E. van den Berg, Michael P. Friedlander, Gilles Hennenfent, Felix J. Herrmann, Rayan Saab, Özgür Yılmaz,
Sparco is a framework for testing and benchmarking algorithms for sparse reconstruction. It includes a large collection ... from the imaging, compressed sensing, and geophysics literature. Sparco is also a framework for implementing new test ... be used as a tool for reproducible research. Sparco is implemented entirely in Matlab, and is released ...
Tópico(s): Image and Signal Denoising Methods
2009 - Association for Computing Machinery | ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
J. Kluska, F. Malbet, Jean-Philippe Berger, Fabien Baron, B. Lazareff, J.-B. Le Bouquin, John D. Monnier, Ferréol Soulez, Éric Thiébaut,
... separately. Methods. We present a new method, called SPARCO (semi-parametric algorithm for the image reconstruction of ... Squeeze, and MiRA) to implement this new prescription. SPARCO is applied using Macim, Squeeze and MiRA on ...
Tópico(s): Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
2014 - EDP Sciences | Astronomy and Astrophysics
Sheeraz Ahmed, Nadeem Javaid, Ashfaq Ahmad, Imran Ahmed, Mehr Yahya Durrani, Armughan Ali, Syed Bilal Haider, Manzoor Ilahi,
... called Stochastic Performance Analysis with Reliability and Cooperation (SPARCO). Cooperative communication is explored in order to design ... nodes and forwarding of data. Simulations demonstrate that SPARCO protocol functions better regarding end-to-end delay, ...
Tópico(s): Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks
2016 - Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Journal of Sensors
Reuben Chianumba, Akinyemi O D Ofakunrin, Jack Morrice, Olaniyi Olanrewaju, Oluseyi Oniyangi, Aisha Kuliya‐Gwarzo, Uche Nnebe‐Agumadu, Hezekiah Isa, Obiageli Nnodu,
... have enrolled on Sickle Pan African Research Consortium (SPARCO) registry as HU users. The SPARCO project was funded by the National Institutes of ... plan research in three African countries. The Nigerian SPARCO registry had 6453 SCD patients at the time ...
Tópico(s): Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
2022 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Genetics
Vivian Paintsil, Evans Xorse Amuzu, Isaac Nyanor, Emmanuel Asafo‐Adjei, Abdul Razak Mohammed, Suraj Abubakar Yawnumah, Yaa Gyamfua Oppong–Mensah, Samuel Blay Nguah, Paul Obeng, Elliot Eli Dogbe, Mario Jonas, Victoria Nembaware, Gaston K. Mazandu, Kwaku Ohene‐Frempong, Ambroise Wonkam, Julie Makani, Daniel Ansong, Alex Osei‐Akoto,
... KCSCD-KATH), a Sickle Pan-African Research Consortium (SPARCO) site and a SickleInAfrica Consortium member, in establishing ... 21.19 per 10,000 PMO, respectively. The SPARCO Kumasi site has developed skills and infrastructure to ...
Tópico(s): Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
2022 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Genetics
Obiageli Nnodu, Anazoeze Jude Madu, Reuben Chianumba, Hezekiah Isa, Isaac Olanrewaju, Samuel Osagie, Oyekanmi Nash, Raphael Zozimus Sangeda, Annemie Stewart, Victoria Nembaware, Jack Morrice, Mario Jonas, Gaston K. Mazandu, Ambroise Wonkam, Olumide Owolabi,
Background: The Sickle Pan-African Research Consortium (SPARCO) and Sickle Africa Data Coordinating Center (SADaCC) were set up with funding from the US National Institute of Health (NIH) for physicians, scientists, ... Cell Disease (SCD) in Africa. For 5 years, SPARCO and SADaCC have been collecting basic clinical and ... adapted from 1,400 data elements adopted by SPARCO sites. It captures 215 data elements of interest ...
Tópico(s): Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
2022 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Genetics
Nikita Boyko, Gulver Karamemis, V. M. Kuz’menko, Stan Uryasev,
... the cardinality constraint. Medium and large problems (from SPARCO toolbox for testing sparse reconstruction algorithms) were solved ... PSG several medium and large problems from the SPARCO toolbox in LASSO formulation (minimize L2-error plus ...
Tópico(s): Image and Signal Denoising Methods
2014 - Springer International Publishing | Springer proceedings in mathematics & statistics
M. Hillen, J. Kluska, J.-B. Le Bouquin, H. Van Winckel, Jean-Philippe Berger, D. Kamath, V. Bujarrabal,
... the data of all spectral channels using the SPARCO method. We spatially separate all the building blocks ...
Tópico(s): Astro and Planetary Science
2016 - EDP Sciences | Astronomy and Astrophysics
J. Kluska, M. Benisty, Ferréol Soulez, Jean-Philippe Berger, J.-B. Le Bouquin, F. Malbet, B. Lazareff, Éric Thiébaut,
... image reconstruction of the circumstellar environment using the SPARCO method. We discovered that the morphology of the ...
