Epidemiology and Medical statistics

The modern realities of cybersecurity have uncovered the unpreparedness of many sectors and industries to deal with emerging threats.

Medical treatments designed to help people can also be harmful or fatal.

The average age of the world's population is increasing at an unprecedented rate and this increase is changing the world.

Tailor-Made Polysaccharides in Biomedical Applications provides extensive details on all the vital precepts, basics, and fundamental aspects of tailored polysaccharides in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries.

This highly motivating introduction to statistical learning machines explains underlying principles in nontechnical language, using many examples and figures.

An accessible overview of the challenges in tackling AMR, and the economic and policy responses of the multidisciplinary ''One Health'' approach.

Finite element analysis has been widely applied to study biomedical problems.

Geographers have for a long time contributed much valuable detailed data on the geographical patterns of disease and health care delivery to the medical world.

Using clear language and real-world examples, this accessible textbook provides a concise guide to the understanding and critical evaluation of journal articles in epidemiology.

It is becoming increasingly important to examine the relationship between the outcomes of a clinical trial and the costs of the medical therapy under study.

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A Course in Large Sample Theory is presented in four parts.

A comprehensive review of research concerning genetic susceptibility to infectious diseases.

Statistical Methods in Healthcare In recent years the number of innovative medicinal products and devices submitted and approved by regulatory bodies has declined dramatically.

This book seeks to better understand the meaning and implications of the UKs calamitous encounter with the COVID-19 global pandemic for the future of British neoliberalism.

A good understanding of medical statistics is essential to evaluate medical research and to choose appropriate ways of implementing findings in clinical practice.

An insider account that encapsulates thirty years of experience in conducting data science in a political context.

This textbook provides basic quantitative models allowing researchers and decision makers to a) assess viability of threatened populations and evaluate the success of species reintroductions, b) estimate invasion abilities of alien species, c) evaluate the persistence of metapopulations subjected to habitat destruction and fragmentation, d) analyze policies and strategies for the sustainable harvesting of biological resources, and e) assess the course of human and nonhuman diseases and the possible containment measures.

My lifetime encompasses the postwar subsidence in the early 1920s of the greatest influenza pandemic in history, direct encounters with FM1 virus at Fort Mon- mouth in 1947, the care of influenza patients in the 1950s, the pursuit of the in- fluenza virus through the modern pandemics of 1957 and 1968, and a present in which the genes of the virus have dissembled in the DNA of vaccinia virus and Escherichia coli through the wand of "e;high tech.

The abstract concept of "e;information"e; can be quantified and this has led to many important advances in the analysis of data in the empirical sciences.

This ambitious reference surveys worldwide efforts at controlling the spread of tuberculosis, with special emphasis on the developing world.

This concise guide equips readers with the essential skills required to analyze and critically appraise health research evidence, an integral element to evidence-based practice and professional development.

This book systematically assesses the risk of 21 major infectious diseases threatening BRI countries.

The first edition of Analysis for Longitudinal Data has become a classic.

More people were killed by smallpox during the twentieth century--over 300 million--than by all of the wars of that period combined.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy presents the results of a worldwide exchange of information on the impact of COVID-19 in prisons.

The book aims to provide both comprehensive reviews of the classical methods and an introduction to new developments in medical statistics.

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is a process which helps decision making by predicting the consequences for health of choosing different options in terms of policies, plans, and projects.

As a field progresses, people write about their own work in journals, chapters, and books; but periodically the work needs to be collected and organized.

Clinical Data Quality Checks for CDISC Compliance using SAS is the first book focused on identifying and correcting data quality and CDISC compliance issues with real-world innovative SAS programming techniques such as Proc SQL, metadata and macro programming.

This book discusses the management of variceal bleeding in liver cirrhosis, covering a wide range of topics, including epidemiology, mechanism, diagnosis and monitoring, prophylaxis, treatment, and prognostic assessment.

Is adaptive randomization always better than traditional fixed-schedule randomization?

Head hits cause brain damage - but not always.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the latest standard medical procedures and surgical techniques for biliary atresia (BA), as well as the perioperative care, long-term follow-up and transitions.

2013 BMA Medical Book Awards WinnerAs the importance of medical entomology increases, access to up-to-date, authoritative information also becomes increasingly critical.

Draws together evidence that poverty causes serious mental illness and gives recommendations as to what can be done about this.

Providing key information on how to work with research data, Introduction to Data Technologies presents ideas and techniques for performing critical, behind-the-scenes tasks that take up so much time and effort yet typically receive little attention in formal education.

The rise of digital health technologies is, for some, a panacea to many of the medical and public health challenges we face today.

Introduction to Regression Methods for Public Health Using R teaches regression methods for continuous, binary, ordinal, and time-to-event outcomes using R as a tool.

This workbook is designed to teach the major fundamental concepts in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and clinical research design alongside the textbook "e;Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2nd Edition"e;.

This book integrates the expertise of profession- tion available on the various health concerns and als from a broad array of disciplines-anthro- subpopulations and by the numerous method- pology, health services research, epidemiology, ological complexities in compiling the neces- medicine, dentistry, health promotion, and so- sary data.

The end of the 20th century brought with it a revolution in molecular biology that culminated in advances such as the completion of the human genome.

This book examines statistical methods and models used in the fields of global health and epidemiology.

Simply stated, this book bridges the gap between statistics and philosophy.

Introduces network inspired approaches for the analysis and integration of large, heterogeneous data sets in the life sciences.

In the era of big data and real-time monitoring, vast amounts of information are generated every second through sensors and advanced tracking systems.

Trying to read up on statistics can be like trying to decide where you want to start eating the elephant and what's the most digestible way to get it down.

Author Mark S.