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Shuaiwen Wang, Haolei Weng, Arian Maleki · 2021 · Information and Inference: A Journal of the IMA
Abstract A recently proposed SLOPE estimator [6] has been shown to adaptively achieve the minimax $\ell _2$ estimation rate under high-dimensional sparse linear regression models [25]. Such minimax optimality holds in the regime where the…
View details →John Devin Peipert, David Cella, Ron D. Hays · 2024 · Quality of Life Research
Abstract Interpretation of patient-reported outcome (PRO) scores has been supported by identifying score thresholds or ranges that indicate clinical importance. There has been a recent focus on the estimation of meaningful within patient…
View details →Zbigniew Putowski, Szymon Czajka, Łukasz J. Krzych · 2021 · Journal of Clinical Medicine
The recent consensus by the Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) on intraoperative hypotension (IOH) stated that mean arterial pressure (MAP) below 60–70 mmHg is associated with myocardial infarction (MI), acute kidney injury (AKI),…
View details →Haili Yu, Tiejun Wang, Andrew Skidmore et al. · 2022 · Journal of Fungi
Fungi are a hyper-diverse kingdom that contributes significantly to the regulation of the global carbon and nutrient cycle. However, our understanding of the distribution of fungal diversity is often hindered by a lack of data, especially…
View details →Ernest Mas-Herrero, Daniel Adrover-Roig, María Ruz et al. · 2021 · Neurobiology of Language
Abstract The benefits of bilingualism in executive functions are highly debated. Even so, in switching tasks, these effects seem robust, although smaller than initially thought (Gunnerud et al., 2020; Ware et al., 2020). By handling two…
View details →Patrick Albers, Jacob Bennett, Moira Evans et al. · 2024 · Canadian Urological Association Journal
Introduction: Despite a negative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), some patients may still harbor clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa, Gleason grade group ≥2). High-resolution micro-ultrasound (microUS) is a novel imaging…
View details →Melissa Goertzen · 2019 · Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
A Review of: Ritchie, S. M., Young, L. M., & Sigman, J. (2018). A comparison of selected bibliographic database subject overlap for agricultural information. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 89.…
View details →Matthew P. Steinberg, Rand Quinn, J. Cameron Anglum · 2020 · Journal of Education Finance
abstract: We estimate the impact of school finance reform on adequate and equitable district spending, school resources and student achievement in Pennsylvania. From the 2008-09 to the 2010-11 school years, amid the Great Recession,…
View details →Nam-Hee Kim, Ichiro Kawachi · 2020 · Scientific Reports
Abstract The Korean National Health Insurance expanded the dental insurance in 2012 to cover denture services for older adults. We analyzed whether the new policy improved of chewing ability in the eligible population. We used regression…
View details →Alessio Malacrida, Marie Deschamps-Wright, Roberta Rigolio et al. · 2023 · International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Rigosertib is a small molecule in preclinical development that, due to its characteristics as a dual PLK1 and PI3K inhibitor, is particularly effective in counteracting the advance of different types of tumors. In this work, we evaluated…
View details →Kevin Butler, Benoît Forget, Stephen J. Heishman et al. · 2021 · Behavioural Pharmacology
Relapse is common amongst smokers attempting to quit and tobacco cue-induced craving is an important relapse mechanism. Preclinical studies commonly use cue-induced reinstatement of nicotine seeking to investigate relapse neurobiology.…
View details →Tammas F. Loughran, Sarah E. Perkins‐Kirkpatrick, Lisa V. Alexander et al. · 2017 · Geophysical Research Letters
Abstract The influence of two El Niño types on the frequency of summer heat wave days in Australia is investigated using both observations and an atmospheric climate model. The two basic spatial variants of El Niño are the traditional…
View details →Konstantinos Gkiouras, Maria-Eleftheria Choleva, Aikaterini Verrou et al. · 2022 · Nutrients
Positive (statistically significant) findings are easily produced in nutrition research when specific aspects of the research design and analysis are not accounted for. To address this issue, recently, a pledge was made to reform nutrition…
View details →Jonathan M. Lilly, Paula Pérez-Brunius · 2021 · Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Abstract. A method for objectively extracting the displacement signals associated with coherent eddies from Lagrangian trajectories is presented, refined, and applied to a large dataset of 3770 surface drifters from the Gulf of Mexico. The…
View details →Shova Mishra, Peter DiGennaro · 2020 · Journal of Nematology
Abstract Root-knot nematodes (RKN; Meloidogyne spp.) are obligate plant parasites that require constant communication with their host to establish and maintain specialized feeding cells. The intimacy of this interaction likely requires…
