Hybrid clustering-classification neural network in the medical diagnostics of reactive arthritis [PDF]
International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications,
2016, Vol. 8, No. 8, pp.1-9, 2016 The hybrid clustering-classification neural network is proposed. This network allows increasing a quality of information processing under the condition of overlapping classes due to the rational choice of a learning rate parameter and introducing a special procedure of fuzzy reasoning in the clustering process, which occurs both with an external ...
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Concept Bottleneck Models [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 We seek to learn models that we can interact with using high-level concepts: if the model did not think there was a bone spur in the x-ray, would it still predict severe arthritis? State-of-the-art models today do not typically support the manipulation of concepts like "the existence of bone spurs", as they are trained end-to-end to go directly from ...
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Relationship of the medial clavicular head to the manubrium in normal and symptomatic degenerated sternoclavicular joints [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Clavicular prominence is common in patients with symptomatic degenerative sternoclavicular arthritis. It is unclear if this is caused by enlargement or subluxation of the clavicle.
De Wilde, Lieven +4 more
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Ageism in Rheumatology: the Healthcare Professional's Perspective
Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objective Ageism (age‐based stereotypes, prejudice, or discrimination) is prevalent and linked to prolonged disability and reduced lifespan in older adults. Little is known about ageism within rheumatology. This study explores the healthcare professional's (HCP) perception of the care of older adults and how ageist attitudes or perspectives may impact ...
Aaron P. Smith +4 more
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Clustered multi-state models with observation-level random effects, mover-stayer effects and dynamic covariates: Modelling transition intensities and sojourn times in a study of psoriatic arthritis [PDF]
arXiv, 2017 In psoriatic arthritis, it is important to understand the joint activity (represented by swelling and pain) and damage processes because both are related to severe physical disability. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive investigation in to both processes occurring over time, in particular their relationship, by specifying a joint multi-state ...
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The effectiveness of a multidisciplinary foot care program for children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: an exploratory trial [PDF]
, 2013 Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of multidisciplinary foot-care, and to evaluate the methodological considerations of a trial of multidisciplinary care in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Design: Exploratory randomised controlled trial.
Brandon, Mhairi +8 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objective Explore moderators and mediators influenced changes in pain and function in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) receiving a new model of primary care service delivery (PARTNER), at 12 months (ACTRN12617001595303). Methods Secondary analyses of a cluster randomized controlled trial comparing PARTNER to usual general practitioner‐delivered ...
Abdolhay Farivar +12 more
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Prescription analgesic overuse in older adults: Can we mitigate this growing problem?
AGING MEDICINE, Volume 5, Issue 4, Page 294-296, December 2022., 2022 With older adults already on numerous prescription medications to manage their chronic conditions, the addition of pain medications could impose an even greater burden due to dependency issues. We need to understand the use of chronic pain medication, especially opioids, discuss current strategies and gaps, and offer potential solutions to mitigate ...
Sara Kakatkar +2 more
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A Bayesian Joint model for Longitudinal DAS28 Scores and Competing Risk Informative Drop Out in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trial [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 Rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials are strategically designed to collect the disease activity score of each patient over multiple clinical visits, meanwhile a patient may drop out before their intended completion due to various reasons. The dropout terminates the longitudinal data collection on the patients activity score.
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