Photocopies of the ballots challenged in the 2008 Minnesota elections, which constitute a public record, were scanned on a high-speed scanner and made available on a public radio website. The PDF files were downloaded, converted to TIF images, and posted on the PERFECT website. Based on a review of relevant image-processing aspects of paper-based election machinery and on additional statistics ...

In this paper, the authors report trends in hospitalized stroke rates among Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota (population 2.6 million) metropolitan area residents aged 30–74 years from 1980 to 2000. Cases were identified from lists of discharge diagnoses provided by hospitals serving the target population. Age-adjusted, sex-specific stroke attack rates were computed for each survey year by using ...

Background—Hypertension is common and treatable, but detection and control remain a major health challenge. This study sought to determine population trends in blood pressure and in the control of hypertension in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area (2010 population, 2.85 million) from 1980 to 2009. Methods and Results—Surveys of risk factors were performed every 5 years among randomly selected adults...

Detecting human activities from sensors deployed in the environment is a difficult problem. Human activities are so varied that it is difficult to match sensed activities to observed actions. Instrumented homes have proved a popular platform for such sensors but experiences there show how challenging it can be. We believe that the pool hall is a more useful platform for the deployment of body-m...

The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of comorbidities on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction in Cardiology Department of Emergency Hospital of Semey, Kazakhstan after a 12-month follow-up period. HRQL was assessed using the Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire (MLHFQ). 93.7% of study patients had concomitant ...