The Python statistics module is a built-in module for performing simple statistical calculations. Since it's part of the standard Python library, it's available in every Python installation. To access ...

A rising tide lifts all boats. Adam Parkhurst discusses how to create a culture of improved standards in your fire department.

Learn what residual standard deviation is, how to calculate it in regression analysis, and why it's crucial for measuring predictability and goodness-of-fit in data modeling.

Objective To characterise the use of the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test in primary care in England. Design Population based open cohort study. Setting England. Participants 10 235 805 male ...

Of the 75 goalies to play at least 100 games over the last seven seasons (since Binnington entered the league), he ranks 37th in save percentage (.907) and 17th in GSAx (36.97). He was also ...

Sports-related concussions (SRCs) typically occur when the brain is hyperthermic. Acute head-and-neck cooling should, therefore, reduce the brain’s metabolic demands, with the potential to improve ...

Introduction SLE is a chronic autoimmune disease characterised by multisystem involvement and fluctuating clinical course, often leading to permanent organ damage. Childhood-onset SLE (cSLE) tends to ...

Introduction Shared decision-making (SDM) requires that individuals are correctly and smoothly supported to make decisions. However, in Japan, development of decision aids (DAs) to support ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Background Tobacco price is an important determinant of smoking behaviour. Using electronic point-of-sales (EPOS) data, this study assesses purchase price of factory-made cigarettes (FMC) and ...

Combined testing uptake (HCV RDT or HCV RDT/RNA) was higher for the community-based strategy than for the facility-based strategy. The involvement of community health workers improved first contact ...

Introduction Only symptomatic treatments are available for patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), the second most common chronic neurodegenerative disease worldwide, and it is therefore imperative to ...