Tópico(s): Astro and Planetary Science
2016 - EDP Sciences | Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hezekiah Isa, Samuel Ademola Adegoke, Anazoeze Jude Madu, Abdulaziz Hassan, Chinatu Ohiaeri, Reuben Chianumba, Biobele J. Brown, Emmanuel Okocha, Ngozi Immaculata Ugwu, Ijeoma Diaku-Akinwumi, Titilope A. Adeyemo, Aisha Kuliya‐Gwarzo, Livingstone Gayus Dogara, Lawal Haliru, Yohanna Tanko, Adama Isah Ladu, Umar Kangiwa, Lilian Ekwem, Seyi Oniyangi, Tamunomieibi Wakama, Dominic Umoru, Olaniyi Olanrewaju, Norah O. Akinola, Uche Nnebe‐Agumadu, Samuel Asala, Adekunle Adekile, John Ayodele Olaniyi, Raphael Zozimus Sangeda, Sickle Africa Data Coordinating Center, Obiageli Nnodu,
... across Nigeria. The Sickle Pan African Research Consortium (SPARCO) with a hub in Tanzania and collaborative sites ...
Tópico(s): Iron Metabolism and Disorders
2020 - Elsevier BV | Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases
J. Kluska, Jean-Philippe Berger, F. Malbet, B. Lazareff, M. Benisty, J.-B. Le Bouquin, Olivier Absil, Fabien Baron, A. Delboulbé, G. Duvert, Andrea Isella, L. Jocou, Á. Juhász, Stefan Kraus, R. Lachaume, F. Ménard, R. Millan‐Gabet, John D. Monnier, Thierry Moulin, K. Perraut, S. Rochat, C. Pinte, Ferréol Soulez, Michel Tallon, W.‐F. Thi, Éric Thiébaut, Wesley A. Traub, G. Zins,
... carried out with PIONIER at the VLTI, using SPARCO. We find that 40% of the systems are ...
Tópico(s): Astro and Planetary Science
2020 - EDP Sciences | Astronomy and Astrophysics
Petros Kountouris, Coralea Stephanou, Natasha M. Archer, Fedele Bonifazi, Viviana Giannuzzi, Kevin H.M. Kuo, Aurelio Maggio, Julie Makani, María del Mar Mañú‐Pereira, Kyriaki Michailidou, Siana Nkya, Obiageli Nnodu, Sara Trompeter, Léon Tshilolo, Ambroise Wonkam, Bin Alwi Zilfalil, Baba Inusa, Marina Kleanthous,
... initiatives, such as patient registries by RADeep and SPARCO, are working on standardization of clinical data collection ...
Tópico(s): Folate and B Vitamins Research
2021 - Wiley | American Journal of Hematology
Ritah Mutagonda, George M. Bwire, Raphael Zozimus Sangeda, Manase Kilonzi, Hamu J. Mlyuka, Joyce Ndunguru, Agnes Jonathan, Julie Makani, Irene Kida Minja, Paschal Ruggajo, Emmanuel Balandya, Appolinary Kamuhabwa,
... at the two Sickle Pan-African Research Consortium (SPARCO) study sites in Dar es salaam, Tanzania. The ...
Tópico(s): Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
2022 - Dove Medical Press | Infection and Drug Resistance
Obiageli Nnodu, Alex Osei‐Akoto, Victoria Nembaware, Jill Kent, Maxwell M. Nwegbu, Irene Kida Minja, Gaston K. Mazandu, Julie Makani, Ambroise Wonkam,
... tailored strategies. The Sickle Pan-African Research Consortium (SPARCo) is building capacity in sickle cell disease (SCD) ... in data, research, and SCD management. Method: The SPARCo Skills Working Group was set up with the ... of coordinating skills development activities across the three SPARCo sites in Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania. To tailor ... leveraged for training and health education activities. Results: SPARCo has recorded 1,726 participants in skills development ... and research to underpin the core deliverables of SPARCo. Conclusion and Lessons Learned: The baseline needs assessments ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
2022 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Genetics
Yaa Gyamfua Oppong–Mensah, Samuel Frimpong Odoom, Isaac Nyanor, Evans Xorse Amuzu, Suraj Abubakar Yawnumah, Emmanuel Asafo‐Adjei, Samuel Blay Nguah, Daniel Ansong, Alex Osei‐Akoto, Vivian Paintsil,
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the commonest monogenic haemolytic disorder in Africa. Despite strides made in its management, a significant proportion of patients are hospitalized from the various complications of the disease. This study set out to describe the main causes and outcomes of hospitalizations among pediatric patients with SCD.
Tópico(s): Blood donation and transfusion practices
2023 - Wiley | Health Science Reports
Robert J. Adams, Rufus Akinyemi, Mayowa Owolabi, Dan Lackland, Bruce Ovbiagele,
... complications11 and the Sickle Pan-African Research Consortium (SPARCO)12 that aims to develop infrastructure for sickle ...
