The use of impulse oscillometry (IOS) for lung function testing does not need patient cooperation and has gained increasing popularity among both young senior populations, as well in patients with breathing difficulties. However, studies the IOS sensitivity to regional obstructions are limited have shown mixed results. objective this study was evaluate performance an system 3D-printed models st...

A new test of model misspecification is proposed, based on the ratio of in-sample and out-of-sample likelihoods. The test is broadly applicable, and in simple problems approximates well known, intuitive methods. Using jackknife influence curve approximations, it is shown that the test statistic can be viewed asymptotically as a multiplicative contrast between two estimates of the information ma...

The Health Information Network and the Health Smart Card program in Taiwan were used to help the national health care. However, there were so many arguments and criticisms as they carried out. One of the most important reasons was that different opinions among the patients, the medical communities and the government always existed. How to “manage” or “monitor” those inter-organizational systems...