Essays about: "Traumatic brain injury"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 22 essays containing the words Traumatic brain injury.

1. 6. Head impact detection with sensor fusion and machine learning

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik

   Author : Aron Strandberg; [2022]
   Keywords : head impact detection; sensor fusion; 3D; machine learning; support vector machine; random forests;

   Abstract : Head injury is common in many different sports and elsewhere, and is often associated with differentdifficulties. One major problem is to identify and value the injury or the severity. Sometimes there is no sign of head injury, but a serious neck distortion has occurred, causing similar symptoms as head injuries e.g. READ MORE

3. 7. Testbed Development for Non-invasive Intracranial Pressure Monitoring with a Microwave based Electromagnetic Skin Patch Sensor

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Tillämpad materialvetenskap

   Author : Sandra Palm; Hassan Saado; [2021]
   Keywords : Intracranial pressure; Artificial cerebrospinal fluid; Biomedical engineering; Microwave sensor;

   Abstract : Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a major public health problem worldwide where the symptoms can be anything from mild concussion to severe swelling of the brain tissue. As a result of TBI the intracranial pressure (ICP) can elevate to pathological levels with severe consequences such as hypoxia, ischemia and brain hemorrhage. READ MORE

4. 8. Statistical and Machine Learning for assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury Severity and Patient Outcomes

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för information och teknik

   Author : Md Abdur Rahman; [2021]
   Keywords : TBI Traumatic brain injury ; Metabolites; Glasgow coma scale; Severity; Patient outcomes; CT positive negative; Random Forest; Boruta; Lasso regression; Ridge regression; Neural network; Deep learning.;

   Abstract : Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death in all age groups, causing society to be concerned. However, TBI diagnostics and patient outcomes prediction are still lacking in medical science. READ MORE

5. 9. Are athletes active in high-contact sports at risk of impaired executive functioning? A quasi-experimental study on competitive mixed martial arts (MMA) athletes.

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Candice Cattaneo; [2021]
   Keywords : High-contact sports; executive functioning; repetitive head injury; concussion; fullkontaktsport; exekutiva funktioner; upprepade huvudskador; hjärnskakning;

   Abstract : The study of high-contact sport athletes and the implications of repetitive head injury (RHI) associated with these sports has been at the forefront of traumatic brain injury (TBI) research for the last decade. The present study represents a quasi-experimental study exploring whether an experimental group (N=39) consisting of amateur and professional competitive mixed martial arts (MMA) athletes differ in three operations of executive functioning ability (shifting, updating and inhibition) when compared to a control group (N=44) of non-contact sports athletes. READ MORE

6. 10. Investigating the protein-protein Interaction between Aquaporin 4 & Calmodulin

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiska institutionen

   Author : Zahraa Majhool; [2020]
   Keywords : aquaporin4 protein-protein; interaction calmodulin ; biochemistry; molecular biology; biokemi; molekylärbiologi; Chemistry;

   Abstract : Around 60 million people around the world are struggling with a traumatic brain or spinal cord injury. The swelling of the brain or spinal cord happen when the water content in the CNS increase due, infection, tumor growth or brain edema. READ MORE