A Deep Learning-Based EIT System for Robust Gesture Recognition Under Confounding Factors [PDF]
BiosensorsGesture recognition with electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is an enormous potential tool for human–machine interaction because of its low cost, low complexity and high temporal resolution.
Hancong Wu +3 more
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Factors confounding the assessment of reflection: a critical review [PDF]
BMC Medical Education, 2011 Background Reflection on experience is an increasingly critical part of professional development and lifelong learning. There is, however, continuing uncertainty about how best to put principle into practice, particularly as regards assessment.
Koole Sebastiaan +6 more
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AC-PCoA: Adjustment for confounding factors using principal coordinate analysis [PDF]
PLoS Computational Biology, 2022 Confounding factors exist widely in various biological data owing to technical variations, population structures and experimental conditions. Such factors may mask the true signals and lead to spurious associations in the respective biological data ...
Yu Wang +3 more
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Companies’ Responses to a Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: Implications for Research; Comment on “Understanding Marketing Responses to a Tax on Sugary Drinks: A Qualitative Interview Study in the United Kingdom, 2019” [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2023 The paper by Forde et al, newly published in this journal, sheds light on how sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) companies may react to the introduction of a SSB tax.
Judite Gonçalves
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Application of Standardization for Causal Inference in Observational Studies: A Step-by-step Tutorial for Analysis Using R Software [PDF]
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2022 Epidemiological studies typically examine the causal effect of exposure on a health outcome. Standardization is one of the most straightforward methods for estimating causal estimands.
Sangwon Lee, Woojoo Lee
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Enhancing result reliability by addressing potential confounding factors [PDF]
Microbiology SpectrumSatoru Mitsuboshi
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Cytokines in schizophrenia: Hope or hype?
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2016 Although there is a cumulative evidence for the inflammation pathophysiology in schizophrenia, it has not been conclusively proven yet. One reason for this is the lack of studies that have controlled for major confounding factors such as obesity, smoking,
Maju Mathew Koola
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Host and Environmental Factors Affecting the Intestinal Microbiota in Chickens
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 The initial development of intestinal microbiota in poultry plays an important role in production performance, overall health and resistance against microbial infections. Multiplexed sequencing of 16S ribosomal RNA gene amplicons is often used in studies,
Jannigje G. Kers +6 more
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How authors select covariates in the multivariate analysis of cancer studies in 10 oncology journals in Korea: a descriptive study [PDF]
Science EditingPurpose Cancer is the leading cause of death in Korea, leading many investigators to focus on cancer research. We present the current practice of variable selection methods for multivariate analyses in cancer studies recently published in major oncology ...
Mi Ah Han +6 more
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Math Anxiety – A Literature Review on Confounding Factors [PDF]
Journal of Research in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2022 Math anxiety presents adverse psychological effects, inducing feelings of dread, panic, helplessness, and mental disorganization. Researchers hypothesize that feelings of anxiety are highly influential on a student's working memory during mathematical ...
Emily Rada, Anne M. Lucietto
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