One particular case of the intersection between the photorealistic presentation and the dynamics of 3D scene of objects is snow in nature, which presents behavioral aspects of the environment such as accumulation, particle movement, and redistribution, with the added time element that allows change and progress analysis. Due to the complexity of the phenomenon, little to no attention has been g...

This study aims to assess the prevalence of stress and burnout among preclinical medical students in a private university in Beirut, Lebanon, and evaluate the association between extracurricular involvement and stress and burnout relief in preclinical medical students. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a random sample of 165 preclinical medical students. Distress level was measured usin...

Facial expressions of emotions are often described statically at their apex. Lately several researchers (Keltner, 1995) have shown through analysis of video corpora that emotions are expressed through a sequence of micro-behaviours. These micro-behaviours correspond to signals spread over the whole body (face, head, gaze, gesture, etc). All these signals do not have to occur simultaneously. Som...

Single-laboratory studies conducted under highly standardized conditions are the gold standard in preclinical animal research. Using simulations based on 440 preclinical studies across 13 different interventions in animal models of stroke, myocardial infarction, and breast cancer, we compared the accuracy of effect size estimates between single-laboratory and multi-laboratory study designs. Sin...

background: sufficient and thorough knowledge in early recognition of symptoms and proper management of asd is of utmost importance to medical graduates in the initial years of their learning in medical school. their knowledge regarding asd will be helpful when they become health care professionals as it will be easy for proper management of asd. our aim is to evaluate and analyze medical under...

objective: in this study, artificial neural network (ann) analysis of virotherapy in preclinical breast cancer was investigated. materials and methods: in this research article, a multilayer feed-forward neural network trained with an error back-propagation algorithm was incorporated in order to develop a predictive model. the input parameters of the model were virus dose, week and tamoxifen ci...

OBJECTIVES To provide an overview of the general curricula in preclinical endodontic training from 6 established dental schools in Saudi Arabia. METHODS This study was conducted in January 2014 including only schools that had more than 2 groups of student graduates prior to the study. We included 2 dental schools from the Central region, one from Qassim region, one from the Makkah region (wes...

Bisphosphonates have demonstrated anti-tumour activity in preclinical studies of bone metastatic disease, thus it was natural to transition these agents into the adjuvant cancer therapy setting. Surprisingly, the results of adjuvant breast cancer trials have shown either modest to no benefit or even harm. We sought to explore whether the preclinical results supporting bisphosphonate use provide...

Accelerated forgetting has been proposed as the first sign in preclinical and early Alzheimer's disease (AD). The authors investigated learning and retention in participants who later developed AD with free and cued selective reminding (FCSR; H. Buschke, 1984; E. Grober & H. Buschke, 1987), a test that maximizes learning by inducing deep semantic processing and by controlling study and test con...

Despite extensive research, no therapeutic interventions have been shown to prevent AKI, accelerate recovery of AKI, or reduce progression of AKI to CKD in patients. This failure in translation has led investigators to speculate that the animal models being used do not predict therapeutic responses in humans. Although this issue continues to be debated, an important concern that has not been ad...