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Large-scale analysis, management, and retrieval of biological and medical images
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Biomedical image data have been growing quickly in volume, speed, and complexity, and there is an increasing reliance on the analysis of these data. Biomedical scientists are in need of efficient and accurate analyses of ... -
Methods to assess process flow and wait-times at student run free clinics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Objective: The aim of this study is to suggest a methodology for Student Run Free Clinics (SRFC) to collect and analyze data in order to derive recommendations that improve clinic operations and the value of care. Background: ... -
Development of Soybean Knowledge Base (SoyKB), a multi-omics data integration web resource for bridging molecular breeding and translational genomics in Glycine Max
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Many genome-scale data are available in soybean (Glycine Max) including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics datasets, together with growing knowledge of soybean in gene, microRNAs, pathways, and phenotypes. ... -
Recidivism and resource use by mental health patients in the emergency room
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Mental health recidivism in the Emergency Room (ER) ties into the revolving door phenomenon, as many patients with prior visits to the emergency room tend to make this a frequent pattern (Dhossche & Ghani, 1998). The ER ... -
Informatic approaches to evolutionary systems biology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)The sheer complexity of evolutionary systems biology requires us to develop more sophisticated tools for analysis, as well as more probing and biologically relevant representations of the data. My research has focused on ... -
Understanding structure, function, and evolution of protein-protein interactions by computational modeling and analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Currently, with the growth of experimental structural data on protein-protein interactions and larger protein complexes, the trend in computational biology and structural bioinformatics is towards applying such resources ... -
Uncovering morphoproteomic relationships using probabilistic graphical models and resource description framework knowledgebases
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)The heterogeneity of individual patient responses to conventional drug therapies is one of the central problems in personalized medicine and has great impact on clinical outcomes. To address this problem a new field of ... -
Designing a holistic prototype and evaluating the requirements of long-term care electronic health record
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Our research is aimed at exploring the design requirements of long-term care information system or electronic health record based on the needs of the care providers. It helped in evaluating the current status of long-term ... -
Using pathway correlation profiles for understanding pathway perturbation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Identifying perturbed or dysregulated pathways is critical to understanding the biological processes that change within an experiment. Previous methods identified important pathways that are significantly enriched among ... -
Developing a HIPAA compliant EMR system: TigerPlace case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)The purpose of this project was to develop a secure and HIPAA-compliant EMR system in TigerPlace. Any information that is processed over the network or internet is exposed to various security threats. Malware infections ... -
Understanding intensive care unit clinical communication using knowledge representation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)Medical errors are a major cause of death among Americans, and clinical miscommunication is considered the leading cause of medical errors. The aim of this study was to analyze clinical communication behaviors and interruptions ... -
Genome-wide microbial phylogeny reconstruction with polytomy identification
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Evolutionary comparative genomics is one of the most studied areas in the computational biology. With ever increasing speed of newly sequenced microbial genome deposition, the study of the evolutionary relationships among ... -
Manual process productivity measurement: for Pre-registration Department in University of Missouri Healthcare
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)In the healthcare industry, it is often hard to measure productivity, because the input and the output of the process may be difficult to distinguish and may have different units of measurement. Based on previous research, ... -
Developing a model of psychiatric visit non-adherence
(University of Missouri-Columbia, 2010)Non-adherence to psychiatry visits costs the US mental health care system more than one hundred billion dollars annually. Non-adherent visits undermine improvements to patient care quality, erode patient well-being, and ... -
Assisted living facilities residents' and relatives' preferences for family access to their medical and personal information
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)The purpose of this study is to explore privacy preferences of elderly residents and their relatives at assisted living facilities. In the past year, there has been a large increase in the interest and concept of accessing ... -
Prediction of clinical events in elderly using sensor data: a case study on pulse pressure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)The primary goal of this research was to find a link between abnormal levels of daily activities, provided by a sensor monitoring system, and pulse pressure (PP), using data mining algorithms. A widened PP predicts a higher ... -
Implementation of a fuzzy rule-based decision support system for the immunohistochemical diagnosis of small B-cell lymphomas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Integrating the massive amount of new genomic information into medical practice will require new approaches to knowledge management. This need is particularly acute in surgical pathology where the evaluation of diagnostic ... -
The role of electronic medical record in nation care delivery, development: case study on Ghana
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Electronic medical record (EMR) is not only being welcomed by health care providers as a way to improve care delivery, but also serves as a catalyst for development. The purpose of this study is to examine benefits of EMR ... -
Repetitive sequence analysis for soybean genome sequences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)Repetitive DNA sequences represent many difficulties in genome sequencing and analysis. Meanwhile, some of repetitive sequences play an important role in gene function and evolution. A new protocol was developed to identify ...