Background: Comprehensive models of survivorship care are necessary to improve access to and coordination of care. New models of care provide the opportunity to address the complexity of physical and psychosocial prob...
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Background: Comprehensive models of survivorship care are necessary to improve access to and coordination of care. New models of care provide the opportunity to address the complexity of physical and psychosocial problems and long-term health needs experienced by patients following cancer ***: This paper presents our expert-informed, rules-based survivorship algorithm to build a nurse-led model of survivorship care to support men living with prostate cancer (PCa). The algorithm is called No Evidence of Disease (Ned) and supports timelier decision-making, enhanced safety, and continuity of ***: An initial rule set was developed and refined through working groups with clinical experts across Canada (eg, nurse experts, physician experts, and scientists;n=20), and patient partners (n=3). algorithm priorities were defined through a multidisciplinary consensus meeting with clinical nurse specialists, nurse scientists, nurse practitioners, urologic oncologists, urologists, and radiation oncologists (n=17). The system was refined and validated using the nominal group ***: Four levels of alert classification were established, initiated by responses on the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite for Clinical Practice survey, and mediated by changes in minimal clinically important different alert thresholds, alert history, and clinical urgency with patient autonomy influencing clinical acuity. Patient autonomy was supported through tailored education as a first line of response, and alert escalation depending on a patient-initiated request for a nurse ***: The Ned algorithm is positioned to facilitate PCa nurse-led care models with a high nurse-to-patient ratio. This novel expert-informed PCa survivorship care algorithm contains a defined escalation pathway for clinically urgent symptoms while honoring patient preference. Though further validation is required through a pragmatic trial, we anticipate the Ned algorithm
Comprehending and developing algorithms are very common activities in computer science and other studies. But what does it mean to comprehend an algorithm? Why are students creating flawed algorithms with correct proo...
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(纸本)9781450361859
Comprehending and developing algorithms are very common activities in computer science and other studies. But what does it mean to comprehend an algorithm? Why are students creating flawed algorithms with correct proofs? And what does it take to comprehend or create an algorithm? Through my dissertation work I want to gain understanding about these processes. By using mixed methods I hope to contribute to finding answers to those questions.
algorithmic decision-making systems are increasingly used throughout the public and private sectors to make important decisions or assist humans in making these decisions with real social consequences. While there has...
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(纸本)9781450367080
algorithmic decision-making systems are increasingly used throughout the public and private sectors to make important decisions or assist humans in making these decisions with real social consequences. While there has been substantial research in recent years to build fair decision-making algorithms, there has been less research seeking to understand the factors that affect people's perceptions of fairness in these systems, which we argue is also important for their broader acceptance. In this research, we conduct an online experiment to better understand perceptions of fairness, focusing on three sets of factors: algorithm outcomes, algorithm development and deployment procedures, and individual differences. We find that people rate the algorithm as more fair when the algorithm predicts in their favor, even surpassing the negative effects of describing algorithms that are very biased against particular demographic groups. We find that this effect is moderated by several variables, including participants' education level, gender, and several aspects of the development procedure. Our findings suggest that systems that evaluate algorithmic fairness through users' feedback must consider the possibility of "outcome favorability" bias.
Background: Accurate projections of procedural case durations are complex but critical to the planning of perioperative staffing, operating room resources, and patient communication. Nonlinear prediction models using ...
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Background: Accurate projections of procedural case durations are complex but critical to the planning of perioperative staffing, operating room resources, and patient communication. Nonlinear prediction models using machine learning methods may provide opportunities for hospitals to improve upon current estimates of procedure duration. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether a machine learning algorithm scalable across multiple centers could make estimations of case duration within a tolerance limit because there are substantial resources required for operating room functioning that relate to case duration. Methods: Deep learning, gradient boosting, and ensemble machine learning models were generated using perioperative data available at 3 distinct time points: the time of scheduling, the time of patient arrival to the operating or procedure room (primary model), and the time of surgical incision or procedure start. The primary outcome was procedure duration, defined by the time between the arrival and the departure of the patient from the procedure room. Model performance was assessed by mean absolute error (MAE), the proportion of predictions falling within 20% of the actual duration, and other standard metrics. Performance was compared with a baseline method of historical means within a linear regression model. Model features driving predictions were assessed using Shapley additive explanations values and permutation feature importance. Results: A total of 1,177,893 procedures from 13 academic and private hospitals between 2016 and 2019 were used. Across all procedures, the median procedure duration was 94 (IQR 50-167) minutes. In estimating the procedure duration, the gradient boosting machine was the best-performing model, demonstrating an MAE of 34 (SD 47) minutes, with 46% of the predictions falling within 20% of the actual duration in thetest data set. This represented a statistically and clinically significant improvement in predictions c
Nuclear power plant workers can be exposed to radiation under various working conditions, such as during normal operation, maintenance period, and emergency. To establish an optimal work plan, radiation dose predictio...
