BACKGROUND: Primary aldosteronism (PA), an overt form of renin-independent aldosterone production, leads to a disproportionately high rate of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs). Mounting ...

We propose the first method to predict the Satisfied User Ratio (SUR) for compressed stereo images. The method consists of two main steps. First, considering binocular vision properties, we extract ...

The key assumption in regression discontinuity analysis is that the distribution of potential outcomes varies smoothly with the running variable around the cutoff. In many empirical contexts, however, ...

Background Immune-mediated processes leading to childhood type 1 diabetes may begin in fetal life. We hypothesised that a ...

Abstract: In this paper, we present different methodologies to estimate the total suspended matter (TSM) concentration in a particular area of the Portuguese coast, from remotely sensed multispectral ...