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Determinants of QuantiFERON Plus-diagnosed tuberculosis infection in adult Ugandan TB contacts
Jonathan Mayito, Adrian R Martineau, Divya Tiwari, Lydia Nakiyingi, David P Kateete, Stephen T Reece, Irene Andia Biraro
Apr 17, 2023
Background
The tuberculin skin test is commonly used to diagnose latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in resource-limited settings, but its specificity is limited by factors including cross-reactivity with BCG vaccine...
Humans Tuberculosis HIV Infections Tuberculin Test Cross-Sectional Studies Adult Uganda Female Male Latent Tuberculosis Interferon-gamma Release Tests
Published by: PLOS ONE
Determinants of QuantiFERON Plus-diagnosed tuberculosis infection in adult Ugandan TB contacts
Jonathan Mayito, Adrian R Martineau, Divya Tiwari, Lydia Nakiyingi, David P Kateete, Stephen T Reece, Irene Andia Biraro
Mar 27, 2023
BACKGROUND: The tuberculin skin test is commonly used to diagnose latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in resource-limited settings, but its specificity is limited by factors including cross-reactivity with BCG vaccine and...
Measuring CRM Effectiveness in Indian Stock Broking Services
The article tried to develop a multi-item scale for analyzing CRM effectiveness (CRME) from the customer perspective in the Indian stock broking context. The results revealed that customer satisfaction could be improved through...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Synchronisation of policy related uncertainty, financial stress and economic activity in the United States
Abstract: This study analyses the synchronisation of economic activity, financial stress and uncertainty in the United States by employing a wavelet‐based approach of cohesion. Being innovative in the choice of the...
Detecting Fake News Over Job Posts via Bi-Directional Long Short-Term Memory (BIDLSTM)
Fake news detection on job advertisements has grabbed the attention of many researchers over past decade. Various classifiers such as Support Vector Machine (SVM), XGBoost Classifier and Random Forest (RF) methods are greatly...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE E-BANKING SYSTEMS IN INDIA
DIVYA NALLURI
Jan 01, 0001
The paper seeks to explore how internet or e-banking has improvised the efficiency and adequacy in the banking sector within a very short span of time, Research Design/Process in Financial Organization, Methods of Data...
e-banking Banking Sector Security Measures Human Resources Management Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Management Information Systems Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
Published by: Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
Real-Time Mobile-Phone-Aided Melanoma Skin Lesion Detection Using Triangulation Technique
Melanoma is a harmful disease among all types of skin cancer. Genetic factors and the exposure of UV rays causes melanoma skin lesions. Early diagnosis is important to identify malignant melanomas to improve the patient...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
A Novel Hybrid Approach for Chronic Disease Classification
A two-phase diagnostic framework based on hybrid classification for the diagnosis of chronic disease is proposed. In the first phase, feature selection via ReliefF method and feature extraction via PCA method are incorporated....
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
A novel hierarchical contribution factor based model for distribution use-of-system charges
Due to the limited visibility at low voltage (LV) networks, existing Distribution Use-of-System (DUoS) charging methodologies assume that all the network users use the network in proportion to their peak flows. This naive...
Contribution factor Demand side response Distribution use-of-system charges Energy economics Long-term incremental cost LV networks /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2205 name=Civil and Structural Engineering /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2215 name=Building and Construction /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2100/2100 name=General Energy /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2210 name=Mechanical Engineering /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2308 name=Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
The Geography of Human Capital
This paper explores the spatial heterogeneity in the human capital potential of Indonesia’s next generation by constructing and analyzing sub-national human capital indices (HCI) for 34 provinces and 514 districts in Indonesia....
Education human capital Indonesia Inequality Poverty /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200/3204 name=Developmental and Educational Psychology /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1201 name=Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3312 name=Sociology and Political Science /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3300 name=General Social Sciences /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being name=SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Blockchain Adoption for Provenance and Traceability in the Retail Food Supply Chain
Blockchain has evolved as one of the disruptive technologies in the landscape of business. The study aims to investigate drivers of consumer adoption of blockchain for product origin and track to trace history before making a...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Effect of surface treatment and built form on thermal profile of open spaces
The thermal environment in Recreational Open Spaces (ROS) is primarily a result of the surrounding built form which includes buildings, trees, and surface treatment materials. To study the impact of land surface treatment choice...
Adaptive Ontology-Based IoT Resource Provisioning in Computing Systems
The eagle expresses of cloud computing plays a pivotal role in the development of technology. The aim is to solve in such a way that it will provide an optimized solution. The key role of allocating these efficient resources and...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
A Comparative Study of Deep Learning Models With Handcraft Features and Non-Handcraft Features for Automatic Plant Species Identification
Shamik Tiwari
Apr 01, 2020
The classification of plants is one of the most important aims for botanists since plants have a significant part in the natural life cycle. In this work, a leaf-based automatic plant classification framework is investigated....
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
The Geography of Human Capital
This paper explores the spatial heterogeneity in the human capital potential of Indonesia’s next generation by constructing and analyzing sub-national human capital indices (HCI) for 34 provinces and 514 districts in Indonesia....
Education human capital Indonesia Inequality Poverty /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200/3204 name=Developmental and Educational Psychology /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1201 name=Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3312 name=Sociology and Political Science /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3300 name=General Social Sciences /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being name=SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Dermatoscopy Using Multi-Layer Perceptron, Convolution Neural Network, and Capsule Network to Differentiate Malignant Melanoma From Benign Nevus
Shamik Tiwari
Jul 01, 2021
Epiluminescence microscopy, more simply, dermatoscopy, entails a process using imaging to examine skin lesions. Various sorts of skin ailments, for example, melanoma, may be differentiated via these skin images. With the adverse...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Strategic bidding for wind power producers in electricity markets
In evolving electricity markets, wind power producers (WPPs) would increase their profit through strategic bidding. However, generated power by WPPs is highly random, which may result into heavy imbalance charges. In markets...
Distributed manufacturing
JS Srai, M Kumar, G Graham, W Phillips, J Tooze, S Ford, P Beecher, B Raj, M Gregory, MK Tiwari, B Ravi, A Neely, R Shankar, F Charnley, A Tiwari
May 05, 2016
Simulated Workbench Design for Characterisation and Selection of Appropriate Outlier Ensemble Algorithm
Outlier ensembles can enhance the performance of outlier detection algorithms. However, identification of an appropriate outlier ensemble algorithm for the given application is a difficult task. In order to achieve this...
Systems & Software Design Computer Science and Information Technology Systems and Software Engineering
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
EMD-Based Semantic User Similarity Using Past Travel Histories
The cost-effective and easy availability of handheld mobile devices and ubiquity of location acquisition services such as GPS and GSM networks has helped expedient logging and sharing of location histories of mobile users. This...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Six Sigma based approach to optimize radial forging operation variables
The present competitive market is focusing industrial efforts on producing high-quality products with the lowest possible cost. To help accomplish this objective, various quality improvement philosophies have been put forward in...
Strategic bidding for wind power producers in electricity markets
In evolving electricity markets, wind power producers (WPPs) would increase their profit through strategic bidding. However, generated power by WPPs is highly random, which may result into heavy imbalance charges. In markets...
Six Sigma based approach to optimize radial forging operation variables
The present competitive market is focusing industrial efforts on producing high-quality products with the lowest possible cost. To help accomplish this objective, various quality improvement philosophies have been put forward in...
Systemic Risk Assessment in Complex Supply Networks
The growth in size and complexity of supply chains has led to compounded risk exposure, which is hard to measure with existing risk management approaches. In this study, we apply the concept of systemic risk to show that...
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