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Integrated Approach in Systems Biology

Huiru Zheng,  Rui Jiang,  Zhongming Zhao, 
  • First Published: 31 December 2014
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Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Imaging 2014

Peng Feng,  Kumar Durai,  Fenglin Liu,  Xiaobo Qu, 
  • First Published: 28 December 2014
Review Article
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Human Atrial Cell Models to Analyse Haemodialysis-Related Effects on Cardiac Electrophysiology: Work in Progress

Elisa Passini,  Simonetta Genovesi,  Stefano Severi, 
  • First Published: 23 December 2014
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Mathematical Modeling of Radiofrequency Ablation for Varicose Veins

Sun Young Choi,  Byung Kook Kwak,  Taewon Seo, 
  • First Published: 18 December 2014
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Automatic Segmentation of Anatomical Structures from CT Scans of Thorax for RTP

Emin Emrah Özsavaş,  Ziya Telatar,  Bahar Dirican,  Ömer Sağer,  Murat Beyzadeoğlu, 
  • First Published: 18 December 2014
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Mathematical Analysis of Non-Newtonian Blood Flow in Stenosis Narrow Arteries

Somchai Sriyab, 
  • First Published: 17 December 2014
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Effect of the Polydispersity of RBCs on the Recovery Rate of RBCs during the Removal of CPAs

Heyuan Qiao,  Weiping Ding,  Yuncong Ma,  Sijie Sun,  Dayong Gao, 
  • First Published: 15 December 2014
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Feature Selection in Classification of Eye Movements Using Electrooculography for Activity Recognition

S. Mala,  K. Latha, 
  • First Published: 09 December 2014
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Ant Colony Optimization Approaches to Clustering of Lung Nodules from CT Images

Ravichandran C. Gopalakrishnan,  Veerakumar Kuppusamy, 
  • First Published: 26 November 2014
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Altered Intrinsic Connectivity Networks in Frontal Lobe Epilepsy: A Resting-State fMRI Study

Xinzhi Cao,  Zhiyu Qian,  Qiang Xu,  Junshu Shen,  Zhiqiang Zhang,  Guangming Lu, 
  • First Published: 26 November 2014
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Potential Lung Nodules Identification for Characterization by Variable Multistep Threshold and Shape Indices from CT Images

Saleem Iqbal,  Khalid Iqbal,  Fahim Arif,  Arslan Shaukat,  Aasia Khanum, 
  • First Published: 25 November 2014
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Novel Harmonic Regularization Approach for Variable Selection in Cox’s Proportional Hazards Model

Ge-Jin Chu,  Yong Liang,  Jia-Xuan Wang, 
  • First Published: 24 November 2014
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An Efficient Diagnosis System for Parkinson’s Disease Using Kernel-Based Extreme Learning Machine with Subtractive Clustering Features Weighting Approach

Chao Ma,  Jihong Ouyang,  Hui-Ling Chen,  Xue-Hua Zhao, 
  • First Published: 18 November 2014
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A Mathematical Model of Cancer Treatment by Radiotherapy

Zijian Liu,  Chenxue Yang, 
  • First Published: 13 November 2014
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Objectifying Facial Expressivity Assessment of Parkinson’s Patients: Preliminary Study

Peng Wu,  Isabel Gonzalez,  Georgios Patsis,  Dongmei Jiang,  Hichem Sahli,  Eric Kerckhofs,  Marie Vandekerckhove, 
  • First Published: 13 November 2014
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Tolerance and Nature of Residual Refraction in Symmetric Power Space as Principal Lens Powers and Meridians Change

Herven Abelman,  Shirley Abelman, 
  • First Published: 12 November 2014
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Pin-Align: A New Dynamic Programming Approach to Align Protein-Protein Interaction Networks

Farid Amir-Ghiasvand,  Abbas Nowzari-Dalini,  Vida Momenzadeh, 
  • First Published: 10 November 2014
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Advances in Statistical Medicine

Sujay Datta,  Xiao-Qin Xia,  Samsiddhi Bhattacharjee,  Zhenyu Jia, 
  • First Published: 09 November 2014
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ADLD: A Novel Graphical Representation of Protein Sequences and Its Application

Lei Wang,  Hui Peng,  Jinhua Zheng, 
  • First Published: 30 October 2014
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Multiscale Coupling of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Neuron Electrodynamics: Modeling the Influence of the Transcranial Electric Field on Neuronal Depolarization

Edward T. Dougherty,  James C. Turner,  Frank Vogel, 
  • First Published: 23 October 2014
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Steady-State Analysis of Necrotic Core Formation for Solid Avascular Tumors with Time Delays in Regulatory Apoptosis

Fangwei Zhang,  Shihe Xu, 
  • First Published: 13 October 2014
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A Statistical-Textural-Features Based Approach for Classification of Solid Drugs Using Surface Microscopic Images

Fahima Tahir,  Muhammad Abuzar Fahiem, 
  • First Published: 13 October 2014
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Compressed Sensing MR Image Reconstruction Exploiting TGV and Wavelet Sparsity

Di Zhao,  Huiqian Du,  Yu Han,  Wenbo Mei, 
  • First Published: 13 October 2014
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Systematic Analysis of Time-Series Gene Expression Data on Tumor Cell-Selective Apoptotic Responses to HDAC Inhibitors

Yun-feng Qi,  Yan-xin Huang,  Yan Dong,  Li-hua Zheng,  Yong-li Bao,  Lu-guo Sun,  Yin Wu,  Chun-lei Yu,  Hong-yu Jiang,  Yu-xin Li, 
  • First Published: 13 October 2014
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An Effective Way of J Wave Separation Based on Multilayer NMF

Deng-ao Li,  Jing-ang Lv,  Ju-min Zhao,  Jin Zhang, 
  • First Published: 12 October 2014
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3D Texture Analysis in Renal Cell Carcinoma Tissue Image Grading

Tae-Yun Kim,  Nam-Hoon Cho,  Goo-Bo Jeong,  Ewert Bengtsson,  Heung-Kook Choi, 
  • First Published: 09 October 2014
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Parallelized Seeded Region Growing Using CUDA

Seongjin Park,  Jeongjin Lee,  Hyunna Lee,  Juneseuk Shin,  Jinwook Seo,  Kyoung Ho Lee,  Yeong-Gil Shin,  Bohyoung Kim, 
  • First Published: 22 September 2014
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Prediction of BP Reactivity to Talking Using Hybrid Soft Computing Approaches

Gurmanik Kaur,  Ajat Shatru Arora,  Vijender Kumar Jain, 
  • First Published: 21 September 2014
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Detection and Measurement of the Intracellular Calcium Variation in Follicular Cells

