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Assessing immunization data quality from routine reports in Mozambique

BMC Public Health, 2005
Background Worldwide immunization coverage shows an increase in the past years but the validity of the official reports for measuring change over time has been questioned.
Mavimbe João C, Braa Jørn, Bjune Gunnar   +2 more
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Bayesian variable selection for high dimensional predictors and self-reported outcomes

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2020
Background The onset of silent diseases such as type 2 diabetes is often registered through self-report in large prospective cohorts. Self-reported outcomes are cost-effective; however, they are subject to error. Diagnosis of silent events may also occur
Xiangdong Gu, Mahlet G Tadesse, Andrea S Foulkes, Yunsheng Ma, Raji Balasubramanian   +4 more
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Reports of relationship timing: Missing data and couple agreement

Survey Research Methods, 2011
In studying changes in family formation over time, social researchers and demographers have primarily relied on retrospective and prospective marital and cohabitation histories collected from surveys.
Anna Reimondos, Ann Evans, Edith Gray
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Collaborative Writing Workflows in the Data-Driven Classroom: A Conversation Starter

Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2022
To paraphrase John Tukey, the beauty of working with data is that you get to “play in everyone’s backyard.” A corollary to this statement is that working with data necessitates collaboration.
Sara Stoudt
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Diagnostic Performance Evaluation of Deep Learning-Based Medical Text Modelling to Predict Pulmonary Diseases from Unstructured Radiology Free-Text Reports

Acta Informatica Pragensia, 2023
The third most common cause of death worldwide is attributed to pulmonary diseases, making it imperative to diagnose them promptly. Radiology is a medical discipline that utilizes medical imaging to guide treatment.
Shashank Shetty, Ananthanarayana V S, Ajit Mahale   +2 more
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How Long and What For? Tracking a Nationally Representative Sample to Quantify Internet Use

Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 2021
Testing communication theories requires a valid empirical basis, yet especially for usage time measures, retrospective self-reports have shown to be biased.
Noemi Festic, Moritz Büchi, Michael Latzer   +2 more
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Does Operational Risk Disclosure Quality Increase Operating Cash Flows? [PDF]

BAR: Brazilian Administration Review, 2017
This study aims to measure the degree of operational risk disclosure and examine its impact on operating cash flow of banks listed on the UAE Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange (ADX) and Dubai Financial Market (DFM) during the period 2003-2016.
Haitham Nobanee, Nejla Ellili
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Method for Identification of Aberrations in Operational Data of Maritime Vessels and Sources Investigation

Sensors
Sensing data from vessel operations are of great importance in reflecting operational performance and facilitating proper decision-making. In this paper, statistical analyses of vessel operational data are first conducted to compare manual noon reports ...
Jie Cai, Marie Lützen, Adeline Crystal John, Jakob Buus Petersen, Niels Gorm Maly Rytter   +4 more
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Conference Report: Academic Business Library Directors  Annual Conferences 2023 & 2024  

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Combined conference reports for the Academic Business Library Directors (ABLD) meetings in 2023 and 2024.  The 2023 meeting took place May 9th through the 12th, 2023 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Corey Seeman
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Quality of life in Saudi Arabia: a patient-reported outcome measurement information system (PROMIS) – 10 global health study

BMC Public Health
Background Measuring the quality of life of a population provides a baseline for future comparisons and is essential for decision-makers, especially regarding resource allocation.
Rami Al-Jafar, Razan AlGhassab, Haya M. Alzeer, Abdullah Al-Zeer, Mohammed S. Aldossary, Weam M. Banjar, Esraa Alnazzawi, Tala Althenayan, Dana Alotaibi, Abdulaziz Aljandal, Ahmed Alkhalifah, Shahad M. Alhajri, Malak Almasoud, Meshari Alnuwaiser, Abdulrahman Aljumah, Deemah Alabdulaali, Fahad Alsaawi, Khalid Alrajhi   +17 more
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