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We illustrate the benefit of PsPMs in terms of retrodictive validity and translate this into sample size required to achieve a desired level of statistical power. This sample size can differ up to a factor of three between different observables, and between the best, and the current standard, data pre-processing methods. Collaborative representation-based classification (CRC) is a famous representation-based classification method in pattern recognition. Recently, many variants of CRC have been designed for many classification tasks with the good classification performance. However, most of them ignore the inter-class pattern discrimination among the class-specific representations, which is very critical for strengthening the pattern discrimination of collaborative representation (CR). In this article, we propose a novel CR approach for image classification, called weighted discriminative collaborative competitive representation (WDCCR). The proposed WDCCR designs the discriminative and competitive collaborative representation among all the classes by fully considering the class information. On the one hand, we incorporate two discriminative constraints into the unified WDCCR model. Both constraints are the competitive class-specific representation residuals and the pairs of class-specific representations for each query sample. On the other hand, the constraint of the weighted categorical representation coefficients is introduced into the proposed model for further enhancing the power of discriminative and competitive representation. In the weighted constraint, we assume that the different classes of each query sample should have less contribution to the representation with the small representation coefficients, and then two types of weight factors are designed to constrain the representation coefficients. Furthermore, the robust WDCCR (R-WDCCR) is proposed with l1-norm representation fidelity for recognizing noisy images. Extensive experiments on six image data sets demonstrate the effective and robust superiorities of the proposed WDCCR and R-WDCCR over the related state-of-the-art representation-based classification methods. BACKGROUND CONTEXT Metastatic spine disease (MSD) is becoming more prevalent as medical treatment for cancers advance and extend survival. More MSD patients are treated surgically to maintain neurological function, ambulation, and quality of life. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to use a large, nationally representative database to examine the trends, patient outcomes, and healthcare resource utilization associated with surgical treatment of MSD. DESIGN This was an epidemiologic study using national administrative data from the Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD). PATIENT SAMPLE All patients in the NRD from 2010 to 2014 who underwent spinal surgery were included in the study. OUTCOME MEASURES Mortality, blood transfusion, complications, length of stay (LOS), cost, and discharge location during index hospitalization as well as hospital readmission and revision surgery within 90-days of surgery were analyzed. METHODS International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, (ICD-9) codes were used to iadmission (OR=2.82, 95% CI 2.68-2.96, p less then 0.0001), readmission for surgical site infection (SSI) (OR=2.38, 95% CI 2.20-2.58, p less then 0.0001), and readmission with neurologic deficits (OR=1.62, 95% CI 1.27-2.06, p less then 0.0001) despite a decreased risk of revision fusion (OR=0.71, 95% CI 0.53-0.96, p=0.026). CONCLUSIONS The number of MSD patients who undergo surgical treatments is increasing. Not only do these patients have worse outcomes during index hospitalization, but they are also at an increased risk of hospital readmission for SSI and neurologic complications. These findings stress the need for multidisciplinary perioperative treatment plans that mitigate risks and facilitate quick, effective recovery in these unique, at-risk patients. BACKGROUND CONTEXT Clinically, the association between bone mineral density (BMD) and surgical instrumentation efficacy is well recognized. Although several studies have quantified the BMD of the human lumbar spine, comprehensive BMD data for the cervical spine is limited. The few available studies included young and healthy patient samples, which may not represent the typical cervical fusion patient. Currently no large scale study provides detailed BMD information of the cervical and first thoracic vertebrae in patients undergoing anterior cervical spine surgery. PURPOSE The objective of this study was to determine possible trabecular BMD variations throughout the cervical spine and first thoracic vertebra in patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and to assess the correlation between BMDs of the spinal levels C1-T1. STUDY DESIGN/SETTING This is a retrospective case series. PATIENT SAMPLE Patients undergoing ACDF from 2015 to 2018 at a single, academic institution with available pation in the cervical spine might be useful to surgeons utilizing anterior cervical spine plate and screw systems. Due to the significant variation in cervical BMD, procedures involving instrumentation at lower density caudal levels might potentially benefit from a modification in instrumentation or surgical technique to achieve results similar to more cephalad levels. BACKGROUND CONTEXT The New England Spinal Metastasis Score (NESMS) was proposed as an intuitive and accessible prognostic tool for predicting survival in patients with spinal metastases. We designed an appropriately powered, prospective, longitudinal investigation to validate the NESMS. PURPOSE To prospectively validate the NESMS. Tovorafenib mouse STUDY DESIGN Prospective longitudinal observational cohort study. PATIENT SAMPLE Patients, aged 18 and older, presenting for treatment with spinal metastatic disease. OUTCOME MEASURES One-year mortality (primary); 6-month mortality and mortality at any time point following enrollment (secondary). METHODS The date of enrollment was set as time zero for all patients. The NESMS was assigned based on data collected at the time of enrollment. Patients were prospectively followed to one of two predetermined end-points death, or survival at 365 days following enrollment. Survival was visually assessed with Kaplan-Meier curves and then analyzed using multivariable logistic regression, followed by Bayesian regression to assess for robustness of point estimates and 95% confidence intervals (CI).