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Calibration: the Achilles heel of predictive analytics [PDF]
Background The assessment of calibration performance of risk prediction models based on regression or more flexible machine learning algorithms receives little attention.
Ben Van Calster+5 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Five Serologic Tests for Strongyloides stercoralis Infection [PDF]
Background:The diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis (S. stercoralis) infection is hampered by the suboptimal sensitivity of fecal-based tests. Serological methods are believed to be more sensitive, although assessing their accuracy is difficult because
Albonico, Marco+12 more
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Background Although direct-acting antivirals can achieve sustained virological response rates greater than 90% in Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infected persons, at present the majority of HCV-infected individuals remain undiagnosed and therefore untreated ...
Weiming Tang+9 more
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COVID-19 Impact on Diagnostic Innovations: Emerging Trends and Implications
Diagnostic testing remains the backbone of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response, supporting containment efforts to mitigate the outbreak. The severity of this crisis and increasing capacity issues associated with polymerase chain reaction ...
Anne O. Oyewole+8 more
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Testing for equivalence of diagnostic tests. [PDF]
T he technology of diagnostic radiology is changing rapidly. Associated with these changes is a need to compare technologies with one another in an appropriate and valid fashion. To make meaningful comparisons, appropriate questions must be asked and tested. However, in comparing diagnostic technologies, we ot’ten ask and test the wrong question.
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Diagnostic testing for cointegration [PDF]
We develop a sequence of tests for specifying the cointegrating rank of, possibly fractional, multiple time series. Memory parameters of observables are treated as unknown, as are those of possible cointegrating errors. The individual test statistics have standard null asymptotics and are related to Hausman specification test statistics: when the ...
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Pulp diagnostic tests evaluate the neuropsychological status and blood flow of the pulp. These tests can be used in conjunction with other clinical tests, such as periodontal probing, percussion, palpation, mobility, and anesthesia, during diagnostic ...
Aysun KARA TUNCER+2 more
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Background Chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection is characterised by the persistence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Expanding HBV diagnosis and treatment programmes into low resource settings will require high quality but inexpensive rapid ...
Ali Amini+11 more
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Network meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies identifies and ranks the optimal diagnostic tests and thresholds for healthcare policy and decision making [PDF]
Objective: Network meta-analyses have extensively been used to compare the effectiveness of multiple interventions for healthcare policy and decision-making.
Cooper, Nicola J.+4 more
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Advances in diagnostic testing [PDF]
Within the past decade surrogate markers have become important and reliable tools for the early diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis. Surrogate markers include the antigens galactomannan and (1 --> 3)-beta-D-glucan for which commercial assays are available, as well as fungal DNA for which experimental PCR assays have been developed.
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