Using serum pepsinogens wisely in a clinical practice

Serum Pepsinogens in Relation in a Population at High

Concentrations of serum pepsinogens (PG) I and II were determined for 3252 randomly selected adults who participated in a population-based gastroscopic screening in an area of China with one of the world’s highest rates of gastric cancer. PG I and II concentrations in both sexes tended to be higher than reported in other countries, with levels generally higher among males than females. PG I ten...

Serum pepsinogens in blood transfusion donors.

Wisely Using a Budget for Crowdsourcing

The problem of “approximating the crowd” is that of estimating the crowd’s majority opinion by querying only a subset of it. Algorithms that approximate the crowd can intelligently stretch a limited budget for a crowdsourcing task. We present an algorithm, “CrowdSense,” that works in an online fashion where examples come one at a time. CrowdSense dynamically samples subsets of labelers based on...

Are You Choosing Wisely in Your Professional Practice?

To enhance the value of care provided to Americans, the American Board of Internal Medicine and Consumer Reports launched the Choosing Wisely® initiative in 2012. Choosing Wisely educates providers and patients about high-frequency, low-value care practices that can be avoided to decrease cost and increase the value of health care. The Oncology Nursing Society collaborated with the American Aca...

Poster Abstract: Using Batteries Wisely

We describe early results from a program of experiments to characterize battery operation in the WSN regime.