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DeepSurv: personalized treatment recommender system using a Cox proportional hazards deep neural network [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Medical Research Methodology, 2016
BackgroundMedical practitioners use survival models to explore and understand the relationships between patients’ covariates (e.g. clinical and genetic features) and the effectiveness of various treatment options. Standard survival models like the linear
Jared Katzman   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Biological invasions are as costly as natural hazards

open access: yesPerspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 2023
. Yet, biological invasion awareness remains low compared to natural hazards, and investments to manage invasions remain vastly under- funded and delayed.
Anna J. Turbelin   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Gulf of Mexico Seafood Harvesters, Part 2: Occupational Health-Related Risk Factors

open access: yesSafety, 2018
The purpose of this literature review, the second in a series following one on traumatic injuries and fatigue, is to identify potential health hazards to inform a study of occupational health and safety among fish harvesters in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM ...
Melvin L. Myers   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations—a new environmental record for monitoring extremes

open access: yesScientific Data, 2015
The Climate Hazards group Infrared Precipitation with Stations (CHIRPS) dataset builds on previous approaches to ‘smart’ interpolation techniques and high resolution, long period of record precipitation estimates based on infrared Cold Cloud Duration ...
C. Funk   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lead Toxicity: Health Hazards, Influence on Food Chain, and Sustainable Remediation Approaches

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Lead (Pb) toxicity has been a subject of interest for environmental scientists due to its toxic effect on plants, animals, and humans. An increase in several Pb related industrial activities and use of Pb containing products such as agrochemicals, oil ...
Ajay Kumar   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Procena bezbednosne ugroženosti ljudi i imovine od efekata eksplozije eksplozivnih sredstava u Vojsci Srbije / Assessment of the security risk to people and property from ordnance explosion effects in the Serbian armed forces / Прогноз угрозы безопасности населения и имущества от последствий взрыва опасных веществ в Вооруженных силах Республики Сербия

open access: yesVojnotehnički Glasnik, 2015
Циљ овог рада јесте да омогући предвиђање догађаја у на- редном периоду на основу што већег броја прикупљених реле- вантних података који могу да представљају потенцијалну опасност, ризик и претњу од појаве ефеката експлозије експлозивних средстава у ...
Dejan S. Stojanović
doaj   +1 more source

System hazards in managing laboratory test requests and results in primary care: medical protection database analysis and conceptual model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Objectives To analyse a medical protection organisation's database to identify hazards related to general practice systems for ordering laboratory tests, managing test results and communicating test result outcomes to patients.
Bowie, Paul   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Drug delivery and nanoparticles: Applications and hazards

open access: yesInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, 2008
The use of nanotechnology in medicine and more specifically drug delivery is set to spread rapidly. Currently many substances are under investigation for drug delivery and more specifically for cancer therapy.
W. D. De Jong, P. Borm
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessment of workers’ knowledge and views of occupational health hazards of gold mining in Obuasi Municipality, Ghana

open access: yesInternational Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 2020
Background: Small-scale mining in Ghana has been a major community and national concern due to its contribution to the destruction of farmlands and bodies of water, and to the loss of human life.
Michael Atakora, Berndt Stenberg
doaj   +1 more source

Early research on the biological effects of microwave radiation: 1940?1960 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1980
Two overriding considerations shaped the development of early research on the biological effects of microwave radiation?possible medical application (diathermy) and uncertainty about the hazards of exposure to radar.
Cook, HJ   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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