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Many gyms routinely disinfect their mats, but I suspect the problem persists because the mats are not first cleaned to remove particulate. I am interested to know if anyone has investigated this...
07 July 2016 4,541 4 View
In Denmark, sick leave compensation is handled by social workers in municipal job centres (after a 30 day period paid by the employer). The social worker has to decide if more health examinations...
07 July 2016 4,064 6 View
For example, an epidemiology article is trying to look for a possible association between smoking and lung cancer while adjusting for socio-economic status. In multi-variable analysis the article...
07 July 2016 7,316 4 View
Are careers in e.g. data analyses or epidemiology easier to obtain than careers in basic science fields such as all branches of life sciences that train students on lab work? Please also share any...
07 July 2016 5,185 2 View
We may want to consider which types of equations to use and how they will affect our model world.
07 July 2016 2,100 6 View
I'm looking for a very small electric desktop lab freezer, less than 1 cubic feet in capacity (about the size of a toaster), rated for -20C to temporarily store a few dried blood spot samples...
21 June 2016 6,825 2 View
If I want to compare results from one study (measured in odds ratio) with another, is there formal statistical way to do it? Or do I just qualitatively assess the difference between the 2? For...
06 June 2016 4,628 12 View
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Hi I am working on chaos synchronization by EKF and other stochastic nonlinear estimators. The problem is like- Chaos system has 3 states at transmitter end ; x1, x2 , x3 out of which x1 is...
08 May 2016 5,932 3 View
I've been looking on some data on epidemiology of mood disorders among adolescents, but practically all the information I can find in textbooks is that in case of younger patient, it is more...
05 May 2016 4,772 5 View
I will first refer you to these articles referenced below: amusing articles aside, what pathogens may be found in bubble gum left on public sidewalks. can the entire genome of the gum chewer be...
05 May 2016 4,265 1 View
I ask because I work for a private clinic where space to hold paper records has become an issue. I am looking at the possibility of using electronic records instead but I want to...
09 April 2016 4,343 6 View
I have a cohort study where I have to estimate the incidence rate of clinical malaria and its changes over follow up period in STATA...from the years 2000 to 2002 875 infants were enrolled, study...
04 April 2016 2,670 9 View
many of the studies I came across were literature reviews and qualitative studies I am thinking of a mixed study (Quantitative and qualitative). is it advisable?
03 March 2016 2,220 4 View
We often see P trend and P heterogeneity in epidemiological papers. What are they and how to interpret them? Also, how can we get them in logistic regression (i.e. binary outcome)?
03 March 2016 3,575 5 View
Epidemiological evidence
03 March 2016 3,922 2 View
epidemiology, risk factors and assessment tools
03 March 2016 7,758 0 View
Can Zika virus asymptomatic host (carrier) enhance Zika transmission and spread?
02 February 2016 8,703 5 View
mathematical modelling.
02 February 2016 8,316 2 View
Dear research gate members. Some epidemiology textbooks mix the concept of confounding and bias whereas others distinguish confuounding from bias as two different terms. My question is: Is there...
02 February 2016 9,483 8 View
Researchers use designs which are underpinned by certain philosophies. I would like to know from colleagues the appropriate paradigmatic stance that is consistent with the cross-sectional...
02 February 2016 6,470 8 View
I've been asked to provide advice to a researcher and this has me puzzled. The researcher has an estimated standardised mortality rate (SMR) for the whole population of interest. He wants to...
02 February 2016 5,130 8 View
Prevalence cross sectional study?
02 February 2016 1,442 13 View
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/hc-providers/qa-pregnant-women.html
02 February 2016 5,809 7 View