As more clinical information with increasing diversity become available for analysis, a large number of features can be constructed and leveraged for predictive modeling. Feature selection is a classic analytic component that faces new challenges due to the new applications: How to handle a diverse set of high dimensional features? How to select features with high predictive power, but low redu...

Service-oriented Router (SoR), a new router architecture for providing useful Internet services that could not be given by a traditional router. As a service of SoR, to prevent a network intrusion in a network will become a significant service. To attain the service, we proposed SoR-Network Intrusion Detection System (SoR-NIDS) using deep packet inspection (DPI) in order to protect malicious st...

■ EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER Conclusions regarding the ThinPrep are difficult to make due to the complexity of cervical cancer screening and the lack of adequate outcomebased data. However, current evidence supports the following: the ThinPrep is more sensitive than the conventional Papanicolaou (Pap) smear at detecting cervical cancer (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A–, based on 1 large validati...

Some infants experience atypical levels of over-responsivity to sensations, which limit their ability to interact and explore their environment. Yet, little is known about typical development of over-responsivity during infancy or whether the presence of extreme over-responsivity in infancy is a predictor of clinically significant sensory over-responsivity (SOR) at school-age. This study follow...

Successive over-relaxation (SOR) is a computationally intensive, yet extremely important iterative solver for solving linear systems. Due to recent trends of exponential growth in amount of data generated and increasing problem sizes, serial platforms have proved to be insufficient in providing the required computational power. In this paper, we present parallel implementations of red-black SOR...

Soricidin is a 54-amino acid peptide found in the paralytic venom of the northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) and has been found to inhibit the transient receptor potential of vallinoid type 6 (TRPV6) calcium channels. We report that two shorter peptides, SOR-C13 and SOR-C27, derived from the C-terminus of soricidin, are high-affinity antagonists of human TRPV6 channels that are up-...

Low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) prophylaxis significantly reduces the total incidence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) for patients with lower-limb fractures managed with surgical fixation and cast immobilization (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, based on multiple randomized controlled studies [RCTs]). Evidence is insufficient to show whether LMWH specifically reduces the risk of clinica...

yes. The use of low-dose aspirin during pregnancy decreases the risk of preeclampsia for women considered at increased risk. The effect is smaller for women without risk factors (strength of recommendation [sor]: a, based on randomized controlled trials [rCTs] and systematic reviews [srs] of rCTs). rates of preterm delivery, perinatal death, and incidence of small-forgestational age infants are...

Evidence-Based Answer Complete decongestive physiotherapy (i.e., a noninvasive protocol consisting of skin care, lymph drainage massage, exercises, and compression bandaging1) effectively improves edema, rates of infection, and quality of life in patients with lower-extremity lymphedema. (Strength of Recommendation [SOR]: B, based on prospective cohort studies.) Microsurgery may be effective fo...

Ontology, an explicit specification of shared conceptualization, has been increasingly used to define formal data semantics and improve data reusability and interoperability in enterprise information systems. In this paper, we present and demonstrate SOR (Scalable Ontology Repository), a practical system for ontology storage, reasoning, and search. SOR uses Relational DBMS to store ontologies, ...