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Health Care Sciences & Services
Patrick Taffe
Summary: The Bland and Altman limits of agreement method is commonly used to compare two measurement methods for continuous outcomes, but may not be suitable in cases where the assumptions are violated. In such situations, alternative statistical methods that require repeated measurements by at least one method should be considered.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Claus Z. Simonsen, Thabele M. Leslie-Mazwi, Gotz Thomalla
Summary: Reperfusion therapy has been shown to be effective for stroke with unknown time of onset, but challenges in clinical practice exist due to variability in data and different imaging paradigms. Physicians need to consider which imaging approach to use when guiding reperfusion treatment for these patients.
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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Sumiko Asai
Summary: This study investigated the characteristics of three databases collecting article processing charges for open access journals. The findings suggest that although there are differences in data collection methods and the number of journals included, the choice of database may not significantly influence the conclusions of empirical studies on article processing charges.
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Sumiko Asai
Summary: This study investigated the characteristics of three databases compiling article processing charges in open access journals. The results showed that there were discrepancies in the data collected by different databases, but there was a strong positive relationship between list prices and actual article processing charges paid.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Jianxin Zhao, Ying Yuan, Jing Tao, Chunyi Chen, Xiaoxia Wu, Yimei Liao, Linlin Wu, Qing Zeng, Yin Chen, Ke Wang, Xiaohong Li, Zheng Liu, Jiayuan Zhou, Yangwen Zhou, Shengli Li, Jun Zhu
Summary: This study assessed the impact of applying long-standing Hadlock charts and other fetal growth charts in a Chinese population to predict newborn small for gestational age (SGA). The results showed that the INTERGROWTH-21st standard appears to be a safe option in China, while a reference based on the Chinese population is needed for fat-based biometry. Special care should be taken when applying published charts due to measurement method discrepancies.
CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Han Lu, Danyu Qiao, Yongxin Li, Shuang Wu, Lei Deng
Summary: ZY-1 02D is China's first civil hyperspectral satellite with a spatial resolution of 30 m and 166 spectral bands. However, its competitive advantages are hindered by its lower spatial resolution, necessitating fusion with higher-resolution multispectral data to improve accuracy and spectral fidelity.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Patrick Taffe, Claire Zuppinger, Gerrit Marwin Burger, Semira Gonseth Nussle
Summary: When one of the two measurement methods is exempt (or almost) from any measurement errors, the commonly used Bland-Altman limits of agreement (LoA) method produces biased results, while linear regression provides unbiased results.
Article
Management
Eva M. Meyersson Milgrom, Paul Milgrom, Ravi Singh
Summary: Research shows that a common pattern of control in firms is to have management retain a broad set of rights, while other stakeholders have targeted veto rights over specific decisions. This shared control pattern allows management to consider stakeholders' interests while preventing self-interested stakeholders from blocking valuable proposals.
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2023)
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Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Xiaoling Zhou, Ou Wu
Summary: This paragraph discusses the unequal treatment of training samples in machine learning tasks and proposes various weighting schemes. Through theoretical analysis and experimental verification, the optimal weights for different priority modes are obtained, and a flexible weighting scheme (FlexW) is proposed. A wide range of experiments is conducted to verify the effectiveness of the proposed FlexW and compare different weighting schemes in various learning scenarios.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL NETWORKS AND LEARNING SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Michael Solomentsev, Alex J. Hanson
Summary: Magnetic components for power conversion often use magnetic cores to reduce losses and improve performance. However, at high frequencies, air-core components may be preferred due to poor core materials. This study demonstrates that magnetic-core inductors can outperform air-core inductors at frequencies up to tens of megahertz, based on currently available magnetic materials. These findings have important implications for applications in industrial, scientific, and medical frequency bands.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS
(2023)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
James B. Hittner, Folorunso O. Fasina
Summary: Studies have shown that utilizing Bayesian methods for comparing test positivity (TP) rates related to the COVID-19 pandemic can lead to more accurate inferences and help avoid potential decision errors that may arise from frequentist tests.
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Mathematics, Applied
Gabriel Jarry-Bolduc
Summary: This paper introduces an explicit formula based on matrix algebra to approximate the diagonal entries of a Hessian matrix with any number of sample points. When the gradient is approximated using the derivative-free technique called generalized centered simplex gradient, the formula can be computed with just one additional function evaluation. An error bound is also introduced, providing information on the sample set of points that should be used to approximate the diagonal of a Hessian matrix.
NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Douglas J. Navarick, Kristen M. Moreno
Summary: This study explores the effectiveness of impartiality settings in suppressing personal biases. The results show that in an emergency department scenario, individuals are often influenced by factors such as age, kinship, and hero concept, resulting in biases. However, age bias disappears in high-risk situations, and kinship bias reverses in moderate fall risk situations. The findings suggest that impartiality settings are not effective in suppressing biases.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Edyta Malachowska, Aneta Lipkiewicz, Marcin Dubowik, Piotr Przybysz
Summary: In the 21st century, paper recycling has increased due to environmental initiatives, but the inclusion of low-quality paper fractions in the process can lead to the overproduction of low-value papers and spread of chemical substances. Therefore, the reliable and conscious selection of recycled pulp is crucial. This study examined the critical properties of recycled pulp for its papermaking ability to produce high-quality sanitary paper, and identified key parameters that influence this ability, such as impurities, extractive substances, freeness, and fiber length. Types of wastepaper that were unsuitable for producing paper with high utility potential were eliminated.
Article
Infectious Diseases
Anna-Karin Smekal, Mia Furebring, Miklos Lipcsey, Christian G. Giske
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the influence of two different MIC parameters on target attainment rates using actual MICs of the causative pathogens as reference. The results showed that MICECOFF, which is based on the MIC of the causative pathogen, is a more suitable alternative for therapeutic drug monitoring.
JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY
(2023)
