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Nutrition & Dietetics
Sappho Z. Gilbert, Conor L. Morrison, Qiuyu J. J. Chen, Jesman Punian, Jodi T. Bernstein, Mahsa Jessri
Summary: The aim of this study was to match 1,179 food products from Euromonitor International's sales database to their closest equivalents in Health Canada's Canadian Nutrient File (CNF). An algorithm based on nutrient difference thresholds and fuzzy matching was used, resulting in 65% of the products being successfully matched to CNF equivalents. The involvement of dietetics experts in the matching process improved the accuracy of the matches.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Jocelynn Cook, Kathy Unsworth, Katherine Flannigan
Summary: This study aims to utilize the Canadian National FASD Database to gain a better understanding of the functional profiles, comorbidities, intervention needs, and daily living difficulties experienced by individuals assessed for FASD, as well as identify sensitive predictors of receiving an FASD diagnosis. The research is critical for refining FASD assessment and diagnostic practices, enabling accurate and early identification of individuals with FASD, and connecting them with comprehensive and effective services and resources.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Yusentha Balakrishna, Samuel Manda, Henry Mwambi, Averalda van Graan
Summary: This study identified nutrient co-occurrence patterns within the South African FCDB and found eight nutrient patterns and similar food patterns, which were consistent with and supported the South African food-based dietary guidelines and the national salt regulations.
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Anesthesiology
David Neilipovitz, Jane Cooke-Lauder, Gregory L. L. Bryson, Daniel I. I. McIsaac
Summary: As Canadian health systems face increasing pressure to provide timely perioperative care, public opinion is likely to influence healthcare policy decisions. This Canadian-wide survey aimed to quantify public opinion regarding anesthesiologists in Canada.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIA-JOURNAL CANADIEN D ANESTHESIE
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Shankar Prinja, Jyoti Dixit, Nidhi Gupta, Nikita Mehra, Ashish Singh, Manjunath Nookala Krishnamurthy, Dharna Gupta, Kavitha Rajsekar, Jayachandran Perumal Kalaiyarasi, Partha Sarathi Roy, Prabhat Singh Malik, Anisha Mathew, Awadhesh Pandey, Pankaj Malhotra, Sudeep Gupta, Lalit Kumar, Amal Kataki, Gurpreet Singh
Summary: This study aims to develop a National Cancer Database for Cost and Quality of Life (CaDCQoL) in India, estimating healthcare costs and assessing HRQOL among cancer patients. The database will serve as an open access repository to derive estimates of cancer-related OOPE and HRQOL for future cost-effectiveness analyses of management strategies for value-based cancer care.
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Environmental Sciences
Sergio Fernandez-Trujillo, Jhon J. Lopez-Perea, Maria Jimenez-Moreno, Rosa C. Rodriguez Martin-Doimeadios, Rafael Mateo
Summary: The study investigated the accumulation of five elements in the muscle of six species of freshwater fish from the Tablas de Daimiel National Park in central Spain, finding varying accumulation levels among different species. Some fish exceeded the maximum residue levels established by European legislation, potentially facing adverse effects. Discussions included the potential sources of elevated selenium levels in the fish and the contamination from spent lead shot pellets used in hunting in the past in this seleniferous area.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2021)
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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Leibo Liu, Oscar Perez-Concha, Anthony Nguyen, Vicki Bennett, Louisa Jorm
Summary: This paper presents an end-to-end framework for de-identifying Australian hospital discharge summaries and evaluates its effectiveness and robustness. The framework includes annotation, modelling, and de-identification components, achieving excellent results on the test dataset. It provides a robust solution for de-identifying clinical narrative documents.
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS
(2022)
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Oncology
Daniel R. Evans, Alexander L. Lazarides, Mark M. Cullen, Jason A. Somarelli, Dan G. Blazer, Julia D. Visguass, Brian E. Brigman, William C. Eward
Summary: This study identified factors independently associated with 30-day readmission and 90-day mortality in patients with surgically treated chondrosarcoma, including comorbidity index, cancer stage, surgical method, age, insurance status, educational attainment in the zip code area, length of stay, and surgical margins. The receipt of radiotherapy was associated with a decreased risk of short-term mortality in this patient population.
ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Allyson J. Gallant, Audrey Steenbeek, Scott A. Halperin, Jeanna Parsons Leigh, Janet A. Curran
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted routine immunization programs in Canada, including school-based immunization programs. This study aims to understand the effects of COVID-19 on these programs in the Maritime region and develop recommendations to improve vaccine coverage. It will involve an environmental scan, interviews with stakeholders, and stakeholder engagement meetings to design recommendations.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Louis-Marie Paget, Cecile Forgeot, Fleur Lorton, Nozar Aghakhani, Maurice Raphael, Anne Gallay, Nathalie Beltzer
Summary: This article presents a research protocol for validating algorithms for identifying mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in the OSCOUR database based on International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 codes. The study will perform a multicentre validation using different combinations of ICD-10 codes to identify mTBI cases, and medical charts will serve as the reference standard for algorithm validation. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of the algorithms will be calculated and compared.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Julie A. Bettinger, Manish Sadarangani, Gaston De Serres, Louis Valiquette, Otto G. Vanderkooi, James D. Kellner, Matthew P. Muller, Karina A. Top, Jennifer E. Isenor, Allison McGeer, Kimberly Marty
Summary: The Canadian National Vaccine Safety Network provides enhanced safety monitoring for COVID-19 vaccines, particularly for vulnerable populations. Online participant reporting and telephone follow-up are used to collect and analyze health events after vaccination. The research has obtained ethical approvals and the results are shared with public health authorities and the community.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Kathleen Chan, Jocelyne M. Labonte, Jane Francis, Haley Zora, Sandra Sawchuk, Kyly C. Whitfield
Summary: Human milk is the best nutrition source for infants, but breastfeeding rates and available data in Canada are not ideal. Using the 2017-2018 Canadian Community Health Survey, breastfeeding indicators were calculated and predictors of breastfeeding were examined. Nationally, 91% initiated breastfeeding, 43% exclusively breastfed for over 5 months, and 35% breastfed for over 6 months. Geographic region, socio-demographic factors, and health characteristics significantly influenced breastfeeding outcomes. Tailored and equitable support is needed, along with ongoing regional monitoring.
APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY NUTRITION AND METABOLISM
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Milica Stanisi, Danijela Stesevi, Danka Cakovi, Urban Silc
Summary: The Vegetation Database of Montenegro is a national database established in 2019, containing 3293 published and unpublished vegetation plots from different vegetation types in Montenegro. The database includes 2733 taxa, with 2612 taxa belonging to vascular plants. The majority of vegetation data was collected between 1960-1969 and after 2010, with the oldest record dating back to 1933.
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Oncology
Rebekah Rittberg, Anmol Mann, Danielle Desautels, Craig C. Earle, Sri Navaratnam, Marshall Pitz
Summary: In response to COVID-19, Canadian cancer centers underwent rapid and aggressive service transformations, including suspending all screening programs, promoting virtual outpatient appointments, and reducing operating room availability. Each province implemented different public health improvements in facing the pandemic, but overall, a positive and organized response was achieved.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Georgios S. Sioutas, Chandrasekhar Palepu, Mohamed M. Salem, Anna M. Nia, Juan Vivanco-Suarez, Jan-Karl Burkhardt, Brian T. Jankowitz, Visish M. Srinivasan
Summary: This study analyzed patients with arteriovenous malformation (AVM) and found that the incidence of de novo epilepsy after resection surgery was 13.8%, and the association between intracerebral hemorrhage and de novo epilepsy was inconsistent. The incidence of de novo epilepsy after resection surgery was significantly higher compared to AVM patients without resection.
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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Fida K. Dankar, Radja Badji
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS
(2017)
Article
Medical Informatics
Fida Kamal Dankar, Khaled El Emam, Angelica Neisa, Tyson Roffey
BMC MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND DECISION MAKING
(2012)
Article
Medical Informatics
Khaled El Emam, Fida K. Dankar, Angelica Neisa, Elizabeth Jonker
BMC MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND DECISION MAKING
(2013)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Khaled El Emam, Saeed Samet, Jun Hu, Liam Peyton, Craig Earle, Gayatri C. Jayaraman, Tom Wong, Murat Kantarcioglu, Fida Dankar, Aleksander Essex
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Fida K. Dankar, Marton Gergely, Samar K. Dankar
COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
(2019)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Fida K. Dankar, Mahmoud Ibrahim
Summary: Synthetic data provides a privacy-protecting mechanism for healthcare data, generating artificial datasets without identifiable information for safe sharing. The paper evaluates the impact of different synthetic data generation and usage settings on the utility of the data and models, aiming to provide insights into the best practices when working with synthetic data.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Fida K. Dankar, Mahmoud K. Ibrahim, Leila Ismail
Summary: This paper proposes four criteria for masked data evaluation and compares four data synthesizers using representative metrics, while also examining the correlations between the selected metrics.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Fida K. Dankar, Marton Gergely, Bradley Malin, Radja Badji, Samar K. Dankar, Khaled Shuaib
COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
(2020)
Article
Medical Informatics
Fida K. Dankar, Nisha Madathil, Samar K. Dankar, Sabri Boughorbel
JMIR MEDICAL INFORMATICS
(2019)
Review
Genetics & Heredity
Fida K. Dankar, Andrey Ptitsyn, Samar K. Dankar
Proceedings Paper
Computer Science, Information Systems
Fida K. Dankar, Rashid Al Ali
6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EMERGING UBIQUITOUS SYSTEMS AND PERVASIVE NETWORKS (EUSPN 2015)/THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CURRENT AND FUTURE TRENDS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN HEALTHCARE (ICTH-2015)
(2015)
Article
Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Fida K. Dankar
TRANSACTIONS ON DATA PRIVACY
(2015)
Proceedings Paper
Computer Science, Information Systems
Fida K. Dankar, Khaled El Emam, Stan Matwin
5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EMERGING UBIQUITOUS SYSTEMS AND PERVASIVE NETWORKS / THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CURRENT AND FUTURE TRENDS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN HEALTHCARE / AFFILIATED WORKSHOPS
(2014)
Review
Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Fida K. Dankar, Khaled El Emam
TRANSACTIONS ON DATA PRIVACY
(2013)