A novel multiple-instance learning-based approach to computer-aided detection of tuberculosis on chest x-rays (Publications)
In order to reach performance levels comparable to those of human experts, computer-aided detection (CAD) systems are typically optimized by means of a supervised learning approach that relies on larg
First results of phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African children (Publications)
Background An ongoing phase 3 study of the efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of candidate malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01 is being conducted in seven African countries. Methods From March 2009 through J
Interplay between environment, agriculture and infectious diseases of poverty: case studies in China (Publications)
Changes in the natural environment and agricultural systems induced by economic and industrial development, including population dynamics (growth, urbanization, migration), are major causes resulting
Clinical and epidemiologic phenotypes of childhood asthma (Publications)
Rationale: Clinical and epidemiologic approaches have identified two distinct sets of classifications for asthma and wheeze phenotypes. Objective: To compare epidemiologic phenotype definitions identi
Exposure to environmental microorganisms and childhood asthma (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Children who grow up in environments that afford them a wide range of microbial exposures, such as traditional farms, are protected from childhood asthma and atopy. In previous studies, ma
Asthma and obesity in children: current evidence and potential systems biology approaches (Publications)
Both obesity and asthma are highly prevalent, complex diseases modified by multiple factors. Genetic, developmental, lung mechanical, immunological and behavioural factors have all been suggested as p