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Data is Dead... Without What-If Models

Current database technology has raised the art of scalable descriptive analytics to a very high level. Unfortunately, what enterprises really need is prescriptive analytics to identify optimal business, policy, investment, and engineering decisions in the face of uncertainty. Such analytics, in turn, rest on deep predictive analytics that go beyond mere statistical forecasting and are imbued wi...

Stiffness is more than just duration and severity: a qualitative exploration in people with rheumatoid arthritis

OBJECTIVE Stiffness is internationally recognized as an important indicator of inflammatory activity in RA but is poorly understood and difficult to measure. The aim of this study was to explore the experience of stiffness from the patient perspective. METHODS Semi-structured interviews conducted with 16 RA patients were analysed independently by researchers and pat.ient partners using induct...

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“swine flu”: when thinking globally and acting locally is more than just a slogan

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Metabolic endotoxaemia: is it more than just a gut feeling?

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article reviews the evidence linking gut bacteria, endotoxin, and its circulating levels with inflammatory induced obesity and metabolic disease (metabolic endotoxaemia). RECENT FINDINGS Gut flora analyses have allowed gut microbiota signatures (GMS) to be observed in animal studies of obesity/metabolic disease. In these studies, specific GMS result in a change in obesi...