Patient-Driven Privacy Control through Generalized Distillation [PDF]
The introduction of data analytics into medicine has changed the nature of patient treatment. In this, patients are asked to disclose personal information such as genetic markers, lifestyle habits, and clinical history. This data is then used by statistical models to predict personalized treatments.
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Fair Division through Information Withholding [PDF]
Envy-freeness up to one good (EF1) is a well-studied fairness notion for indivisible goods that addresses pairwise envy by the removal of at most one good. In the worst case, each pair of agents might require the (hypothetical) removal of a different good, resulting in a weak aggregate guarantee.
arxiv
How To Sell (or Procure) in a Sequential Auction [PDF]
A seller with one unit of a good faces N\geq3 buyers and a single competitor who sells one other identical unit in a second-price auction with a reserve price. Buyers who do not get the seller's good will compete in the competitor's subsequent auction. We characterize the optimal mechanism for the seller in this setting.
arxiv
Disabled Newborns and the Federal Child Abuse Amendments: Tenuous Protection [PDF]
This Article first explores the scope of the problem of withholding lifesaving treatment from seriously impaired infants. Next, the Article examines the interests involved in decisions to withhold treatment and the rationales for them.
Smith, Steven R.
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Grain Filling and Some Fatty Acids Composition of Canola (Brassica napus L.) with Application of Bio-Fertilizers and Irrigation withholding [PDF]
The effect of irrigation withholding and bio-fertilizers on grain filling components, chlorophyll content and some fatty acids composition Gacomo cultivar of canola, was studied by factorial experiment based on randomized complete block design with ...
Hossein Vatan Doost+3 more
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When can Muslims withdraw or withhold life support? A narrative review of Islamic juridical rulings
When it is ethically justifiable to stop medical treatment? For many Muslim patients, families, and clinicians this ethical question remains a challenging one as Islamic ethico-legal guidance on such matters remains scattered and difficult to interpret ...
Afshan Mohiuddin+3 more
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Competencia de la enfermera en el proceso de limitación del esfuerzo terapéutico en las unidades de cuidados intensivos [PDF]
Trabajo fin de grado en Enfermeríaanalizar la competencia de la enfermera en el proceso de limitación del esfuerzo terapéutico en las unidades de cuidados intensivos.
Cilla Intxaurraga, Amaia
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Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Precepts and Ethics for the Orthopaedic Population [PDF]
Since the emergence of reports such as the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care (2013) and the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses Palliative Care Consensus Document (2005), there continues to be a growing recognition of the ...
Breakwell, Susan+2 more
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Bayesian regression discontinuity designs: Incorporating clinical knowledge in the causal analysis of primary care data [PDF]
The regression discontinuity (RD) design is a quasi-experimental design that estimates the causal effects of a treatment by exploiting naturally occurring treatment rules. It can be applied in any context where a particular treatment or intervention is administered according to a pre-specified rule linked to a continuous variable.
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Anonymous Withholding Agreements and the Future of International cooperation in Taxing Foreign Financial Accounts : Testimony before the Finance Committee of the German Bundestag, September 24, 2012 (Statement by Associate Professor Itai Grinberg, Geo. U. L. Center) [PDF]
Chairwoman Reinemund and members of the Finance Committee, this testimony will make three key points: • Automatic information exchange is superior to anonymous withholding for the purpose of combating tax evasion involving the use of foreign financial ...
Grinberg, Itai
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