Population surveys of crocodilians using uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) or drones may become accurate and cost-effective alternatives to more traditional approaches. However, there are currently no quantitative methods for deriving body condition scores through remote sensing. This study presents seven UAV-based morphometric measures collected from rectified imagery farmed Nile crocodiles. Two ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a rare and potentially life-threatening condition in childhood. In adults with UGIB, validated scoring systems exist, but these are not applicable to children. The aim of this study was to construct a clinical scoring system to accurately predict the need for endoscopic haemostatic intervention. METHODS A retrospective data collection ...

Sub-networks can expose complex patterns in an entire bio-molecular network by extracting interactions that depend on temporal or condition-specific contexts. When genes interact with each other during cellular processes, they may form differential co-expression patterns with other genes across different cell states. The identification of condition-specific sub-networks is of great importance i...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT The decision for operative treatment of patients with spinal metastases is dependent on the patient's predicted survival. Tokuhashi, Tomita, Bauer, and Oswestry scores have been devised for survival prediction; however, none of these systems have been evaluated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). PURPOSE To investigate the accuracy of these scoring systems in predicting surv...

The energy reserves in cows in terms of body fat stores and mobilization during the different lactation stages have important implications for milk production, animal well-being, reproductive performance, and, more generally, farm productivity. This study explores the possibility to efficiently semiautomate the process of body condition scoring using images acquired by commercial low-cost digit...