Ana M. Herrera-Navarro,  Iván R. Terol-Villalobos,  Hugo Jiménez-Hernández,  Hayde Peregrina-Barreto,  José-Joel Gonzalez-Barboza, 
  • First Published: 16 September 2014
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Three-Dimensional Lower Extremity Joint Loading in a Carved Ski and Snowboard Turn: A Pilot Study

Miriam Klous,  Erich Müller,  Hermann Schwameder, 
  • First Published: 15 September 2014
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Feature Selection for Better Identification of Subtypes of Guillain-Barré Syndrome

José Hernández-Torruco,  Juana Canul-Reich,  Juan Frausto-Solís,  Juan José Méndez-Castillo, 
  • First Published: 15 September 2014
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Resistance Training Exercise Program for Intervention to Enhance Gait Function in Elderly Chronically Ill Patients: Multivariate Multiscale Entropy for Center of Pressure Signal Analysis

Ming-Shu Chen,  Bernard C. Jiang, 
  • First Published: 10 September 2014
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Influence of Different Geometric Representations of the Volume Conductor on Nerve Activation during Electrical Stimulation

José Gómez-Tames,  José González,  Wenwei Yu, 
  • First Published: 09 September 2014
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A Wavelet Transform Based Method to Determine Depth of Anesthesia to Prevent Awareness during General Anesthesia

Seyed Mortaza Mousavi,  Ahmet Adamoğlu,  Tamer Demiralp,  Mahrokh G. Shayesteh, 
  • First Published: 09 September 2014
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An Ensemble-of-Classifiers Based Approach for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease: Classification Using Structural Features of Brain Images

Saima Farhan,  Muhammad Abuzar Fahiem,  Huma Tauseef, 
  • First Published: 09 September 2014
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A Multiatlas Segmentation Using Graph Cuts with Applications to Liver Segmentation in CT Scans

Carlos Platero,  M. Carmen Tobar, 
  • First Published: 08 September 2014
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Validation in Principal Components Analysis Applied to EEG Data

João Carlos G. D. Costa,  Paulo José G. Da-Silva,  Renan Moritz V. R. Almeida,  Antonio Fernando C. Infantosi, 
  • First Published: 08 September 2014
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Modeling the Relationship between Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake and Tumor Radioresistance as a Function of the Tumor Microenvironment

Jeho Jeong,  Joseph O. Deasy, 
  • First Published: 08 September 2014
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Dynamics of Mycobacterium and bovine tuberculosis in a Human-Buffalo Population

A. S. Hassan,  S. M. Garba,  A. B. Gumel,  J. M.-S. Lubuma, 
  • First Published: 02 September 2014
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A Method of Protein Model Classification and Retrieval Using Bag-of-Visual-Features

Jinlin Ma,  Ziping Ma,  Baosheng Kang,  Ke Lu, 
  • First Published: 01 September 2014
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Multimodal Brain-Tumor Segmentation Based on Dirichlet Process Mixture Model with Anisotropic Diffusion and Markov Random Field Prior

Yisu Lu,  Jun Jiang,  Wei Yang,  Qianjin Feng,  Wufan Chen, 
  • First Published: 01 September 2014
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Performance Optimization of Force Feedback Control System in Virtual Vascular Intervention Surgery

Zhi Hu,  Ping Cai,  Peng Qin,  Le Xie, 
  • First Published: 01 September 2014
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A Novel Adaptive Level Set Segmentation Method

Yazhong Lin,  Qian Zheng,  Jiaqiang Chen,  Qian Cai,  Qianjin Feng, 
  • First Published: 01 September 2014
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The Influence of Tone Inventory on ERP without Focal Attention: A Cross-Language Study

Hong-Ying Zheng,  Gang Peng,  Jian-Yong Chen,  Caicai Zhang,  James W. Minett,  William S-Y. Wang, 
  • First Published: 28 August 2014
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An Efficient Frequency Recognition Method Based on Likelihood Ratio Test for SSVEP-Based BCI

Yangsong Zhang,  Li Dong,  Rui Zhang,  Dezhong Yao,  Yu Zhang,  Peng Xu, 
  • First Published: 28 August 2014
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Automated Image Analysis of Lung Branching Morphogenesis from Microscopic Images of Fetal Rat Explants

Pedro L. Rodrigues,  Nuno F. Rodrigues,  Duarte Duque,  Sara Granja,  Jorge Correia-Pinto,  João L. Vilaça, 
  • First Published: 28 August 2014
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Crossing Fibers Detection with an Analytical High Order Tensor Decomposition

T. Megherbi,  M. Kachouane,  F. Oulebsir-Boumghar,  R. Deriche, 
  • First Published: 27 August 2014
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Patient Specific Seizure Prediction System Using Hilbert Spectrum and Bayesian Networks Classifiers

Nilufer Ozdemir,  Esen Yildirim, 
  • First Published: 27 August 2014
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Neuroelectrical Correlates of Trustworthiness and Dominance Judgments Related to the Observation of Political Candidates

Giovanni Vecchiato,  Jlenia Toppi,  Anton Giulio Maglione,  Elzbieta Olejarczyk,  Laura Astolfi,  Donatella Mattia,  Alfredo Colosimo,  Fabio Babiloni, 
  • First Published: 24 August 2014
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Gastroscopic Image Graph: Application to Noninvasive Multitarget Tracking under Gastroscopy

Bin Wang,  Weiling Hu,  Jiquan Liu,  Jianmin Si,  Huilong Duan, 
  • First Published: 24 August 2014
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Log-Gabor Energy Based Multimodal Medical Image Fusion in NSCT Domain

Yong Yang,  Song Tong,  Shuying Huang,  Pan Lin, 
  • First Published: 24 August 2014

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Hypoxia in Head and Neck Cancer in Theory and Practice: A PET-Based Imaging Approach

Loredana G. Marcu,  Wendy M. Harriss-Phillips,  Sanda M. Filip, 
  • First Published: 21 August 2014

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A Theoretical Model for the Transmission Dynamics of the Buruli Ulcer with Saturated Treatment

Ebenezer Bonyah,  Isaac Dontwi,  Farai Nyabadza, 
  • First Published: 21 August 2014
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A Patient-Specific Airway Branching Model for Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Nor Salwa Damanhuri,  Paul D. Docherty,  Yeong Shiong Chiew,  Erwin J. van Drunen,  Thomas Desaive,  J. Geoffrey Chase, 
  • First Published: 20 August 2014
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Craniofacial Reconstruction Evaluation by Geodesic Network

Junli Zhao,  Cuiting Liu,  Zhongke Wu,  Fuqing Duan,  Kang Wang,  Taorui Jia,  Quansheng Liu, 
  • First Published: 20 August 2014
Review Article
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Biomedical Relation Extraction: From Binary to Complex

Deyu Zhou,  Dayou Zhong,  Yulan He, 
  • First Published: 19 August 2014
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Delay Differential Model for Tumour-Immune Response with Chemoimmunotherapy and Optimal Control

