Abstract In a complex network, the core component with interesting structures is usually hidden within noninformative connections. The noises and bias introduced by can obscure salient structure limit many network modeling procedures’ effectiveness. This paper introduces novel core–periphery model for periphery of networks without imposing specific form core. We propose spectral algorithms iden...

Here are our meditation on the art of attracting, keeping, and helping patients. It contains some sections including “Be professional”, “Be reassuring”, “Be confident”, “Be informative”, “Be smart” and “Be responsive”.

objective(s)marfan syndrome (mfs) is a severe connective tissue disorder withan autosomal dominant inheritance pattern. early diagnosis is critical in mfs. because of the large size of fibrillin-1 gene (fbn1), the uniqueness of mutations, and the absence of genotype-to-phenotype correlations linkage analysis can be very helpful for early diagnosis of mfs. in this study, eight polymorphic marker...

With the accelerated Internet development a huge amount of data have been accumulated and stored on the Web. Web pages usually contain various contents, which are relevant or irrelevant with the main topic. The extraction of useful or relevant information in mass information becomes more complex and time consuming. Identifying of useful data region is a significant problem for information extra...

With changing the age distribution at the time of cancer diagnosis, the administrative censoring due to study end may be informative. This problem has been mentioned frequently in the relative survival field, and an estimator aiming to correct this problem has been developed. In this paper, we review the existing methods for estimation in relative survival, demonstrate their deficiencies, and p...

The urinalysis dates back 6000 years. Information has evolved from tasting it for sugar to computer assisted assessment for the presence of cells and casts. The urine gives valuable information about kidney function in general and the glomeruli in particular. Findings can lead to a diagnosis of various medical conditions, most notable being diabetes mellitus. Proteinuria has many implications, ...