ...

East Coast fever (ECF) is a lymphoproliferative disease caused by the tick-transmitted protozoan parasite Theileria parva. ECF is one of the most serious cattle tick-borne diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. We have previously demonstrated that three doses of the C-terminal part of the sporozoite protein p67 (p67C) adjuvanted with ISA206VG confers partial protection against ECF at a herd level. We ...

OBJECTIVES Advanced gastric cancer (AGC) patients have a poor prognosis. The best benefit of chemotherapy is usually achieved by first line setting. Very few studies have compared combination regimens. This study was designed to compare two combination regimens. METHODS Patients with advanced gastric cancer receiving first line chemotherapy were retrospectively collected, and divided into two...

My colleagues and I investigated the sites and mechanisms of aluminum (Al) and manganese (Mn) distribution through the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Microdialysis was used to sample non-protein-bound Al in the extracellular fluid (ECF) of blood (plasma) and brain. Brain ECF Al appearance after intravenous Al citrate injection was too rapid to attribute to diffusion or to transferrin-receptor-media...