F. A. Rihan,  D. H. Abdelrahman,  F. Al-Maskari,  F. Ibrahim,  M. A. Abdeen, 
  • First Published: 14 August 2014
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Pressure Dynamic Characteristics of Pressure Controlled Ventilation System of a Lung Simulator

Yan Shi,  Shuai Ren,  Maolin Cai,  Weiqing Xu,  Qiyou Deng, 
  • First Published: 13 August 2014
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Predictions of the Length of Lumbar Puncture Needles

Hon-Ping Ma,  Yun-Fei Hung,  Shin-Han Tsai,  Ju-chi Ou, 
  • First Published: 13 August 2014
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NIM: A Node Influence Based Method for Cancer Classification

Yiwen Wang,  Min Yao,  Jianhua Yang, 
  • First Published: 11 August 2014
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A DAQ-Device-Based Continuous Wave Near-Infrared Spectroscopy System for Measuring Human Functional Brain Activity

Gang Xu,  Xiaoli Li,  Duan Li,  Xiaomin Liu, 
  • First Published: 10 August 2014
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Application of Multivariate Modeling for Radiation Injury Assessment: A Proof of Concept

David L. Bolduc,  Vilmar Villa,  David J. Sandgren,  G. David Ledney,  William F. Blakely,  Rolf Bünger, 
  • First Published: 07 August 2014
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Different Perception of Musical Stimuli in Patients with Monolateral and Bilateral Cochlear Implants

Anton Giulio Maglione,  Giovanni Vecchiato,  Carlo Antonio Leone,  Rosa Grassia,  Franco Mosca,  Alfredo Colosimo,  Paolo Malerba,  Fabio Babiloni, 
  • First Published: 07 August 2014
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Computer Implementation of a New Therapeutic Model for GBM Tumor

Ali Jamali Nazari,  Dariush Sardari,  Ahmad Reza Vali,  Keivan Maghooli, 
  • First Published: 05 August 2014
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Variational Principles for Buckling of Microtubules Modeled as Nonlocal Orthotropic Shells

Sarp Adali, 
  • First Published: 05 August 2014
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Comparison of Two Methods Forecasting Binding Rate of Plasma Protein

Liu Hongjiu,  Hu Yanrong, 
  • First Published: 04 August 2014
Review Article
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Advances and Computational Tools towards Predictable Design in Biological Engineering

Lorenzo Pasotti,  Susanna Zucca, 
  • First Published: 03 August 2014
Research Article
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Computerized Neuropsychological Assessment in Aging: Testing Efficacy and Clinical Ecology of Different Interfaces

Matteo Canini,  Petronilla Battista,  Pasquale Anthony Della Rosa,  Eleonora Catricalà,  Christian Salvatore,  Maria Carla Gilardi,  Isabella Castiglioni, 
  • First Published: 24 July 2014
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PLI Cancellation in ECG Signal Based on Adaptive Filter by Using Wiener-Hopf Equation for Providing Initial Condition

Anchalee Manosueb,  Jeerasuda Koseeyaporn,  Paramote Wardkein, 
  • First Published: 23 July 2014
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Analysis of Epileptic Seizures with Complex Network

Yan Ni,  Yinghua Wang,  Tao Yu,  Xiaoli Li, 
  • First Published: 23 July 2014
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Optimal Treatment Strategy for a Tumor Model under Immune Suppression

Kwang Su Kim,  Giphil Cho,  Il Hyo Jung, 
  • First Published: 23 July 2014
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Neurophysiological Tools to Investigate Consumer’s Gender Differences during the Observation of TV Commercials

Giovanni Vecchiato,  Anton Giulio Maglione,  Patrizia Cherubino,  Barbara Wasikowska,  Agata Wawrzyniak,  Anna Latuszynska,  Malgorzata Latuszynska,  Kesra Nermend,  Ilenia Graziani,  Maria Rita Leucci,  Arianna Trettel,  Fabio Babiloni, 
  • First Published: 23 July 2014
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A Biological Hierarchical Model Based Underwater Moving Object Detection

Jie Shen,  Tanghuai Fan,  Min Tang,  Qian Zhang,  Zhen Sun,  Fengchen Huang, 
  • First Published: 22 July 2014
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Effects of First-Time Overnight CPAP Therapy for Increasing the Complexity of the Patient’s Physiological System

Hsien-Tsai Wu,  Hong-Ruei Chen,  Wen-Yao Pan,  Cyuan-Cin Liu,  Mao-Chang Su,  Meng-Chih Lin, 
  • First Published: 21 July 2014
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Path-Counting Formulas for Generalized Kinship Coefficients and Condensed Identity Coefficients

En Cheng,  Z. Meral Ozsoyoglu, 
  • First Published: 21 July 2014
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Image Tracking for the High Similarity Drug Tablets Based on Light Intensity Reflective Energy and Artificial Neural Network

Zhongwei Liang,  Liang Zhou,  Xiaochu Liu,  Xiaogang Wang, 
  • First Published: 17 July 2014
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Segmentation of Intensity Inhomogeneous Brain MR Images Using Active Contours

Farhan Akram,  Jeong Heon Kim,  Han Ul Lim,  Kwang Nam Choi, 
  • First Published: 16 July 2014
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Screening for Prediabetes Using Machine Learning Models

Soo Beom Choi,  Won Jae Kim,  Tae Keun Yoo,  Jee Soo Park,  Jai Won Chung,  Yong-ho Lee,  Eun Seok Kang,  Deok Won Kim, 
  • First Published: 16 July 2014
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A Note regarding Problems with Interaction and Varying Block Sizes in a Comparison of Endotracheal Tubes

Richard L. Einsporn,  Zhenyu Jia, 
  • First Published: 15 July 2014
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Privacy-Preserving Self-Helped Medical Diagnosis Scheme Based on Secure Two-Party Computation in Wireless Sensor Networks

Yi Sun,  Qiaoyan Wen,  Yudong Zhang,  Wenmin Li, 
  • First Published: 14 July 2014
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Computational and Control Methods in Rehabilitation Medicine

Imre Cikajlo,  Takashi Watanabe,  Strahinja Dosen, 
  • First Published: 14 July 2014
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Automatic Blastomere Recognition from a Single Embryo Image

Yun Tian,  Ya-bo Yin,  Fu-qing Duan,  Wei-zhou Wang,  Wei Wang,  Ming-quan Zhou, 
  • First Published: 14 July 2014
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ProBLM Web Server: Protein and Membrane Placement and Orientation Package

Taylor Kimmett,  Nicholas Smith,  Shawn Witham,  Marharyta Petukh,  Subhra Sarkar,  Emil Alexov, 
  • First Published: 14 July 2014
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Mathematical Modelling of Cerebral Blood Circulation and Cerebral Autoregulation: Towards Preventing Intracranial Hemorrhages in Preterm Newborns

