Background Characteristics of patients receiving long-term opioid therapy (≥ 6 months) for
chronic noncancer pain are poorly understood. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of …

Background: Coronary artery calcification is a marker of underlying atherosclerotic vascular
disease. The absence of coronary artery calcification is associated with a low prevalence of …

Delegation and leadership are critical components of software management, as they play a
crucial role in determining the success of software development projects. This study …

The imperative transformation of future connected vehicles into intelligent computing platforms
necessitates the implementation of Software-defined Vehicles (SDVs). SDVs enable the …

The exploration of software Over-the-Air (OTA) updates for au-tomotive applications is
currently very limited. Our work intro-duces an edge-assisted framework for automotive OTA …

The software development lifecycle depends heavily on the testing process, which is an
essential part of finding issues and reviewing the quality of software. Software testing can be …

Encapsulation is a fundamental principle of object-oriented programming, which allows for
the hiding of implementation details and the protection of data from unauthorized access. This …

Implication Statement: An Internal Medicine (IM) specific, near-peer mentorship program was
initiated at the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) in 2017. Medical students were paired with …

Conventional IEEE 802.11 medium access control (MAC) protocol discourages simultaneous
transmission to avoid collisions. With fast advances in physical layer technologies, multi-…

e18261 Background: Multidisciplinary tumor board meetings have shown to improve quality
and outcome in the care of cancer patients. Many tertiary centers conduct site specific tumor …