Step-by-step causal analysis of EHRs to ground decision-making. by Matthieu Doutreligne, Tristan Struja, Judith Abecassis, Claire Morgand, Leo Anthony Celi, Gaël Varoquaux

“…However, researchers should be wary of many pitfalls. We propose and illustrate a framework for causal inference estimating the effect of albumin on mortality in sepsis using an Intensive Care database (MIMIC-IV) and comparing various sensitivity analyses to results from RCTs as gold-standard. …”
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Predicting adaptation and evolution of plasticity from temporal environmental change by Cristóbal Gallegos, Luis‐Miguel Chevin, Kathryn A. Hodgins, Keyne Monro

“…Notably, we show how different forms of environmental predictability emerging from the interplay of cyclic change, stochastic change (noise) and lag between development and selection shape predictions. We then illustrate the utility of our model for generating testable predictions for the evolution of adaptation and plasticity when parameterised with real time series data. …”
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Nutrient composition databases in the age of big data: foodDB, a comprehensive, real-time database infrastructure by Peter Scarborough, Mike Rayner, Richard Andrew Harrington, Vyas Adhikari

“…This paper introduces foodDB, a big data approach to the analysis of this marketplace, and presents analyses illustrating its research potential.Design foodDB has been used to collect data weekly on all foods and drinks available on six major UK supermarket websites since November 2017. …”
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Gut Bacterial Microbiome Profiles Associated with Colorectal Cancer Risk: A Narrative Review and Meta-Analysis by Christian A Russ, Nicholas A Zertalis, Veronica Nanton

“…A wide array of research into this topic was performed over the past decade, illustrating a keen interest in the potential causal relationship between the gut microbiome and CRC. …”
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Adversarial example defense algorithm for MNIST based on image reconstruction by Zhongyuan QIN, Zhaoxiang HE, Tao LI, Liquan CHEN

“…With the popularization of deep learning, more and more attention has been paid to its security issues.The adversarial sample is to add a small disturbance to the original image, which can cause the deep learning model to misclassify the image, which seriously affects the performance of deep learning technology.To address this challenge, the attack form and harm of the existing adversarial samples were analyzed.An adversarial examples defense method based on image reconstruction was proposed to effectively detect adversarial examples.The defense method used MNIST as the test data set.The core idea was image reconstruction, including central variance minimization and image quilting optimization.The central variance minimization was only processed for the central area of the image.The image quilting optimization incorporated the overlapping area into the patch block selection.Considered and took half the size of the patch as the overlap area.Using FGSM, BIM, DeepFool and C＆amp;W attack methods to generate adversarial samples to test the defense performance of the two methods, and compare with the existing three image reconstruction defense methods (cropping and scaling, bit depth compression and JPEG compression).The experimental results show that the central variance minimization and image quilting optimization algorithms proposed have a satisfied defense effect against the attacks of existing common adversarial samples.Image quilting optimization achieves over 75% classification accuracy for samples generated by the four attack algorithms, and the defense effect of minimizing central variance is around 70%.The three image reconstruction algorithms used for comparison have unstable defense effects on different attack algorithms, and the overall classification accuracy rate is less than 60%.The central variance minimization and image quilting optimization proposed achieve the purpose of effectively defending against adversarial samples.The experiments illustrate the defense effect of the proposed defense algorithm in different adversarial sample attack algorithms.The comparison between the reconstruction algorithm and the algorithm shows that the proposed scheme has good defense performance.…”
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An environmental evaluation of food waste downstream management options: a hybrid LCA approach by Ramy Salemdeeb, Mohammad Bin Daina, Christian Reynolds, Abir Al-Tabbaa

“…Sensitivity and Monte Carlo analysis evaluate the methods robustness and illustrate the uncertainty of current LCA methods. Major implication: hybrid IO-LCA approaches must become the new norm for LCA. …”
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Liquefiable Ground Treatment Using Cruciform Section Probe Resonant Compaction Method: A Case Study in the Xitong Expressway, Eastern China by Guangyin Du, Han Xia, Jun Cai, Huangsong Pan, Changshen Sun

“…The cone penetration test (CPT) results showed that this soil was liquefiable ground requiring treatment before construction. Laboratory tests illustrated that the clay particle content was nearly 10% in the surface layer, indicating that the traditional resonant compaction probe (RCP) would not provide effective reinforcement; therefore, we adopted the new resonant compaction method (RCM) for the reinforcement process. …”
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Digital traps: How technology fuels nomophobia and insomnia in Taiwanese college students by Yi-Ching Lin, Po-Ching Huang

