Performance Measure Definition: Average Call Processing Interval

This metric, mean percent FRID, is a measure of the extent to which contemporary fires (i.e., since 1908) are burning at frequencies similar to the frequencies that occurred prior to Euro-American settlement, with the mean reference FRI as the basis for comparison. Mean PFRID is a metric of fire return interval departure (FRID), and measures the departure of current FRI from reference mean FRI in percent.

Supporting documentation on code lists, subject definitions, data accuracy, and statistical testing can be found on the American Community Survey website in the Data and Documentation section...Sample size and data quality measures (including coverage rates, allocation rates, and response rates) can be found on the American Community Survey website in the Methodology section..Tell us what you think. Provide feedback to help make American Community Survey data more useful for you..Although the American Community Survey (ACS) produces population, demographic and housing unit estimates, it is the Census Bureau''s Population Estimates Program that produces and disseminates the official estimates of the population for the nation, states, counties, cities and towns and estimates of housing units for states and counties..Explanation of Symbols:An ''**'' entry in the margin of error column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate..An ''-'' entry in the estimate column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution..An ''-'' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution..An ''+'' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution..An ''***'' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate..An ''*****'' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate. .An ''N'' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small..An ''(X)'' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available..Estimates of urban and rural population, housing units, and characteristics reflect boundaries of urban areas defined based on Census 2010 data. As a result, data for urban and rural areas from the ACS do not necessarily reflect the results of ongoing urbanization..While the 2016 American Community Survey (ACS) data generally reflect the February 2013 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas; in certain instances the names, codes, and boundaries of the principal cities shown in ACS tables may differ from the OMB definitions due to differences in the effective dates of the geographic entities..Occupation codes are 4-digit codes and are based on Standard Occupational Classification 2010..Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables..Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2016 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates

Performance Measure Definition: STEMI Alert Call-to-Door Interval

A comment on Tressoldi et al's article on journals' impact factor and statistical quality (PLOS ONE 8(2), e56180, 2013, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056180) on the author's page at Frontiers in Psychology's Loop profiles.

BackgroundThe prospect of eliminating onchocerciasis from Africa by mass treatment with ivermectin has been rejuvenated following recent successes in foci in Mali, Nigeria and Senegal. Elimination prospects depend strongly on local transmission conditions and therefore on pre-control infection levels. Pre-control infection levels in Africa have been mapped largely by means of nodule palpation of adult males, a relatively crude method for detecting infection. We investigated how informative pre-control nodule prevalence data are for estimating the pre-control prevalence of microfilariae (mf) in the skin and discuss implications for assessing elimination prospects.Methods and FindingsWe analyzed published data on pre-control nodule prevalence in males aged ≥20 years and mf prevalence in the population aged ≥5 years from 148 African villages. A meta-analysis was performed by means of Bayesian hierarchical multivariate logistic regression, accounting for measurement error in mf and nodule prevalence, bioclimatic zones, and other geographical variation. There was a strong positive correlation between nodule prevalence in adult males and mf prevalence in the general population. In the forest-savanna mosaic area, the pattern in nodule and mf prevalence differed significantly from that in the savanna or forest areas.SignificanceWe provide a tool to convert pre-control nodule prevalence in adult males to mf prevalence in the general population, allowing historical data to be interpreted in terms of elimination prospects and disease burden of onchocerciasis. Furthermore, we identified significant geographical variation in mf prevalence and nodule prevalence patterns warranting further investigation of geographical differences in transmission patterns of onchocerciasis.

Supporting documentation on code lists, subject definitions, data accuracy, and statistical testing can be found on the American Community Survey website in the Data and Documentation section...Sample size and data quality measures (including coverage rates, allocation rates, and response rates) can be found on the American Community Survey website in the Methodology section..Tell us what you think. Provide feedback to help make American Community Survey data more useful for you..Although the American Community Survey (ACS) produces population, demographic and housing unit estimates, it is the Census Bureau''s Population Estimates Program that produces and disseminates the official estimates of the population for the nation, states, counties, cities and towns and estimates of housing units for states and counties..Explanation of Symbols:An ''**'' entry in the margin of error column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate..An ''-'' entry in the estimate column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution..An ''-'' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution..An ''+'' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution..An ''***'' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate..An ''*****'' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate. .An ''N'' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small..An ''(X)'' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available..Estimates of urban and rural population, housing units, and characteristics reflect boundaries of urban areas defined based on Census 2010 data. As a result, data for urban and rural areas from the ACS do not necessarily reflect the results of ongoing urbanization..While the 2012-2016 American Community Survey (ACS) data generally reflect the February 2013 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas; in certain instances the names, codes, and boundaries of the principal cities shown in ACS tables may differ from the OMB definitions due to differences in the effective dates of the geographic entities..Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables..Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

This paper considers identification and estimation of a fixed-effects model with an interval-censored dependent variable. In each time period, the researcher observes the interval (with known endpoints) in which the dependent variable lies but not the value of the dependent variable itself. Two versions of the model are considered: a parametric model with logistic errors and a semiparametric model with errors having an unspecified distribution. In both cases, the error disturbances can be heteroskedastic over cross-sectional units as long as they are stationary within a cross-sectional unit; the semiparametric model also allows for serial correlation of the error disturbances. A conditional-logit-type composite likelihood estimator is proposed for the logistic fixed-effects model, and a composite maximum-score-type estimator is proposed for the semiparametric model. In general, the scale of the coefficient parameters is identified by these estimators, meaning that the causal effects of interest are estimated directly in cases where the latent dependent variable is of primary interest (e.g., pure data-coding situations). Monte Carlo simulations and an empirical application to birthweight outcomes illustrate the performance of the parametric estimator.

