(a) Background: Region of interest (ROI) image coding allows for encoding the ROIs in an image with better quality than the background (BG). It is very useful for visual communication applications ...

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Forty years ago, a Canadian bank pioneered a brand new computer system that allowed non-programmers to help write code. The paradigm was so disruptive that it was ignored by computer scientists for ...

First, the good news: around 57 percent of software firms practice some form of secure coding in the development of their products. But the bad news is that 43 percent are still not using formal ...

Medical utilization profiles of commercially insured members with opioid-related disorders differ depending on the code used to document the initial diagnosis in administrative claims. Results: A ...