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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jin Liu, Shiyuan Wang, Fang Shao
Summary: Prevalence estimates in epidemiological studies are important but susceptible to misclassification bias. Quantitative bias analysis can effectively estimate this bias, but its usage is limited due to lack of knowledge and tools. This study proposes three indicators based on quantitative bias analysis principles to express the magnitude, direction, and uncertainty of misclassification bias in prevalence estimates, highlighting the importance of using these analysis for epidemiological decision making.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Julie M. Petersen, Lynsie R. Ranker, Ruby Barnard-Mayers, Richard F. MacLehose, Matthew P. Fox
Summary: QBA applications in epidemiological research were rare but increasing over time. Most studies used QBA as secondary analyses to conventional methods or to assess the extent of bias. Common types of biases included misclassification, uncontrolled confounders, and selection bias. Many studies did not consider multiple biases or correlations between errors.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Grace I. E. Cosgrove, Luca Colombera, Nigel P. Mountney
Summary: This study quantitatively documents the variability in preserved sedimentary architecture of 56 globally distributed aeolian systems and relates these variations to differences in their basin settings. The research finds that different tectonic settings have different effects on the sedimentary architecture of aeolian accumulations.
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Andrew Busey, Abay Asfaw, Katie M. Applebaum, Paul K. O'Leary, Yorghos Tripodis, Matthew P. Fox, Andrew C. Stokes, Leslie I. Boden
Summary: Recent studies have shown that smoking and obesity are important factors affecting the mortality rate after workplace injuries among workers receiving workers' compensation benefits. Adjusting for these factors, the mortality rate for both women and men increased by more than 10%, highlighting the importance of considering these confounders.
ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Matthew P. Fox, Richard F. MacLehose, Timothy L. Lash
Summary: Systematic error, including selection bias, uncontrolled confounding, and misclassification, is common in epidemiological research but rarely quantified. We provide computing code that can be customized for an analyst's dataset to implement quantitative bias analysis (QBA) for misclassification and uncontrolled confounding. We demonstrate the implementation of bias analyses using SAS and R, including adjustment for confounding and misclassification. The resulting bias-adjusted estimates can be compared to conventional results, and simulation intervals can be generated to evaluate the impact of bias on uncertainty.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Dana Pessach, Erez Shmueli
Summary: This paper examines the issue of fairness in AI algorithms in data settings, highlighting how Privileged Group Selection Bias can lead to high algorithmic bias, even when treated equally, and proposes methods to overcome this bias, showing significant improvements in fairness with minimal compromise in accuracy.
EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Qiong Wei, Yu Zhu, Weifeng Zhen, Xiaoning Zhang, Zhenhua Shi, Ling Zhang, Jiuju Zhou
Summary: This study found that the predictive performance of the renal resistive index (RRI) and power Doppler ultrasound (PDU) for acute kidney injury (AKI) were similar, which need to be further verified.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Tammy Jiang, Jaimie L. Gradus, Timothy L. Lash, Matthew P. Fox
Summary: This study evaluated the impact of measurement error on random-forest model performance and variable importance, finding that measurement error in the data used for constructing random forests can distort model performance and variable importance measures, but that bias analysis can recover the correct results.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Medical Laboratory Technology
Jan M. Ruijter, Rebecca J. Barnewall, Ian B. Marsh, Andrew N. Szentirmay, Jane C. Quinn, Robin van Houdt, Quinn D. Gunst, Maurice J. B. van den Hoff
Summary: Efficiency correction is essential for meaningful interpretation of qPCR results, considering the actual amplification efficiency. Absolute quantification with an undiluted calibrator is recommended for unbiased efficiency-corrected results.
CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Zhengfu Yang, Tao Qin, Hongmiao Jin, Jiani Wang, Caiyun Li, Kean-Jin Lim, Zhengjia Wang
Summary: In this study, the researchers used a label-free phosphoproteomic quantification technique to identify potential phosphorylation sites and proteins involved in early development of pecan fruit. They found a total of 2155 phosphosites on 1311 phosphoproteins, with 699 of them showing differential phosphorylation after pollination.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Review
Immunology
Min Hu, Natasha M. Rogers, Jennifer Li, Geoff Y. Zhang, Yuan Min Wang, Karli Shaw, Philip J. O'Connell, Stephen Alexander
Summary: Tregs play a crucial role in kidney transplantation by limiting immune activation and potentially reducing the need for immunosuppression. Studies have shown their importance in improving allo-specific Treg function in both animal and human models.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Zining Ni, Xirong Chen, Jinsen Xie, Muhammad Abdul Wasaye, Tao Yu
Summary: This paper evaluates the effects of nuclide concentration uncertainty on criticality calculation in a burnup credit system using Monte Carlo uncertainty sampling methods. The results show that this method effectively quantifies uncertainties with a calculation accuracy within 3% and that assuming a normal distribution for the measured-to-calculated concentration ratios is reasonable in the sampling process. Additionally, considering the correlations among important isotopes can reduce the uncertainty of the criticality calculation.
