Reverse transcription quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) to detect SARS-CoV-2 RNA is an essential test to monitor the occurrence of COVID-19.A methodology is proposed for the determination of maximum pool size and adjustments of cut-off values of cycle threshold (Ct in Nose Balm RT-qPCR pool testing, to compensate for the di
Structured prediction models for argumentative claim parsing from text
The internet abounds with opinions expressed in DAILY CONDITIONER text.While a number of natural language processing techniques have been proposed for opinion analysis from text, most offer only a shallow analysis without providing any insights into reasons supporting the opinions.In online discussions, however, opinions are typically expressed as
Dying in Darkness: Deviations From Data Sharing Ethics in the US Public Health System and the Data Genocide of American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Tribal governments and Tribal Epidemiology Centers face persistent challenges in obtaining the public health data that are essential to accomplishing their legal and ethical duties to promote health in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.We assessed the ethical implications of current impediments to data sharing among federal, Jackets/Out
Zika is not a reason for missing the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro: response to the open letter of Dr Attaran and colleagues to Dr Margaret Chan, Director - General, WHO, on the Zika threat to the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Attaran and colleagues in an open letter to WHO AUTUMN ANGEL expressed their concern about the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and the threat posed by the Zika epidemic (Attaran 2016).We agree that Zika virus is of great public health concern and much remains to be known about this disease.Care should be taken to reduce the