Survival after intestinal perforation: Can it be predicted?

Catastrophic Interference in Connectionist Networks: Can It Be Predicted, Can It Be Prevented?

Catastrophic forgetting occurs when connectionist networks learn new information, and by so doing, forget all previously learned information. This workshop focused primarily on the causes of catastrophic interference, the techniques that have been developed to reduce it, the effect of these techniques on the networks' ability to generalize, and the degree to which prediction of catastrophic for...

Can Cascades be Predicted?

A famous instance is a picture of a receipt taken by a customer at a hunting and fishing chain store called Cabela. The receipt listed a 2.3%“medical excise tax,” which was supposedly levied as part of the Affordable Care Act. This was seen as evidence that there is a hidden tax that consumers are paying for the ACA. The store later cleared this up as being a “software glitch” on their part. Th...

Death after emergency department visits for syncope: how common and can it be predicted?

STUDY OBJECTIVE Syncope is a common condition that is usually benign but occasionally associated with death. This study evaluates the incidence of death after an emergency department (ED) visit for syncope and whether these deaths can be predicted. METHODS A prospective cohort study was conducted during a 45-month period. All patients were followed up 1-and-a-half years after their initial ED...

Can erectile function be predicted after prostate cancer treatment?

P rostate cancer (PCa) is the most common solid-organ cancer in American males and the second most common cause of cancer-related death in men. With the advent of prostate-specific antigen screening, death from PCa continues to decline. However, recent evidence suggests that there is now a trend towards increasing incidence. Current screening strategies result in increased incidence of low-risk...

Can ICU admission be predicted?