WWF developed a global analysis of the world's most important deforestation areas or deforestation fronts in 2015. This assessment was revised in 2020 as part of the WWF Deforestation Fronts Report.Emerging Hotspots analysisThe goal of this analysis was to assess the presence of deforestation fronts: areas where deforestation is significantly increasing and is threatening remaining forests. We selected the emerging hotspots analysis to assess spatio-temporal trends of deforestation in the pan-tropics.Spatial UnitWe selected hexagons as the spatial unit for the hotspots analysis for several reasons. They have a low perimeter-to-area ratio, straightforward neighbor relationships, and reduced distortion due to curvature of the earth. For the hexagon size we decided on a unit of 1,000 ha, based on the resolution of the deforestation data (250m) meant that we could aggregate several deforestation events inside units over time. Hexagons that are closer to or equal to the size of a deforestation event means there could only be one event before the forest is gone and limit statistical analysis.We processed over 13 million hexagons for this analysis and limited the emerging hotspots analysis to only hexagons with at least 15% forest cover remaining (from the all-evidence forest map). This prevented including hotspots in agricultural areas or where all forest has been converted.OutputsThis analysis uses the Getis-Ord and Mann-Kendall statistics to identify spatial clusters of deforestation which have a non-parametric significant trend across a time series. The spatial clusters are defined by the spatial unit and a temporal neighborhood parameter. We use a neighborhood parameter of 5km to include spatial neighbors in the hotspots assessment and time slices for each country described below. Deforestation events are summarized by a spatial unit (hexagons described below) and the results comprise a trends assessment which defines increasing or decreasing deforestation in the units determined at 3 different confidence intervals (90%, 95% and 99%) and the spatio-temporal analysis classifying areas into 8 hot unique or cold spot categories. Our analysis identified 7 hotspot categories:Hotspot TypeDefinitionNewA location with a statistically significant increasing hotspots only in the final time stepConsecutiveAn uninterrupted run of statistically significant hotspot in the final time-steps IntensifyingA statistically significant hotspot for >90% of the bins, including the final time stepPersistentA statistically significant hotspot for >90% of the bins with no upward or downward trend in clustering intensityDiminishingA statistically significant hotspot for >90% of the time steps, with where the clustering is decreasing, or the most recent time step is not hot.SporadicA on-again then off-again hotspot where <90% of the time-step intervals have been statistically significant hot spots and none have been statistically significant cold spots.HistoricalAt least ninety percent of the time-step intervals have been statistically significant hot spots, with the exception of the final time steps..For the evaluation of spatio-temporal trends of tropical deforestation we selected the Terra-i deforestation dataset to define the temporal deforestation patterns. Terra-i is a freely available monitoring system derived from the analysis of MODIS (NVDI) and TRMM (rainfall) data which are used to assess forest cover changes due to anthropic interventions at a 250 m resolution [ref]. It was first developed for Latin American countries in 2012, and then expanded to pan-tropical countries around the world. Terra-i has generated maps of vegetation loss every 16 days, since January 2004. This relatively high temporal resolution of twice monthly observations allows for a more detailed emerging hotspots analysis, increasing the number of time steps or bins available for assessing spatio-temporal patterns relative to annual datasets. Next, the spatial resolution of 250m is more relevant for detecting forest loss than changes in individual tree cover or canopies and is better adapted to process trends on large scales. Finally, the added value of the Terra-i algorithm is that it employs an additional neural network machine learning to identify vegetation loss that is due to anthropic causes as opposed to natural events or other causes. Our dataset comprised all Terra-i deforestation events observed between 2004 and 2017. Temporal unitThe temporal unit or time slice was selected for each country according to the distribution of data. The deforestation data comprised 16-day periods between 2004 and 2017 for a total of 312 potential observation time periods. These were aggregated to time bins to overcome any seasonality in the detection of deforestation events (due to clouds). The temporal unit is combined with the spatial parameter (i.e. 5km) to create the space-time bins for hotspot analysis. For dense time series or countries with a lot of deforestation events (i.e. Brazil) a smaller time slice was used (i.e. 3 months, n=54) with a neighborhood interval of 8 months, meaning that the previous year and next year together were combined to assess statistical trends relative to the global variables together. The rule we employed was that the time slice x neighborhood interval was equal to 24 months, or 2 years, in order to look at general trends over the entire time period and prevent the hotspots analysis from being biased to short time intervals of a few months.Deforestation FrontsFinally, using trends and hotpots we identify 24 major deforestation fronts, areas of significantly increasing deforestation and the focus of WWF's call for action to slow deforestation.

This dataset is about: (Table 3 BHTV) Interval-mean bedding directions based on borehole televiewer data of core CRP-3. Please consult parent dataset @ https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.485006 for more information.

Overview

Data and Results used in the publication entitled "Impact of Interval Censoring on Data Accuracy and Machine Learning Performance in Biological High-Throughput Screening"

Data

This folder contains the raw data used during this work.

EvoEF.csv contains information on the library used (sequences, number of mutations, etc.) and the fitness (energy) used as continuous mean values. mut.csv contains the information about the combinatorial scaling (N vs N_norm), the number of mutations (m) and the probability of each variant using different distributions (uniform and binomial) at different $p_{WT}$.

For further details on how the fitness values were calculated and how the combinatorial scale works, please refer to our prevoius Paper.

Results

This folder contains the results (outputs) of all scripts used. Such results are included in the form of .npy and .npz files. To load such files with numpy you should include the option allow_pickle=True.

