Background: Modulating brainstem activity, via electrical vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), influences cognitive functions, including memory.However, controlling for changes in stimulus efficacy during chronic studies, and response variability between subjects, is problematic.Objective/Hypothesis: We hypothesized that recruitment Scouring Sponge of an
The outpatient management of hypertension at two Sierra Leonean health centres: A mixed-method investigation of follow-up compliance and patient-reported barriers to care
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa faces an increasing burden of non-communicable diseases.In particular, hypertension and its therapeutic control present a challenge and opportunity for health practitioners and health systems within the region.Aim: This study sought to assess an initiative conducted by two health clinics to begin treatment of hyperten
Female genital mutilation/cutting: changes and trends in knowledge, attitudes, and practices among health care professionals in The Gambia
Adriana Kaplan Marcusán,1–3 Laura Riba UMBRELLA Singla,3 Mass Laye,3 Dodou M Secka,3 Mireia Utzet,4 Marie-Alix Le Charles3 1Social Knowledge Transfer/Parc de Recerca UAB – Santander, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 2Interdisciplinary Group for the Study and Prevention of Harmful Traditional Practices,
Species-specific audio detection: a comparison of three template-based detection algorithms using random forests
We developed a web-based cloud-hosted system that allow users to archive, listen, visualize, and Stirrup Irons annotate recordings.The system also provides tools to convert these annotations into datasets that can be used to train a computer to detect the presence or absence of a species.The algorithm used by the system was selected after comparing