Nature

What is the expectation maximization algorithm?

Probabilistic models, such as hidden Markov models or Bayesian networks, are commonly used to model biological data. Much of their popularity can be attributed to the existence of efficient and robust ...

Unique instruments automate sample preparation, quality control for cryo-electron microscopy

Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) can help scientists determine the three-dimensional structure of proteins in unprecedented detail. Jacques Dubochet, former group leader at EMBL, shared the 2017 ...
BMJ Open

Cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia in adults to decrease cannabis use: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in a community sample of adults with fre…

Introduction Cannabis use is common in the USA and is associated with adverse outcomes across many domains, including sleep ...
The Straits Times

Trading card packs to be regulated in Singapore to manage gambling risks: MHA

SINGAPORE - Trading card packs sold here will be regulated, as part of new regulations to manage gambling risks involving blind boxes. A spokesman for the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) confirmed this ...
tobaccocontrol.bmj

What are kids vaping? Results from a national survey of US adolescents

Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Correspondence to Dr Richard Miech, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson, Ann Arbor, MI ...
The Lancet

Assessing public support for degrowth: survey-based experimental and predictive studies

Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. Degrowth argues that high-income economies should reduce harmful production and prioritise wellbeing ...
Pew Research Center

Mobile Fact Sheet

Large shares of Americans are connected to the world of digital information while on the go via smartphones and other mobile devices. Explore the patterns and trends that have shaped the mobile ...
IEEE

Robust Identification of Nonlinear Systems With Missing Observations: The Case of State-Space Model Structure

Abstract: This paper investigates the robust identification of nonlinear systems in state-space setting with output measurements contaminated with outliers and part of output measurements missing at ...
GitHub

AutoPrognosis - A system for automating the design of predictive modeling pipelines tailored for clinical prognosis.

Note: The R bindings have been tested using R version 4.2 and Python 3.8. N_OPT_JOBS Number of cores to use for hyperparameter search. Default : 1 N_LEARNER_JOBS Number of cores to use by inidividual ...
BMJ

Oversimplified efforts to counter health misinformation are missing the mark

Public health solutions to health misinformation need to recognise the complex, structural nature of the online information environment, write Tina D Purnat and Jocalyn Clark The challenges of health ...
IEEE

Nonparametric spectral analysis with missing data via the EM algorithm

Abstract: We consider nonparametric complex spectral estimation of data sequences with missing samples occurring in arbitrary patterns. Several nonparametric algorithms have recently been developed to ...