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LTC: A latent tree approach to classification

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 2013
Latent tree models were proposed as a class of models for unsupervised learning, and have been applied to various problems such as clustering and density estimation. In this paper, we study the usefulness of latent tree models in another paradigm, namely
Wang, Yi, Poon, Leonard K.M., Chen, Tao, Zhang, Nevin L.   +3 more
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Treatment and prognosis of proximal humerus fracture in older adults: a retrospective cohort study using health insurance claims database [PDF]

BMC Geriatrics
Background The underlying general condition of older adults before proximal humerus fracture (PHF) and outcomes after PHF have not been described in detail.
Akihiro Saitsu, Hayato Yamana, Yusuke Sasabuchi, Hiroki Matsui, Hideyuki Sasanuma, Tomohiro Matsumura, Yoshimitsu Wada, Takeshi Kanno, Hitoaki Okazaki, Takahide Kohro, Katsushi Takeshita, Hideo Yasunaga, Kazuhiko Kotani   +12 more
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Pricing and Reserving in LTC Insurance

, 2019
The LTC insurance policies, which concern millions of individuals, are at present very heterogeneous, using many types of guarantees and many types of benefits underwriting modes.
Pitacco, Ermanno, Denuit, Michel, Lucas, Nathalie   +2 more
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County-level variations in linkage to care among people newly diagnosed with HIV in South Carolina: A longitudinal analysis from 2010 to 2018

PLoS ONE, 2023
Background Timely linkage to care (LTC) is key in the HIV care continuum, as it enables people newly diagnosed with HIV (PNWH) to benefit from HIV treatment at the earliest stage.
Fanghui Shi, Jiajia Zhang, Chengbo Zeng, Xiaowen Sun, Zhenlong Li, Xueying Yang, Sharon Weissman, Bankole Olatosi, Xiaoming Li   +8 more
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Fitness costs predict emotional, moral and attitudinal inbreeding aversion

Frontiers in Psychology, 2016
In terms of sexual intercourse, the very last people we think about are our kin. Imagining inbreeding intercourse, whether it involves our closest kin or not, induces aversion in most people who invoke inbreeding depression problems or cultural ...
Florence Lespiau, Gwenael Kaminski
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A pilot evaluation of the Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care (SPA-LTC) program. [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND:Despite increased annual mortality in long-term care (LTC) homes, research has shown that care of dying residents and their families is currently suboptimal in these settings.
Dal Bello-Haas V, Kaasalainen S, Sinclair S, Earl M, Thompson G, McCleary L, Hunter PV, Parker D, Wickson-Griffiths A, You JJ, Ploeg J, Venturato L, SPA-LTC team, Sussman T   +13 more
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The Effect of Information Quality Evaluation on Selective Exposure in Informational Cognitive Dissonance: The Role of Information Novelty

International Review of Social Psychology, 2018
In fictional decision-making, research on selective exposure (the tendency to expose oneself to consistent information and avoid inconsistent information, Festinger, 1957) shows that this phenomenon may be partly due to a biased evaluation quality of ...
Brigitte Bardin, Pauline Vidal, Léo Facca, Rafaele Dumas, Stéphane Perrissol   +4 more
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Calculation of LTC Premiums based on direct estimates of transition probabilities [PDF]

, 2004
In this paper we model the life-history of LTC patients using a Markovian multi-state model in order to calculate premiums for a given LTC-plan. Instead of estimating the transition intensities in this model we use the approach suggested by Andersen et ...
Helms, F., Gschlößl, Susanne, Czado, Claudia, Helms, Florian   +3 more
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LTC-dataset

, 2019
LTC ground ...
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Efficacy and safety properties of Lumefantrine-Trimethoprim-Copper complex in mice

Ceylon Journal of Science, 2018
Lumefantrine and trimethoprim are antimalarial and antibiotic drugs respectively. Even though, therapeutic agents have shown enhanced efficacy upon coordination to metal ion, antimalarial activity of lumefantrine-trimethoprim-copper complex drug has not ...
R.O. Arise, A. Olowo, M.A. Acho, O. Olufemi, A.A. Adewale, A.C. Tella   +5 more
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