Article
Geology
M. Mostafizur Rahman, John A. Howell, David I. M. Macdonald
Summary: Although crevasse splays are common in fluvial systems, their occurrence, distribution, and geometry are less understood compared to channel deposits. This study used satellite imagery to analyze crevasse-splay deposits in eight modern fluvial systems and found that their occurrence and geometry are controlled by factors such as climate, discharge, floodplain morphology, vegetation, trunk channel slope, sinuosity, and sediment load. Three types of splays were identified: single crevasse splays, laterally amalgamated crevasse splays, and crevasse-splay complexes. The size of the splays varies widely, with compensational stacking or progradation contributing to larger splays.
JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY RESEARCH
(2022)
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Business
Jay P. Shimshack, Michael B. Ward
Summary: Maintaining a credible threat of sanction against infrequent violators is relatively cheap and effective in reducing violations.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jonas Wachner, Marieke A. Adriaanse, Denise T. D. De Ridder
Summary: Three online studies showed that the expectation regarding nudges may not necessarily lead to actual harm to autonomy.
Meeting Abstract
Allergy
James N. Baraniuk, Peter McGarvey, Baris E. Suzek, Shruti Rao, Samir Lababidi, Andrea Sutherland, Richard Forshee, Subha Madhavan
JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
(2015)
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Infectious Diseases
Hector S. Izurieta, Nicole Thadani, David K. Shay, Yun Lu, Aaron Maurer, Ivo M. Foppa, Riley Franks, Douglas Pratt, Richard A. Forshee, Thomas MaCurdy, Chris Worrall, Andrew E. Howery, Jeffrey Kelman
LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2015)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mikhail Menis, Richard A. Forshee, Sanjai Kumar, Stephen McKean, Rob Warnock, Hector S. Izurieta, Rahul Gondalia, Chris Johnson, Paul D. Mintz, Mark O. Walderhaug, Christopher M. Worrall, Jeffrey A. Kelman, Steven A. Anderson
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Mathematical & Computational Biology
Susan P. Duke, Fabrice Bancken, Brenda Crowe, Mat Soukup, Taxiarchis Botsis, Richard Forshee
STATISTICS IN MEDICINE
(2015)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Taxiarchis Botsis, Christopher Jankosky, Deepa Arya, Kory Kreimeyer, Matthew Foster, Abhishek Pandey, Wei Wang, Guangfan Zhang, Richard Forshee, Ravi Goud, David Menschik, Mark Walderhaug, Emily Jane Woo, John Scott
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS
(2016)
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Medicine, Legal
Million A. Tegenge, Linda S. Von Tungeln, Robert J. Mitkus, Steven A. Anderson, Michelle M. Vanlandingham, Richard A. Forshee, Frederick A. Beland
REGULATORY TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
(2016)
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Hematology
H. Yang, S. A. Anderson, R. Forshee, A. Williams, J. S. Epstein, P. W. Marks
Article
Immunology
David K. Shay, Yoganand Chillarige, Jeffrey Kelman, Richard A. Forshee, Ivo M. Foppa, Michael Wernecke, Yun Lu, Jill M. Ferdinands, Arjun Iyengar, Alicia M. Fry, Chris Worrall, Hector S. Izurieta
JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2017)
Article
Hematology
Hong Yang, Yin Huang, Luisa Gregori, David M. Asher, Travis Bui, Richard A. Forshee, Steven A. Anderson
Article
Hematology
Mikhail Menis, Richard A. Forshee, Steven A. Anderson, Stephen McKean, Rahul Gondalia, Rob Warnock, Chris Johnson, Paul D. Mintz, Christopher M. Worrall, Jeffrey A. Kelman, Hector S. Izurieta
Article
Hematology
M. Menis, R. A. Forshee, S. A. Anderson, S. McKean, R. Gondalia, R. Warnock, C. Johnson, P. D. Mintz, C. M. Worrall, J. A. Kelman, H. S. Izurieta
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kory Kreimeyer, David Menschik, Scott Winiecki, Wendy Paul, Faith Barash, Emily Jane Woo, Meghna Alimchandani, Deepa Arya, Craig Zinderman, Richard Forshee, Taxiarchis Botsis
Letter
Hematology
Mikhail V. Ovanesov, Mikhail D. Menis, Dorothy E. Scott, Richard Forshee, Steven Anderson, Wilson Bryan, Basil Golding
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY
(2017)
Article
Immunology
Hector S. Izurieta, Michael Wernecke, Jeffrey Kelman, Sarah Wong, Richard Forshee, Douglas Pratt, Yun Lu, Qin Sun, Christopher Jankosky, Philip Krause, Chris Worrall, Tom MaCurdy, Rafael Harpaz
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2017)