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Nuclear power plant workers can be exposed to radiation under various working conditions, such as during normal operation, maintenance period, and emergency. To establish an optimal work plan, radiation dose prediction and assessment must be conducted in advance. Radioactivity data are essential to assess radiation dose. However, in some situations, these data may not be available, and analyzing precise activity of radiation source in all nuclear power plant work environments may require significant time and financial resource. Therefore, an algorithm is needed that can swiftly estimate the radioactivity of the radiation sources utilizing the radiation dose rate which are readily available data. The objective of this study is to develop an algorithm for estimating the radioactivity of arbitrary geometry radiation sources within the nuclear power plant workspaces. To achieve this, an algorithm was initially developed to estimate the radioactivity of point sources and arbitrary geometry radiation sources. Subsequently, scenarios for the point sources and cylindrical volume sources were established, and the effectiveness of the algorithm was validated with applying these scenarios. In the radioactivity estimation algorithm for the point sources, the radioactivity was estimated by reverse-calculating the external exposure dose assessment equation from the radiation dose rate data. However, various uncertainties may exist in the radiation dose rate data. Because limitations exist in deriving an exact activity value, a numerical analysis method was employed to obtain an optimal solution. The estimation procedure was divided into five steps: (1) obtaining input parameters, (2) establishing the simultaneous equation, (3) deriving an initial solution set, (4) deriving the approximate solution set, and (5) calculating uncertainty and determining the optimal solution. Additionally, a radioactivity estimation algorithm for arbitrary geometry radiation sources was developed inte
BackgroundAlthough health insurance claims data can address questions that clinical trials cannot answer, the uncertainty of disease names and the absence of stage information hinder their use in gastric cancer (GC) r...
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BackgroundAlthough health insurance claims data can address questions that clinical trials cannot answer, the uncertainty of disease names and the absence of stage information hinder their use in gastric cancer (GC) research. This study aimed to develop and validate a claims-based algorithm to identify and determine the progression phases of incident GC cases in *** gold standard for validation in this retrospective observational study was medical records of patients with incident GC who underwent specific treatments, defined by the claim codes associated with GC treatment. The algorithm was developed and refined using a cohort from two large tertiary care medical centers (April-September 2017 and April-September 2019) and subsequently validated using two independent cohorts: one from different periods (October 2017-March 2019 and October 2019-March 2021) and the other from a different institution (a community hospital). The algorithm identified incident cases based on a combination of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision diagnosis codes for GC (C160-169), and claim codes for specific treatments, classifying them into endoscopic, surgical, and palliative groups. Positive predictive value (PPV), sensitivity of incident case identification, and diagnostic accuracy of progression phase determination were *** developed algorithm achieved PPVs of 90.0% (1119/1244) and 95.9% (94/98), sensitivities of 98.0% (1119/1142) and 98.9% (94/95) for incident case identification, with diagnostic accuracies of 94.1% (1053/1119) and 93.6% (88/94) for progression phase determination in the two validation cohorts, *** validated claims-based algorithm could advance real-world GC research and assist in decision-making regarding GC treatment.
Light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM), a prominent fluorescence microscopy technique, offers enhanced temporal resolution for imaging biological samples in four dimensions (4D;x, y, z, time). Some of the most rec...
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Light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM), a prominent fluorescence microscopy technique, offers enhanced temporal resolution for imaging biological samples in four dimensions (4D;x, y, z, time). Some of the most recent implementations, including inverted selective plane illumination microscopy (iSPIM) and lattice light-sheet microscopy (LLSM), move the sample substrate at an oblique angle relative to the detection objective's optical axis. Data from such tilted-sample-scan LSFMs require subsequent deskewing and rotation for proper visualisation and analysis. Such data preprocessing operations currently demand substantial memory allocation and pose significant computational challenges for large 4D dataset. The consequence is prolonged data preprocessing time compared to data acquisition time, which limits the ability for live-viewing the data as it is being captured by the microscope. To enable the fast preprocessing of large light-sheet microscopy datasets without significant hardware demand, we have developed WH-Transform, a memory-efficient transformation algorithm for deskewing and rotating the raw dataset, significantly reducing memory usage and the run time by more than 10-fold for large image stacks. Benchmarked against the conventional method and existing software, our approach demonstrates linear runtime compared to the cubic and quadratic runtime of the other approaches. Preprocessing a raw 3D volume of 2 GB (512 x 1536 x 600 pixels) can be accomplished in 3 s using a GPU with 24 GB of memory on a single workstation. Applied to 4D LLSM datasets of human hepatocytes, lung organoid tissue and brain organoid tissue, our method provided rapid and accurate preprocessing within seconds. Importantly, such preprocessing speeds now allow visualisation of the raw microscope data stream in real time, significantly improving the usability of LLSM in biology. In summary, this advancement holds transformative potential for light-sheet microscopy, enabling real-time, on
Background The age distribution and diversity of the VA Million Veteran Program (MVP) cohort make it a valuable resource for studying the genetics of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias (ADRD). Objectiv...
