Crime forecasts are sensitive to the spatial discretizations on which they are defined. Furthermore, while the Predictive Accuracy Index (PAI) is a common evaluation metric for crime forecasts, most crime forecasting methods are optimized using maximum likelihood or other smooth optimization techniques. Here we present a novel methodology that jointly i) selects an optimal grid size and orienta...

Background: Rural patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may be less likely to access HCV care than those in urban areas. A telementoring, task-shifting model has been implemented address the unmet needs of care. Evidence is needed on whether this intervention improves rural patients. Methods: We compared three key indicators among Medicare 2014–2016 by urban–rural status betwe...

Recent investigations into the distributions of western Pennsylvania, USA, crayfishes have yielded 30 new occurrences Lacunicambarus thomai (Jezerinac, 1993). The discovery a population L. in Crawford County is furthest north state. Two populations were discovered outside its historic range Fayette and Somerset counties southwestern Pennsylvania. These are recreational fishing destinations may ...

background university of pennsylvania smell identification test (upsit) is one of the most common smell identification tests to assess olfactory function. objectives the study was conducted to assess the accuracy of university of pennsylvania smell identification test (upsit) in iranian population. materials and methods university of pennsylvania smell identification test was performed on 30 (5...

Review of: Erin Griffey (ed.), Sartorial politics in early modern Europe. Fashioning women (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019, 336 p., ill., index); and: Timothy McCall, Brilliant bodies. courtly men Renaissance Italy (Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State 2022, 221 index)