Performance Measure Definition: Trauma Alert Call-to-Door Interval

Supporting documentation on code lists, subject definitions, data accuracy, and statistical testing can be found on the American Community Survey website in the Data and Documentation section...Sample size and data quality measures (including coverage rates, allocation rates, and response rates) can be found on the American Community Survey website in the Methodology section..Although the American Community Survey (ACS) produces population, demographic and housing unit estimates, it is the Census Bureau''s Population Estimates Program that produces and disseminates the official estimates of the population for the nation, states, counties, cities and towns and estimates of housing units for states and counties..Explanation of Symbols:An ''**'' entry in the margin of error column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate..An ''-'' entry in the estimate column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution..An ''-'' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution..An ''+'' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution..An ''***'' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate..An ''*****'' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate. .An ''N'' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small..An ''(X)'' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available..Estimates of urban and rural population, housing units, and characteristics reflect boundaries of urban areas defined based on Census 2010 data. As a result, data for urban and rural areas from the ACS do not necessarily reflect the results of ongoing urbanization..While the 2009-2013 American Community Survey (ACS) data generally reflect the February 2013 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas; in certain instances the names, codes, and boundaries of the principal cities shown in ACS tables may differ from the OMB definitions due to differences in the effective dates of the geographic entities..The Census Bureau introduced a new set of disability questions in the 2008 ACS questionnaire. Accordingly, comparisons of disability data from 2008 or later with data from prior years are not recommended. For more information on these questions and their evaluation in the 2006 ACS Content Test, see the Evaluation Report Covering Disability..Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables..Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2009-2013 5-Year American Community Survey

One problem with discriminant analysis of microarray data is representation of each sample by a large number of genes that are possibly irrelevant, insignificant, or redundant. Methods of variable selection are, therefore, of great significance in microarray data analysis. A new method for key gene selection has been proposed on the basis of interval segmentation purity that is defined as the purity of samples belonging to a certain class in intervals segmented by a mode search algorithm. This method identifies key variables most discriminative for each class, which offers possibility of unraveling the biological implication of selected genes. A salient advantage of the new strategy over existing methods is the capability of selecting genes that, though possibly exhibit a multimodal distribution, are the most discriminative for the classes of interest, considering that the expression levels of some genes may reflect systematic difference in within-class samples derived from different pathogenic mechanisms. On the basis of the key genes selected for individual classes, a support vector machine with block-wise kernel transform is developed for the classification of different classes. The combination of the proposed gene mining approach with support vector machine is demonstrated in cancer classification using two public data sets. The results reveal that significant genes have been identified for each class, and the classification model shows satisfactory performance in training and prediction for both data sets.

In ophthalmology and otolaryngology, data collected from paired body parts are typically reformatted into categorical bilateral data structures for subsequent research. This article applies Donner’s equal correlation coefficient model and obtains nine simultaneous confidence intervals (SCI) of proportion ratios under three asymptotic statistical methods and three ways of multiplicity adjustment. The empirical coverage probability and mean interval width are evaluated through Monte Carlo simulations. A real example is used to demonstrate the proposed methods.

95% mean prediction interval for the Tobacco data.

Testing the equality of protein abundance data from different donors at the same time point (p-value and estimated confidence interval for mean difference).

Estimated values for d, MSE and regression coefficients of Tobacco data.

Performance Measure Definition: Stroke Alert Call-to-Door Interval

Supporting documentation on code lists, subject definitions, data accuracy, and statistical testing can be found on the American Community Survey website in the Data and Documentation section...Sample size and data quality measures (including coverage rates, allocation rates, and response rates) can be found on the American Community Survey website in the Methodology section..Although the American Community Survey (ACS) produces population, demographic and housing unit estimates, it is the Census Bureau''s Population Estimates Program that produces and disseminates the official estimates of the population for the nation, states, counties, cities and towns and estimates of housing units for states and counties..Explanation of Symbols:An ''**'' entry in the margin of error column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate..An ''-'' entry in the estimate column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution..An ''-'' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution..An ''+'' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution..An ''***'' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate..An ''*****'' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate. .An ''N'' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small..An ''(X)'' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available..Estimates of urban and rural population, housing units, and characteristics reflect boundaries of urban areas defined based on Census 2010 data. As a result, data for urban and rural areas from the ACS do not necessarily reflect the results of ongoing urbanization..While the 2010-2014 American Community Survey (ACS) data generally reflect the February 2013 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas; in certain instances the names, codes, and boundaries of the principal cities shown in ACS tables may differ from the OMB definitions due to differences in the effective dates of the geographic entities..Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables..Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010-2014 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates