Results 21 to 30 of about 1,264,993 (255)

A Potential Outcomes Approach to Selection Bias

open access: yesEpidemiology, 2023
We propose a novel definition of selection bias in analytic epidemiology using potential outcomes. This definition captures selection bias under both the structural approach (where conditioning on selection into the study opens a noncausal path from exposure to disease in a directed acyclic graph) and the traditional definition (where a given measure ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Swipe up to smoke less cigarettes! Introducing a mobile Approach-Avoidance Task Application to fight Smoking

open access: yesCurrent Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2020
Automatic tendencies to approach addictionrelated stimuli have been linked to the development and maintenance of harmful drug use behavior. Recent studies have shown that these automatic approaches can be directly addressed and modified by cognitive bias
Eiler Tanja Joan   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanisms underlying alcohol approach action tendencies: the role of emotional primes and drinking motives

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2014
The tendency to approach alcohol-related stimuli is known as the alcohol approach bias and has been related to heavy alcohol use. It is currently unknown whether the alcohol approach bias is more pronounced after emotional priming.
Janna eCousijn   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Kongres Ulama Perempuan Indonesia (KUPI) and Mubādalah Approach in Interpreting the Gender Biased-Qur'anic Verses

open access: yesSawwa: Jurnal Studi Gender, 2023
Conventional interpretation of the Quran often leads to the understanding that the verses are gender biased. This study is intended to discuss the mubādalah approach used by Kongres Ulama Perempuan Indonesia (KUPI) in interpreting the verses of the Qur ...
Akhmad Arif Junaidi
doaj   +1 more source

Validation of models with constant bias: an applied approach [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Mvz Cordoba, 2014
Objective. This paper presents extensions to the statistical validation method based on the procedure of Freese when a model shows constant bias (CB) in its predictions and illustrate the method with data from a new mechanistic model that predict weight ...
Salvador Medina-Peralta   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Cognitive Biases in Cannabis, Opioid, and Stimulant Disorders: A Systematic Review

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
Background: Opiates, cannabis, and stimulants are highly abused and are prevalent disorders. Psychological interventions are crucial given that they help individuals maintain abstinence following a lapse or relapse into substance use.
Melvyn W. B. Zhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Let Me Make You Happy, and I'll Tell You How You Look Around: Using an Approach-Avoidance Task as an Embodied Emotion Prime in a Free-Viewing Task

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
The embodied approach of human cognition suggests that concepts are deeply dependent upon and constrained by an agent's physical body's characteristics, such as performed body movements.
Artur Czeszumski   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Approximations of normal distribution by its q-generalizations [PDF]

open access: yesSongklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 2021
A concept of q-generalization of normal distribution arises in the context of statistical mechanics. In this article, we introduce a q-generalization of normal approximation.
Mongkhon Tuntapthai
doaj   +1 more source

A trend-preserving bias correction – the ISI-MIP approach [PDF]

open access: yesEarth System Dynamics, 2013
Statistical bias correction is commonly applied within climate impact modelling to correct climate model data for systematic deviations of the simulated historical data from observations.
S. Hempel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of two web-based cognitive bias modification interventions targeting approach and attentional bias in gambling problems: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial

open access: yesTrials, 2017
Background Disordered gamblers have phenotypical and pathological similarities to those with substance use disorders (SUD), including exaggerated automatic cognitive processing of motivationally salient gambling cues in the environment (i.e., attentional
Marilisa Boffo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy