Effectiveness

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In Japan, many municipalities have suffered from population decline due to low birth rates and an aging population. In 2022, the Japanese population over the age of 65 was 36.21 million, accounting for 28.9% of the total population. In addition, approximately 1,300 shrinking cities are within the 1,700 municipalities in Japan. …

An innovative AI algorithm may offer significant benefits to patients undergoing breast cancer treatment. Specifically, the algorithm has the potential to identify unsuitable candidates for chemotherapy, thereby reducing the risk of serious side effects. Moreover, it may facilitate improved surgical outcomes for patients who are deemed suitable.Artificial intelligence (AI) technology to predict if women with breast cancer would benefit from chemotherapy prior to surgery has been developed by engineers at the University of…

In early September, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended updated Covid-19 boosters for all Americans 12 and over. The “update” was a broadening of the vaccines’ target: In addition to aiming for the initial strain of the virus, the new boosters would also take aim at the spike protein present on newer omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2, BA.4 and BA.5. The hope was that the new boosters (called “bivalent,” for the two strains) would provide additional protection, priming the immune system…

Testing a generalist model on a ridiculously hard problemIn a previous article, I tried to debunk the somewhat diffuse idea that a bunch of models (each specialized on a subset of a dataset) should perform better than a single model.To do that, I took a portion of a dataset (e.g. only the American customers) and trained a model on that group, a.k.a. a specialized model. Then, I trained a second model on the whole dataset (i.e. on all the customers, regardless of their nationality), a.k.a a general model. In the end, I…

Too Long; Didn't ReadChatGPT is a variant of the GPT (Generative Pre-training Transformer) language model developed by OpenAI. It is designed to generate human-like text in a conversational setting. Despite the hype surrounding ChatGPT, it is important to recognize that it is just a narrow AI tool with limited capabilities. Too Long; Didn't ReadChatGPT is a variant of the GPT (Generative Pre-training Transformer) language model developed by OpenAI. It is designed to generate human-like text in a conversational setting.…

Cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells divide and grow in an uncontrolled way. These abnormal cells can form tumors and can spread to other parts of the body through the bloodstream or lymphatic system.According to researchers from the UNIGE and LMU, the effectiveness of the immune system’s anti-tumor activity and cancer immunotherapies is tied to the time of day. This means that the same treatment may be more or less effective depending on when it is administered.The body’s immune system plays a crucial role in its…

Media Mix modeling, its implementation, and practical tipsPhoto by Andreas M on UnsplashThis article is a summary of a presentation at PyData Global 2022.Media Mix Modeling, also called Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM), is a technique that helps advertisers to quantify the impact of several marketing investments on sales. LightweightMMM is a python library for MMM considering Media Saturation and Ad-stock. However, you will probably need trials and errors when you try MMM. For practical insights and actions, keep trying…

6 Step Process | Step 2 — Prepare Modeling Dataset (1/2)Photo by Aexander Sinn on UnsplashWelcome back to a series of articles on promotion effectiveness measurement and promotion planning! In Part 2, I discussed the Step 1 of the overall process: (1) build data foundation. Today, I will continue to discuss the next step—Step 2: (2) prepare a modeling dataset.In case you missed the previous articles, links to Part 1and Part 2 of this series are shown below.Practical Data Science: Promotion Effectiveness and Promotion…

are a common condition in countries in Southeast Asia. However, concerns that the therapy might interact unfavorably with Covid vaccination appear to be unfounded. Credit: Y.J. Hua / Sun Yat-sen University Cancer CenterClinical study on nasopharyngeal cancer with an unexpected result.Patients with nasopharyngeal cancer are often treated with drugs that activate their immune system against the tumor. Scientists feared that vaccination against <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt"…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain There is currently relatively little objective evidence that the much-promoted "learner-centered" approach to teaching is effective, according to new research. Learner-centered pedagogy is designed to encourage pupils to become more involved in decision-making in the school and more active in class…