The Internet and Democratic Debate

Presents findings from a survey conducted in June 2004. Looks at the role of the Internet in providing a wider awareness of political views during the 2004 campaign season

Determining Clinically Relevant Measures for Evaluating Recovery in Collegiate Athletes using Heart Rate Variability and RESTQ-Sport.

Ph.D. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2017

The Influence of Dependence on Data Network Models of Burstiness

The Influence of Dependence on Data Network Models of Burstines

Data Network Models of Burstiness

Data Network Models of Burstines

Simulation Approach to Assess the Precision of Estimates Derived from Linking Survey and Administrative Records

Probabilistic record linkage implies that there is some level of uncertainty related to the classification of pairs as links or non-links vis-à-vis their true match status. As record linkage is usually performed as a preliminary step to developing statistical estimates, the question then is how does this linkage uncertainty propagate to them? In this paper, we develop an approach to estimate the impact of linkage uncertainty on derived estimates by using a re-sampling approach. For each iteration of the re-sampling, pairs are classified as links or non-links by Monte-Carlo assignment to model estimated true match probabilities. By looking at the range of estimates produced in a series of re-samples, we can estimate the distribution of derived statistics under the prevailing incidence of linkage uncertainty. For this analysis we use the results of linking the 2014 National Hospital Care Survey to the National Death Index performed at the National Center for Health Statistics. We assess the precision of hospital-level death rate estimates

Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Autoimmune Diseases: A Review of History, Current State, and Future Issues

Autoimmune diseases are characterized by recurrent attacks and remissions, but as a rule they progress and eventually cause a severe disability and death. The present chapter contains general characteristics of autoimmune disease pathogenesis, ways to cause immune tolerance by hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), clinical aspects of the treatment for established autoimmune diseases with a special attention to multiple sclerosis (MS) and systemic sclerosis (SSc). A profound analysis of authors’ point of view and of the available literature has been performed. The promising results allows to consider HCT as a relevant treatment option for a certain autoimmune diseases

Rotator Cuff Disease

Shoulder pain is a common clinical presentation. Though the spectrum of disorders affecting the shoulder is quite diverse, emphasis is often placed on abnormalities of the rotator cuff and glenohumeral joint instability. The rotator cuff plays an important role in both the function and stability of the shoulder. Moreover, its pathology, with early and accurate diagnosis, is amenable to treatment, which can markedly affect patient outcome. This unit presents an MR imaging protocol for evaluation of the glenohumeral joint. Though specific emphasis is placed on the rotator cuff, it can also be used for global assessment of the shoulder.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/145303/1/cpmia2201.pd