A FLEXIBLE BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODEL OF PRETERM BIRTH RISK AMONG US HISPANIC SUBGROUPS IN RELATION TO MATERNAL NATIVITY AND EDUCATION

A flexible Bayesian hierarchical model of preterm birth risk among US Hispanic subgroups in relation to maternal nativity and education

Abstract Background Previous research has documented heterogeneity in the effects of maternal education on adverse birth outcomes by nativity and Hispanic subgroup in the United States.In this article, we considered the risk of preterm birth (PTB) using 9 years of vital statistics birth data from New York City.We employed finer categorizations of e

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On the radiative impact of aerosols on photolysis rates: comparison of simulations and observations in the Lampedusa island during the ChArMEx/ADRIMED campaign

The Mediterranean basin is characterized by large concentrations of aerosols from both natural and anthropogenic sources.These aerosols affect tropospheric photochemistry by modulating the photolytic rates.Three simulations of the atmospheric composition at basin scale have been performed with the CHIMERE chemistry-transport model for the period fr

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Identification of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins and Regions by Length-Dependent Predictors Based on Conditional Random Fields

Accurate identification of intrinsically disordered proteins/regions (IDPs/IDRs) is critical for predicting protein structure and function.Previous studies have shown that IDRs of different lengths have different characteristics, and several classification-based predictors have been proposed for predicting different types of IDRs.Compared with thes

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