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Machine learning to analyze colon glands

Malignant colorectal cancer

October 3, 2017

Machine learning to analyze colon glands

Due to the large variability of biological tissue, machine learning techniques have shown superior performance over conventional image processing methods. Here, researchers present a deep neural network-based approach for segmentation and classification of glands in tissue of benign and malignant colorectal cancer.

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October 24, 2017

Measuring language lateralisation with different language tasks: a systematic review

Abigail R. Bradshaw, Paul A. Thompson, Alexander C. Wilson, Dorothy V.M. Bishop, Zoe V.J. Woodhead

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3929 PubMed 29085748

October 20, 2017

The benefits of Tai Chi and brisk walking for cognitive function and fitness in older adults

Zhiguang Ji, Anmin Li, Tian Feng, Xiaolei Liu, Yihong You, Fanying Meng, Ruoqing Wang, Jialing Lu, Chunhua Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3943 PubMed 29062610

October 19, 2017

The neuroprotective effect of nicotine in Parkinson’s disease models is associated with inhibiting PARP-1 and caspase-3 cleavage

Justin Y.D. Lu, Ping Su, James E.M. Barber, Joanne E. Nash, Anh D. Le, Fang Liu, Albert H.C. Wong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3933 PubMed 29062606

October 6, 2017

Enhanced conflict monitoring via a short-duration, video-assisted deep breathing in healthy young adults: an event-related potential approach through the Go/NoGo paradigm

Kok Suen Cheng, Yun Fah Chang, Ray P.S. Han, Poh Foong Lee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3857 PubMed 29018605

October 5, 2017

Combined moderate and high intensity exercise with dietary restriction improves cardiac autonomic function associated with a reduction in central and systemic arterial stiffness in obese adults: a clinical trial

Min Hu, Shen Wang, Dan Wang, Qinhao Lai, Xiaoying Chen, Shiwei Duan, Mengke Zhao, Junhao Huang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3900 PubMed 29018628

October 10, 2017

Virulence test using nematodes to prescreen Nocardia species capable of inducing neurodegeneration and behavioral disorders

Claire Bernardin Souibgui, Anthony Zoropogui, Jeremy Voisin, Sebastien Ribun, Valentin Vasselon, Petar Pujic, Veronica Rodriguez-Nava, Patrick Belly, Benoit Cournoyer, Didier Blaha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3823 PubMed 29038748

October 27, 2017

Immunofluorescence characterization of spinal cord dorsal horn microglia and astrocytes in horses

Constanza Stefania Meneses, Heine Yacob Müller, Daniel Eduardo Herzberg, Benjamín Uberti, Hedie Almagro Bustamante, Marianne Patricia Werner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3965 PubMed 29085760

October 31, 2017

A novel animal model for neuroinflammation and white matter degeneration

Baohu Ji, Kerin Higa, Virawudh Soontornniyomkij, Atsushi Miyanohara, Xianjin Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3905 PubMed 29104820