Neurophysiology of critical period neuroplasticity
Individuals with stroke are "preferentially responsive" to arm rehabilitation if therapy is provided within an early critical period window of stroke.
The post-stroke critical period lasts up to three months, likely a little longer than that pos...
Project · 21m
Sensitive measures of change for upper-extremity rehabilitation trials
Clinical trials in neurorehabilitation focus on measurement of change in motor function over time, typically using easily administered clinical scales. However, special considerations apply when using clinical scales to measure behavioral change o...
Project · 22m
Can predictive technology help improve acute care operations? Investigating the impact of virtual triage adoption
Abstract
To choose the appropriate resources for their healthcare needs (e.g., primary care (GP) or emergency department (ED)), patients seeking acute care must self-triage based on their own assessment of their symptoms and severity. However, as...
Publication · 12h
From black to grey: Improving access to antimalarial drugs in the presence of counterfeits
Abstract
In malaria-endemic countries, the limited availability of affordable antimalarial medication has contributed to the widespread distribution of inferior counterfeit drugs. We study such markets to determine how philanthropic donors can be...
Publication · 15h
The effect of Belt and Road Initiative agreements on western foreign aid
Executive Summary
This study explores how Western countries respond when aid recipient countries choose alternatives to Western foreign aid. A relatively new alternative is South-South development finance, where funding is provided by emerging ma...
Project · 15h
Using machine learning to unfold neutron spectra wth a passive neutron spectrometer
ABSTRACT: Unfolding neutron spectra is a heavily researched area due to the importance of neutron energy for determining radiation dose received. A novel detection system, the passive neutron spectrometer (PNS), is being investigated for use in e...
Publication · 18h
An initial study of the convergence rate of Griffin’s pebble bed reactors algorithm
ABSTRACT: This paper presents an initial study of the convergence properties of an iterative algorithm for computing the burnup distribution in a pebble bed reactor (PBR) in its equilibrium core condition. The algorithm is implemented in the Grif...
Publication · 18h
Derivation of spherical harmonic approximations to the nonclassical particle transport equation
ABSTRACT: The nonclassical transport equation is used to mathematically model transport problems where the particle flux is not exponentially attenuated. In this paper, we apply the spherical harmonics expansion to the nonclassical formulation to...
Publication · 18h