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A study of deep active learning methods to reduce labelling efforts in biomedical relation extraction Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Automatic biomedical relation extraction (bioRE) is an essential task in biomedical research in order to generate high-quality labelled data that can be used for the development of innovative predictive methods. However, building such fully labelled, high quality bioRE data sets of adequate size for the training of state-of-the-art relation extraction models is hindered by an annotation bottleneck due to limitations on time and expertise of ...
Acceleration of Bucket-Assisted Fast Sample Entropy for Biomedical Signal Analysis Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Sample Entropy (SampEn) is widely used to assess the complexity of physiological time-series signals. However, it is a computationally intensive algorithm with O(N2) time complexity. Although algorithmic optimizations, such as Bucket-Assisted SampEn, have been proposed to eliminate unnecessary computations, the time demand restricts their use in real-time applications with long-term inputs. To address the time and space complexity issue in ...
Protein by-products : composition, extraction, and biomedical applications Ghent University
Significant upsurge in animal by-products such as skin, bones, wool, hides, feathers, and fats has become a global challenge and, if not properly disposed of, can spread contamination and viral diseases. Animal by-products are rich in proteins, which can be used as nutritional, pharmacologically functional ingredients, and biomedical materials. Therefore, recycling these abundant and renewable by-products and extracting high value-added ...
Hydrophilic cross-linked polymeric nanofibers using electrospinning : imparting aqueous stability to enable biomedical applications Ghent University
Man-specific lectins from plants, fungi, algae and cyanobacteria, as potential blockers for SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) coronaviruses : biomedical perspectives Ghent University
Betacoronaviruses, responsible for the "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome" (SARS) and the "Middle East Respiratory Syndrome" (MERS), use the spikes protruding from the virion envelope to attach and subsequently infect the host cells. The coronavirus spike (S) proteins contain receptor binding domains (RBD), allowing the specific recognition of either the dipeptidyl peptidase CD23 (MERS-CoV) or the angiotensin-converting enzyme ACE2 (SARS-Cov, ...
Challenges in the fabrication of biodegradable and implantable optical fibers for biomedical applications Ghent University Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The limited penetration depth of visible light in biological tissues has encouraged researchers to develop novel implantable light-guiding devices. Optical fibers and waveguides that are made from biocompatible and biodegradable materials offer a straightforward but effective approach to overcome this issue. In the last decade, various optically transparent biomaterials, as well as different fabrication techniques, have been investigated for ...
Development and evaluation of novel analytical methods for high-precision isotopic analysis of Ca and Mg via MC-ICP-MS for biomedical investigations Ghent University
Shape-memory polymers for biomedical applications Ghent University
One of the most promising fields for shape-memory polymers is the biomedical field. Shape-memory polymers that can be triggered by various (physiological) conditions such as temperature and moisture have been reported, as well as remotely triggerable shape-memory polymers that make use of electromagnetic fields, ultrasound, etc. These polymers have shown great promise in in vitro studies as well as in early in vivo studies. Their ...