BibSonomy publications for /tag/medicineThu Jun 19 17:35:00 CEST 2008Seattle, WA, USAMedGEC 2006 GECCO Workshop on Medical Applications of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation8 JulyUsing Enhanced Genetic Programming Techniques for Evolving Classifiers in the Context of Medical Diagnosis - An Empirical Study2006Systems, algorithms, Medicine Adaptation/Self-Adaptation, genetic Empirical Classifier programming. Study, There are several data based methods in the field of artificial intelligence which are nowadays frequently used for analysing classification problems in the context of medical applications. As we show in this paper, the application of enhanced evolutionary computation techniques to classification problems has the potential to evolve classifiers of even higher quality than those trained by standard machine learning methods. On the basis of three medical benchmark classification problems, namely the Wisconsin and the Thyroid data sets taken from the UCI repository as well as the Melanoma data set prepared by members of the Department of Dermatology of the Medical University Vienna, we document that the enhanced genetic programming based approach presented here is able to produce better results than linear modelling methods, artificial neural networks, kNN classification and also standard genetic programming approaches.Mon Apr 21 22:09:52 CEST 2008Economics LettersSep3403--407Are malpractice insurance premiums a tort signal that influence physician hours worked?551997Defensive medicine 12Tue Dec 11 14:37:51 CET 2007British Dental journal2Videoconferencing: what are the benefits for dental practice?1882000teaching,field, medicine For more than 3 years members of the TeleDent team from Bristol University have been looking at the potential of videoconferencing technology for dentistry. Here they explain what videoconferencing is and how it can help the GDP. They discuss examples of its most promising uses for the profession, which include professional updating and providing diagnostic support at a distance. They describe the equipment that is needed, the different types of system available and give an indication of costs. A suggested procedure for using the technology for remote referrals is outlined. 'Store and forward' techniques are also discussed. These do not involve a live video but involve the sending of static electronic files. This approach is compared with videoconferencing, and the article looks at the question of which will be best suited to the GDP, and for what purposes.Tue Nov 20 12:29:41 CET 2007American Scientist http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/13860/01/American_Scientist_article.pdfOpen Access and the Progress of Science2007literature research medical scientific openaccess science biomedical biomedicine o!folio self-archiving free medicine publication openarchive Mon Oct 15 22:55:06 CEST 2007Journal of Intellectual Disabilities ResearchOct5380-390The general practice care of people with intellectual disability: barriers and solutions411997medicine srprc developmental-disabilities continuity-of-care A questionnaire exploring general practitioners' (GPs') perceptions of the barriers and solutions to providing health care to people with intellectual disability was sent to 912 randomly selected GPs throughout Australia. A response rate of 58% was obtained. Results indicated that numerous barriers compromise the quality of health care able to be provided to people with intellectual disability. Communication difficulties with patients and other health professionals, and problems in obtaining patient histories stood out as the two most significant barriers. A range of other barriers were identified, including GPs' lack of training and experience, patients' poor compliance with management plans, consultation time constraints, difficulties in problem determination, examination difficulties, poor continuity of care, and GPs' inadequate knowledge of the services and resources available. General practitioners also suggested numerous solutions to these barriers, and emphasized the need for increased opportunities for education and training in intellectual disability. The GPs showed an overwhelming willingness to be involved in further education. Other major solutions included increasing consultation duration or frequency, proactively involving families and carers in patients' ongoing health care, and increasing remuneration.Wed Aug 08 03:06:23 CEST 2007The Knowledge Engineering Review02147--174{An agent-mediated approach to the support of knowledge sharing in organizations}192005approach agent sharing support knowledge medicine organizations mediated Wed Aug 08 01:50:26 CEST 2007Current Medicinal ChemistryDecember 2979-2994(16)MAP Kinase p38Inhibitors: Clinical Results and an Intimate Look at Their Interactions with p38alpha Protein122005inhibitors proteins kinase oncology IL-1-beta medicine inflammation antiinflammatory MAPK immunology mitogen-activated TNF-alpha hematology research cardiology p38-MAPK p38 inflammatory rheumatology Mitogen-activated protein kinase p38 is a serine/threonine kinase originally isolated from lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulated monocytes. There are four isoforms p38agr inhibitors as potential treatment for inflammatory diseases. Herein we provide a brief overview of recent reported clinical results for AMG 548, BIRB 796, VX 702, SCIO 469, and SCIO 323. However, our focus will be on the binding modes of these inhibitors and other p38 inhibitors in the recent literature.Wed Jun 20 10:16:09 CEST 2007Genova, ItalyAbstract Book of the XXIII IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics9-13 JulyChinese medicine prescriptions networks2007topic-11 statphys23 network medicine distribution chinese random degree A Chinese medicine prescription consists of a list of herbs and a collection of Chinese medicine prescriptions can be considered as a network with herbs as nodes such that two nodes are connected if they appear simultaneously in at least one prescription. We studied the statistical properties of such network and we found that the degree distribution $P(k)$ is an exponential decay function, i.e., $P(k)\propto e^{-\alpha k}$ where $k$ is the number of edges emerging from a node. On the other hand, in the network using prescriptions as nodes such that two nodes are connected if they contain at least one common herb, a peak was found following the initial decay in the degree distribution. A random network model is constructed to account for the observed degree distribution.medicineCommunity for tag(s) medicine