Renée Lampe,  Nikolai Botkin,  Varvara Turova,  Tobias Blumenstein,  Ana Alves-Pinto, 
  • First Published: 13 July 2014
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Predicting Tooth Surface Loss Using Genetic Algorithms-Optimized Artificial Neural Networks

Ali Al Haidan,  Osama Abu-Hammad,  Najla Dar-Odeh, 
  • First Published: 10 July 2014
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Three-Dimensional Simulation of Scalp Soft Tissue Expansion Using Finite Element Method

Qiu Guan,  Xiaochen Du,  Yan Shao,  Lili Lin,  Shengyong Chen, 
  • First Published: 09 July 2014
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New Region-Scalable Discriminant and Fitting Energy Functional for Driving Geometric Active Contours in Medical Image Segmentation

Xuchu Wang,  Yanmin Niu,  Liwen Tan,  Shao-Xiang Zhang, 
  • First Published: 07 July 2014
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Preprocessing by a Bayesian Single-Trial Event-Related Potential Estimation Technique Allows Feasibility of an Assistive Single-Channel P300-Based Brain-Computer Interface

Anahita Goljahani,  Costanza D’Avanzo,  Stefano Silvoni,  Paolo Tonin,  Francesco Piccione,  Giovanni Sparacino, 
  • First Published: 07 July 2014
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Advanced Computer Vision Approaches in Biomedical Image Analysis

Anke Meyer-Baese,  Claudia Plant,  Juan Manuel Gorriz Saez, 
  • First Published: 03 July 2014
Research Article
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Effects of Maximal Sodium and Potassium Conductance on the Stability of Hodgkin-Huxley Model

Yue Zhang,  Kuanquan Wang,  Yongfeng Yuan,  Dong Sui,  Henggui Zhang, 
  • First Published: 03 July 2014
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A Pipeline for Neuron Reconstruction Based on Spatial Sliding Volume Filter Seeding

Dong Sui,  Kuanquan Wang,  Jinseok Chae,  Yue Zhang,  Henggui Zhang, 
  • First Published: 02 July 2014
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Image Segmentation and Identification of Paired Antibodies in Breast Tissue

Jimmy C. Azar,  Martin Simonsson,  Ewert Bengtsson,  Anders Hast, 
  • First Published: 01 July 2014
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Advanced Medical Image Analysis

Rong Chen,  Zhongqiu Wang,  Yuanjie Zheng, 
  • First Published: 01 July 2014
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Synchronization of Coupled Different Chaotic FitzHugh-Nagumo Neurons with Unknown Parameters under Communication-Direction-Dependent Coupling

Muhammad Iqbal,  Muhammad Rehan,  Abdul Khaliq,  Saeed-ur- Rehman,  Keum-Shik Hong, 
  • First Published: 30 June 2014
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A CT Reconstruction Algorithm Based on Non-Aliasing Contourlet Transform and Compressive Sensing

Lu-zhen Deng,  Peng Feng,  Mian-yi Chen,  Peng He,  Quang-sang Vo,  Biao Wei, 
  • First Published: 30 June 2014
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Optimal Control of HIV/AIDS in the Workplace in the Presence of Careless Individuals

Baba Seidu,  Oluwole D. Makinde, 
  • First Published: 26 June 2014
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A Mixture Modeling Framework for Differential Analysis of High-Throughput Data

Cenny Taslim,  Shili Lin, 
  • First Published: 25 June 2014
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Privacy-Preserving Restricted Boltzmann Machine

Yu Li,  Yuan Zhang,  Yue Ji, 
  • First Published: 24 June 2014
Review Article
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3D Human Motion Editing and Synthesis: A Survey

Xin Wang,  Qiudi Chen,  Wanliang Wang, 
  • First Published: 19 June 2014
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Ultrasound Image Enhancement Using Structure-Based Filtering

Shyh-Kuang Ueng,  Cho-Li Yen,  Guan-Zhi Chen, 
  • First Published: 19 June 2014
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3D Alternating Direction TV-Based Cone-Beam CT Reconstruction with Efficient GPU Implementation

Ailong Cai,  Linyuan Wang,  Hanming Zhang,  Bin Yan,  Lei Li,  Xiaoqi Xi,  Min Guan,  Jianxin Li, 
  • First Published: 19 June 2014
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Paraxial Ocular Measurements and Entries in Spectral and Modal Matrices: Analogy and Application

Herven Abelman,  Shirley Abelman, 
  • First Published: 19 June 2014
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Dosimetric Algorithm to Reproduce Isodose Curves Obtained from a LINAC

Julio Cesar Estrada Espinosa,  Segundo Agustín Martínez Ovalle,  Cinthia Kotzian Pereira Benavides, 
  • First Published: 18 June 2014
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Optimal Installation Locations for Automated External Defibrillators in Taipei 7-Eleven Stores: Using GIS and a Genetic Algorithm with a New Stirring Operator

Chung-Yuan Huang,  Tzai-Hung Wen, 
  • First Published: 17 June 2014
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3D Data Denoising via Nonlocal Means Filter by Using Parallel GPU Strategies

Salvatore Cuomo,  Pasquale De Michele,  Francesco Piccialli, 
  • First Published: 16 June 2014
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Medical Image Segmentation Based on a Hybrid Region-Based Active Contour Model

Tingting Liu,  Haiyong Xu,  Wei Jin,  Zhen Liu,  Yiming Zhao,  Wenzhe Tian, 
  • First Published: 16 June 2014
Editorial
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Complex Systems Models in Biology and Medicine: Generic Properties and Applications

Roberto Serra, 
  • First Published: 15 June 2014
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An Interactive Method Based on the Live Wire for Segmentation of the Breast in Mammography Images

Zhang Zewei,  Wang Tianyue,  Guo Li,  Wang Tingting,  Xu Lu, 
  • First Published: 15 June 2014
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Dynamic Regulatory Network Reconstruction for Alzheimer’s Disease Based on Matrix Decomposition Techniques

Wei Kong,  Xiaoyang Mou,  Xing Zhi,  Xin Zhang,  Yang Yang, 
  • First Published: 15 June 2014
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Study on Construction of a Medical X-Ray Direct Digital Radiography System and Hybrid Preprocessing Methods

Yong Ren,  Sheng Wu,  Mijian Wang,  Zhongjie Cen, 
  • First Published: 11 June 2014
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Background-Suppressed MR Venography of the Brain Using Magnitude Data: A High-Pass Filtering Approach

Zhaoyang Jin,  Ling Xia,  Minming Zhang,  Yiping P. Du, 
  • First Published: 10 June 2014
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Computational Modeling of Interventions and Protective Thresholds to Prevent Disease Transmission in Deploying Populations

