Exploring Faster Screening with Fewer Tests via Bayesian Group Testing:
"Exploring Faster Screening with Fewer Tests via Bayesian Group Testing: Posted by Marco Cuturi and Jean-Philippe Vert, Research Scientists, Google Research, Brain Team How does one find a needle in a haystack..." Testing a population of 16 where only one is positive would require 16 tests. However,...
Source: googleblog.com
How the adults in the room handled the economic impact of COVID-19 in March - not the politicians and not their advisers.
"The adults in the room: On Sunday 15 March, the morning before he became the 121st governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey absorbed the news from around the world. In the past 12 hours, the White House had banned all visitors from the UK, Spain had introduced a national lockdown, France had closed...
Source: newstatesman.com
My next Tweet could be generated by a deep-learning neural network.
My next tweet could be generated by a deep-learning neural network. I've been training one. Would anyone notice the difference? Could I just hand over tweeting to my machine? Method: downloaded the last 3200 Tweets that I posted using allmytweets.netpruned the dates off and removed the RTs by using some...
Source: agnate.co.uk
Are you a populist right wing conservative? Have you been hooked recently?
If I wanted to find those who have a "conservative ideology" - so that I could share my views or influence them - I would do the following: set up a new account and start making contactsshare several of those technology scare hoax stories that you see posted e.g. Dance of the Pope virus video, the Andrea...
Source: historynewsnetwork.org
SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell immunity is seen in cases of COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell immunity in cases of COVID-19 and SARS, and uninfected controls: Memory T cells induced by previous pathogens can shape the susceptibility to, and clinical severity of, subsequent infections1. Little is known about the presence of pre-existing memory T cells in humans with...
Source: nature.com
Start planning for 6G
"6G will be characterized by provision of advanced services such as
truly immersive extended reality (XR), high-fidelity mobile hologram and
digital replica." Samsung’s 6G White Paper Lays Out the Company’s Vision for the Next Generation of Communications Technology: On July 14, Samsung released...
Source: samsung.com
Not the last pandemic: Investing now to reimagine public-health systems
Not the last pandemic: Investing now to reimagine public-health systems: Targeted investments can accelerate the global response to COVID-19 and strengthen public-health systems to prevent pandemics in the future.
Source: mckinsey.com
7 Predictions for a Post-Coronavirus World
1. Companies that traffic in digital services and e-commerce will make immediate and lasting gains 2. Remote work will become the default 3. Many jobs will be automated, and the rest will be made remote-capable 4. Telemedicine will become the new normal, signaling an explosion in med-tech innovation...
Source: medium.com
COVID-19 data from first 775 cases in ICU in UK
“This report contains data on all confirmed COVID-19 cases reported to ICNARC up to midnight on 26 March 2020 from critical care units participating in the Case Mix Programme (all NHS adult, general intensive care and combined intensive care/high dependency units in England, Wales and Northern Ireland,...
Source: icnarc.org
Imperial College's COVID-19 modelling
Report 9: Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand. "We show that in the UK and US context, suppression will minimally require a combination of social distancing of the entire population, home isolation of cases and household quarantine of their...
Source: imperial.ac.uk
Genomic epidemiology of novel coronavirus (hCoV-19)
"This phylogeny shows evolutionary relationships of HCoV-19 viruses from the ongoing novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. All samples are still closely related with few mutations relative to a common ancestor, suggesting a shared common ancestor some time in Nov-Dec 2019. This indicates an initial human...
Source: nextstrain.org
Coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 information
A collection of information sources for COVID-19. The NHS 111 online COVID-19 service. The first point of call for someone in the UK who thinks they have symptoms or have been exposed whilst travelling. The NHS Coronavirus COVID-19 information webpage. UK Government's Coronavirus action plan. Public...
Artificial intelligence yields new antibiotic
Artificial intelligence yields new antibiotic: A deep-learning model identifies a powerful new drug that can kill many species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
“The idea of using predictive computer models for “in silico” screening is not new, but until now, these models were not sufficiently...
Source: mit.edu
Effectiveness and feasibility of a mindful leadership course for medical specialists: a pilot study: Medical specialists
Effectiveness and feasibility of a mindful leadership course for medical specialists: a pilot study: Medical specialists experience high levels of stress. This has an impact on their well-being, but also on quality of their leadership. In the current mixed method study, the feasibility and effectiveness...
Source: biomedcentral.com
Effects of a quasi-experimental study of using flipped classroom approach to teach evidence-based medicine to medical technology
Effects of a quasi-experimental study of using flipped classroom approach to teach evidence-based medicine to medical technology students: Flipped classroom is known to improve learning efficiency and to develop one’s ability to apply high-level knowledge. To investigate the effect of flipped classroom...
Source: biomedcentral.com
Student Performance on an E-Learning Platform: Mixed Method Approach
Student Performance on an E-Learning Platform: Mixed Method Approach: E-learning is considered a leading application of digital technologies in educational systems. The aim of the paper is to explore the utilization and impact of digital technologies on an e-learning platform. For this purpose, research...
Source: online-journals.org
Coronavirus: On 31 December 2019, WHO was informed of a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan
Coronavirus: On 31 December 2019, WHO was informed of a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. WHO is closely monitoring this event and is in active communication with counterparts in China. In line with standard protocols for any public health...
Source: who.int
Energy conference cancelled after Royal College of General Practitioners concern.
Energy conference cancelled after College concern. Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: “We deeply regret that a booking was accepted to host an event at our headquarters that conflicts with the College’s longstanding commitment to combat the impact of climate change...
Source: rcgp.org.uk
YouTube
YouTube’s algorithm is pushing climate misinformation videos, and their creators are profiting from it: One-fifth of the ads on climate misinformation videos were from Greenpeace, World Wildlife Fund, or other green/environmental groups. "Avaaz cites YouTube’s much-debated algorithms as the main...
Source: niemanlab.org
Peak meat: is veganism the future?
Peak meat: is veganism the future?: Marco Springmann, a public health expert, tells Anushka Asthana why cutting out animal products is the best route to a healthy diet – and why veganism is good for the planet. Part of a Guardian Podcast. "Veganism is having a moment. From ‘Veganuary’ promotions...
Source: theguardian.com
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