ABSTRACT Objectives In this paper we use the small‐scale population of the Fort George area (located in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada) to test the applicability of the three signature mortality features of the 1918/19 influenza pandemic: mortality rates higher than those in preceding influenza epidemics except for the elderly ...
Lianne Tripp +2 more
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DBH-Chain: a decentralized blockchain-enabled healthcare framework for end-to-end delay optimization. [PDF]
Ali M, Kumar R, Tunio MZ, Lakhan A.
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Causal Effect Estimation With TMLE: Handling Missing Data and Near Violations of Positivity
ABSTRACT We evaluate the performance of targeted maximum likelihood estimation (TMLE) for estimating the average treatment effect in missing data scenarios under varying levels of positivity violations. We employ model‐ and design‐based simulations, with the latter using undersmoothed highly adaptive lasso on the “WASH Benefits Bangladesh” data set to ...
Christoph Wiederkehr +2 more
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A Lightweight Hybrid Authentication and Key Agreement Protocol for Decentralized Device-to-Device Communication with Post-Quantum Confidentiality. [PDF]
Savón-Berenguer A +3 more
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Blockchain-enabled quality by design system for clinical trials. [PDF]
Vatankhah Barenji R, Hariry RE.
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Integrating AI-blockchain framework with Spider Monkey Federated Extreme Learning for enhanced healthcare data protection. [PDF]
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A server-assisted secure blockchain model for residential demand response in smart grids. [PDF]
Ghosh A +3 more
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Temporally consistent tri ledger settlement enables robust and noncontestable coordination in interprovincial power systems. [PDF]
Ma X, Lv S, Hu W, Huang C, Tan Z.
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A Comprehensive and Unified Survey on Blockchain-Enabled SDN Cybersecurity: Industry Use Cases, Threat Landscapes, Defense Architectures, and Open Challenges. [PDF]
Dudukcu D +4 more
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