A preliminary risk prediction model for cannabis use disorder

Preliminary Development of a Brief Cannabis Use Disorder Screening Tool: The Cannabis Use Disorder Identification Test Short-Form

Introduction: Rates of cannabis use disorder (CUD) among vulnerable populations have increased in recent years, highlighting a need to equip providers with an efficient screening tool. Materials and Methods: A short form of the Cannabis Use Disorder Identification Test-Revised (CUDIT-R) was developed by using item response theory and traditional statistical methods, with data from two community...

A persisting perception disorder after cannabis use

may lead to acute intoxication, dependence or psychosis but some reports suggest that it may be associated with the type of perceptual disorder usually described after hallucinogen use.1 Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD) is an uncommon or rare consequence of ‘classical’ hallucinogen misuse. Patients experience persistent and distressing perceptual changes, such as visual distor...

Lower risk cannabis use guidelines: for whom?

The Prediction Model for Bankruptcy Risk by Bayesian Method

The importance of predicting bankruptcy risk of firms is increasing because of later financial crisis. Despite practical researchers trying to present models for predicting this risk, it seems that an optimum and acceptable model that is reliable for financial statement users and auditors in order to increase their ability in decision making and professional judgment has not been presented yet....

the use of appropriate madm model for ranking the vendors of mci equipments using fuzzy approach

abstract nowadays, the science of decision making has been paid to more attention due to the complexity of the problems of suppliers selection. as known, one of the efficient tools in economic and human resources development is the extension of communication networks in developing countries. so, the proper selection of suppliers of tc equipments is of concern very much. in this study, a ...