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Oncology
Philip Q. Ding, Flora Au, Winson Y. Cheung, Steven J. Heitman, Richard Lee-Ying
Summary: Up to 65% of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer experience disease recurrence following curative-intent metastasectomy. There is little evidence for the use of surveillance in metastatic colorectal cancer and no clear consensus on the best strategy. Our economic analysis demonstrates that surveillance with clinic visits and investigations every 12 months for 5 years would be cost-effective in a Canadian context.
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Surgery
Amelia J. Hessheimer, Ana Magdalena Vargas-Martinez, Marta Trapero-Bertran, Miquel Navasa, Constantino Fondevila
Summary: This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness and utility of posttransplant hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) surveillance compared to standard follow-up. Although surveillance slightly improves survival and quality of life, it also increases costs and does not appear to be cost-effective in this setting.
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Engineering, Environmental
Abigail P. Harvey, Erica R. Fuhrmeister, Molly Cantrell, Ana K. Pitol, Jenna M. Swarthout, Julie E. Powers, Maya L. Nadimpalli, Timothy R. Julian, Amy J. Pickering
Summary: Environmental surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 on high-touch surfaces in a community setting during a COVID-19 outbreak revealed a low risk of infection from contaminated surfaces. The percentage of positive samples from high-touch surfaces predicted variations in COVID-19 cases at the city-level with a 7-day lead time, suggesting that this surveillance method could serve as an early warning tool for monitoring case trends.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Qianru Zhu, Benjamin D. Leibowicz
Summary: This article introduces a novel Markov decision process model for cost-benefit analysis of infrastructure resilience upgrades. By applying this model to two case studies of electric utility infrastructure hardening, the study demonstrates the practical applicability of the model. Results from the case studies show that factors such as the value of lost load during power outages and the distribution of customer types significantly impact decisions on whether to implement resilience upgrades.
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Immunology
Meng-Zhao Yin, Yuan-Yuan Gu, Jun-Tao Shu, Bin Zhang, Min Su, Lu-Ping Zhang, Yin-Hua Jiang, Gang Qin
Summary: CMV vaccination for females in China is cost-effective and even cost-saving, with implications for controlling CMV diseases.
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Mathematics, Applied
Onesimo Hernandez-Lerma, Leonardo R. Laura-Guarachi, Saul Mendoza-Palacios
Summary: This paper investigates optimal control problems for infinite-horizon discrete-time deterministic systems with the long-run average cost criterion. It presents a survey of some main approaches to study the cost problem, including the AC optimality equation, the steady state approach, and the vanishing discount approach. The paper emphasizes the difference between the deterministic control problem and the corresponding stochastic MDP, and provides examples and open problems for further research.
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS
(2023)
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Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Joao Filipe Brochado Martins, Shemesh Hagay, Sascha Rudolf Herbst, Schwendicke Falk
Summary: This study assessed the cost-effectiveness of full retreatment versus selective retreatment in teeth with apical pathology. The results showed that selective retreatment may be more cost-effective in endodontically treated teeth with persistent apical periodontitis.
INTERNATIONAL ENDODONTIC JOURNAL
(2023)
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Virology
Hanzhao Liu, Chuchu Ye, Yuanping Wang, Weiping Zhu, Yifeng Shen, Caoyi Xue, Hong Zhang, Yanyan Zhang, Shihong Li, Bing Zhao, Hongmei Xu, Lipeng Hao, Yixin Zhou
Summary: This study highlights the importance of active surveillance for potential COVID-19 cases, as demonstrated by shortened time intervals from illness onset to both the first medical visit and isolation, contributing to the effective control of the COVID-19 outbreak in Pudong, Shanghai.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
John T. Schousboe, Brian L. Sprague, Linn Abraham, Ellen S. O'Meara, Tracy Onega, Shailesh Advani, Louise M. Henderson, Karen J. Wernli, Dongyu Zhang, Diana L. Miglioretti, Dejana Braithwaite, Karla Kerlikowske
Summary: The study found that extending screening mammography to age 80 may have benefits for some women, but the absolute reduction in death rates is small for women with comorbidities. Therefore, women over 75 should weigh the risks and benefits when considering screening mammography.
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
John T. Schousboe, Brian L. Sprague, Linn Abraham, Ellen S. O'Meara, Tracy Onega, Shailesh Advani, Louise M. Henderson, Karen J. Wernli, Dongyu Zhang, Diana L. Miglioretti, Dejana Braithwaite, Karla Kerlikowske
Summary: Extending mammography screening to age 80 appears to be cost-effective in certain scenarios, but the absolute number of deaths averted is small, especially for women with comorbidities. Women considering screening beyond age 75 should carefully weigh the potential harms of overdiagnosis against the potential benefits of averting breast cancer death.
