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Open AccessAuthor Correction: The risk of being bitten by a dog is higher on hot, sunny, and smoggy days
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Open AccessThe risk of being bitten by a dog is higher on hot, sunny, and smoggy days
Humans commit more violent crimes when temperature and air pollution is higher. Here, we investigate if also the day-to-day rates of dogs biting humans is influenced by environmental factors. 69,525 reports of...
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Regression modeling of time-to-event data with censoring
If you sit on the sofa for your entire life, you’re running a higher risk of getting heart disease and cancer. —Alex Honnold, American rock climber
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Open AccessUsing patient-reported outcome measures to assess psychological well-being in a non-representative US general population during the COVID-19 pandemic
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological well-being will likely be long-lasting. Efforts directed towards monitoring the onset and progression of distress and mental health disorders are needed to ...
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Open AccessPredicting radiocephalic arteriovenous fistula success with machine learning
After creation of a new arteriovenous fistula (AVF), assessment of readiness for use is an important clinical task. Accurate prediction of successful use is challenging, and augmentation of the physical exam w...
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A Spatiotemporal Analytical Outlook of the Exposure to Air Pollution and COVID-19 Mortality in the USA
The world is experiencing a pandemic due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), also known as COVID-19. The USA is also suffering from a catastrophic death toll from COVID-19. Several...
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Survival analysis—time-to-event data and censoring
Love’s the only engine of survival. —Leonard Cohen
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Fellowship training influences learning curves for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is the most commonly performed bariatric surgical procedure. Little is known about how surgeon training background influences the learning curve of this procedure. We exam...
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Open AccessCounterfactual time series analysis of short-term change in air pollution following the COVID-19 state of emergency in the United States
Lockdown measures implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic produced sudden behavioral changes. We implement counterfactual time series analysis based on seasonal autoregressive integrated moving averag...
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Patterns of Weight Loss Medication Utilization and Outcomes Following Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for obesity; however, some patients experience significant weight regain. Weight loss medications (WLM) are being increasingly used in surgery patients with li...
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Bayesian time series regression with nonparametric modeling of autocorrelation
Series models have several functions: comprehending the functional dependence of variable of interest on covariates, forecasting the dependent variable for future values of covariates and estimating variance d...
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Statistical Inference of Exponentiated Moment Exponential Distribution Based on Lower Record Values
Based on lower record values, we first derive the exact explicit expressions as well as recurrence relations for the single and product moments of record values and then use these results to compute the means,...
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Two-parameter Maxwell distribution: Properties and different methods of estimation
In this article we consider the problem of estimating location and scale parameters of the Maxwell distribution from both frequentist and Bayesian points of view. Additionally, some properties of the distribut...
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Weighted Weibull Distribution: Properties and Estimation
We take a closer look at the weighted Weibull distribution. First, we study the structural properties of the probability density function, hazard rate, and mean residual lifetime functions of this distribution...