Colleen Burgess,  Angela Peace,  Rebecca Everett,  Buena Allegri,  Patrick Garman, 
  • First Published: 09 June 2014
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Mathematical Methods for Assessing the Prognostic of Fixed Partial Dentures Resulting from Evaluating a Group of Dental Patients in Romania

Ioana Chifor,  Alexandru I. Mitrea,  Iulia Clara Badea,  Radu Chifor,  Mindra Eugenia Badea,  Paulina Mitrea,  Sever Popa,  Maria Crisan,  Ramona Avram, 
  • First Published: 09 June 2014
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Solution of Radiative Transfer Equation with a Continuous and Stochastic Varying Refractive Index by Legendre Transform Method

M. Gantri, 
  • First Published: 09 June 2014

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Novel Computational Methods and Tools in Biomedicine and Biopharmacy

Yudong Cai,  Tao Huang,  Lei Chen,  Shan Gao,  Ning Zhang, 
  • First Published: 05 June 2014
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Mathematical Methods and Applications in Medical Imaging

Liang Li,  Tianye Niu,  Seungryong Cho,  Zhentian Wang, 
  • First Published: 04 June 2014
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Image-Based Computational Cardiology: From Data to Understanding

Linwei Wang,  Vicky Y. Wang,  Heye Zhang, 
  • First Published: 01 June 2014
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Automatic Lung Tumor Segmentation on PET/CT Images Using Fuzzy Markov Random Field Model

Yu Guo,  Yuanming Feng,  Jian Sun,  Ning Zhang,  Wang Lin,  Yu Sa,  Ping Wang, 
  • First Published: 29 May 2014
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Hierarchical Mergence Approach to Cell Detection in Phase Contrast Microscopy Images

Lei Chen,  Jianhua Zhang,  Shengyong Chen,  Yao Lin,  Chunyan Yao,  Jianwei Zhang, 
  • First Published: 28 May 2014
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Energy Preserved Sampling for Compressed Sensing MRI

Yudong Zhang,  Bradley S. Peterson,  Genlin Ji,  Zhengchao Dong, 
  • First Published: 26 May 2014
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State Observer Design for Delayed Genetic Regulatory Networks

Li-Ping Tian,  Zhi-Jun Wang,  Amin Mohammadbagheri,  Fang-Xiang Wu, 
  • First Published: 22 May 2014
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A Mathematical Study of a TB Model with Treatment Interruptions and Two Latent Periods

Luju Liu,  Yan Wang, 
  • First Published: 22 May 2014
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Correlating Information Contents of Gene Ontology Terms to Infer Semantic Similarity of Gene Products

Mingxin Gan, 
  • First Published: 22 May 2014
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Dimensionality Reduction by Supervised Neighbor Embedding Using Laplacian Search

Jianwei Zheng,  Hangke Zhang,  Carlo Cattani,  Wanliang Wang, 
  • First Published: 21 May 2014
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Parallel Computing of Patch-Based Nonlocal Operator and Its Application in Compressed Sensing MRI

Qiyue Li,  Xiaobo Qu,  Yunsong Liu,  Di Guo,  Jing Ye,  Zhifang Zhan,  Zhong Chen, 
  • First Published: 20 May 2014
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Hypovigilance Detection for UCAV Operators Based on a Hidden Markov Model

Yerim Choi,  Namyeon Kwon,  Sungjun Lee,  Yongwook Shin,  Chuh Yeop Ryo,  Jonghun Park,  Dongmin Shin, 
  • First Published: 20 May 2014
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Model for Imaging in MRI Using the Rotating RF Field

Adnan Trakic,  Jin Jin,  Ewald Weber,  Stuart Crozier, 
  • First Published: 19 May 2014
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A Method for Fuzzy Soft Sets in Decision Making Based on Grey Relational Analysis and D-S Theory of Evidence: Application to Medical Diagnosis

Ningxin Xie,  Guoqiu Wen,  Zhaowen Li, 
  • First Published: 19 May 2014
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Quad-PRE: A Hybrid Method to Predict Protein Quaternary Structure Attributes

Yajun Sheng,  Xingye Qiu,  Chen Zhang,  Jun Xu,  Yanping Zhang,  Wei Zheng,  Ke Chen, 
  • First Published: 18 May 2014
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Research on the Interaction between Tubeimoside 1 and HepG2 Cells Using the Microscopic Imaging and Fluorescent Spectra Method

Xiaogang Lin,  Wenchao Li,  Changbin Ye,  Xiaozhu Liu,  Hao Zhu,  Wenbing Peng,  Jie Rong, 
  • First Published: 14 May 2014
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Dynamics of Posttranslational Modifications of p53

Qing-Duan Fan,  Guang Wu,  Zeng-Rong Liu, 
  • First Published: 12 May 2014
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Impact of Dose and Sensitivity Heterogeneity on TCP

Kristin Wiklund,  Iuliana Toma-Dasu,  Bengt K. Lind, 
  • First Published: 12 May 2014

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Ranking Biomedical Annotations with Annotator’s Semantic Relevancy

Aihua Wu, 
  • First Published: 11 May 2014

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DV-Curve Representation of Protein Sequences and Its Application

Wei Deng,  Yihui Luan, 
  • First Published: 08 May 2014
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Identification of Crucial Parameters in a Mathematical Multiscale Model of Glioblastoma Growth

Tina A. Schuetz,  Andreas Mang,  Stefan Becker,  Alina Toma,  Thorsten M. Buzug, 
  • First Published: 08 May 2014
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Leaky Vaccines Protect Highly Exposed Recipients at a Lower Rate: Implications for Vaccine Efficacy Estimation and Sieve Analysis

Paul T. Edlefsen, 
  • First Published: 07 May 2014
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Genomic and Functional Analysis of the Toxic Effect of Tachyplesin I on the Embryonic Development of Zebrafish

Hongya Zhao,  Jianguo Dai,  Gang Jin, 
  • First Published: 29 April 2014
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A Mathematical Model of the Immune and Neuroendocrine Systems Mutual Regulation under the Technogenic Chemical Factors Impact

N. V. Zaitseva,  D. A. Kiryanov,  D. V. Lanin,  V. M. Chigvintsev, 
  • First Published: 27 April 2014
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The Analysis of Surface EMG Signals with the Wavelet-Based Correlation Dimension Method

Gang Wang,  Yanyan Zhang,  Jue Wang, 
  • First Published: 27 April 2014
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Sparse-View Ultrasound Diffraction Tomography Using Compressed Sensing with Nonuniform FFT

Shaoyan Hua,  Mingyue Ding,  Ming Yuchi, 
  • First Published: 24 April 2014
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Mixed-Norm Regularization for Brain Decoding

R. Flamary,  N. Jrad,  R. Phlypo,  M. Congedo,  A. Rakotomamonjy, 
  • First Published: 17 April 2014
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A CT Reconstruction Algorithm Based on L1/2 Regularization

