Artificial Intelligence News and Research

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Chronic respiratory symptoms are prominent among Alaska Native children

Chronic respiratory symptoms are prominent among Alaska Native children in the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta (YK delta) region of Alaska, with symptoms varying greatly within the geographic location.

10 May 2004

Computers can't compete with humans in the ability to recognize patterns or images

Computers, for all of their computational muscle, do not hold a candle to humans in the ability to recognize patterns or images. This basic quandary in computational theory – why can computers crunch numbers but cannot efficiently process images – has stumped scientists for many years.

10 May 2004

How cutting-edge computer techniques can be used to develop drugs

Leading international experts will gather at the University of Bradford's Institute for Pharmaceutical Innovation (IPI) for a conference looking at how cutting-edge computer techniques can be used to develop drugs.

16 Apr 2004

New online prostate calculator

A study just completed by researchers at the Josephine Ford Cancer Center has resulted in the most comprehensive long-term prostate cancer survival model available to date. An interactive version of the survival model is available online at prostatecalculator.org.

12 Apr 2004

Computerized entry systems may have limited impact on patient harm

Computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE) systems decrease medication error, but they may not decrease patient harm due to medication error, according to the results of a study conducted at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and published this week in Archives of Internal Medicine.

12 Apr 2004