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Showing 1 to 20 of 540 for “"population-based"”.
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Population-based prediction of atrial fibrillation
… pathways to predict onset of AF in the general population.Methods: Individuals with incident AF were identified from a large, population-based cohort study (Malmö Diet and Cancer, n=30 447) using national registers during up to 17.8 years follow-up. Genetic polymorphisms on chromosomes 4q25, …
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Paracetamol intoxications: A population-based study in Iceland
… overdose who develop liver injury in a population-based sample is largely unexplored. The aim of this MPH thesis was to analyze the population-based annual incidence of paracetamol overdoses, prevalence of liver injury and the risk factors for hepatotoxicity and outcome in unselected …
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Program auto-tuning through population-based stochastic optimization
… thesis extends Open-Tuner with the family of population-based stochastic optimization (PBSO) algorithms to boost OpenTuner's search capability on discrete-valued tuning problems.
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Multi-population-based differential evolution algorithm for optimization problems
… differential evolution algorithms under a multi-population strategy. The original DE algorithm generates an initial set of suitable solutions. The multi-population strategy divides the set into several subsets. These subsets evolve independently and connect with each other according to the DE …
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New frontiers in population-based multi-objective feature selection
… involves an augmentation to the diversity of the population in the well-established multi-objective scheme of the genetic algorithm, NSGA-II, which is achieved through the substitution of the worst individuals with new randomly generated individuals with a limited number of features in each …
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Population Based Estimates of Medial Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injury
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A population based study of primary hyperparathyroidism in Tayside, Scotland
… an accurate update of the epidemiology of PHPT based on population data, and to investigate its long-term outcomes in the mild subgroup compared with those with severe disease. Design: A large retrospective cohort study using routinely collected data in Tayside, Scotland, 1997-2006. Results: The …
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Real-World and Population-Based Studies of Head Injury Causation
… studies have identified TBI as an acceleration-based injury, often resulting from direct contact or loading to the head in combination with rotational forces. However, due to the complexity in loading conditions in injurious events, there is still much that is unknown about the mechanistic …
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Subclinical Atherosclerosis and Cognitive Functioning in a Population-Based Sample
… in a sample from the Dallas Heart Study (DHS), a population-based study of cardiovascular disease, who were followed 8 years later (DHS-II); N = 1904, mean age = 42.9, SD = 10.5, range 8-65. Weanalyzed atherosclerosis data from DHS-I participants who had completed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment …
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Adiposity in British secondary school children: a population based study
… life exposures and parental influences.<br/>In a population-based study of British 13-16 year-olds, this Thesis sets out to address four overall aims;- (i) to examine patterns of adiposity, including the interrelationships of different adiposity markers; (ii) to explore geographic, social and …
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Size and burden of mental disorders: A population based perspective
Die klinische Forschung zu Häufigkeit und Krankheitslast psychischer Störungen ist meist in mehrerer Hinsicht nicht repräsentativ. Insbesondere die Tatsache, dass die untersuchten Patienten sich von sich aus in Behandlung begeben, bedeutet eine gewisse Selektion (z.B. überdurchschnittlich …
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The impact of delirium on cognitive outcomes in population-based studies
… the prevalence of delirium in the general population (2) To assess the association of delirium with cognitive outcomes (3) To investigate how these associations relate to underlying dementia pathology (4) To develop novel methods for retrospectively ascertaining delirium. Methods: Data from …
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Health Status and Behaviors among Casino Gaming Employees Population-based Epidemiological Analyses
… is the first study which utilizes statewide population-based survey data to analyze health status and behaviors among the casino gaming employees in Nevada, which has more than 50% of the US casino operations. Methods: General health status, chronic disease indicators, behavior risk factors …
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Cytogenetic abnormalities in Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Sweden. A population based study.
… findings in AML was analyzed in the large population-based Swedish AML registry. Karyotypic patterns differed by age: t(8;21), inv(16) and t(11q23) were more common in younger patients, whereas loss of 5q, 7q and 17p, monosomal karyotype (MK) and complex karyotype (CK) were more common in …
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Functional Status Assessment: Comparison of MDS+ Data with National Population Based Surveys
<p>Interest in using existing databases for outcomes analysis is growing. The MDS+ is one of the few clinical data sets available, however, no studies have been published that have looked at the functional status elements within this dataset for use usefulness in outcomes analysis. The purpose of …
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On the development of a population-based SHM strategy for aerospace structures
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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The impact of population based faecal occult blood screening on colorectal cancer
… mortality and associated outcomes in a true population based screening programme.<br/>Using data from the Scottish arm of the UK demonstration pilot of gFOBT screening for CRC, all residents in the three Scottish pilot NHS board areas invited for gFOBT screening were compared to controls …
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Stillbirth and trauma associated sleep disturbances: A population-based study of 27,605 women
Background: Prior studies have found stillbirth to be associated with depression, anxiety, PTSD and heightened suicide risk among mothers. However, the association of stillbirth and trauma associated sleep disturbances has received limited attention. Therefore, the main aim of this study is to …
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The Relationship of Inflammatory Markers to Cognitive Function in a Population-Based Sample
C-reactive protein (CRP), Interleukin-18 (IL-18), Monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP-1), and Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase (Lp-PLA2) are pro-inflammatory blood markers that appear to play critical roles in atherosclerosis and vascular disease, and have been linked to Alzheimer’s Disease, …
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Population-based studies on acute leukemias - lessons from the Swedish Adult Acute Leukemia Registry
… (AML). We have investigated these issues in population-based materials; the first two studies were based on data from the Swedish Cancer Registry and the other four studies were based on data from the Swedish Adult Acute Leukemia Registry (SAALR). Comparisons were made with Estonia on …
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