Library Hi Tech: Volume 38 Issue 4

Guest editorial

Dan Wu, Fei Yu

A systematic investigation on the research publications that have used the medical expenditure panel survey (MEPS) data through a bibliometrics approach

Jiacheng Liu, Fei Yu, Lixin Song

This study aimed to examine how Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data have been used to support scientific discoveries in biomedical and health sciences, and provide…

Using the Quadruple Helix Model for evaluation of health science researches: Case study of D8 countries

Shima Moradi, Firoozeh Dokhani

Altmetrics is a complementary method in scientometrics for evaluating the performance of individuals, organizations, institutions and countries in social media. Due to the large…

Drug repurposing against Parkinson's disease by text mining the scientific literature

Yongjun Zhu, Woojin Jung, Fei Wang, Chao Che

Drug repurposing involves the identification of new applications for existing drugs. Owing to the enormous rise in the costs of pharmaceutical R&D, several pharmaceutical…

Electronic health records for better health in the lower- and middle-income countries: A landscape study

Manish Kumar, Javed Mostafa

Electronic health records (EHR) can enable collection and use of data for achieving better health both at the patient and population health levels. The World Health Organization's…

Issues and challenges of user and data interaction in healthcare-related IoT: A systematic review

Ning Zou, Shaobo Liang, Daqing He

The Internet of Things (IoT), which enables smart objects to collect and exchange data, has a variety of application domains used in everyday life including healthcare. As a set…

Comprehensive analysis of potential prognostic biomarker in gliomas

Zunpeng Yu, Long Lu

Gliomas are common intracranial tumors with the characteristic of diffuse and invasive growth. The prognosis is poor, and the recurrence rate and mortality are higher. With the…

Research and development of autism diagnosis information system based on deep convolution neural network and facial expression data

Wang Zhao, Long Lu

Facial expression provides abundant information for social interaction, and the analysis and utilization of facial expression data are playing a huge driving role in all areas of…

Big data approaches to develop a comprehensive and accurate tool aimed at improving autism spectrum disorder diagnosis and subtype stratification

Tao Chen, Tanya Froehlich, Tingyu Li, Long Lu

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that is difficult to diagnose accurately due to its heterogeneous clinical manifestations. Comprehensive…

Predictive analytics for blood glucose concentration: an empirical study using the tree-based ensemble approach

Jiaming Liu, Liuan Wang, Linan Zhang, Zeming Zhang, Sicheng Zhang

The primary objective of this study was to recognize critical indicators in predicting blood glucose (BG) through data-driven methods and to compare the prediction performance of…

Understanding online health information consumers' search as a learning process: Search platform sequences, query reformulation and conceptual changes

Yijin Chen, Yiming Zhao, Ziyun Wang

This study considers online searching by health information consumers as a learning process. We focus on search sequences, query reformulation, and conceptual changes.

Communication that changes lives: an exploratory research on a Chinese online hypertension community

Dongxiang Zhao, Qiping Zhang, Feicheng Ma

Online health communities (OHCs) are attracting more and more healthy consumers, including patients, their families, caregivers and the general public. This paper aims to explore…