Estimating the effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions to mitigate COVID-19 spread in Saudi Arabia

D Bisanzio, R Reithinger, A Alqunaibet, S Almudarra… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) quickly controlled the spread of
SARS-CoV-2 by implementing several non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), including …

Discharge modeling and characteristic analysis of semi-circular side weir based on the soft computing method

S Li, G Shen, A Parsaie, G Li, D Cao - Journal of Hydroinformatics, 2024 - iwaponline.com
In this study, a support vector machine (SVM) and three optimization algorithms are used to
develop a discharge coefficient (C d) prediction model for the semi-circular side weir …

A novel framework for strength prediction of geopolymer mortar: Renovative precursor effect

Z Kurt, Y Yilmaz, T Cakmak, I Ustabaş - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Concrete is the most used building material today as it has many advantages due to its
structure. Geopolymer composites could potentially replace concrete in the future due to the …

Targeted preventive vaccination campaigns to reduce Ebola outbreaks: An individual-based modeling study

D Bisanzio, AE Davis, SE Talbird, T Van Effelterre… - Vaccine, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPI) and ring vaccination (ie, vaccination that
primarily targets contacts and contacts of contacts of Ebola cases) are currently used to …

Interactions and computer experiments

E Borgonovo, E Plischke… - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying interactions and understanding the underlying generating mechanism is
essential for interpreting the response of black‐box models. We offer a systematic analysis …

Uncertainty quantification in deterministic parameterization of single diode model of a silicon solar cell

A Samadhiya, K Namrata, D Gupta - Optimization and Engineering, 2021 - Springer
The paper presents a probabilistic approach to study uncertainty quantification in electrical
parameters associated with single diode model of a solar cell. Five parameters which …

Environmental determinants predicting population vulnerability to high yellow fever incidence

JL Servadio, C Muñoz-Zanzi… - Royal Society Open …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Yellow fever (YF) is an endemic mosquito-borne disease in Brazil, though many locations
have not observed cases in recent decades. Some locations with low disease burden may …

Explaining income-related inequalities in cardiovascular risk factors in Tunisian adults during the last decade: comparison of sensitivity analysis of logistic regression …

O Saidi, N Zoghlami, KE Bennett, PA Mosquera… - International journal for …, 2019 - Springer
Background It is important to quantify inequality, explain the contribution of underlying social
determinants and to provide evidence to guide health policy. The aim of the study is to …

[PDF][PDF] Age estimation with panoramic radiomorphometric parameters using generalized linear models

YH Lee, JS An - Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain, 2021 - researchgate.net
Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the correlation between age
and 34 radiomorphometric parameters on panoramic radiographs, and to provide …

Should univariate Cox regression be used for feature selection with respect to time-to-event outcomes?

R Lu - arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.09689, 2022 - arxiv.org
IMPORTANCE: Time-to-event outcomes are commonly used in clinical trials and biomarker
discovery studies and have been primarily analyzed using Cox proportional hazards …