More friends, more division: Study finds growing social circles may fuel polarization

Between 2008 and 2010, polarization in society increased dramatically alongside a significant shift in social behavior: the ...
Tobacco Control

Cannabis use and progression to regular tobacco use among United States youth and young adults: evidence from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PA…

Background Tobacco use among United States (US) youth and young adults has declined from historic levels, but cannabis use ...
BMJ Global Health

Knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on antimicrobial resistance and stewardship among pharmacy healthcare workers in 28 African countries

Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a pressing global health problem disproportionately affecting low- and ...
Journal of Medical Ethics

Respecting the right to refuse: is decision-making capacity disproportionately challenged in patients declining medical care in order to treat?

Objective This study aimed to determine the proportion of capacity challenges for refusal of care, the risk factors that may ...
Lupus Science & Medicine

Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors in adult macrophage activation syndrome: an observational study in a Chinese cohort

Objective Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS), a subtype of secondary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), is a rare ...
IEEE

Stacking Models for Employee Attrition Prediction: Leveraging Logistic Regression and Random Forest

Abstract: Employee Attrition poses significant challenges to organizations, impacting productivity, morale, and overall operational efficiency. By leveraging advanced data analytics and machine ...
Frontiers

Correlation between systemic inflammatory response index and post-stroke epilepsy based on multiple logistic regression analysis

1 College of Life and Sciences, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China 2 Department of Neurology, Dazhou Central Hospital, Dazhou, China Background: Post-stroke epilepsy ...
Frontiers

A cascaded clinical-ultrasound-biochemical model for precise prediction before thyroid nodule fine-needle aspiration biopsy

Objectives: Determining the nature of thyroid nodules through a single fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy is not feasible for approximately one-third of patients. We developed a predictive model to ...
IEEE

Predicting Medical Claim Denial Using Logistic Regression and Decision Tree Algorithm

Abstract: This study utilizes decision tree and logistic regression models to explore the factors contributing to medical claim denials and identify areas for improvement. We adapt undersampling ...