Health disparity is an important public health policy concern as it is related to the social inequalities in population health, not only for the persons experiencing them, but also for the entire population in the soc...
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Health disparity is an important public health policy concern as it is related to the social inequalities in population health, not only for the persons experiencing them, but also for the entire population in the society. People experiencing poorer health status will negatively impact the overall health of the nation and this inequality is costly as well as burdensome to healthcare system. Health disparities studies allow us to identify and understand disparities, eventually design intervention strategies that could be more effective in reducing disparities. This thesis is mainly focused on building new statistical models for disparity studies in response to the complex data types which we encounter today. We propose tree-based models to unveil the distribution of disparities in a population through the hierarchical interaction between individual level variables (like clinical variables or genetic variables) and social determinants of health (like SES, education level etc). Precision medicine has the potential to revolutionize medicine because clinical decisions can in theory be made in a manner that is more customized to an individual patient. It’s not surprising then that there has been growing interest in trying to identify and reduce disparities using precision medicine constructs. Central to this paradigm is the search for what we term disparity subtypes. We will take the tree-based models we developed as well as another framework known as peeling and develop a new statistical framework for the identification of disparity subtypes. Even though much of disparity science has traditionally focused on social determinants of health, the move towards an integrative framework together with biological determinants requires that researchers must be able to find a common language and framework for connecting the two. Additionally, as biological data increases, so does the contextual information that researchers are collecting. Thus it’s imperative to be able to quantify
The Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) is a wireless communication technology that enables automatic identification, tracking and data collection from any tagged object in a supply chain operating environment. A si...
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The Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) is a wireless communication technology that enables automatic identification, tracking and data collection from any tagged object in a supply chain operating environment. A simple RFID system uses radio signals to transmit data via a tiny portable device, called a tag, which is read by an RFID reader and processed by the corporate information system (IS) to meet the needs of business management. One of the important performance issues in this system is to resolve RFID tag collision. Tag collision happens when two or more tags reflects-back their individual identification radio signals to the reader at the same time thus confusing the reader identification process. Different algorithmic solutions on tag collision are available. They are generally in two main categories of anti-collision problems: ALOHA-based solutions and tree-based solutions. However, ALOHA-basedalgorithms suffer from a time-related starvation problem. The well-known tree-based algorithms are Binary tree (BT) and Query tree (QT). In addition, QT algorithms are very efficient in memory utilization in comparison to other algorithmic solutions. This paper presents simulation-based experimental results on the performance of some well-known BT-basedalgorithms: simple Binary Search algorithm (BSA), Dynamic Binary Search algorithm (DBSA), and Backtrack Binary algorithm (BBA).
Inside-outside determination is a basic building block for higher-level geometry processing operations. Generalized winding numbers provide a robust answer for triangle meshes, regardless of defects such as self-inter...
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Inside-outside determination is a basic building block for higher-level geometry processing operations. Generalized winding numbers provide a robust answer for triangle meshes, regardless of defects such as self-intersections, holes or degeneracies. In this paper, we further generalize the winding number to point clouds. Previous methods for evaluating the winding number are slow for completely disconnected surfaces, such as triangle soups or-in the extreme case-point clouds. We propose a tree-based algorithm to reduce the asymptotic complexity of generalized winding number computation, while closely approximating the exact value. Armed with a fast evaluation, we demonstrate the winding number in a variety of new applications: voxelization, signing distances, generating 3D printer paths, defect-tolerant mesh booleans and point set surfaces.
Along with the rapid development of Web of Things, the RFID technology is widely applied in every field, but today, the great challenge we face is how to avoid information conflict and collision in the process of acqu...
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Along with the rapid development of Web of Things, the RFID technology is widely applied in every field, but today, the great challenge we face is how to avoid information conflict and collision in the process of acquisition and treatment of massive information. It is the keystone of the study. This paper conducts a comparative analysis on different tree-based algorithms as improved, and integrated with multiple sub-cycle response mechanism, a Multi-Response Collision treealgorithm is proposed. And beyond that, this paper simulates and analyzed this algorithm and other improved ones. The results reveal that, compared to other algorithms, MRCT algorithm features a better performance, less recognition cycles, least query time slots on average, and ceiling throughput rate.
