There have been some observed studies and developed applications (apps), with a concentration on Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL), and no consideration of communicative needs of the learners; besides, these studies focused on either the theoretical aspects or the utilization of the available apps in the market (Burston & Athanasiou, 2020). Hence, Vocabulary Guru (VG), a custom-made mobi...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to develop an automated image analysis software to measure the thickness of the subepithelial collagenous band in colon biopsies with collagenous colitis (CC) and incomplete CC (CCi). The software measures the thickness of the collagenous band on microscopic slides stained with Van Gieson (VG). PATIENTS AND METHODS A training set consisting of ten biopsies di...

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PURPOSE Recent studies have showed that epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a key process of glomerular and tubulointerstitial pathology in many chronic kidney diseases. However, there are no data of EMT in humane autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). PATIENTS AND METHODS ADPKD kidneys (N = 5) with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and control kidneys (N = 4) were analyzed...

BACKGROUND Surgical patients are increasingly using mobile health (mHealth) platforms to monitor recovery and communicate with their providers in the postdischarge period. Despite widespread enthusiasm for mHealth, few studies evaluate the usability or user experience of these platforms. OBJECTIVE Our objectives were to (1) develop a novel image-based smartphone app for postdischarge surgical...

This study presents a multimodal interactive image retrieval system for smartphones (MirBot). The application is designed as a collaborative game where users can categorize photographs according to the WordNet hierarchy. After taking a picture, the region of interest of the target can be selected, and the image information is sent with a set of metadata to a server in order to classify the obje...

Received 9/2/2002; revised 11/23/2002; accepted 12/12/2002. For correspondence or reprints contact: Shung-Shung Sun, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, China Medical College Hospital, 2 Yuh-Der Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan. Tel: (886)4-22052121 ext. 3475, Fax: (886)4-22023442, E-mail: [email protected] Background: Clinical management of periappendiceal abscess (ABS) and acute appendicitis...