Noninvasive Ventilation and Mechanical Insufflator-Exsufflator for Acute Respiratory Failure in Children With Neuromuscular Disorders

Children with neuromuscular disorder (NMD) usually have pulmonary involvement characterized by weakened respiratory muscles, insufficient coughing, and inability to clear airway secretions.When suffering from WAND community-acquired pneumonia, these patients are more likely to develop acute respiratory failure (ARF).Therefore, recurrent pneumonias

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Prosocial learning: Model-based or model-free?

Prosocial learning involves the acquisition of knowledge and skills necessary for making decisions that benefit others.We asked if, in the context of value-based decision-making, there is any difference between learning strategies for oneself vs.for others.We implemented a 2-step reinforcement learning paradigm in which participants learned, in sep

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FuncADL: Functional Analysis Description Language

The traditional approach in HEP analysis software is to loop over every event and every object via SWEATERSV-NECK the ROOT framework.This method follows an imperative paradigm, in which the code is tied to the storage format and steps of execution.A more desirable strategy would be to implement a declarative language, such that the storage medium a

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