BMJ Open

Assessment of health-related quality of life and treatment satisfaction and their associated factors among older adults with heart failure: a prospective observational study in ...

Objectives To assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL), treatment satisfaction and associated factors among older adults with acute heart failure in Northwest Ethiopia. Design Prospective, ...
Healio

Vegan, pesco-vegetarian diets linked to better kidney function for patients with CKD

Vegan and pesco-vegetarian diets were associated with better kidney function compared with nonvegetarian diets, according to study data published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition. In addition, the ...
The Lancet

When to and when not to use machine learning in risk prediction models

Machine learning for health data science, fuelled by proliferation of data and reduced computational costs, has garnered ...
AHA/ASA Journals

Criteria to Assess the Predictive and Clinical Utility of Novel Models, Biomarkers, and Tools for Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart ...

Risk prediction has been used in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease for >3 decades. Contemporary cardiovascular risk assessment relies on multivariable models, which integrate ...
BMJ Open

Psychological burden and its association with preferred form of psychological assistance of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in China: a cross-sectional study

Objective This study focused on the preferences for psychological assistance and associated factors among Chinese healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design Cross-sectional ...
IEEE

Convergence of Online Identification for Mixed Linear Regression with Two Components

Abstract: This paper investigates the online identification and data clustering problems for mixed linear regression (MLR) model with two components, including the symmetric MLR, and the asymmetric ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Chill Hours Record: A Sensitive Method for Climate Change Indication ()

Gophen, M. and Peres, M. (2026) Chill Hours Record: A Sensitive Method for Climate Change Indication. Open Journal of Modern ...

Extreme temperature changes increase number of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, model finds

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, or OHCA, is a leading cause of mortality worldwide and 90% of cases are fatal. Patients lose cardiac function and circulation, and every minute they remain untreated ...
IEEE

Incremental Heteroscedastic Gaussian Process Regression and Its Applications in Model Predictive Control

Abstract: Gaussian process regression (GPR) models are becoming increasingly tightly integrated into robotic systems, particularly in the context of robot model predictive control (MPC) operating in ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Predictors of Opioid Use among Active-Duty Soldiers Following Postoperative Prescription ()

Predictors of Opioid Use among Active-Duty Soldiers Following Postoperative Prescription. Pain Studies and Treatment, 14, ...
BMJ Quality & Safety

Double trouble: a propensity-matched cohort study evaluating the associations between duplicate medical records and patient outcomes

Introduction Duplicate medical records occur when a single patient is assigned multiple medical record numbers within an ...

Financial word of the day: Heteroscedasticity — meaning, usage, and why it matters more than ever

Financial word of the day: Heteroscedasticity describes a situation where risk (variance) changes with the level of a variable. In financial models, this means volatility is not constant. Most pricing ...