2167. Relatedness of MRSA and VRE Strains Isolated from Post-acute Care Patients and Their Environment: a Longitudinal Assessment Marco Cassone, MD, PhD1; Chelsie Armbruster, PhD; Evan S. Snitkin, PhD; Kristen Gibson, MPH; Julia Mantey, MPH, MUP; Katherine C. Reyes, MD, MPH; Sarah Altamimi, MD; Mary Beth Perri, MT; Marcus J. Zervos, MD and Lona Mody, MD, MSc; University of Michigan Medical Scho...

Increasing the price of alcohol has been shown to reduce alcoholrelated harm (Babor et al., 2010). Thus the price of alcohol is a relevant consideration in improving the health of the population. Existing regulatory strategies to manipulate price include changing tax rates or specific price controls such as minimum unit pricing (MUP). The effects of these strategies on overall consumption are s...

Pose problem presents a challenge to face recognition methods because the shapes and features of the human face with large pose angle often appear quite different from the template. One approach to overcome this problem involves the estimation of the angle to which the face is rotated and then matches it to templates with the same pose. Another approach involves aligning the key facial features...

Searches for gravitational-wave signals are often based on maximizing a detection statistic over bank of waveform templates, covering given parameter space with variable level correlation. Results evaluated using noise-hypothesis test, where the background is characterized by sampling distribution loudest template. In context continuous searches, properly describing said an open problem: curren...

Background and Aims On 1 May 2018, Scotland became the first country in world to introduce minimum unit pricing (MUP), a strength-based floor price below which alcohol cannot be sold, across all alcoholic beverages. The legislation contains sunset clause meaning comprehensive mixed-methods evaluation of its impact range outcomes will inform whether it continue beyond sixth year. In this study, ...

Reliable quantitative analysis of white matter connectivity in the brain is an open problem in neuroimaging, with common solutions requiring tools for fiber tracking, tractography segmentation and estimation of intersubject correspondence. This paper proposes a novel, template matching approach to the problem. In the proposed method, a deformable fiber-bundle model is aligned directly with the ...

3D surfaces are important geometric models for many objects of interest in image analysis and Computational Anatomy. In this paper, we describe a Bayesian inference scheme for estimating a template surface from a set of observed surface data. In order to achieve this, we use the geodesic shooting approach to construct a statistical model for the generation and the observations of random surface...

We present a method of classifying a pattern using information furnished by a ranked list of templates, rather than just the best matching template. We propose a parsimonious model to compute the class-conditional likelihood of a list of templates ranked on the basis of their match scores. We discuss the estimation of parameters used in the model. The results of maximum likelihood classificatio...

Objectives To quantify the potential impact of minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol on consumption, spending and health in South Africa. We provide these estimates disaggregated by different drinker groups wealth quintiles. Design developed an epidemiological policy appraisal model to estimate effects MUP across sex, (moderate, occasional binge, heavy) Stakeholder interviews workshops informe...