Increase in Synthetic Opioid Overdose Deaths Since the Pandemic

The epidemiology public health issue addressed by this proposed research is the accelerated rate of opioid overdose deaths since the Pandemic. Providers\u27 choices are considered a contributing factor to the opioid epidemic and first exposure to narcotics often happens in the operating room. Narcotic-free anesthetics are available today for certain cases and some patients might do better without pain medications

Teaching the troubled child

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Spatial and temporal point tracking in real hyperspectral images

Abstract In this article, we consider the problem of tracking a point target moving against a background of sky and clouds. The proposed solution consists of three stages: the first stage transforms the hyperspectral cubes into a two-dimensional (2D) temporal sequence using known point target detection acquisition methods; the second stage involves the temporal separation of the 2D sequence into sub-sequences and the usage of a variance filter (VF) to detect the presence of targets using the temporal profile of each pixel in its group, while suppressing clutter-specific influences. This stage creates a new sequence containing a target with a seemingly faster velocity; the third stage applies the Dynamic Programming Algorithm (DPA) that tracks moving targets with low SNR at around pixel velocity. The system is tested on both synthetic and real data.</p