Discrete Optimization for Interpretable Study Populations and Randomization Inference in an Observational Study of Severe Sepsis Mortality [PDF]
, 2015 Motivated by an observational study of the effect of hospital ward versus intensive care unit admission on severe sepsis mortality, we develop methods to address two common problems in observational studies: (1) when there is a lack of covariate overlap ...
Fogarty, Colin B. +3 more
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Design and Validation of an Observational System for Penalty Kick Analysis in Football (OSPAF)
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 The analysis of penalty kick has played an important role in performance analysis. The study aims are to get formal feedback on the relevance of variables for penalty kick analysis, to design and validate an observational system; and to assess experts ...
Guilherme de Sousa Pinheiro +4 more
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Solar Dynamics, Rotation, Convection and Overshoot
, 2015 We discuss recent observational, theoretical and modeling progress made in understanding the Sun's internal dynamics, including its rotation, meridional flow, convection and overshoot.
Hanasoge, S. +5 more
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Identifying Candidate Risk Factors for Prescription Drug Side Effects using Causal Contrast Set Mining [PDF]
, 2015 Big longitudinal observational databases present the opportunity to extract new knowledge in a cost effective manner. Unfortunately, the ability of these databases to be used for causal inference is limited due to the passive way in which the data are ...
Aickelin, Uwe +3 more
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Application of association rules to ball possessions in professional men’s football
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionThis study represents one of the first attempts to apply association rule mining to the analysis of ball possession in professional men’s football.
Rubén Maneiro +5 more
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, 2013 In many applications we have both observational and (randomized) interventional data. We propose a Gaussian likelihood framework for joint modeling of such different data-types, based on global parameters consisting of a directed acyclic graph (DAG) and ...
Bühlmann, Peter, Hauser, Alain
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B-type supergiants in the SMC: Rotational velocities and implications for evolutionary models [PDF]
, 2005 High-resolution spectra for 24 SMC and Galactic B-type supergiants have been analysed to estimate the contributions of both macroturbulence and rotation to the broadening of their metal lines. Two different methodologies are considered, viz.
Bouret +37 more
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Frontiers in PsychologyCommunication has been recognized as the matrix in which the helping professionals operate in order to generate changes. In particular, psychotherapy is fundamentally a professional practice based, from its origins, on conversation.
Francisco Molinero +5 more
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Differences in Technical Development and Playing Space in Three UEFA Champions Leagues
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 The analysis of football grows exponentially, with many researchers adopting it as an object of study. The thematic range that addresses it, as well as the different methodologies used, are of a very different nature—physical, psychological, technical ...
Mario Amatria +7 more
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The Role of Ethological Observation for Measuring Animal Reactions to Biotelemetry Devices [PDF]
, 2017 This paper presents a methodological approach used to assess the wearability of biotelemetry devices in animals. A detailed protocol to gather quantitative and qualitative ethological observations was adapted and tested in an experimental study of 13 cat
Mancini, Clara +2 more
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