Recent development of a new 2D material graphene necessitates sample characterization (in particular localization and distribution of defects). The presence of defects is unavoidable, however, it is possible to determ...
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(纸本)9781628415926
Recent development of a new 2D material graphene necessitates sample characterization (in particular localization and distribution of defects). The presence of defects is unavoidable, however, it is possible to determine and predict defect distribution in graphene samples prior to the actual device making. A ramification algorithm is used for the above purpose.
The present approach combines data fusion from several sensor types to enhance the overall detection and classification performance. The fusion of different sensors is implemented at data and feature levels that resul...
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(纸本)9781628415926
The present approach combines data fusion from several sensor types to enhance the overall detection and classification performance. The fusion of different sensors is implemented at data and feature levels that results in enhanced target identification by the means of spatial spectral analysis.
If we assume that a natural image can be modeled as a succession of a multilevel system, we can develop an optimal routine of a matrix superposition. Each matrix separates the fundamental elements by a set of optimal ...
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(纸本)9781628410273
If we assume that a natural image can be modeled as a succession of a multilevel system, we can develop an optimal routine of a matrix superposition. Each matrix separates the fundamental elements by a set of optimal criteria. The matrix superposition is then characterized by a tree-based principle which is applied adaptively. We will also demonstrate how the missing data constrains may be overcome by collecting additional measurements.
This paper proposes an effective temporary ID based query treealgorithm (TID QTA) for RFID tag anti-collision. Tags with 96-bit UID are mainly concerned. In TID QTA, a 16-bit sequence is selected from tag ID as its T...
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(纸本)9783642324260
This paper proposes an effective temporary ID based query treealgorithm (TID QTA) for RFID tag anti-collision. Tags with 96-bit UID are mainly concerned. In TID QTA, a 16-bit sequence is selected from tag ID as its TID and query treealgorithm is implemented based on TID. If two tags have the same TID, they will renew their TIDs by selecting another 16 bits from their IDs. The simulation results show that the average number of transmitted bits for one tag identification in TID QTA is the fewest among QTA and its variants.
A D-enantiomeric analog of the submandibular gland rat-1 tripeptide FEG (Seq: NH3+-Phe-Glu-Gly-COO-) called feG (Seq: NH3+- D-Phe-D-Glu-Gly-COO-) was examined by molecular dynamics simulations in water. Previous in va...
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A D-enantiomeric analog of the submandibular gland rat-1 tripeptide FEG (Seq: NH3+-Phe-Glu-Gly-COO-) called feG (Seq: NH3+- D-Phe-D-Glu-Gly-COO-) was examined by molecular dynamics simulations in water. Previous in vacuo simulations suggested a conformation consisting predominantly of interactions between the Phe side chain and glutamylcarboxyl group and a carboxyl/amino termini interaction. The solvated peptide was simulated using two approaches which were compared - a single 400-ns simulation and a "simulation tree.'' The "tree'' approach utilized 45 10-ns simulations with different conformations used as initial structures for given trajectories. We demonstrate that multiple short duration simulations are able to describe the same conformational space as that described by longer simulations. Furthermore, previously described in vacuo interactions were confirmed with amendments: the previously described head-to-tail arrangement of the amino and carboxyl termini, was not observed;the interaction between the glutamyl carboxyl and Phe side chain describes only one of a continuum of conformations present wherein the aromatic residue remains in close proximity to the glutamyl carbonyl group, and also interacts with either of the two available carboxyl groups. Finally, utilizing only two separate 10-ns trajectories, we were able to better describe the conformational space than a single 60-ns trajectory, realizing a threefold decrease in the computational complexity of the problem.
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