How accurately can we assess zoonotic risk?

How accurately can we measure the W cross section?

We study the QCD sources of systematic uncertainties in the experimental extraction of the W cross section at hadron colliders. The uncertainties appear in the evaluation of the detector acceptances used to convert the number of observed events into a total production cross section. We consider the effect of NLO corrections, as well as of the inclusion of parton showers, and evaluate the impact...

How can we enhance the value of laboratory tests?

Today, the pressures on the healthcare systems for the controlling of the costs are extreme and all sectors try to demonstrate the value of their services by justifying the activities and expenditures so the value can be describe in terms like quality, efficiency, effectiveness, patient satisfaction, cost effectiveness .The value of the lab testing is generally directed to their costs and the c...

Can We Accurately Assess Liver Fibrosis with Fibroscan® Using Fewer Valid Measurements?

Omid Pournik, Seyed Moayed Alavian, and Saeid Eslami 1Medical Informatics Research Center, Department of Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad; 2Middle East Liver Disease Center, Tehran; 3Pharmaceutical Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. 4Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medica...

Sunlight exposure assessment: can we accurately assess vitamin D exposure from sunlight questionnaires?

The purpose of this review is to summarize the peer-reviewed literature in relation to sunlight exposure assessment and the validity of using sunlight exposure questionnaires to quantify vitamin D status. There is greater variability in personal ultraviolet (UV) light exposure as the result of personal behavior than as the result of ambient UV light exposure. Although statistically significant,...

Can we assess the risk of embolic complications of cardioversion?