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A New Churn Prediction Model Based on Deep Insight Features Transformation for Convolution Neural Network Architecture and Stacknet
Predicting churn has become a critical issue for service providers around the world. In particular, telecom operators for whom acquiring new customers is four times more costly than retaining existing ones. To keep up with the...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
A New Classification Model Based on Transfer Learning of DCNN and Stacknet for Fast Classification of Pneumonia Through X-Ray Images
Coronavirus has spread worldwide, with over 688 million confirmed cases and 6.8 million deaths. The results could be important as containment restrictions begin to be relaxed and we are not immune to new strains. They underscore...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Increased ShTAL1 IgE responses post-Praziquantel treatment may be associated with a reduced risk to re-infection in a Ghanaian S. haematobium-endemic community.
Elias K Asuming-Brempong, Irene Ayi, William van der Puije, Ben A Gyan, Irene A Larbi, Yvonne Ashong, Naa Adjeley Frempong, Joseph K Quartey, Joseph Otchere, Frances M Jones, Shona Wilson, David W Dunne, Daniel A Boakye
Apr 09, 2022
BACKGROUND: Evidence from recent studies in Schistosoma mansoni-endemic areas show an age-associated immunity that is positively correlated with IgE titres to Schistosoma mansoni-specific tegumental allergen-like protein 1...
Increased ShTAL1 IgE responses post-Praziquantel treatment may be associated with a reduced risk to re-infection in a Ghanaian S. haematobium-endemic community.
Elias K Asuming-Brempong, Irene Ayi, William van der Puije, Ben A Gyan, Irene A Larbi, Yvonne Ashong, Naa Adjeley Frempong, Joseph K Quartey, Joseph Otchere, Frances M Jones, Shona Wilson, David Dunne, Daniel A Boakye
Mar 09, 2022
BACKGROUND: Evidence from recent studies in Schistosoma mansoni-endemic areas show an age-associated immunity that is positively correlated with IgE titres to Schistosoma mansoni-specific tegumental allergen-like protein 1...
Drinking water from dug wells in rural ghana--salmonella contamination, environmental factors, and genotypes.
Denise Myriam Dekker, Ralf Krumkamp, Nimako Sarpong, Hagen Frickmann, Kennedy Gyau Boahen, Michael Frimpong, Renate Asare, Richard Larbi, Ralf Matthias Hagen, Sven Poppert, Wolfgang Rabsch, Florian Marks, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Jürgen May
Feb 19, 2019
Salmonellosis is an important but neglected disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Food or fecal-oral associated transmissions are the primary cause of infections, while the role of waterborne transmission is unclear. Samples were...
Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial of Choral Singing Intervention to Prevent Cognitive Decline in At-Risk Older Adults Living in the Community.
Jasmine Tan, FH Maurine Tsakok, Elisabeth K Ow, Bernard Lanskey, Kian Siong Darius Lim, Lee Gan Goh, Chay-Hoon Tan, Irwin Kee-Mun Cheah, Anis Larbi, Roger Foo, Marie Loh, Caroline Kai Yun Wong, John Suckling, Jialiang Li, Rathi Mahendran, Ee-Heok Kua, Lei Feng
Nov 06, 2018
Introduction: This study is a parallel-arm randomized controlled trial evaluating choral singing's efficacy and underlying mechanisms in preventing cognitive decline in at-risk older participants. Methods: Three-hundred and...
Immunosenescence and Cytomegalovirus
Graham Pawelec, Arne Akbar, Peter Beverley, Calogero Caruso, Evelyna Derhovanessian, Tamas Fülöp, Paul Griffiths, Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein, Klaus Hamprecht, Gerhard Jahn, Florian Kern, Sven D Koch, Anis Larbi, Andrea B Maier, Derek Macallan, Paul Moss, Sandrine Samson, Jan Strindhall, Emanuelle Trannoy, Mark Wills
Jun 14, 2011
Effects of choral singing versus health education on cognitive decline and aging
Lei Feng, Rafael Romero-Garcia, John Suckling, Jasmine Tan, Anis Larbi, Irwin Cheah, Glenn Wong, Maurine Tsakok, Bernard Lanskey, Darius Lim, Jialiang Li, Joanna Yang, Benjamin Goh, Tristan Gwee Chen Teck, Allan Ho, Xiu Wang, Jin-Tai Yu, Can Zhang, Crystal Tan, Michelle Chua, Junhua Li, John J Totman, Caroline Wong, Marie Loh, Roger Foo, Chay Hoon Tan, Lee Gan Goh, Rathi Mahendran, Brian K Kennedy, Ee-Heok Kua
Feb 12, 2021
We conducted a randomized controlled trial to examine choral singing's effect on cognitive decline in aging. Older Singaporeans who were at high risk of future dementia were recruited: 47 were assigned to choral singing...
biological markers choral singing cognitive decline Health Education Randomized controlled trial Aged aging Brain Cognitive Dysfunction Female Health Education Humans immunosenescence Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Middle Aged music therapy Neuropsychological Tests Oxidative Stress Singapore singing
Human dermal CD14⁺ cells are a transient population of monocyte-derived macrophages.
