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Factors Influencing Intent To Take A Covid-19 Test In The United States, Sheila Rutto
Factors Influencing Intent To Take A Covid-19 Test In The United States, Sheila Rutto
Theses and Dissertations
In 2020, COVID-19 became the first pandemic in the world’s history that brought the entire world to an abrupt and unexpected halt. Since the first reported case of the disease to date, the novel coronavirus has been able to wreak havoc in literary every corner of the globe and left an ever-growing number of unprecedented fatalities. The normal way of life has been disrupted, and the level of uncertainty about the end of this pandemic continues to manifest to many. Due to the urgency to bring this pandemic under control, medical officers have been able to recommend actions that people …
Eeg Interictal Spike Detection Using Artificial Neural Networks, Howard J. Carey Iii
Eeg Interictal Spike Detection Using Artificial Neural Networks, Howard J. Carey Iii
Theses and Dissertations
Epilepsy is a neurological disease causing seizures in its victims and affects approximately 50 million people worldwide. Successful treatment is dependent upon correct identification of the origin of the seizures within the brain. To achieve this, electroencephalograms (EEGs) are used to measure a patient’s brainwaves. This EEG data must be manually analyzed to identify interictal spikes that emanate from the afflicted region of the brain. This process can take a neurologist more than a week and a half per patient. This thesis presents a method to extract and process the interictal spikes in a patient, and use them to reduce …