There are many strongly held beliefs about constipation that are not evidence based. The
purpose of this review is to address these beliefs concerning various aspects of constipation …

This report defines criteria for diagnosing functional anorectal disorders (ie, fecal
incontinence, anorectal pain, and disorders of defecation). Functional fecal incontinence is …

This literature review and the recommendations therein were prepared for the American
Gastroenterological Association Clinical Practice and Practice Economics Committee …

Reports have focused on the emergence of moulds as pathogens in recipients of
hematopoietic stem cell transplants. To review the incidence of and risks for mould …

In 1943, while in charge of Columbia University's Statistical Research Group, Abraham Wald
devised Sequential Design, an innovative statistical inference system. Because the decision …

Background Deep learning convolutional neural networks (CNN) may facilitate melanoma
detection, but data comparing a CNN's diagnostic performance to larger groups of …

The foundations of a general theory of statistical decision functions, including the classical
non-sequential case as well as the sequential case, was discussed by the author in a …

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distribution of 0 „. 429 4. Reduction of the general problem to the case of a multivariate …

By a sequential test of a statistical hypothesis is meant any statistical test procedure which
gives a specific rule, at any stage of the experiment (at the n-th trial for each integral value of …

A new technique for remote sensing of aerosol over the land and for atmospheric correction
of Earth imagery is developed. It is based on detection of dark surface targets in the blue and …