MULTIPLE IMPUTATION PROCEDURE FOR RECORD LINKAGE AND CAUSAL INFERENCE TO ESTIMATE THE EFFECTS OF HOME-DELIVERED MEALS

Multiple imputation Procedure for Record Linkage and Causal Inference to Estimate the Effects of home-delivered meals

To assess the impact of home-delivered meals programs offered by Meals on Wheels (MOW) a dataset that includes enrollment into MOW and healthcare utilization is required.Because of confidentiality restrictions this data is dispersed over MOW programs internal systems and Medicare claims.In the absence of unique identifying identifiers, MOW benefici

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AI Can Never Think: The Uniqueness of Human Thought

As the saying goes, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, yet very few assume imitation to be equivalence.An original masterpiece may be worth millions while a copy, no matter how exact the resemblance, would yield just a fraction of the price.I propose that there is more to thought than a 1020 machine will ever be capable of.The imitatio

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Co-housing of Rift Valley fever virus infected lambs with immunocompetent or immunosuppressed lambs does not result in virus transmission

Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is transmitted among susceptible animals by mosquito vectors.Although the virus can be isolated from nasal and oral swabs of infected animals and is known to be highly infectious when administered experimentally via 1020 oral or respiratory route, horizontal transmission of the virus is only sporadically reported in l

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