Classification and regression tree (CART) model to predict pulmonary tuberculosis in hospitalized patients docx

... Access Classification and regression tree (CART) model to predict pulmonary tuberculosis in hospitalized patients Fabio S Aguiar 1* , Luciana L Almeida 2 , Antonio Ruffino-Netto 3 , Afranio Lineu ... Classification and regression tree model for predicting pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in hospitalized patients. The number of patients (n) and the...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... adverse reaction to anti-TB drugs, and mortality during treatment. Initial presenting symptoms about which patients complained, and highest body temperature measured during initial pre- sentation were included. ... collection Collected data included the following: demographic charac- teristics, presenting symptoms and body temperature, under- lying illnesses, laboratory findings (in...

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... Randomly split the remaining data into an 80% training and 20% test set. 3. Run TiMBL with all possible parameter set- tings on the generated training and test sets and store the best performing ... before) and a feature indicating the number of indefinite NPs that can be uniquely resolved in the Information State (#uniqueIndefinites, e.g. “a tower” where there is only one tower in...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 04:22

... of a cell and to integrate them i nto whole-cell in silicoÕ models. The predictive capacity of such models w ill increase as more details of the underlying elementary processes become incorporated. ... self- reproduction, gaining a maximal biomass production at a given total flux is obviously equivalent to maintaining a given rate of biomass production at a minimum of the total flux. Ins...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 15:20

... Countries  4 Iceland, Ireland, USA, Australia 3-4 Singapore, India 2-3 France, UK, Switzerland, Spain, Norway, Lebanon 2-1 Austria, Belarus, British Virgin Islands, Estonia, Finland, Germany, ... 5. Language and countries – A new methodology 5.1 Diversity and language To determine diversity in terms of language, indicators can be defined that simultaneously take into acco...

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... accent and intona- tional phrase brakes. 3.1 Pitch Accent Coding The utterances were hand labeled for accents and boundaries according to the Tilt Intonational Model (Taylor, 2000). This model ... collocational strength and new phonological factors that capture aspects of rhythm and timing to model pitch accent prediction. CRFs have the theoretical advantage of incorporating...

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... first things to do is to decide how you want things to be. If a lot of time and energy is spent addressing your child’s misbehavior, then you’re probably not enjoying each other and having ... is to “stop leaving toys out all over the house.” The opposite would be “toys to be picked up when they are finished being played with.” TRY SOMETHING NEW If what you’ve b...

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 15:20

... highly relevant to the planned study in such as way as to communicate gaps in existing understanding, to suggest the importance of the planned study in addressing these gaps, and to expand the frontiers ... following: human subjects, inclusion of certain populations, and data safety monitoring. Failure to include any of these sections results in the application being...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 22:20

... After obtaining informed consent, the patien ts were interviewed and the information obtained, including past history of anti -tuberculosis drugs for prophylactic and/ or treatment of active tuberculosis ... of the infection and the most efficient method for prevent- ing t ransmission is identification and cure of infectious pulmonary tuberculosis patients [3]. Monitoring tube...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 12:20

... observed to be more sensitive than staining in 69% of total aspirates, including cases that were found negative with gram staining. Cultures are more specic in diagnosing early stage tuberculosis. ... tuberculosis. Conclusion In emerging nations infections such as tuberculosis requiring intensive care are not uncommon. Clinician awareness of the symptomatology and contribu...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 12:20