Month: September 2021

COVID-19 Patients in ICUs Haunted by Regret

Intensive care units in hospitals across the country are filled with patients suffering from COVID-19. Many are hooked up to life support systems, and regret that they didn’t heed expert advice to get vaccinated against the virus or take mitigation measures. “If I would have… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, […]

Published on September 16, 2021

Social Support Key in Those at Risk for Alcoholism

Even when genetics and personality are working against you, having a strong network of supportive friends and family may help lower alcoholism risk, researchers say. “Genes play an important role in alcohol use,” stressed Jinni Su, an assistant professor of psychology at… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is […]

Published on September 16, 2021

Acceleration of the SPADE Method Using a Custom-Tailored FP-Growth Implementation

The SPADE (spatio-temporal Spike PAttern Detection and Evaluation) method was developed to find reoccurring spatio-temporal patterns in neuronal spike activity (parallel spike trains). However, depending on the number of spike trains and the length of recording, this method can exhibit long runtimes. Based on a realistic benchmark data set, we identified that the combination of […]

Published on September 16, 2021