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Molecules 2021 Feb 15;26(4). Epub 2021 Feb 15.

Department of Infrastructure Engineering, School of Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia.

The evaluation and interpretation of the behavior of construction materials under fire conditions have been complicated. Over the last few years, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a reliable method to tackle this engineering problem. This review summarizes existing studies that applied AI to predict the fire performance of different construction materials (e. Read More

Cancers (Basel) 2021 Feb 15;13(4). Epub 2021 Feb 15.

College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.

: Well-annotated, high-quality biorepositories provide a valuable platform to support translational research. However, most biorepositories have poor representation of minority groups, limiting the ability to address health disparities. : We describe the establishment of the Florida Pancreas Collaborative (FPC), the first state-wide prospective cohort study and biorepository designed to address the higher burden of pancreatic cancer (PaCa) in African Americans (AA) compared to Non-Hispanic Whites (NHW) and Hispanic/Latinx (H/L). Read More

BMC Bioinformatics 2021 Mar 4;22(1):107. Epub 2021 Mar 4.

Department of Immunotechnology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Background: Visual exploration of gene product behavior across multiple omic datasets can pinpoint technical limitations in data and reveal biological trends. Still, such exploration is challenging as there is a need for visualizations that are tailored for the purpose.

Results: The OmicLoupe software was developed to facilitate visual data exploration and provides more than 15 interactive cross-dataset visualizations for omics data. Read More

PLoS One 2021 4;16(3):e0247333. Epub 2021 Mar 4.

Department of Lifelong Learning, College of Lifelong Learning, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, China.

Objectives: To review cross-sectional studies on the prevalence of sleep disturbance in Chinese adolescents and use a meta-analysis to explore the factors that may explain the heterogeneity between estimates of the prevalence.

Methods: We followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis and searched the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science, SinoMed, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), WanFang, and VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals databases from their inception through June 30, 2020. Analysis of the abstract, full-text, and data were conducted independently with uniform standards. Read More

Patterns (N Y) 2021 Feb 22;2(2):100195. Epub 2021 Jan 22.

School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.

The transportation sector is a major contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and is a driver of adverse health effects globally. Increasingly, government policies have promoted the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) as a solution to mitigate GHG emissions. However, government analysts have failed to fully utilize consumer data in decisions related to charging infrastructure. Read More