“…Utilizing Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), the study illustrates that nomophobia precipitates problematic digital behavior, which in turn results in sleep disturbances, thereby elucidating a clear pathway from digital dependency to insomnia. …”
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The Story of a Thing: A Frame-Analytic Perspective on a Biographical Approach to Materiality by U. S. Semovskikh, D. R. Davletov

“…In the second part of the paper, the conceptual points are illustrated by the ‘life’ stories of several telephone booths: their transposition into a city Wi-Fi hotspot, their reframing into a work office, and their transposition into a complex facility at a scientific conference. …”
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Des affects aux politiques contestataires. Des rencontres perturbatrices avec les migrants le long d’une route transalpine by Cecilia Vergnano

“…D’une part, il contribue à illustrer la manière dont les sentiments, associés à l’exposition aux potentielles et actuelles morts d’ « autres » vulnérables, peuvent déclencher des réclamations publiques. …”
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Prediction of the critical stress to crack initiation associated to the investigation of fatigue small crack by D. Marhabi, N. Benseddiq, G. Mesmacque, Z. Azari, J.M. Nianga

“…Small crack and critical stress are illustrated here in as resulting from pure bending approach expressed by Bazant law [7]. …”
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Roles of the developmental regulator unc-62/Homothorax in limiting longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans. by Eric L Van Nostrand, Adolfo Sánchez-Blanco, Beijing Wu, Andy Nguyen, Stuart K Kim

“…Intestinal expression of some of these genes during aging is detrimental for longevity; notably, increased expression of insulin ins-7 limits lifespan by repressing activity of insulin pathway response factor DAF-16/FOXO in aged animals. These results illustrate how unc-62 regulation of intestinal gene expression is responsible for limiting lifespan during the normal aging process.…”
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Parameter Estimation for the One-Term (Multiterm) Fractional-Order SEIAR Models of Norovirus Outbreak by Tianzeng Li, Yu Wang, Weiqiu Pan

“…With the new parameters, all numerical studies illustrate that the numerical solutions fit very well with the real data, which reveals that the single-term and multiterm fractional-order SEIAR models of Norovirus outbreak all can predict the number of the infectious people accurately. …”
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Contesting a legendary legacy: A century of reflection on Raymond Dart and the Taung skull by Christa Kuljian

“…Significance: • The case of the Taung skull illustrates that palaeoanthropology is a matter of teamwork, and serves as a reminder to look for and document the team of people involved with fossil finds, rather than attributing them to one person…”
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Diffusion Partition Consensus: Diffusion-Aided Time-of-Flight Estimates, Anomaly Detection, and Localization for Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation Data by Nick Torenvliet, John S. Zelek

“…Diffusion partition consensus is a novel generative AI-based technique for time-series anomaly detection and data imputation in the presence of outliers. To illustrate the method, an implementation with design choices tailored for well-structured time series typical of single probe ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation (NDE) datasets is proposed. …”
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A dynamic modeling for green business development in oil refining industry by N. Barforoush, A. Etebarian, A.R. Naghsh, A. Shahin

“…Application of the results of the scenarios proposed based on importance illustrates the increasing share of the green business financial resource in considerable growth (39 %) of applying the green business model by 50% chance. …”
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Legal certainty as a requirement for the formalization of legal norms by Adaskalytsia K.

“…Results. The study illustrated that there are different approaches to the principle of legal certainty, which are united by the concepts of "clarity" and "comprehensibility" of legal provisions as the main requirements for the formalization of legal norms. …”
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Tourisme et maisons d’écrivain, entre lieux et lettres by Aurore Bonniot-Mirloup

“…En particulier, la maison d’écrivain, ce lieu de mémoire chargé de sens, déjà investi par les spécialistes de l’histoire et de la littérature, suscite aussi l’intérêt des collectivités qui la considèrent comme un patrimoine à valoriser, un moyen de renforcer l’attractivité de leur territoire.Témoignage du passé, illustre demeure mais aussi demeure de l’intime, la maison d’écrivain voit se confondre les temps et les espaces, les imaginaires et les souvenirs personnels. …”
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RELIGIOUS COMMUNICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF CULTURE MEDIA by Maria S. Petrushkevych

“…The methodological basis is related to structuring, analytical analysis and synthesis of media features; highlighting phenomena that illustrate modern communicative situation; characteristics of media trends influence for the specific functioning of religious communication. …”
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Améliorer l’enseignement dans le supérieur by Iryna Hontarenko, Oksana Kovalenko

“…These precautions include avoiding the simultaneous use of numerous types of illustrative material and an excess of visual aids such as PowerPoint presentations. …”
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