Objectives In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), severe exacerbations (ECOPDs) impose significant morbidity and mortality. Current guidelines emphasise using ECOPD history to ...

The system employs HMAC-SHA256 (Hash-based Message Authentication Code using SHA-256) for license integrity verification. SHA-256 refers to the Secure Hash Algorithm producing 256-bit hash values (see ...

With the help of a computer algorithm, Massachusetts’ biggest health insurer says it will scrutinize doctors who frequently bill it for the most expensive patient visits. It will then unilaterally cut ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

The modern internet is ruled by algorithms. When you boot up Instagram, for example, what you see in your feed is strategically sorted by the app's AI based on your past activity to keep you engaged ...

1 Kreitman School of Advanced Graduate Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. 2 Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, ...

Think about the last time you opened Netflix. Did you scroll through countless options or go with a recommended title? When you log into social media, do you decide what to see, or does an algorithm ...

Objectives To improve the medical treatment process, the concept of comfortable medical care has been proposed. This concept has been fully implemented in developed countries, but there are still many ...

Supervised learning allows broad-scale mapping of variables measured at discrete points in space and time, e.g., by combining satellite and in situ data. However, it can fail to make accurate ...