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Local proper scoring rules of order two [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Scoring rules assess the quality of probabilistic forecasts, by assigning a numerical score based on the predictive distribution and on the event or value that materializes. A scoring rule is proper if it encourages truthful reporting.
Ehm, Werner, Gneiting, Tilmann
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Dangerous, Yet Not So Unique. Characteristics of the Chinese Social Credit System

open access: yesPolish Political Science Yearbook, 2020
Since 2015, the Social Credit System - an initiative of the government of the People’s Republic of China which aims to strengthen trustworthiness of the business entities and citizens, promote obedience to law and customs, and develop the Communist Party
Jan Pabisiak
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Serum Ferritin Predicts Neither Organ Dysfunction Nor Mortality in Pediatric Sepsis Due to Tropical Infections

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics, 2020
Objective: To evaluate serial ferritin levels measured in the initial 72 h of admission as a biomarker for new and progressive multi organ dysfunction syndrome (NPMODS) and mortality (unfavorable outcomes) in critically ill children with sepsis due to ...
Vijai Williams   +7 more
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AMP-GSM: Prediction of Antimicrobial Peptides via a Grouping–Scoring–Modeling Approach

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
Due to the increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics, scientists began seeking new solutions against this problem. One of the most promising solutions in this field are antimicrobial peptides (AMP).
Ümmü Gülsüm Söylemez   +2 more
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Evaluating observer agreement of scoring systems for foot integrity and footrot lesions in sheep [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: A scoring scale with five ordinal categories is used for visual diagnosis of footrot in sheep and to study its epidemiology and control. More recently a 4 point ordinal scale has been used by researchers to score foot integrity (wall and ...
Foddai, Alessandro   +3 more
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A score-based performance assessment of maternal and child health services provided by USHA of Rajkot city

open access: yesIndian Journal of Community Medicine, 2017
Background: Urban Social Health Activists (USHAs) are the grass root health care workers of urban areas. There are 290 USHAs distributed in various Urban Health Centers (UHCs) of Rajkot city.
Ankit M Sheth   +5 more
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On scores, losing scores and total scores in hypertournaments

open access: yesElectronic Journal of Graph Theory and Applications, 2015
Summary: A \(k\)-hypertournament is a complete \(k\)-hypergraph with each \(k\)-edge endowed with an orientation, that is, a linear arrangement of the vertices contained in the edge. In a \(k\)-hypertournament, the score \(s_i\) (losing score \(r_i)\) of a vertex \(v_i\) is the number of arcs containing \(v_i\) in which \(v_i\) is not the last element (
Shariefuddin Pirzada   +3 more
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Predicting antitubercular drug-induced liver injury and its outcome and introducing a novel scoring system

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2021
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health problem, mainly in developing countries. Despite the availability of highly effective first-line antitubercular (ATT) drugs, ATT drug-induced liver injury (ATT DILI) leads to treatment interruption ...
Selvin Sundar Raj Mani   +10 more
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To Score or Not to Score? A Simulation Study on the Performance of Test Scores, Plausible Values, and SEM, in Regression With Socio-Emotional Skill or Personality Scales as Predictors

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
This article addresses a fundamental question in the study of socio-emotional skills, personality traits, and related constructs: “To score or not to score?” When researchers use test scores or scale scores (i.e., fallible point estimates of a skill or ...
Nivedita Bhaktha, Clemens M. Lechner
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Supersparse Linear Integer Models for Optimized Medical Scoring Systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Scoring systems are linear classification models that only require users to add, subtract and multiply a few small numbers in order to make a prediction.
Rudin, Cynthia, Ustun, Berk
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