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Why we should not “help bad choosers:” screening, nudging, and epistemic risk
One prominent line of support for nudging in screening programs is the claim that nudging can help ‘bad choosers’ — that is, it can help some...
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Where do families turn? Ethical dilemmas in the care of chronically critically Ill children
Advancements in early diagnosis and novel treatments for children with complex and chronic needs have improved their chances of survival. But many...
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Antiplatelet therapy to prevent ischemic events in giant cell arteritis: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundGiant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common systemic vasculitis in adults. Presenting features include new-onset headaches,...
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Automation of systematic reviews of biomedical literature: a sco** review of studies indexed in PubMed
BackgroundThe demand for high-quality systematic literature reviews (SRs) for evidence-based medical decision-making is growing. SRs are costly and...
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Ensemble Machine Learning and Predicted Properties Promote Antimicrobial Peptide Identification
AbstractThe emergence of antibiotic-resistant microbes raises a pressing demand for novel alternative treatments. One promising alternative is the...
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Strong convergence of a nonparametric relative error regression estimator under missing data with functional predictors
In this paper, we develop a nonparametric estimator of the regression function for a functional explanatory variable and a scalar response variable...
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LGBTQIA health in medical education: a national survey of Australian medical students
PurposeLesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual (LGBTQIA) individuals experience poorer health outcomes than other...
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Functional Principal Component Analysis for Multiple Variables on Different Riemannian Manifolds
Functional principal component analysis (FPCA) is a very important dimension reduction tool for functional data analysis. The conventional FPCA...
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A Comparison of Estimation Methods for Shared Gamma Frailty Models
This paper compares six different estimation methods for shared frailty models via a series of simulation studies. A shared frailty model is a...
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Preach! (Practice not Included): A Qualified Defense of Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy is generally treated as particularly repugnant, perhaps the “only unforgivable sin.” I argue that this attitude is misplaced....
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Classifier-dependent feature selection via greedy methods
The purpose of this study is to introduce a new approach to feature ranking for classification tasks, called in what follows greedy feature...
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Functional Causal Inference with Time-to-Event Data
Functional data analysis has proven to be a powerful tool for capturing and analyzing complex patterns and relationships in a variety of fields,...
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Effect of in-line filtration in newborns: study protocol of the Intravenous Neonatal Central Access Safety (INCAS) randomized controlled trial
BackgroundParticulate contamination due to infusion therapy (administration of parenteral nutrition and medications) carries a potential health risk...
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The effectiveness and safety of acupoint herbal patching for allergic rhinitis: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundAllergic rhinitis (AR) is a common inflammatory disease of the nasal mucosa that is characterized by symptoms such as sneezing, nasal...
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Study protocol for an adaptive, multi-arm, multi-stage (MAMS) randomised controlled trial of brief remotely delivered psychosocial interventions for people with serious mental health problems who have experienced a recent suicidal crisis: Remote Approaches to Psychosocial Intervention Delivery (RAPID)
BackgroundPeople with serious mental health problems (SMHP) are more likely to be admitted to psychiatric hospital following contact with crisis...
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A Note on Ising Network Analysis with Missing Data
The Ising model has become a popular psychometric model for analyzing item response data. The statistical inference of the Ising model is typically...
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Association of preserved ratio impaired spirometry with mortality and cardiovascular diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundPreserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) is a type of abnormal lung function. PRISm and mortality have been explored in several studies,...
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Strengthening a culture of research dissemination: A narrative report of research day at King Faisal Hospital Rwanda, a tertiary-level teaching hospital in Rwanda
BackgroundThere are significant gaps in research output and authorship in low- and middle-income countries. Research dissemination events have the...
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Locally sparse and robust partial least squares in scalar-on-function regression
We present a novel approach for estimating a scalar-on-function regression model, leveraging a functional partial least squares methodology. Our...