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Francisco Javier Diez, Manuel Luque, Manuel Arias, Jorge Perez-Martin
Summary: This study presents a CEA method for problems with unordered or partially ordered decisions using decision analysis networks (DANs) and evaluates its computational efficiency through experiments. The evaluation of DANs returns a set of intervals for the willingness to pay, specifying the cost, effectiveness, and optimal intervention for each interval based on the willingness to pay.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICINE
(2021)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Vasiliy N. Leonenko, Yulia E. Kaliberda, Yulia Muravyova, Vasiliy A. Artyukh
Summary: In this study, a decision support modeling framework was used to assess the cost-effectiveness of treatment methods for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Two models were implemented within the framework to analyze a dataset of 600 patient records. The results provide comparative rankings of the cost-effectiveness of PJI treatment methods.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2022)
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Computer Science, Information Systems
Yanjie Guo, Zhaoyi Xu, Joseph Homer Saleh
Summary: This study focuses on improving the performance of environmental monitoring and anomaly detection systems by developing the AMASS system, which utilizes active sensing technology and dynamic sensor path planning in a dynamic environment. Experimental results show that AMASS outperforms traditional fixed sensor monitoring strategies by 10 to 15 times.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yang Liu, Melissa L. L. Thomas, Grey T. T. Coupland, Penghao Wang, Dan Zheng, Simon J. J. McKirdy
Summary: Invasive species eradication campaigns often fail due to uncertainty in arrival events, detectability, and resource allocation. This research uses info-gap decision theory to provide managers with a method to quantify their confidence in successful eradication of specific invasive species within their budget. The study focuses on the potential introduction of Asian house gecko to Barrow Island, Australia. Results show that the robustness of eradication policies can be improved by increasing eradication cost, investing in quarantine and border inspection, or investing in detection surveillance. This method helps managers evaluate the robustness of eradication policies for invasive species incursion.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Mathematics
Federico Bizzarri, Chiara Mocenni, Silvia Tiezzi
Summary: We propose a Markov Decision Process Model that combines ideas from Psychological research and Economics to study decision-making in people with self-control issues. From Psychological research, we borrow a dual-process of decision-making with self-awareness, and from Economics, we introduce present bias in inter-temporal preferences. We examine both exogenous and endogenous, state-dependent, present bias in inter-temporal decision-making, and use numerical simulations to explore the impact on well-being. Our findings suggest that self-awareness can alleviate present bias and suboptimal choice behavior over time.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Gerard Edward Ryan, Emily Nicholson, Jonathan C. Eames, Thomas N. E. Gray, Robin Loveridge, Simon P. Mahood, Phearun Sum, Michael A. McCarthy
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2019)
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Biodiversity Conservation
A. Townsend Peterson, Robert P. Anderson, Maria Beger, Janine Bolliger, Lluis Brotons, Christopher P. Burridge, Marlon E. Cobos, Angela P. Cuervo-Robayo, Enrico Di Minin, Jeffrey Diez, Jane Elith, Clare B. Embling, Luis E. Escobar, Franz Essl, Kenneth J. Feeley, Lucy Hawkes, Daniel Jimenez-Garcia, Laura Jimenez, David M. Green, Eva Knop, Ingolf Kuehn, Jose J. Lahoz-Monfort, Andres Lira-Noriega, Jorge M. Lobo, Rafael Loyola, Ralph Mac Nally, Fernando Machado-Stredel, Enrique Martinez-Meyer, Michael McCarthy, Cory Merow, Javier Nori, Claudia Nunez-Penichet, Luis Osorio-Olvera, Petr Pysek, Marcel Rejmanek, Anthony Ricciardi, Mark Robertson, Octavio Rojas Soto, Daniel Romero-Alvarez, Nuria Roura-Pascual, Luca Santini, David S. Schoeman, Boris Schroeder, Jorge Soberon, Diederik Strubbe, Wilfried Thuiller, Anna Traveset, Eric A. Treml, Tomas Vaclavik, Sara Varela, James E. M. Watson, Yolanda Wiersma, Brendan Wintle, Carlos Yanez-Arenas, Damaris Zurell
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2019)
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Ornithology
K. S. Gopi Sundar, John D. A. Grant, Inka Veltheim, Swati Kittur, Kate Brandis, Michael A. McCarthy, Elinor C. Scambler
EMU-AUSTRAL ORNITHOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Ecology
David P. Wilkinson, Nick Golding, Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita, Reid Tingley, Michael A. McCarthy
METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Jennifer Firn, James M. McGree, Eric Harvey, Habacuc Flores-Moreno, Martin Schuetz, Yvonne M. Buckley, Elizabeth T. Borer, Eric W. Seabloom, Kimberly J. La Pierre, Andrew M. MacDougall, Suzanne M. Prober, Carly J. Stevens, Lauren L. Sullivan, Erica Porter, Emma Ladouceur, Charlotte Allen, Karine H. Moromizato, John W. Morgan, W. Stanley Harpole, Yann Hautier, Nico Eisenhauer, Justin P. Wright, Peter B. Adler, Carlos Alberto Arnillas, Jonathan D. Bakker, Lori Biederman, Arthur A. D. Broadbent, Cynthia S. Brown, Miguel N. Bugalho, Maria C. Caldeira, Elsa E. Cleland, Anne Ebeling, Philip A. Fay, Nicole Hagenah, Andrew R. Kleinhesselink, Rachel Mitchell, Joslin L. Moore, Carla Nogueira, Pablo Luis Peri, Christiane Roscher, Melinda D. Smith, Peter D. Wragg, Anita C. Risch
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2019)
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Ecology
E. T. Borer, E. M. Lind, J. Firn, E. W. Seabloom, T. M. Anderson, E. S. Bakker, L. Biederman, K. J. La Pierre, A. S. MacDougall, J. L. Moore, A. C. Risch, M. Schutz, C. J. Stevens
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Christopher F. Clements, Michael A. McCarthy, Julia L. Blanchard
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
A. C. Risch, S. Zimmermann, R. Ochoa-Hueso, M. Schutz, B. Frey, J. L. Firn, P. A. Fay, F. Hagedorn, E. T. Borer, E. W. Seabloom, W. S. Harpole, J. M. H. Knops, R. L. McCulley, A. A. D. Broadbent, C. J. Stevens, M. L. Silveira, P. B. Adler, S. Baez, L. A. Biederman, J. M. Blair, C. S. Brown, M. C. Caldeira, S. L. Collins, P. Daleo, A. di Virgilio, A. Ebeling, N. Eisenhauer, E. Esch, A. Eskelinen, N. Hagenah, Y. Hautier, K. P. Kirkman, A. S. MacDougall, J. L. Moore, S. A. Power, S. M. Prober, C. Roscher, M. Sankaran, J. Siebert, K. L. Speziale, P. M. Tognetti, R. Virtanen, L. Yahdjian, B. Moser
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2019)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Inka Veltheim, Simon Cook, Grant C. Palmer, F. A. Richard Hill, Michael A. McCarthy
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Kathryn Knights, Michael A. McCarthy, James Camac, Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita
Summary: The study introduces a method to improve the efficiency of distance sampling in high density target species by measuring only a proportion of targets to model the detection function and using the saved time to cover longer total length of transect. This approach can enhance the precision of population density estimates within a fixed survey budget, and the simulations indicate that the optimized method could increase precision by 20% to 50%.
METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Cindy E. Hauser, Katherine M. Giljohann, Michael A. McCarthy, Georgia E. Garrard, Andrew P. Robinson, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Joslin L. Moore
Summary: This study investigates sources of variation in detection rate of threatened and invasive species surveys. The research finds that different flower colors and vegetation types have an impact on the detection rate of plants. Recent survey experience also improves the detection rate. These findings are important for guiding survey planning and eradication efforts.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Katharine L. Senior, Katherine M. Giljohann, Michael A. McCarthy, Luke T. Kelly
Summary: The study found that spatial patterns of planned burning have significant effects on reptile diversity, while mammals do not show clear relationships with fine-scale fire patterns. Retaining unburnt areas and well-connected habitat refuges is crucial for reptile diversity.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Liubov Volkova, Haruni Krisnawati, Muhammad A. Qirom, Wahyu C. Adinugroho, Rinaldi Imanuddin, Freddy Jontara Hutapea, Michael A. McCarthy, Julian Di Stefano, Christopher J. Weston
Summary: Tropical peat swamp forests are home to diverse plant communities and endangered species. Disturbances such as drainage, logging, and fire threaten these forests. The recovery of tree species from these threats is still not well understood. A study in Central Borneo found that after two to three decades, the richness and diversity of tree species in regenerating peat swamp forests reached similar levels to relatively undisturbed reference forests. However, across landscapes, fires occurring every 50 or 100 years can significantly reduce tree species richness and diversity. The study also identified two groups of tree species, "decreasers" and "increasers," that drove the difference in richness and diversity between disturbed and reference forests.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Ornithology
Inka Veltheim, Simon Cook, Michael A. McCarthy, Grant C. Palmer, F. A. Richard Hill
Summary: This study investigated the movement patterns of the Brolga, a species of crane, in southern Australia. The study found that Brolgas exhibited partial migratory behavior, with some individuals remaining resident throughout the year. Brolgas moved shorter distances during the non-breeding season. The findings of this study can contribute to local conservation planning and enhance our understanding of waterbird movements in Australia.
EMU-AUSTRAL ORNITHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
David P. Wilkinson, Nick Golding, Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita, Reid Tingley, Michael A. McCarthy
Summary: This study defines four different types of JSDM predictions and five classes of metrics to evaluate these predictions, showing the importance of matching prediction types and evaluation metrics with the specific research question.
METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)