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1.GBD 2016 Dementia Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet Neurol. 18, 88–106 (2019).Article
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DEEPMIR: a deep neural network for differential detection of cerebral microbleeds and iron deposits...
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The fallacy of an airtight alibi — ScienceDaily
When someone is suspected of criminal activity, one of the most important questions they are asked is if they have a credible alibi. Playing back past events in our minds, however, is not like...
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