Mianyi Chen,  Deling Mi,  Peng He,  Luzhen Deng,  Biao Wei, 
  • First Published: 16 April 2014
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Structural Equation Modeling for Analyzing Erythrocyte Fatty Acids in Framingham

James V. Pottala,  Gemechis D. Djira,  Mark A. Espeland,  Jun Ye,  Martin G. Larson,  William S. Harris, 
  • First Published: 15 April 2014
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Modeling and Visualizing Cell Type Switching

Ahmadreza Ghaffarizadeh,  Gregory J. Podgorski,  Nicholas S. Flann, 
  • First Published: 14 April 2014
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Conflicts of Interest during Contact Investigations: A Game-Theoretic Analysis

Nicolas Sippl-Swezey,  Wayne T. Enanoria,  Travis C. Porco, 
  • First Published: 14 April 2014
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Improving the Performance of the Prony Method Using a Wavelet Domain Filter for MRI Denoising

Rodney Jaramillo,  Marianela Lentini,  Marco Paluszny, 
  • First Published: 14 April 2014
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Use of CHAID Decision Trees to Formulate Pathways for the Early Detection of Metabolic Syndrome in Young Adults

Brian Miller,  Mark Fridline,  Pei-Yang Liu,  Deborah Marino, 
  • First Published: 10 April 2014
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Establishing Reliable miRNA-Cancer Association Network Based on Text-Mining Method

Lun Li,  Xingchi Hu,  Zhaowan Yang,  Zhenyu Jia,  Ming Fang,  Libin Zhang,  Yanhong Zhou, 
  • First Published: 10 April 2014
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Mathematical Modeling of Transmission Dynamics and Optimal Control of Vaccination and Treatment for Hepatitis B Virus

Ali Vahidian Kamyad,  Reza Akbari,  Ali Akbar Heydari,  Aghileh Heydari, 
  • First Published: 09 April 2014
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Integrating Gene Expression and Protein Interaction Data for Signaling Pathway Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease

Wei Kong,  Jingmao Zhang,  Xiaoyang Mou,  Yang Yang, 
  • First Published: 09 April 2014
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Structure-Functional Prediction and Analysis of Cancer Mutation Effects in Protein Kinases

Anshuman Dixit,  Gennady M. Verkhivker, 
  • First Published: 08 April 2014
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Global Hopf Bifurcation on Two-Delays Leslie-Gower Predator-Prey System with a Prey Refuge

Qingsong Liu,  Yiping Lin,  Jingnan Cao, 
  • First Published: 07 April 2014
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A Time-Domain Hybrid Analysis Method for Detecting and Quantifying T-Wave Alternans

Xiangkui Wan,  Kanghui Yan,  Linlin Zhang,  Yanjun Zeng, 
  • First Published: 03 April 2014
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Dynamics of High-Risk Nonvaccine Human Papillomavirus Types after Actual Vaccination Scheme

Raúl Peralta,  Cruz Vargas-De-León,  Augusto Cabrera,  Pedro Miramontes, 
  • First Published: 03 April 2014
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Automatic Detection and Quantification of WBCs and RBCs Using Iterative Structured Circle Detection Algorithm

Yazan M. Alomari,  Siti Norul Huda Sheikh Abdullah,  Raja Zaharatul Azma,  Khairuddin Omar, 
  • First Published: 03 April 2014
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Multimodal Spatial Calibration for Accurately Registering EEG Sensor Positions

Jianhua Zhang,  Jian Chen,  Shengyong Chen,  Gang Xiao,  Xiaoli Li, 
  • First Published: 03 April 2014
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A Nonparametric Shape Prior Constrained Active Contour Model for Segmentation of Coronaries in CTA Images

Yin Wang,  Han Jiang, 
  • First Published: 01 April 2014
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A Semiparametric Bivariate Probit Model for Joint Modeling of Outcomes in STEMI Patients

Francesca Ieva,  Giampiero Marra,  Anna Maria Paganoni,  Rosalba Radice, 
  • First Published: 01 April 2014
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Weighted Lin-Wang Tests for Crossing Hazards

James A. Koziol,  Zhenyu Jia, 
  • First Published: 30 March 2014
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Modeling the Impact of Climate Change on the Dynamics of Rift Valley Fever

Saul C. Mpeshe,  Livingstone S. Luboobi,  Yaw Nkansah-Gyekye, 
  • First Published: 30 March 2014
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Logic Regression for Provider Effects on Kidney Cancer Treatment Delivery

Mousumi Banerjee,  Christopher Filson,  Rong Xia,  David C. Miller, 
  • First Published: 27 March 2014
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Sparse-Representation-Based Direct Minimum Lp-Norm Algorithm for MRI Phase Unwrapping

Wei He,  Ling Xia,  Feng Liu, 
  • First Published: 26 March 2014
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A Two-Stage Exon Recognition Model Based on Synergetic Neural Network

Zhehuang Huang,  Yidong Chen, 
  • First Published: 25 March 2014
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Fitting C2 Continuous Parametric Surfaces to Frontiers Delimiting Physiologic Structures

Jason D. Bayer,  Matthew Epstein,  Jacques Beaumont, 
  • First Published: 24 March 2014
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Dynamics Analysis and Simulation of a Modified HIV Infection Model with a Saturated Infection Rate

Qilin Sun,  Lequan Min, 
  • First Published: 23 March 2014
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Screening for Cervical Cancer Using Automated Analysis of PAP-Smears

Ewert Bengtsson,  Patrik Malm, 
  • First Published: 20 March 2014
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Dynamics of a New Strain of the H1N1 Influenza A Virus Incorporating the Effects of Repetitive Contacts

Puntani Pongsumpun,  I-Ming Tang, 
  • First Published: 13 March 2014
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BioTCM-SE: A Semantic Search Engine for the Information Retrieval of Modern Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine

Xi Chen,  Huajun Chen,  Xuan Bi,  Peiqin Gu,  Jiaoyan Chen,  Zhaohui Wu, 
  • First Published: 12 March 2014
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Controllable Edge Feature Sharpening for Dental Applications

Ran Fan,  Xiaogang Jin, 
  • First Published: 11 March 2014
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Tract-Based Bayesian Multivariate Analysis of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Yongkang Liu,  Tianyao Wang,  Xiao Chen,  Jianhua Zhang,  Guoxing Zhou,  Zhongqiu Wang,  Rong Chen, 
  • First Published: 10 March 2014
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Retracted: Bayes Clustering and Structural Support Vector Machines for Segmentation of Carotid Artery Plaques in Multicontrast MRI

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, 
  • First Published: 10 March 2014

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A Hybrid Approach of Using Symmetry Technique for Brain Tumor Segmentation

Mubbashar Saddique,  Jawad Haider Kazmi,  Kalim Qureshi, 
  • First Published: 09 March 2014
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A New Multistage Medical Segmentation Method Based on Superpixel and Fuzzy Clustering

