Search Results - "O'Brien, William"

Noninvasive Diagnosis of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Quantification of Liver Fat Using a New Quantitative Ultrasound Technique by Lin, Steven C, Heba, Elhamy, Wolfson, Tanya, Ang, Brandon, Gamst, Anthony, Han, Aiguo, Erdman, John W, O’Brien, William D, Andre, Michael P, Sirlin, Claude B, Loomba, Rohit

“…Background & Aims Liver biopsy analysis is the standard method used to diagnose nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Advanced magnetic resonance imaging…”
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Association of Duration and Type of Surgical Prophylaxis With Antimicrobial-Associated Adverse Events by Branch-Elliman, Westyn, O'Brien, William, Strymish, Judith, Itani, Kamal, Wyatt, Christina, Gupta, Kalpana

“…The benefits of antimicrobial prophylaxis are limited to the first 24 hours postoperatively. Little is known about the harms associated with continuing…”
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Assessing gaps and needs for integrating building performance optimization tools in net zero energy buildings design by Attia, Shady, Hamdy, Mohamed, O’Brien, William, Carlucci, Salvatore

“…► Evolutionary algorithms are a breakthrough for solving constrained building design problems. ► Time, knowledge, lack of tools, and uncertainty inhibit the…”
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The contextual factors contributing to occupants' adaptive comfort behaviors in offices – A review and proposed modeling framework by O'Brien, William, Gunay, H. Burak

“…Occupants play an unprecedented role on energy use of office buildings and they are often perceived as one of the main causes of underperforming buildings. It…”
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The NLRP3 inflammasome in traumatic brain injury: potential as a biomarker and therapeutic target by O'Brien, William T, Pham, Louise, Symons, Georgia F, Monif, Mastura, Shultz, Sandy R, McDonald, Stuart J

“…There is a great clinical need to identify the underlying mechanisms, as well as related biomarkers, and treatment targets, for traumatic brain injury (TBI)…”
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Ultrasound–biophysics mechanisms by O’Brien, William D.

“…Ultrasonic biophysics is the study of mechanisms responsible for how ultrasound and biological materials interact. Ultrasound-induced bioeffect or risk studies…”
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Natural ventilation usability under climate change in Canada and the United States by Gilani, Sara, O'Brien, William

“…Natural ventilation can be incorporated into buildings to decrease energy use and the associated greenhouse gas emissions of buildings. However, mechanical…”
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The impact of the COVID-19 on households’ hourly electricity consumption in Canada by Abdeen, Ahmed, Kharvari, Farzam, O'Brien, William, Gunay, Burak

“…[Display omitted] •Electricity use in 500 households was compared before and during COVID lockdown.•Post-COVID peaks are 15–20% higher than pre-COVID.•60% of…”
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Sticky Hard-Sphere Model for Characterizing Tumor Microstructure via Quantitative Ultrasound by Tran, Quang, O'Brien, William D., Han, Aiguo

“…The use of the structure function (SF) to model interscatterer contribution to ultrasonic scattering is a major step to improve the capability and accuracy of…”
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Development and evaluation of data-driven controls for residential smart thermostats by Huchuk, Brent, Sanner, Scott, O’Brien, William

“…The advent of smart thermostats with real-time sensing raises the question of how to preemptively control heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC)…”
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Targeted Ultrasound-Assisted Cancer-Selective Chemical Labeling and Subsequent Cancer Imaging using Click Chemistry by Wang, Hua, Gauthier, Marianne, Kelly, Jamie R., Miller, Rita J., Xu, Ming, O'Brien Jr, William D., Cheng, Jianjun

“…Metabolic sugar labeling followed by the use of reagent‐free click chemistry is an established technique for in vitro cell targeting. However, selective…”
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Applications of additive manufacturing in the construction industry – A forward-looking review by Delgado Camacho, Daniel, Clayton, Patricia, O'Brien, William J., Seepersad, Carolyn, Juenger, Maria, Ferron, Raissa, Salamone, Salvatore

“…Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, fabricates components in a layerwise fashion directly from a digital file. Many of the early…”
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Pediatric Head and Neck Imaging: Understanding the Nuances and Complexities by O’Brien, William T.

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Common Neck and Otomastoid Infections in Children by O’Brien, William T.

“…Neck infections are common in children, though the clinical presentation is often vague and nonspecific. Therefore, imaging plays a key role in identifying the…”
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Ultrasound scattering from cell-pellet biophantoms and ex vivo tumors provides insight into the cellular structure involved in scattering by Muleki Seya, Pauline, O'Brien, William

“…The histologically identifiable cellular structure(s) involved in ultrasonic scattering is(are) yet to be uniquely identified. The study quantifies six…”
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Exploring smart thermostat users' schedule override behaviors and the energy consequences by Huchuk, Brent, O'brien, William, Sanner, Scott

“…Programmable thermostats with frequent schedule overrides (i.e., "holds") are widely assumed to be detrimental to potential energy savings. We explored whether…”
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The Preoperative Sinus CT: Avoiding a "CLOSE" Call with Surgical Complications by O'Brien, Sr, William T, Hamelin, Stefan, Weitzel, Erik K

“…Although functional endoscopic sinus surgery is an effective means of treating patients with recurrent and refractory sinusitis, the procedure is not without…”
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Evaluation of Scatterer Parameters From Ultrasound Scattering Models Taking Into Account Scattering From Nuclei and Cells of Cell-Pellet Biophantoms and Ex Vivo Tumors by Muleki-Seya, Pauline, O’Brien, William D.

“…The Quantitative Ultrasound backscatter coefficient provides the capability to evaluate tissue microstructure parameters. Tissue-based scatterer parameters are…”
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A Pilot Comparative Study of Quantitative Ultrasound, Conventional Ultrasound, and MRI for Predicting Histology-Determined Steatosis Grade in Adult Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Paige, Jeremy S, Bernstein, Gregory S, Heba, Elhamy, Costa, Eduardo A C, Fereirra, Marilia, Wolfson, Tanya, Gamst, Anthony C, Valasek, Mark A, Lin, Grace Y, Han, Aiguo, Erdman, Jr, John W, O'Brien, Jr, William D, Andre, Michael P, Loomba, Rohit, Sirlin, Claude B

“…The purpose of this study is to explore the diagnostic performance of two investigational quantitative ultrasound (QUS) parameters, attenuation coefficient and…”
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Impact of measured data frequency on commercial building energy model calibration for retrofit analysis by Derakhti, Mohammad, O'Brien, William, Bucking, Scott

“…Developing an accurate energy model remains challenging because of the numerous parameters that define a building's performance and the difficulty of the…”
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