View details →Kerry A. Rogers, Jennifer A. Woyach · 2024 · Hematology
Abstract Frontline therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has substantially advanced in the previous decade. While monotherapy with a Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor is an excellent option for many patients, combination…
View details →Juan Bernardo Villarreal-Espinosa, Zeeshan A. Khan, Kyleen Jan et al. · 2025 · The American Journal of Sports Medicine
Background: Critical analysis of studies with high level of evidence has relied on the significance set by the reported P values. However, this strategy steers readers toward categorical interpretation of the data; therefore, a more…
View details →Andrey Borisov, Alexey Bosov, Gregory Miller · 2022 · Mathematics
The paper presents an optimal control problem for the partially observable stochastic differential system driven by an external Markov jump process. The available controlled observations are indirect and corrupted by some Wiener noise. The…
View details →Rune Elvik, Alena Høye · 2022 · Traffic Safety Research
The number of traffic fatalities has declined by 80-90 % from the all-time peak number in many highly motorized countries. It would be of great interest to identify factors that explain this decline. Unfortunately, this is difficult, and…
View details →Riyam Mistry, Fadi Issa · 2022 · Frontiers in Surgery
Introduction Paediatric burns are a common clinical presentation. The long-term scar outcomes in paediatric burns patients are relatively unknown as most are discharged after 6 weeks follow up, apart from the small number that are followed…
View details →Oscar A. Chavez, Walter Renberg, Natalia Cernicchiaro · 2024 · American Journal of Veterinary Research
Abstract OBJECTIVE Effect of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) in patients with CCLR after TPLO surgery by measuring C-reactive protein (CRP), percentage weight bearing, lameness using a short form of a composite measure pain scale,…
View details →D. Gary Harlow · 2023 · Metals
It has been known for at least 150 years that fatigue life data exhibits a considerable amount of variability. Furthermore, statistically modeling fatigue life adequately is challenging. Different empirical approaches have been used, each…
View details →Maria Prats-Llinàs, Joaquim Bellvert, Mercè Mata et al. · 2019 · Agronomy
Future increases in temperatures are expected to advance grapevine phenology and shift ripening to warmer months, leaving a longer post-harvest period with warmer temperatures. Accumulation of carbohydrates occurs during post-harvest, and…
View details →Neng Shen, Jing Zhang, Yangchun Cao · 2024 · Business Process Management Journal
Purpose In the context of open innovation, more and more enterprises are leveraging innovation networks to drive disruptive innovation performance, but there is no consensus on the relationship between network embeddedness and enterprise…
View details →Brandon J. Barnes, Cherry Abdou, Kyle Wendling et al. · 2020 · Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics B
The aim of the study was to determine if the use of an Instructional Video will decrease anxiety during cast removal. We enrolled 60 healthy children undergoing their first cast removal following conservative fracture treatment. Patients…
View details →Hendrik CC de Jonge, Jacqueline Lagendijk, Unnati Saha et al. · 2019 · BMJ Open
Objectives To study the effect of an urban perinatal health programme in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on perinatal outcomes. Design A retrospective cohort study with difference-in-differences analysis using individual-level perinatal…
View details →Sarah Ingber, Rita Selby, Jacques Lee et al. · 2014 · CJEM
ABSTRACT Introduction: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is difficult to diagnose yet potentially life threatening. A low-risk pretest probability (PTP) assessment combined with a negative Ddimer can rule out VTE in two-thirds of outpatients,…
View details →Constance A Gewa, Suzanne P Murphy, Robert E Weiss et al. · 2012 · Public Health Nutrition
Abstract Objective To examine changes in energy intake along with markers of dietary quality (animal-source energy and protein intakes) among household members in the presence of supplementary school feeding in rural Kenya. Design A…
View details →Elizabeth Reifsnider, Cha‐Nam Shin, Michael Todd et al. · 2016 · Research in Nursing & Health
Abstract Growth stunting is a complex phenomenon related to undernutrition that can contribute to developmental delay, cognitive deficits, and small size and obesity in adulthood. Stunted growth, defined as height for age below the 5th…
View details →Simon Condliffe, Matt B. Saboe, Sabrina Terrizzi · 2017 · Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the effect of the recent Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Dependent Mandate (DM) that requires health insurers to extend dependent coverage to the children of their insured, up to age 26. The DM…
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