Shiyong Ji,  Benzheng Wei,  Zhen Yu,  Gongping Yang,  Yilong Yin, 
  • First Published: 09 March 2014
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Enhancing the Detection of BOLD Signal in fMRI by Reducing the Partial Volume Effect

Yiping P. Du,  Renxin Chu,  Jason R. Tregellas, 
  • First Published: 09 March 2014
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Computational Neuroscience

Jinde Cao,  Qingshan Liu,  Sabri Arik,  Jianlong Qiu,  Haijun Jiang,  Ahmed Elaiw, 
  • First Published: 06 March 2014
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Statistical Genetics and Its Applications in Medical Studies

Ao Yuan,  Wenqing He,  Gengsheng Qin,  Qizhai Li, 
  • First Published: 06 March 2014
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Independent Component Analysis of Instantaneous Power-Based fMRI

Yuan Zhong,  Gang Zheng,  Yijun Liu,  Guangming Lu, 
  • First Published: 06 March 2014
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A New Ratio for Protocol Categorization

Pierre Squara, 
  • First Published: 05 March 2014
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Deep Learning Based Syndrome Diagnosis of Chronic Gastritis

Guo-Ping Liu,  Jian-Jun Yan,  Yi-Qin Wang,  Wu Zheng,  Tao Zhong,  Xiong Lu,  Peng Qian, 
  • First Published: 05 March 2014
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Pregnancy Monitoring

M. Mischi,  B. Karlsson,  M. G. Signorini,  M. Ungureanu,  C. Marque, 
  • First Published: 04 March 2014
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First Comprehensive In Silico Analysis of the Functional and Structural Consequences of SNPs in Human GalNAc-T1 Gene

Hussein Sheikh Ali Mohamoud,  Muhammad Ramzan Manwar Hussain,  Ashraf A. El-Harouni,  Noor Ahmad Shaik,  Zaheer Ulhaq Qasmi,  Amir Feisal Merican,  Mukhtiar Baig,  Yasir Anwar,  Hani Asfour,  Nabeel Bondagji,  Jumana Yousuf Al-Aama, 
  • First Published: 04 March 2014
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An SIRS Epidemic Model Incorporating Media Coverage with Time Delay

Huitao Zhao,  Yiping Lin,  Yunxian Dai, 
  • First Published: 03 March 2014
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A Harmonic Linear Dynamical System for Prominent ECG Feature Extraction

Ngoc Anh Nguyen Thi,  Hyung-Jeong Yang,  SunHee Kim,  Luu Ngoc Do, 
  • First Published: 26 February 2014
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Cirrhosis Classification Based on Texture Classification of Random Features

Hui Liu,  Ying Shao,  Dongmei Guo,  Yuanjie Zheng,  Zuowei Zhao,  Tianshuang Qiu, 
  • First Published: 24 February 2014
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Multiple Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System with Automatic Features Extraction Algorithm for Cervical Cancer Recognition

Mohammad Subhi Al-batah,  Nor Ashidi Mat Isa,  Mohammad Fadel Klaib,  Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, 
  • First Published: 23 February 2014
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On Coalescence Analysis Using Genealogy Rooted Trees

Ao Yuan,  Gengsheng Qin,  Wenqing He,  Qizhai Li, 
  • First Published: 23 February 2014
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A Novel Blind Separation Method in Magnetic Resonance Images

Jianbin Gao,  Qi Xia,  Lixue Yin,  Ji Zhou,  Li Du,  Yunfeng Fan, 
  • First Published: 23 February 2014
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MACT: A Manageable Minimization Allocation System

Yan Cui,  Huaien Bu,  Hongwu Wang,  Shizhong Liao, 
  • First Published: 23 February 2014
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Constitutive Modeling of Time-Dependent Response of Human Plantar Aponeurosis

P. G. Pavan,  P. Pachera,  C. Stecco,  A. N. Natali, 
  • First Published: 20 February 2014
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An Investigation of Factors Affecting Elementary School Students’ BMI Values Based on the System Dynamics Modeling

Tian-Syung Lan,  Kai-Ling Chen,  Pin-Chang Chen,  Chao-Tai Ku,  Pei-Hsuan Chiu,  Meng-Hsiang Wang, 
  • First Published: 20 February 2014
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A Modeling and Experiment Framework for the Emergency Management in AHC Transmission

Bin Chen,  Yuanzheng Ge,  Laobing Zhang,  Yongzheng Zhang,  Ziming Zhong,  Xiaocheng Liu, 
  • First Published: 16 February 2014
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Disease Control through Voluntary Vaccination Decisions Based on the Smoothed Best Response

Fei Xu,  Ross Cressman, 
  • First Published: 16 February 2014
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A New High-Resolution Spectral Approach to Noninvasively Evaluate Wall Deformations in Arteries

Ivonne Bazan,  Carlos Negreira,  Antonio Ramos,  Javier Brum,  Alfredo Ramirez, 
  • First Published: 13 February 2014
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Quantitative Estimation of Temperature Variations in Plantar Angiosomes: A Study Case for Diabetic Foot

H. Peregrina-Barreto,  L. A. Morales-Hernandez,  J. J. Rangel-Magdaleno,  J. G. Avina-Cervantes,  J. M. Ramirez-Cortes,  R. Morales-Caporal, 
  • First Published: 13 February 2014
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Segmentation of Choroidal Boundary in Enhanced Depth Imaging OCTs Using a Multiresolution Texture Based Modeling in Graph Cuts

Hajar Danesh,  Raheleh Kafieh,  Hossein Rabbani,  Fedra Hajizadeh, 
  • First Published: 11 February 2014
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The Relationship between the 24 h Blood Pressure Variability and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: A Compared Study

Huahua Xiong,  Dan Wu,  Xiaohong Tian,  Wan-Hua Lin,  Chunyue Li,  Heye Zhang,  Yunpeng Cai,  Yuan-Ting Zhang, 
  • First Published: 11 February 2014
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Fetal ECG Extraction from Abdominal Signals: A Review on Suppression of Fundamental Power Line Interference Component and Its Harmonics

Dragoş-Daniel Ţarălungă,  Georgeta-Mihaela Ungureanu,  Ilinca Gussi,  Rodica Strungaru,  Werner Wolf, 
  • First Published: 09 February 2014
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Pulse Waveform Classification Using Support Vector Machine with Gaussian Time Warp Edit Distance Kernel

Danbing Jia,  Dongyu Zhang,  Naimin Li, 
  • First Published: 09 February 2014
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Developing Image Processing Meta-Algorithms with Data Mining of Multiple Metrics

Kelvin Leung,  Alexandre Cunha,  A. W. Toga,  D. Stott Parker, 
  • First Published: 05 February 2014
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An Improved FCM Medical Image Segmentation Algorithm Based on MMTD