Naomi McGovern, Andreas Schlitzer, Merry Gunawan, Laura Jardine, Amanda Shin, Elizabeth Poyner, Kile Green, Rachel Dickinson, Xiao-Nong Wang, Donovan Low, Katie Best, Samuel Covins, Paul Milne, Sarah Pagan, Khadija Aljefri, Martin Windebank, Diego Miranda-Saavedra, Anis Larbi, Pavandip Singh Wasan, Kaibo Duan, Michael Poidinger, Venetia Bigley, Florent Ginhoux, Matthew Collin, Muzlifah Haniffa
Jun 18, 2018
Dendritic cells (DCs), monocytes, and macrophages are leukocytes with critical roles in immunity and tolerance. The DC network is evolutionarily conserved; the homologs of human tissue CD141(hi)XCR1⁺ CLEC9A⁺ DCs and CD1c⁺ DCs...
Unsupervised High-Dimensional Analysis Aligns Dendritic Cells across Tissues and Species.
Martin Guilliams, Charles-Antoine Dutertre, Charlotte L Scott, Naomi McGovern, Dorine Sichien, Svetoslav Chakarov, Sofie Van Gassen, Jinmiao Chen, Michael Poidinger, Sofie De Prijck, Simon J Tavernier, Ivy Low, Sergio Erdal Irac, Citra Nurfarah Mattar, Hermi Rizal Sumatoh, Gillian Hui Ling Low, Tam John Kit Chung, Dedrick Kok Hong Chan, Ker Kan Tan, Tony Lim Kiat Hon, Even Fossum, Bjarne Bogen, Mahesh Choolani, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Anis Larbi, Hervé Luche, Sandrine Henri, Yvan Saeys, Evan William Newell, Bart N Lambrecht, Bernard Malissen, Florent Ginhoux
Jun 28, 2018
Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells that hold great therapeutic potential. Multiple DC subsets have been described, and it remains challenging to align them across tissues and species to analyze their...
Human fetal dendritic cells promote prenatal T-cell immune suppression through arginase-2.
Naomi McGovern, Amanda Shin, Gillian Low, Donovan Low, Kaibo Duan, Leong Jing Yao, Rasha Msallam, Ivy Low, Nurhidaya Binte Shadan, Hermi R Sumatoh, Erin Soon, Josephine Lum, Esther Mok, Sandra Hubert, Peter See, Edwin Huang Kunxiang, Yie Hou Lee, Baptiste Janela, Mahesh Choolani, Citra Nurfarah Zaini Mattar, Yiping Fan, Tony Kiat Hon Lim, Dedrick Kok Hong Chan, Ker-Kan Tan, John Kit Chung Tam, Christopher Schuster, Adelheid Elbe-Bürger, Xiao-Nong Wang, Venetia Bigley, Matthew Collin, Muzlifah Haniffa, Andreas Schlitzer, Michael Poidinger, Salvatore Albani, Anis Larbi, Evan W Newell, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Florent Ginhoux
Jun 18, 2018
During gestation the developing human fetus is exposed to a diverse range of potentially immune-stimulatory molecules including semi-allogeneic antigens from maternal cells, substances from ingested amniotic fluid, food...
CMV and Immunosenescence
Rafael Solana, Raquel Tarazona, Allison E Aiello, Arne N Akbar, Victor Appay, Mark Beswick, Jos A Bosch, Carmen Campos, Sara Cantisán, Luka Cicin-Sain, Evelyna Derhovanessian, Sara Ferrando-Martínez, Daniela Frasca, Tamas Fulöp, Sheila Govind, Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein, Ann Hill, Mikko Hurme, Florian Kern, Anis Larbi, Miguel López-Botet, Andrea B Maier, Janet E McElhaney, Paul Moss, Elissaveta Naumova, Janko Nikolich-Zugich, Alejandra Pera, Jerrald L Rector, Natalie Riddell, Beatriz Sanchez-Correa, Paolo Sansoni, Delphine Sauce, Rene van Lier, George C Wang, Mark R Wills, Maciej Zieliński, Graham Pawelec
Mar 01, 2013