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Using random-forest multiple imputation to address bias of self-reported anthropometric measures, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia in the Belgian health interview survey
height, weight, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia and to identify an adequate approach for valid measurement error correction. METHODS: Nine thousand four hundred thirty-nine participants of the 2018 ...
Challenges in Drug Surveillance: Strengthening the Analysis of New Psychoactive Substances by Harmonizing Drug Checking Services in Proficiency Testing.
towards drug checking services, proficiency testing was set up to evaluate existing analytical techniques and investigate the capability to correctly identify circulating NPS. Twenty blind substances, ...
Identification of Mycobacterium abscessus Subspecies by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and Machine Learning.
spectra. Overall, using a random forest model with several confidence criteria (samples by triplicate and similarity values >60%), a total of 96.5% of isolates were correctly identified at the subspecies ...
Author Correction: The evolution and international spread of extensively drug resistant Shigella sonnei
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Mason, Lewis C. E.; Greig, David R.; Lauren A. Cowley; Partridge, Sally R.; Martinez, Elena; Grace A. Blackwell; Chong, Charlotte E.; De Silva, P. Malaka; Bengtsson, Rebecca J.; Draper, Jenny L.; ...
Evaluation of a Liquid Media MALDI-TOF MS Protocol for the Identification of Dermatophytes Isolated from Infections.
schools and represents a global health problem. Correct identification of the infection agent is essential in the determination of the infection source, epidemiological course, and treatment initiation. The ...
Quality control and correction method for air temperature data from a citizen science weather station network in Leuven, Belgium
station-specific temperature quality control (QC) and correction procedure. The procedure consists of three levels that remove implausible measurements while also correcting for inter-station (between-station) and ...
SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance in Belgian Wastewaters
for 15 months comprising three major virus waves. During the entire period, a high correlation was observed between the daily new COVID-19 cases and the SARS-CoV-2 concentration in wastewater corrected ...
Relative response factors and multiple regression models in liquid chromatography to quantify low-dosed components using alternative standards-proof of concept: total Δ9-THC content in cannabis flowers using CBD as reference.
the use of relative response (sometimes called relative correction factors) factors (RRF s) towards reference standards, different of the compound to be quantified, gained attraction. This study ...
Validity of self-reported data to assess the prevalence of overweight, hypertension and cholesterol
the agreement between SR and measured overweight, hypertension and high cholesterol and to provide information to do a valid correction for measurement error. Methods The BHIS / BHES 2018 database was ...
Burden of non-communicable disease studies in Europe: a systematic review of data sources and methodological choices
mortality corrections. Multimorbidity adjustments were performed in 18% of national BoD studies. Conclusion. The number of national NCD BoD assessments across Europe increased over time, driven by an increase ...