Tópico(s): Kruppel-like factors research
2018 - Wiley | Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Shan Jiang, Shu‐Cherng Fang, Qingwei Jin,
... Extensive numerical experiments with synthetic and real-life Sparco datasets are conducted to show that the proposed ...
Tópico(s): Machine Learning and Algorithms
2020 - Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences | INFORMS journal on computing
Petros Kountouris, Coralea Stephanou, Natasha M. Archer, Fedele Bonifazi, Viviana Giannuzzi, Kevin H.M. Kuo, Aurelio Maggio, Julie Makani, María del Mar Mañú Pereira, Kyriaki Michailidou, Siana Nkya, Obiageli Nnodu, Sara Trompeter, Léon Tshilolo, Ambroise Wonkam, Bin Alwi Zilfalil, Baba Inusa, Marina Kleanthous,
... the field of hemoglobinopathies, namely ITHANET, RADeep, ARISE, SPARCO, SADaCC, REDAC, the HVP Global Globin Network, the ...
Tópico(s): Iron Metabolism and Disorders
2021 - Elsevier BV | Blood
Mike Nsubuga, Henry Mutegeki, Daudi Jjingo, Deogratias Munube, Ruth Namazzi, Robert Opoka, Phillip Kasirye, Grace Ndeezi, Heather Hume, Ezekiel Mupere, Grace Kebirungi, Isaac Birungi, Jack Morrice, Mario Jonas, Victoria Nembaware, Ambroise Wonkam, Julie Makani, Sarah Kiguli,
... establishment of the Sickle Pan Africa Research Consortium (SPARCo) Uganda registry, encompassing its design, development, data collection, ... with collaborative efforts in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Ghana SPARCo registries. The registry was created using pre-existing case report forms harmonized from the SPARCo data dictionary and ontology to fit Uganda clinical ...
Tópico(s): Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
2024 - BioMed Central | BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
V. Nembaware, M. Paidamoyo Bodzo, M. Nkanyemka, I. Minja, J. Makani, N. Mulder, A. Wonkam,
... SADaCC) and the Sickle Pan-African Research Consortium (SPARCO), which has a clinical coordinating center (CCC) in Tanzania and SPARCO research sites based in seven countries: Ghana, Nigeria, ...
Tópico(s): Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
2023 - Wolters Kluwer | HemaSphere
Petros Kountouris, Coralea Stephanou, Natasha M. Archer, Fedele Bonifazi, Viviana Giannuzzi, Kevin H.M. Kuo, Aurelio Maggio, Julie Makani, M Mañú Pereira, Kyriaki Michailidou, Siana Nkya, Obiageli Nnodu, Sara Trompeter, Léon Tshilolo, Ambroise Wonkam, Bin Alwi Zilfalil, Baba Inusa, Marina Kleanthous,
... the field of haemoglobinopathies, namely ITHANET, RADeep, ARISE, SPARCO, SADaCC, REDAC, the HVP Global Globin Network, the ...
Tópico(s): Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
2022 - Wolters Kluwer | HemaSphere
Petros Kountouris, Coralea Stephanou, Natasha M. Archer, Fedele Bonifazi, Viviana Giannuzzi, KUO K., Aurelio Maggio, Julie Makani, MAÑÚ PEREIRA M., K Kyriaki Michailidou, Siana Nkya, O. NNODU, Sara Trompeter, Léon Tshilolo, Ambroise Wonkam, Bin Alwi Zilfalil, B. INUSA, Marina Kleanthous,
... the field of haemoglobinopathies, namely ITHANET, RADeep, ARISE, SPARCO, SADaCC, REDAC, the HVP Global Globin Network, the ...
Tópico(s): Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
2022 - Wolters Kluwer | HemaSphere
Manase Kilonzi, Hamu J. Mlyuka, Agnes Jonathan, Hilda Tutuba, Lulu Chirande, Paschal Rugajo, Irene A Kida, Emmanuel Balandya, Julie Makani, Nathanael Sirili,
... of every six registered SCD patients in the SPARCO-Tanzania Sickle Cell Cohort use HU. We conducted ...
Tópico(s): Blood donation and transfusion practices
2022 - Faculty of 1000 | F1000Research
Petros Kountouris, Coralea Stephanou, Natasha M. Archer, Fedele Bonifazi, Viviana Giannuzzi, Kevin H.M. Kuo, Aurelio Maggio, Julie Makani, M. D. M. Mañú Pereira, Kyriaki Michailidou, Siana Nkya, Obiageli Nnodu, Sara Trompeter, Léon Tshilolo, Ambroise Wonkam, Bin Alwi Zilfalil, Baba Inusa, Marina Kleanthous,
... the field of haemoglobinopathies, namely ITHANET, RADeep, ARISE, SPARCO, SADaCC, REDAC, the HVP Global Globin Network, the ...
Tópico(s): Folate and B Vitamins Research
2022 - Wolters Kluwer | HemaSphere