In this paper we present a novel support vector machine (SVM) based framework for prognosis and diagnosis. We apply the framework to sparse physics data sets, although the method can easily be extended to other domains. Experiments in applied fields, such as experimental physics, are often complicated and expensive. As a result, experimentalists are unable to conduct as many experiments as they...

As the journal Clinical Chemistry celebrates its 50th birthday and enters its 51st year, we reflect on recent advances in nucleic acid diagnostics. Although the structure of DNA was also described 50 years ago, only 20 years have past since a practical method of amplifying DNA for the clinical laboratory appeared, well known today as the PCR. Since the advent of PCR, growth in nucleic acid diag...

Clinical decision-support systems (CDSSs) are computer programs that are designed to provide expert support for health professionals making clinical decisions. The goal of these systems is to help health professionals analyze patient data and make decisions regarding diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of health problems. This article discusses the characteristics of such systems, addresses th...

The Brisbane Cardiac Consortium Clinical Support Systems Program used multiple strategies in optimising quality of care of patients with either of two cardiac conditions. One of these strategies was the development and active implementation of decision support systems centred on evidence-based, locally agreed clinical practice guidelines. Our experience in undertaking this task highlighted nume...

introduction: studies have indicated a global high prevalence of hospital malnutrition on admission and during hospitalization. clinical nutritional risk screen (cnrs) is a way to identify malnutrition and manage nutritional interventions. several traditional and non-computer based tools have been suggested for screening nutritional risk levels. the present study was an attempt to employ a comp...

abstract background: nurses are members of the health care team for crisis response. identifying nurses’ capability in responding to a disaster and promoting their preparedness will lead to effective use of human resources and decreasing the detrimental effects of disaster. the purpose of this article was to determine emergency nurses’ competences in triage, life support, and basic clinical ski...

The aim of this paper is to bring the reader closer to the diagnostics of complex analog systems with parametric faults, using Support Vector Machine (SVM) as a tool for fault location. The results of diagnostics of a video enhancer and two low-pass filters with the help of SVM network are presented, and various SVM kernel functions tested. A strategy for finding the optimal kernels and their p...