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Completion of hinge loss has an implicit bias
A new loss function is proposed which learns the hinge loss function an infinite number of times pushing $f(x_i)y_i \to \infty$. It is proven that for a linear model on linearly separable data this modified hinge loss function converges in the direction of the $\ell_2$ max-margin separator at a …
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Achieving Health Equity: Mitigating Implicit Bias Among Healthcare Professionals
<p>AbstractImplicit bias is a contributing factor to health care disparities. Research shows that health care professionals exhibit the same level of implicit bias as the larger population (Fitzgerald & Hurst, 2017). The presence of implicit bias among health care professionals affects clinical …
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Implicit Bias in a Police Drama: An Analysis of S.W.A.T.
Implicit bias is, often unknowingly, inserted into the mainframe of the American psyche, prefacing each interaction in which we partake with an involuntary act of discrimination. One way in which implicit bias infiltrates society is through television. This is especially problematic for television …
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Implicit Bias And Least Restrictive Environment: Perceptions Of Certified Educators
… of Connecticut’s certified educators related to implicit bias and student placement. The theory of intersectionality suggests that implicit bias is present within all individuals (Crenshaw, 2017). Thus, there is a natural propensity for implicit bias, specific to ability, among school personnel. …
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The Moral Psychology of Implicit Bias: Interpretations, Obligations, and Responsibilities
… subjects. This unconscious prejudice is termed implicit bias. It has been used to scientifically explain a variety of broad social phenomena (e.g. persisting inequality between various demographic groups). My dissertation is focused on the relationships between scientific characterizations of …
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The Hidden Mechanisms of Prejudice: Implicit Bias and Interpersonal Fluency
… and ethical questions raised by research on implicit social biases. Social biases are termed "implicit" when they are not reported, though they lie just beneath the surface of consciousness. Such biases are easy to adopt but very difficult to introspect and control. Despite this difficulty, I …
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An implicit bias to generalize to categories: evidence from memory errors
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Does implicit bias threaten the semicompatibilist position on free will and responsibility?
… free will position in the context of implicit bias. Specifically, I answer the question, does implicit bias threaten the semicompatibilist position on free will and responsibility? A threat arises if behavioural expression of implicit bias is not subject to semicompatibilist conditions …
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Assessment planning by speech language pathologists: Implicit bias and clinical decision-making
… three research articles focused on the topics of implicit bias, clinical-decision making, and cultural competency in the field of speech-language pathology. The first article is a reflection piece in which I thoughtfully lay out my journey towards cultural humility in addressing my biases through …
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The implicit bias of gradient descent: from linear classifiers to deep networks
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-11 without embargo terms
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Provider Mindfulness: Changing Implicit Bias And Improving Perinatal Health Outcomes For Patients With Adverse Social Determinants Of Health
<p>AbstractProvider Mindfulness: Changing Implicit Bias and Improving Perinatal Health Outcomes for Patients with Adverse Social Determinants of Health Purpose: Implicit bias is an unconscious prejudice or preexisting belief developed over time toward another group. It can influence provider …
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Implicit bias, discipline, and academic disparities : a phenomenological study to understand White teachers' perceptions of Black students.
… places but also the damage created through implicit racial bias. There is an urgent need in K–12 school districts to address racism and implicit bias that affects the high discipline numbers among Black students, contributing to academic disparities. Implicit biases of White teachers …
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ACT for Patient Care: Effects of Psychological Flexibility and Implicit Bias on Medical Student Clinical Engagement and Academic Performance
… are required to teach burnout management, implicit bias management, and patient-centered care (PCC). Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) is an empirical approach to increase psychological flexibility (PF). Increases in PF have been correlated with reductions in burnout, improvements in …
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Preservice teachers' responses to student behavior : exploring the effects of racial implicit bias, cultural competence, and racial identity
… between three cultural constructs, racial implicit bias, cultural competence, and White racial identity, and their individual and collective influence on preservice teachers’ responses to student behavior. Due to concerns with power, racial implicit bias was not included in the final …
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Implicit Bias about Disabilities: Does it Exist for Forensic Interviewers and Could It Affect Child Credibility Decisions in Child Abuse Investigations: An Exploratory Study
… interviewers: Do forensic interviewers hold implicit biases toward people with disabilities? If so, could this influence whether a forensic interviewer finds a child with a disability believable? To examine these questions, a quantitative exploratory study was conducted. Using an online …
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Exploring Barriers That Higher Education Women Presidents And Chancellors Experience During The Centralized Search Process
… to explore their experiences with gender-bias during the president/chancellor recruitment, selection, and transition enactment. The first question was to study how gender-bias appears during the recruitment of women candidates for a higher education institution president or chancellor …
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Ethics in the Pediatric Emergency Department: Reviews and Reflections
… consent, health literacy, language barrier, and implicit bias. Parental consent is generally required for pediatric care, but there are exceptions encountered in the PED. Although children typically cannot provide consent, soliciting assent respects their autonomy and maturing cognitive …
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An Examination of Weight-Related Bias in the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Community
… medical or behavioral diagnosis. Weight-related implicit bias has been reported in multiple healthcare professions and has been considered as a factor in affecting treatment decisions made by practitioners. A limited amount of research on weight-related bias has been conducted among registered …
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How Beliefs Affect Relationship Formation
Past research has investigated racial implicit biases in the context of short-term relationships, such as strangers. However, implicit biases have not been studied in the context of longer-term relationships. The present study explores ways in which implicit biases may impact integral aspects of …
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The Relationship between Race and Ethnicity and Serious Safety Events in Hospitalized Patients
… a concern for all, but structural barriers and implicit bias inherent in the U.S. health care system may increase the risk of injury and poor outcomes for some populations.</p> <p><strong>Methods. </strong>This study utilized a retrospective, cross-sectional cohort design. Data acquired from a …
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