The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
Background Although the repair of ventral abdominal wall hernias is one of the most commonly performed operations, many aspects of their treatment are still under debate or poorly studied. In addition, there is a lack of good definitions and classifications that make the evaluation of studies and meta-analyses in this field of surgery difficult. Materials and methods Under the auspices of the board...
In spite of their industrial success, the development of intelligent systems is still a complex and risky task. When building intelligent systems, we see that domain knowledge is often present at different levels of formalization-ranging from text documents to explicit rules. In this paper, we describe the knowledge formalization continuum as a metaphor to help domain specialists during the knowledge...
This paper presents a semi-automatic approach for confounding-aware subgroup discovery: We present a method that provides the means for detecting potentially confounded subgroup patterns, other unconfounded relations, and/or patterns that are affected by effect- modification. Since there is no purely automatic test for confounding, the discovered relations are subsequently presented to the user in...
HepatoConsult is a publicly available knowledge-based second opinion and documentation system aiding in the diagnosis of liver diseases. The positive results of a prospective diagnostic evaluation study encouraged its use in clinical routine, although the available hardware infrastructure was not optimal. The comments of the physicians who used the system confirmed the results of the study and showed...
Set the date range to filter the displayed results. You can set a starting date, ending date or both. You can enter the dates manually or choose them from the calendar.