Suicidal Weasel.com: A Website Redesign

This documentation provides an overview of the process I went through while redesigning my website, Suicidal Weasel, located at http://www.suicidalweasel.com

Research Note, July 1972

This is issue 11: The Effect of Piling and Burning Versus Chopping of Logging Residues on Natural Regeneration of Serotinous Lodgepole Pine Forestshttps://scholarworks.umt.edu/montana_forestry_notes/1010/thumbnail.jp

Fitting Additive Binomial Regression Models with the R Package blm

The R package blm provides functions for fitting a family of additive regression models to binary data. The included models are the binomial linear model, in which all covariates have additive effects, and the linear-expit (lexpit) model, which allows some covariates to have additive effects and other covariates to have logisitc effects. Additive binomial regression is a model of event probability, and the coefficients of linear terms estimate covariate-adjusted risk differences. Thus, in contrast to logistic regression, additive binomial regression puts focus on absolute risk and risk differences. In this paper, we give an overview of the methodology we have developed to fit the binomial linear and lexpit models to binary outcomes from cohort and population-based case-control studies. We illustrate the blm packages methods for additive model estimation, diagnostics, and inference with risk association analyses of a bladder cancer nested case-control study in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study

Поняття „критерій” та „показник” економічної ефективності

В тезах проаналізована різниця між критеріями та показниками економічної ефективності функціонування підприємстваThe article focuses on different between “criteria” and “indices” of economic effectiveness of enterprise functionin

Aging and decision making: a comparison between neurologically healthy elderly and young individuals

We report the results of experiments on economic decisions with two populations, one of healthy elderly individuals (average age 82) and one of younger students (average age 20). We examine confidence, decisions under uncertainty, differences between willingness to pay and willingness to accept and the theory of mind (strategic thinking). Our findings indicate that the older adults’ decision behavior is similar to that of young adults, contrary to the notion that economic decision making is impaired with age. Moreover, some of the demonstrated decision behaviors suggest that the elderly individuals are less biased than the younger individuals

Policies and Protocols to Prevent the Spread and Costs of Clostridium Difficile Infection

Background: Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) is a highly contagious, potentially lethal, and often preventable hospital acquired infection that costs the U.S. healthcare system billions of dollars annually. Because of the serious consequences and expensive nature of CDI, it is predicted the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will begin following CDI trends and basing reimbursement on how well a facility can protect against this infection. Objectives: The overall purpose of this quality improvement project was to develop, implement, and evaluate an evidenced-based protocol to guide the staff of the University of Cincinnati Medical Center (UCMC) to recognize and prevent the spread of CDI to all hospitalized patients. Methods: A multidisciplinary committee was formed to evaluate UCMC’s current CDI practices and determine which evidence-based interventions should be included in any policy changes. After a comprehensive review of the literature and staff interviews were performed, the CDI prevention interventions selected for this project included: standardized room cleaning, use of ultraviolet lighting, updated antimicrobial stewardship practices, disposable gown use, and staff education. Results: After a review of the isolation protocol there were practices found that were not conducive to preventing the spread of CDI, and the committee focused on three aims: instituting reusable gowns while changing the process for ordering isolation supplies, education through online PowerPoint instruction, and implementing changes on a pilot unit. These changes resulted in 19 fewer cases of CDI at UCMC in the first six months of the current fiscal year. Conclusions: A multicomponent, interprofessional, evidence-based, CDI prevention protocol may decrease the risk of hospital-acquired infections.No embarg