The extraction of relevant features from the photoplethysmography signal for estimating certain physiological parameters is a challenging task. Various feature methods have been proposed in literature. In this study, we present novel fiducial point algorithm to detect c and d points acceleration photoplethysmogram (APG), namely “CnD”. allows application various pre-processing techniques, such a...

OBJECTIVES We compared the perceptual auditory abilities of 21 children with suspected cochlear nerve deficiency (CND) and a surgically verified absent cochlear nerve (CN) who first underwent cochlear implantation (CI) and subsequently underwent auditory brainstem implantation (ABI). METHODS In this retrospective cohort study, from 2000 to 2011, 21 children initially underwent CI at an outsid...

BACKGROUND Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has been proposed as an adjunct to standard methods of care for diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). Its use may decrease the risk of infection and lower extremity amputations (LEAs). As part of a Canadian assessment, we estimated the cost-effectiveness and budget impact of HBOT in this application. METHODS We developed a decision model comparing adjunctive ...

Using ALMA data, we have studied the HC$_3$N and continuum emission in starburst ring (SB ring) circumnuclear disc (CND) of SB/AGN composite galaxy NGC 1068. We detected from vibrationally excited (HC$_3$N*) only towards one star-forming region SB ring. Remarkably, HC$_3$N* was not CND despite its large $v=0$ column density. From LTE non-LTE modelling HC$_3$N*, obtained a dust temperature $ T_\...

The risk factors of hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy (TT) with central lymph node dissection (CND) have not been completely defined. The aim of the study was to evaluate the risk factors of hypoparathyroidism after the surgery.We retrospectively reviewed our patients who underwent TT and CND (including lateral lymph node dissection) for thyroid carcinoma between January 2013 and Jun...

Nutritional constraints often restrict yields of crops in farmers’ fields. Plant nutrient status is currently diagnosed using empirically derived nutrient norms from arbitrarily defined high and low yielding subpopulations above a quantitative yield target. Generic models can assist Compositional Nutrient Diagnosis (CND) in providing a yield cutoff value between high-and lowyielding subpopulati...

f-DP has recently been proposed as a generalization of differential privacy allowing lossless analysis composition, post-processing, and amplification via subsampling. In the setting f-DP, we propose concept canonical noise distribution (CND), first mechanism designed for an arbitrary guarantee. The notion CND captures whether additive perfectly matches guarantee given f. We prove that always e...

The efficiency of the boron (B) nutritional status in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) was evaluated by degree agreement (DA) indicators using different diagnostic methods and prescient analysis (PDA). objective this study to evaluate two interpretation B soybean, that is, compositional nutrient diagnosis (CND) critical level (CL). An experimental trial conducted a randomized block design with ...