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Background The age distribution and diversity of the VA Million Veteran Program (MVP) cohort make it a valuable resource for studying the genetics of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias (ADRD). Objective We present and evaluate the performance of several International Classification of Diseases (ICD) code-based classification algorithms for AD, ADRD, and dementia for use in MVP genetic studies and other studies using VA electronic medical record (EMR) data. These were benchmarked relative to existing ICD algorithms and AD-medication-identified cases. Methods We used chart review of n = 103 MVP participants to evaluate diagnostic utility of the algorithms. Suitability for genetic studies was examined by assessing association with APOE epsilon 4, the strongest genetic AD risk factor, in a large MVP cohort (n = 286 K). Results The newly developed MVP-ADRD algorithm performed well, comparable to the existing PheCode dementia algorithm (Phe-Dementia) in terms of sensitivity (0.95 and 0.95) and specificity (0.65 and 0.70). The strongest APOE epsilon 4 associations were observed in cases identified using MVP-ADRD and Phe-Dementia augmented with medication-identified cases (MVP-ADRD or medication, p = 3.6 x10-290;Phe-Dementia or medication, p = 1.4 x10-290). Performance was improved when cases were restricted to those with onset age >= 60. Conclusions We found that our MVP-developed ICD-based algorithms had good performance in chart review and generated strong genetic signals, especially after inclusion of medication-identified cases. Ultimately, our MVP-derived algorithms are likely to have good performance in the broader VA, and their performance may also be suitable for use in other large-scale EMR-based biobanks in the absence of definitive biomarkers such as amyloid-PET and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers.
Background: Accurate identification of drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) is crucial for accurate disease measurement, effective clinical intervention and improved patient outcomes. Prior attempts to define DRE in administ...
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Background: Accurate identification of drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) is crucial for accurate disease measurement, effective clinical intervention and improved patient outcomes. Prior attempts to define DRE in administrative data using the 2010 International League against Epilepsy (ILAE) criteria have faced complexities. Methods: This retrospective study utilized national administrative data from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to identify patients with possible DRE. This was a multicenter national cohort that uses a common, noncommercial medical record system. A panel of six epileptologists conducted chart reviews to identify DRE using the 2010 ILAE criteria. Logistic regression was used to analyze epilepsy-related variables of interest to develop algorithms identifying DRE. Results: Among 260 included patients, 93 (35.8 %) had DRE, 148 (56.9 %) did not have DRE, and 19 (7.3 %) were undetermined. Out of 96 algorithms assessed, the best-performing algorithm had a high accuracy (F1 score=0.726) and defined DRE as those on >= 3 ASMs in addition to those on >= 2 ASMs for >= 365 days with at least one intractable ICD code. The algorithm demonstrated high sensitivity (0.74), specificity (0.81), and area under the curve (AUC 0.78). Factors such as age, number of ASMs, EEG, and MRI procedures, and intractable epilepsy ICD codes were associated with DRE. Discussion: Our optimal algorithm for DRE identification is like previously published algorithms that determined the importance of number and duration of ASMs. However, it differs in the particular combination of factors that best identified DRE. These differences highlight the importance of fine-tuning algorithms for specific care settings. Further validation in a larger, more heterogenous cohort are needed to determine our algorithm's applicability and potential impact.
We develop and evaluate water clear of sea ice (open water following ice cover) detection algorithms that make use of Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) SeaWinds/QuikSCAT (QuikSCAT) backscatter (sigma degrees) a...
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We develop and evaluate water clear of sea ice (open water following ice cover) detection algorithms that make use of Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) SeaWinds/QuikSCAT (QuikSCAT) backscatter (sigma degrees) and Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) brightness temperature (T-B) measurements. algorithm validation was performed within Canadian Arctic waters using the Canadian Ice Service Digital Archive (CISDA) ice charts, NASATeam ice concentration estimates, extended AVHRR Polar Pathfinder (APP-x) albedo data, RADARSAT-1 imagery, and MODIS imagery. Results indicate that the temporal evolution of QuikSCAT sigma degrees, AMSR-E polarization ratio (PR18), and AMSR-E vertical spectral gradient ratio (GR3618) can detect water clear of sea ice events, however mean differences due to frequency dependent characteristics of the data (spatial resolution;sensitivity to open water) were apparent. All water clear of sea ice algorithms are in good agreement with the timing and clearing patterns given by the CISDA. The QuikSCAT algorithm provided a more representative ice edge and more details on the ice clearing process due to higher spatial resolution, however, transient clearing events were better represented by the AMSR-E PR(18) or (GR3618) algorithm. By exploiting the strengths of each sensor, we found that a QuikSCAT and AMSR-E fused algorithm provide improved open water area estimates by as much as 11%. The fusion of QuikSCAT and AMSR-E PR(18) yielded in the most spatially representative open water detection. The residual surface of the water clear of sea ice algorithms was found to provide another measure of the average September minimum pan-Arctic sea ice extent within 6% of the NASATeam algorithm estimates. Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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