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Executing Complexity-Increasing Queries in Relational (MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB and EXist) Size-Growing ISO/EN 13606 Standardized EHR Databases
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2018
This study compares relational and non-relational (NoSQL) standardized medical information systems. The computational complexity of the response times of querying such database management systems (DBMS) is computed using doubling-sized databases. These results help the discussion of the appropriateness of each database approach to different scenarios and problems.
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A Quantitative Fitness Analysis Workflow
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2012
Quantitative Fitness Analysis (QFA) is a complementary series of experimental and computational methods for estimating microbial culture fitnesses. QFA estimates the effect of genetic mutations, drugs or other applied treatments on microbe growth. Experiments scaling from focussed analysis of single cultures to thousands of parallel cultures can be designed.
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Volume Segmentation and Analysis of Biological Materials Using SuRVoS (Super-region Volume Segmentation) Workbench
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2017
Segmentation of three-dimensional data from many imaging techniques is a major bottleneck in analysis of complex biological systems. Here, we describe the use of SuRVoS Workbench to semi-automatically segment volumetric data at various length-scales using example datasets from cryo-electron tomography, cryo soft X-ray tomography, and phase contrast X-ray tomography techniques.
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A Neuronal and Astrocyte Co-Culture Assay for High Content Analysis of Neurotoxicity
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2009
This article describes a novel protocol and reagent set designed for sensitive measurement of neurotoxic effects of compounds and treatments on co-cultures of neurons and astrocytes using high content analysis. Results demonstrate that high content analysis represents an exciting novel technology for neurotoxicity assessment.
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Automated Analysis of Intracellular Phenotypes of Salmonella Using ImageJ
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2022
Salmonella invades and replicates inside intestinal epithelial cells both in Salmonella-specific vacuoles and free in the cytosol (hyper-replication). A high-throughput fluorescence microscopy-based protocol is described here to quantify the intracellular phenotypes of Salmonella by two complementary image analyses through ImageJ, reaching single-cell resolution and scoring.
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Query analysis improves biomedical searching by separating what a request explicitly says from what it may imply. Examining ambiguity, clinical terminology, and relationships among concepts helps the searcher decide which meanings and concepts belong in the query. This clarification can balance sensitivity, finding potentially relevant evidence, with specificity, limiting irrelevant results, before information retrieval begins.
Synonyms, abbreviations, and related clinical terms are important because the same medical concept may appear in different forms across records. Query analysis identifies these variants and connects them with the intended condition, population, or other concept. Translating that structure into search terms reduces the chance that a database search overlooks relevant material because of wording differences.
Controlled vocabulary gives query analysis a standardized way to represent biomedical concepts. After identifying the meaning of a request, the searcher can translate its key concepts into the controlled terms used by a biomedical database. This step supports more precise retrieval than relying only on everyday wording, particularly when terminology, synonyms, or abbreviations could otherwise produce inconsistent results.
A practical workflow starts by identifying the request's key concepts, then checking clinical terms, synonyms, abbreviations, population details, and relationships among concepts. The resulting interpretation is converted into precise search terms or database-controlled vocabulary. Reviewing the planned terms for ambiguity before running the search helps align the retrieved literature with the original question.
Query analysis is useful when locating evidence for a literature search, investigating a clinical question, or seeking information for study and practice. By making the request more explicit before retrieval, the process helps users search biomedical databases with terms that better reflect the condition, population, and other concepts relevant to their information need.
Query analysis can support clinical decision-making by exposing missing or ambiguous details in an information request. Clarifying the condition, population, terminology, and conceptual relationships makes the subsequent search easier to interpret and can reduce irrelevant results. The improved query helps clinicians and researchers locate biomedical information that is more closely aligned with the question under consideration.