Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
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The relationship between lifestyle habits and obesity among students in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia: using the Arab Teens Lifestyle (ATLS) questionnaire
First study that administered the Arab Teens Lifestyle Study (ATLS) questionnaire among the university students of the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Predicting Health Timelines with Transformer
Our lives can be seen as a series of events unfolding over time, and this can be modeled using Transformers, an AI architecture that has been highly successful in large language models. In our npj Digital Medicine article we explore how they can be applied to personalized healthcare journeys.
Results and Implications for Generative AI in a Large Introductory Biomedical and Health Informatics Course
We compared student hoework and final exam scores with 6 large-language model (LLM) systems in a large online introductory course in biomedical and health informatics. All of the LLMs scored between the 50th and 75th percentiles of students, raising questions about student assessment in higher ed.
Implementation Strategies in Suicide Prevention
Implementation science is a field which studies the factors needed for ensuring an intervention is used and maintained when deployed in the real world. The goal of our review was to understand the current use of implementation strategies for supporting suicide prevention across diverse settings.
Digestive and molecular adaptations for extreme blood glucose regulation in nectar and fruit bats (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae)
We discovered the duodenum is a crucial blood glucose regulator in the evolution of high-sugar diets. The adaptations result in blood glucose levels >750 mg/dL, the highest recorded in mammals. This indicates new possibilities to improve glycemic control in the human diabetes epidemic.
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) based DNA/RNA aptamers enhance the efficacy of the deep learning model for the precise diagnosis to prostate cancer
We suggest replacing prostate-specific antigen (PSA) with targeted prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-aptamers in the deep learning (DL) model to effectively overcome the limitation of non-specificity of the biomarker in the differential diagnosis of prostate cancer.
A high-resolution large-area detector for quality assurance in radiotherapy
This paper discusses the design, fabrication and performance tests of a detector based on Gas Electron Multipliers (GEM) coupled to a matrix of thin-film transistors (TFT).
Crop redistribution can reduce the environmental footprint within groundwater depletion regions by more than one-third and contribute to the recovery of groundwater table
How to provide co-benefits of food security, resource use efficiency, and friendly environment for spatially targeted, remains unanswered especially in groundwater depletion (GWD) regions. we developed a framework for crop redistribution to achieve synergistic effects across multi-dimensions.
Beyond calories: assessing post-prandial oxidative stress using a micro-NMR system
Traditional views of adverse health effects of macronutrient have largely centered around calories and the intake-expenditure balance. Recent advancements in the biomedical technology have allowed measurements of metabolic and physiologic responses to macronutrient.
