RELATIVE PERFORMANCE OF MACHINE LEARNING AND LINEAR REGRESSION IN PREDICTING QUALITY OF LIFE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN NORWAY: DATA ANALYSIS OF A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Relative Performance of Machine Learning and Linear Regression in Predicting Quality of Life and Academic Performance of School Children in Norway: Data Analysis of a Quasi-Experimental Study

BackgroundMachine learning techniques are increasingly being applied in health research.It is not clear how useful these approaches are for modeling continuous outcomes.Child quality of life is associated with parental socioeconomic status and physical activity and may be associated with aerobic fitness and strength.It is unclear whether diet or ac

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Live birth after additional tubal flushing with oil-based contrast versus no additional flushing: a randomised, multicentre, parallel-group pragmatic trial in infertile women with at least one patent tube at hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HYFOIL study)

Introduction Tubal patency testing is an essential part in the fertility workup of many subfertile women.Hysterosalpingography (HSG) has long Socks been the test of choice in many clinics.There is evidence from a large randomised multicentre trial and from a recent meta-analysis that women who had HSG using oil soluble contrast medium (OSCM) had hi

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Livestock sector in sub-Saharan Africa, from the independences to 2020. II. Exchanges approached by subregional zones

Sub-Saharan Africa was zoned into seven subregions (West, Center-West, Pokers Center-North, East, Center, South, and Madagascar) in order to specify its great exchange and consumption diversity.Zoning was based on the demand for animal products, the homogeneity and complementariness of exchanges, and political alliances.Imports and exports mainly c

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