Tim Harford

The surprising power of simple predictions

For an academic researcher who first trained as a philosopher, then as a psychologist, Robyn Dawes was a practical fellow. He would tell a story from his time working in a psychiatric ward in the ...
Health Affairs

Considerations For Integrating Chronic Condition Episodes Into Value-Based Payment Models

Using heart failure as an example, we explore technical issues with episode-based payments that are best resolved within the ...
BMJ Open

LATAM-AKID registry: an international multicentre, observational study of acute kidney injury requiring dialysis in Latin America

Background Acute kidney injury requiring dialysis (AKI-D) is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality worldwide, with ...
The Lancet

Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors: a new class of multiple sclerosis therapeutics

aDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada bCenter for Neuroinflammation and Experimental Therapeutics and Division of multiple ...
University of Vermont

Free variables (and dangers thereof)

Python has a behavior that is not universal among programming languages, and if you have experience with, say Java, you might find this surprising. Let’s walk through what’s happening. Why does this ...
Investopedia

What Is Variable Overhead? How It Works Vs. Variable, and Example

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...