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Noninvasive evaluation of the effects of coronary artery bypass grafting on myocardial function
(2006-11-03)
Coronary bypass grafting (CABG) is an effective treatment of patients with coronary artery disease and leads to an improvement in both cardiac symptoms and long-term survival. The effects of CA13G on global left ventricular ...
Exploring the predictors of vaccination completeness in the first year of life. Analysis of a community-based household survey in Eastern Uganda
(2016-08-18)
Background: Only 4 in 10 children in Uganda are fully vaccinated by the first year of life, despite its clear benefits in averting millions of deaths. Major determinants and barriers to higher coverage levels of vaccination ...
Image processing methods to study the living hearing organ
(2009-03-13)
In this thesis we are developing image processing methods allowing one to probe the structure and function of the mammalian hearing organ, an intricate cellular assembly with a highly specialized three-dimensional organization. ...
Comparative sequencing of candidate genes in complex disease
(2006-02-17)
Complex multi-factorial diseases such as cardiovascular, metabolic, neurological and respiratory disorders affect a great number of people across the world. In the post-Human Genome Sequencing era, genome wide association ...