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Steefan Contractor

School of Mathematics and Statistics, UNSW Sydney
Verified email at unsw.edu.au
Cited by 658

The use of cyanoacrylate adhesives in the management of congenital vascular malformations

RJ Rosen, S Contractor - Seminars in interventional radiology, 2004 - thieme-connect.com
This article outlines the use of liquid acrylic adhesives in the management of congenital
vascular malformations. Specifically, the chemical features of cyanoacrylates, including the …

[HTML][HTML] Role of AI and radiomic markers in early diagnosis of renal cancer and clinical outcome prediction: a brief review

…, R Ouseph, J Yousaf, M Ghazal, S Contractor… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Renal cancer (RC) is ranked tenth among all types of cancer in men and
women worldwide. Artificial intelligence (AI) and radiomics have allowed the development of …

How much does it rain over land?

…, LV Alexander, MG Donat, S Contractor… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the availability of several observationally constrained data sets of daily precipitation
based on rain gauge measurements, remote sensing, and/or reanalyses, we demonstrate a …

Safety and efficacy of sacroplasty for sacral fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

V Chandra, E Wajswol, P Shukla, S Contractor… - Journal of Vascular and …, 2019 - Elsevier
… Based on Society of International Radiology quality improvement guidelines for vertebroplasty,
cases were considered to be clinically successful if the patient’s pain improved, stayed …

[HTML][HTML] Rainfall Estimates on a Gridded Network (REGEN)–a global land-based gridded dataset of daily precipitation from 1950 to 2016

S Contractor, MG Donat, LV Alexander… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2020 - hess.copernicus.org
We present a new global land-based daily precipitation dataset from 1950 using an interpolated
network of in situ data called Rainfall Estimates on a Gridded Network – REGEN. We …

Role of helical CT in detecting right ventricular dysfunction secondary to acute pulmonary embolism

S Contractor, PD Maldjian, VK Sharma… - Journal of computer …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of helical CT in detecting right
ventricular dysfunction (RVD) after acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Methods This was a …

Intercomparison of annual precipitation indices and extremes over global land areas from in situ, space-based and reanalysis products

…, M Bador, R Roca, S Contractor… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
… daily data were available over global land areas from 50S to 50N since at least 2001. From
… Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of …

[HTML][HTML] FROGS: a daily 1× 1 gridded precipitation database of rain gauge, satellite and reanalysis products

…, S Contractor, MG Bosilovich, S Cloché - Earth System …, 2019 - essd.copernicus.org
We introduce the Frequent Rainfall Observations on GridS (FROGS) database (Roca et al.,
2019). It is composed of gridded daily-precipitation products on a common 1∘×1∘ grid to …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in observed daily precipitation over global land areas since 1950

S Contractor, MG Donat, LV Alexander - Journal of Climate, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
… Nicholls, 2007: Trends in Australia’s climate means and extremes: A global context. Aust.
Meteor. … Contractor, M. Donat, and PL Nguyen, 2020: Intercomparison of annual …

Basella alba stem extract integrated poly (vinyl alcohol)/chitosan composite films: A promising bio-material for wound healing

…, T Gasti, VD Hiremani, JP Pinto, SS Contractor… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural extract-based bio-composite material for wound healing is gaining much attention
due to risk of infection and high cost of commercial wound dressing film causes serious …