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Addressing the Challenges of Applying Machine Learning for Predicting Mental Disorders and Their Prognosis Using Two Case Studies
DownloadSpring 2019
Ghoreishiamiri, Seyedehreyhaneh
One of the principal applications of machine learning in psychiatry is to build automated tools that can help clinicians predict the diagnosis and prognosis of mental disorders using available data from patients’ profiles. Here, in two different studies, we investigate ways to use machine learn-...
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Asset Levels of Service-based Decision Support System for Municipal Infrastructure Investment
DownloadSpring 2010
The single biggest challenge facing municipalities today is a shortage of funds and labor for upgrading and expanding aging infrastructure. This continued lack of funding impairs the municipalities’ ability to maintain desired levels of service. Over the last decade, many Canadian municipalities...
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Behavioural and Neuroimaging Investigation of Two Stages of Metaphor Comprehension Using the Metaphor Interference Effect in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Background Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are reported to have difficulty understanding figurative language, such as metaphors, but emerging evidence suggests that such problems are associated with structural language impairments and not an ASD diagnosis. However, even when...
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Building Health Capability and Health Literacy: Exploring Social Support Experiences of Chinese International Students in a Canadian Context
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The number of international students studying in Canada has been increasing rapidly in recent years. However at the time of writing, while literature was found on international students’ health related experiences in the US and other countries as well, it appeared that very few studies on this...
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Characterizing the pathophysiological mechanisms of early disease in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using multimodal neuroimaging
DownloadSpring 2024
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a, neurodegenerative disorder which is characterized by progressive impairment of the upper motor neurons in the brain and lower motor neurons in the brainstem and spinal cord. The disease is ultimately fatal with death eventually resulting from aspiration...
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Fall 2013
Cognitive deficits affect approximately 50% of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and are associated with disease-related neurodegeneration. Prior MS-studies found decision making impairments uncorrelated with patients’ cognitive functions. Brain correlates of decision making in MS have not been...
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Decision Support System for Crane Selection and Location Optimization on Construction Sites
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Selecting the most appropriate cranes and identifying ideal crane locations on site can improve the productivity and safety of large-scale construction projects. A significant proportion of crane accidents have been caused by improper crane selection, lack of a proper crane support system, or a...