Ningning Zhou,  Tingting Yang,  Shaobai Zhang, 
  • First Published: 04 February 2014
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Influence of Electrode Placement on Signal Quality for Ambulatory Pregnancy Monitoring

M. J. Rooijakkers,  S. Song,  C. Rabotti,  S. G. Oei,  J. W. M. Bergmans,  E. Cantatore,  M. Mischi, 
  • First Published: 03 February 2014
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A Supervised Network Analysis on Gene Expression Profiles of Breast Tumors Predicts a 41-Gene Prognostic Signature of the Transcription Factor MYB across Molecular Subtypes

Li-Yu D. Liu,  Li-Yun Chang,  Wen-Hung Kuo,  Hsiao-Lin Hwa,  King-Jen Chang,  Fon-Jou Hsieh, 
  • First Published: 03 February 2014
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Splitting Strategy for Simulating Genetic Regulatory Networks

Xiong You,  Xueping Liu,  Ibrahim Hussein Musa, 
  • First Published: 02 February 2014
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Methodological Framework for Estimating the Correlation Dimension in HRV Signals

Juan Bolea,  Pablo Laguna,  José María Remartínez,  Eva Rovira,  Augusto Navarro,  Raquel Bailón, 
  • First Published: 30 January 2014
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Monitoring Fetal Heart Rate during Pregnancy: Contributions from Advanced Signal Processing and Wearable Technology

Maria G. Signorini,  Andrea Fanelli,  Giovanni Magenes, 
  • First Published: 30 January 2014
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Erratum to “Comparative Evaluation of Osseointegrated Dental Implants Based on Platform-Switching Concept: Influence of Diameter, Length, Thread Shape, and In-Bone Positioning Depth on Stress-Based Performance”

Luigi Baggi,  Michele Di Girolamo,  Giuseppe Vairo,  Gianpaolo Sannino, 
  • First Published: 29 January 2014

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New Estimators and Guidelines for Better Use of Fetal Heart Rate Estimators with Doppler Ultrasound Devices

Iulian Voicu,  Sébastien Ménigot,  Denis Kouamé,  Jean-Marc Girault, 
  • First Published: 29 January 2014
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A New Kernel-Based Fuzzy Level Set Method for Automated Segmentation of Medical Images in the Presence of Intensity Inhomogeneity

Maryam Rastgarpour,  Jamshid Shanbehzadeh, 
  • First Published: 29 January 2014
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Integrative Approaches in Computational Biomedical Imaging 2013

Huafeng Liu,  Pengcheng Shi,  Yunmei Chen, 
  • First Published: 27 January 2014
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Differentiating Small (≤1 cm) Focal Liver Lesions as Metastases or Cysts by means of Computed Tomography: A Case-Study to Illustrate a Fuzzy Logic-Based Method to Assess the Impact of Diagnostic Confidence on Radiological Diagnosis

Rossano Girometti,  Francesco Fabris,  Andrea Sgarro,  Gloria Zanella,  Serena Pullini,  Lorenzo Cereser,  Giuseppe Como,  Chiara Zuiani,  Massimo Bazzocchi, 
  • First Published: 27 January 2014
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On Multilabel Classification Methods of Incompletely Labeled Biomedical Text Data

Anton Kolesov,  Dmitry Kamyshenkov,  Maria Litovchenko,  Elena Smekalova,  Alexey Golovizin,  Alex Zhavoronkov, 
  • First Published: 23 January 2014
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Antibiotic Use as a Tragedy of the Commons: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Kieran S. O′Brien,  Seth Blumberg,  Wayne T. A. Enanoria,  Sarah Ackley,  Nicolas Sippl-Swezey,  Thomas M. Lietman, 
  • First Published: 22 January 2014
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Left Ventricular Endocardium Tracking by Fusion of Biomechanical and Deformable Models

Hussin Ketout,  Jason Gu, 
  • First Published: 21 January 2014
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A Machine Learning Approach for Specification of Spinal Cord Injuries Using Fractional Anisotropy Values Obtained from Diffusion Tensor Images

Bunheang Tay,  Jung Keun Hyun,  Sejong Oh, 
  • First Published: 21 January 2014
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Fully Automated Detection of Corticospinal Tract Damage in Chronic Stroke Patients

Ming Yang,  Ya-ru Yang,  Hui-jun Li,  Xue-song Lu,  Yong-mei Shi,  Bin Liu,  Hua-jun Chen,  Gao-jun Teng, 
  • First Published: 15 January 2014
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Designing Lead Optimisation of MMP-12 Inhibitors

Matteo Borrotti,  Davide De March,  Debora Slanzi,  Irene Poli, 
  • First Published: 12 January 2014
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A 3D Finite-Difference BiCG Iterative Solver with the Fourier-Jacobi Preconditioner for the Anisotropic EIT/EEG Forward Problem

Sergei Turovets,  Vasily Volkov,  Aleksej Zherdetsky,  Alena Prakonina,  Allen D. Malony, 
  • First Published: 12 January 2014
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Automatic Identification of Motion Artifacts in EHG Recording for Robust Analysis of Uterine Contractions

Yiyao Ye-Lin,  Javier Garcia-Casado,  Gema Prats-Boluda,  José Alberola-Rubio,  Alfredo Perales, 
  • First Published: 09 January 2014
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Long-Distance Travel Behaviours Accelerate and Aggravate the Large-Scale Spatial Spreading of Infectious Diseases

Zhijing Xu,  Zhenghu Zu,  Tao Zheng,  Wendou Zhang,  Qing Xu,  Jinjie Liu, 
  • First Published: 08 January 2014
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Incremental Activation Detection for Real-Time fMRI Series Using Robust Kalman Filter

Liang Li,  Bin Yan,  Li Tong,  Linyuan Wang,  Jianxin Li, 
  • First Published: 06 January 2014
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Image Mosaic Method Based on SIFT Features of Line Segment

Jun Zhu,  Mingwu Ren, 
  • First Published: 06 January 2014
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Influence of Bundle Diameter and Attachment Point on Kinematic Behavior in Double Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using Computational Model

Oh Soo Kwon,  Tserenchimed Purevsuren,  Kyungsoo Kim,  Won Man Park,  Tae-Kyu Kwon,  Yoon Hyuk Kim, 
  • First Published: 05 January 2014
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The Effect of Inhibitory Neuron on the Evolution Model of Higher-Order Coupling Neural Oscillator Population

Yi Qi,  Rubin Wang,  Xianfa Jiao,  Ying Du, 
  • First Published: 02 January 2014
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Virtual Grasping: Closed-Loop Force Control Using Electrotactile Feedback

Nikola Jorgovanovic,  Strahinja Dosen,  Damir J. Djozic,  Goran Krajoski,  Dario Farina, 
  • First Published: 02 January 2014