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Schwarz's criterion, also known as the Bayesian Information Criterion or BIC, is commonly used for model selection in logistic regression due to its simple intuitive formula. For tests of nested hypotheses in independent and identically distributed data as well as in Normal linear regression, previous results have motivated use of Schwarz's criterion by its consistent approximation to the Bayes factor (BF), defined as the ratio of posterior to prior model odds. Furthermore, under construction of an intuitive unit-information prior for the parameters of interest to test for inclusion in the nested models, previous results have shown that Schwarz's criterion approximates the BF to higher order in the neighborhood of the simpler nested model. This paper extends these results to univariate and multivariate logistic regression, providing approximations to the BF for arbitrary prior distributions and definitions of the unit-information prior corresponding to Schwarz's approximation. Simulations show accuracies of the approximations for small samples sizes as well as comparisons to conclusions from frequentist testing. We present an application in prostate cancer, the motivating setting for our work, which illustrates the approximation for large data sets in a practical example.Urinary incontinence is a common health problem that impacts the quality of life of women at different ages. Its physiopathology is not unequivocal, and it is necessary to consider the stress urinary incontinence (SUI), the overactive bladder syndrome and the mixed incontinence (MUI). According to the type of incontinence, its impact on the quality of life and age of the patients, therapeutic strategies are currently summarized in physiotherapy, surgery and drug treatments. We already know the benefit/risk ratio of each of these strategies. Our objective is to evaluate the potential effectiveness and safety of the VEL, an innovative vaginal laser technique (VEL - Vaginal Erbium Laser, erbium yttrium-aluminum-garnet -Er YAG) a non-invasive laser proposed as a treatment for SUI, overactive bladder syndrome and MUI. NPD4928 mouse The mechanisms of action of lasers are discussed in general and those of VEL in particular with the description of the Smooth® mode. To do this, we have collected the 21 published studies including the first randomized vs. placebo and two pilot studies of intra-urethral VEL. In conclusion VEL procedures already have their place between the rehabilitation of the perineal floor and surgery. Further properly sized, randomized studies are needed to evaluate the laser treatments in comparison with other therapies, as well as to assess the duration of the therapeutic effects and the safety of repeated applications.Oxy+ is a natural source of arthrospira found in nature, used as a dietary supplement and manufactured in Aruba for lifefactors. Arthrospira contains good quality of proteins, sulfated polysaccharides, γ-linoleic acid, along with an array of carotene and phytopigments, vitamins, and minerals which are reported to be antioxidant, immunomodulator, antihyperglycemic, antidyslipidemic, cardioprotective, hepatoprotective, antiviral, anticancerous, antihypertensive, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, neuroprotective and renoprotective activities. Several studies have shown arthrospira, and active ingredients of it revealed various pharmacological activities. It can be used for the management of various ailments such as diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity, hypertension, cancer, arthritis, osteoarthritis, autoimmune disorders, etc. This review attempts to explore the hidden benefits of Oxy+ (arthrospira).

Monoclonal immunoglobulins can cause interference in many laboratory analyses. During a 4month period we observed seven patients with monoclonal disease and falsely extremely elevated 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) results above 160ng/mL (>400nmol/L) measured using an immunoassay from Abbott Diagnostics. Based on these findings, we studied the occurrence of falsely elevated 25(OH)D in samples with paraproteins and investigated possible mechanisms of the observed interference.

25(OH)D was analyzed using the Architect i2000 platform from Abbott Diagnostics and a higher order method, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), in serum samples from 50 patients with known monoclonal disease. Patients with falsely elevated 25(OH)D were included in further studies to elucidate the cause of interference. Spuriously elevated results were in addition analyzed on two alternative platforms (Siemens and Roche).

Falsely elevated 25(OH)D levels were present in eight patients on the Abbott analyzer and one o 25(OH)D without known monoclonal disease, the laboratory should consider requesting protein electrophoresis to exclude paraprotein interference.

A substantial amount of COVID-19-related data is generated by Twitter users every day. Self-reports of COVID-19 symptoms on Twitter can reveal a great deal about the disease and its prevalence in the community. In particular, self-reports can be used as a valuable resource to learn more about common symptoms and whether their order of appearance differs among different groups in the community. These data may be used to develop a COVID-19 risk assessment system that is tailored toward a specific group of people.

The aim of this study was to identify the most common symptoms reported by patients with COVID-19, as well as the order of symptom appearance, by examining tweets in Arabic.

We searched Twitter posts in Arabic for personal reports of COVID-19 symptoms from March 1 to May 27, 2020. We identified 463 Arabic users who had tweeted about testing positive for COVID-19 and extracted the symptoms they associated with the disease. Furthermore, we asked them directly via personal messaging to rank the appeeadache, and 12% (n=28) with anosmia. Of the 110 symptomatic cases from Saudi Arabia, the most common 3 symptoms were fever (n=65, 59%), anosmia (n=46, 42%), and headache (n=42, 38%).

This study identified the most common symptoms of COVID-19 from tweets in Arabic. These symptoms can be further analyzed in clinical settings and may be incorporated into a real-time COVID-19 risk estimator.

This study identified the most common symptoms of COVID-19 from tweets in Arabic. These symptoms can be further analyzed in clinical settings and may be incorporated into a real-time COVID-19 risk estimator.