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Measurement of Selected Risks in the Construction Manufacturing Plant Using Statistical Method

open access: yesProcedia Engineering, 2014
AbstractConstruction elements manufacturing plants functioning on the global market face different types of risks. It is necessary to consider and manage all of the risk occurrences in order to maintain a leading position in construction market, regardless of its influence on the manufacturing plant.
Aleksander, Nicał   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

The use of repeated blood pressure measures for cardiovascular risk prediction: a comparison of statistical models in the ARIC study

open access: yesStatistics in Medicine, 2016
Many prediction models have been developed for the risk assessment and the prevention of cardiovascular disease in primary care. Recent efforts have focused on improving the accuracy of these prediction models by adding novel biomarkers to a common set ...
M. Sweeting   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Factors Determining the Implementation of Measures Aimed at Preventing Zoonotic Diseases in Veterinary Practices

open access: yesPathogens, 2021
Background: Zoonoses prevention relies mainly on the implementation of different biosecurity measures. This study aimed to assess the level of implementation of biosecurity measures by veterinary practitioners and students and to identify the possible ...
Véronique Renault   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Detecting Risk of Low Health Literacy in Disadvantaged Populations Using Area-based Measures

open access: yeseGEMs, 2017
Introduction: Socio-economic status (SES) and low health literacy (LHL) are closely correlated. Both are directly associated with clinical and behavioral risk factors and healthcare outcomes.
Andrew J. Knighton   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Validation of prediction models in the presence of competing risks: a guide through modern methods

open access: yesBritish medical journal, 2022
Thorough validation is pivotal for any prediction model before it can be advocated for use in medical practice. For time-to-event outcomes such as breast cancer recurrence, death from other causes is a competing risk.
N. van Geloven   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Statistical disclosure control methods for census frequency tables [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper provides a review of common statistical disclosure control (SDC) methods implemented at Statistical Agencies for standard tabular outputs containing whole population counts from a Census (either enumerated or based on a register).
Shlomo, Natalie, Natalie Shlomo
core   +1 more source

What’s the Risk: Differentiating Risk Ratios, Odds Ratios, and Hazard Ratios?

open access: yesCureus, 2020
Risk ratios, odds ratios, and hazard ratios are three common, but often misused, statistical measures in clinical research. In this paper, the authors dissect what each of these terms define, and provide examples from the medical literature to illustrate
A. George, T. Stead, L. Ganti
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Review on statistical methods for protecting privacy and measuring risk of disclosure when releasing information for public use [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society, 2013
Recently, along with emergence of big data, there are incresing demands for releasing information and micro data for public use so that protecting privacy and measuring risk of disclosure for released database become important issues in goverment and business sector as well as academic community.
openaire   +1 more source

Barriers to uptake among high-risk individuals declining participation in lung cancer screening: a mixed methods analysis of the UK Lung Cancer Screening (UKLS) trial

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2015
Objective The current study aimed to identify the barriers to participation among high-risk individuals in the UK Lung Cancer Screening (UKLS) pilot trial. Setting The UKLS pilot trial is a randomised controlled trial of low-dose CT (LDCT) screening that
N. Ali   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Use of Ozonized Water in the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection in Children Undergoing Cardiovascular Surgery [PDF]

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2023
Introduction: Since the reduction of healthcare-associated infections has been a focus for quality patient care, this study aimed to evaluate the surgical site infection rate of children who underwent cardiovascular surgery after implementation of ...
Alexandre Noboru Murakami   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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