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  1. Article ; Online: Early prediction of end-stage kidney disease using electronic health record data: a machine learning approach with a 2-year horizon.

    Petousis, Panayiotis / Wilson, James M / Gelvezon, Alex V / Alam, Shafiul / Jain, Ankur / Prichard, Laura / Elashoff, David A / Raja, Naveen / Bui, Alex A T

    JAMIA open

    2024  Volume 7, Issue 1, Page(s) ooae015

    Abstract: Objectives: In the United States, end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is responsible for high mortality and significant healthcare costs, with the number of cases sharply increasing in the past 2 decades. In this study, we aimed to reduce these impacts by ... ...

    Abstract Objectives: In the United States, end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is responsible for high mortality and significant healthcare costs, with the number of cases sharply increasing in the past 2 decades. In this study, we aimed to reduce these impacts by developing an ESKD model for predicting its occurrence in a 2-year period.
    Materials and methods: We developed a machine learning (ML) pipeline to test different models for the prediction of ESKD. The electronic health record was used to capture several kidney disease-related variables. Various imputation methods, feature selection, and sampling approaches were tested. We compared the performance of multiple ML models using area under the ROC curve (AUCROC), area under the Precision-Recall curve (PR-AUC), and Brier scores for discrimination, precision, and calibration, respectively. Explainability methods were applied to the final model.
    Results: Our best model was a gradient-boosting machine with feature selection and imputation methods as additional components. The model exhibited an AUCROC of 0.97, a PR-AUC of 0.33, and a Brier score of 0.002 on a holdout test set. A chart review analysis by expert physicians indicated clinical utility.
    Discussion and conclusion: An ESKD prediction model can identify individuals at risk for ESKD and has been successfully deployed within our health system.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-27
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2574-2531
    ISSN (online) 2574-2531
    DOI 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooae015
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  2. Article ; Online: Anarquismo e não-dominação

    Ruth Kinna / Alex Prichard / Peterson Roberto da Silva

    Política & Sociedade, Vol 20, Iss

    2021  Volume 47

    Abstract: Neste artigo recuperamos temas republicanos, como não-dominação, tirania e escravidão, no anarquismo clássico, para expor os limites da revitalização republicana neorromana contemporânea. Para anarquistas, o Estado-nação moderno e a propriedade privada ... ...

    Abstract Neste artigo recuperamos temas republicanos, como não-dominação, tirania e escravidão, no anarquismo clássico, para expor os limites da revitalização republicana neorromana contemporânea. Para anarquistas, o Estado-nação moderno e a propriedade privada são antitéticos à liberdade como não-dominação, atuando como limites estruturais à liberdade em vez de como meios para sua realização. Reanalisamos os fundamentos dessa crítica, propondo dois argumentos. Primeiro, que um comprometimento, seja com o Estado ou com a propriedade privada, representa um comprometimento moral e ético positivo sem fundamento que enviesa a teoria negativa de liberdade que republicanos contemporâneos buscam desenvolver. Segundo, que o comprometimento moral com o Estado faz com que o republicanismo neorromano seja essencialmente conservador. Teorias anarquistas da liberdade como não-dominação vão muito além do que a revitalização republicana parece permitir, abrindo novas possibilidades para inovações institucionais e constitucionais, permanecendo ao mesmo tempo consistentes com o valor normativo nuclear do republicanismo, a não-dominação.
    Keywords Anarquismo ; Republicanismo ; Liberdade ; Não dominação ; Political institutions and public administration (General) ; JF20-2112 ; Social sciences (General) ; H1-99
    Language Portuguese
    Publishing date 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  3. Book: Justice, order and anarchy

    Prichard, Alex

    the international political theory of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

    (The new international relations)

    2013  

    Author's details Alex Prichard
    Series title The new international relations
    Keywords Anarchism ; Mutualism ; Social justice
    Language English
    Size XIII, 223 S.
    Publisher Routledge
    Publishing place London u.a.
    Document type Book
    Note Includes bibliographical references and index
    ISBN 9780415596886 ; 9780203386170 ; 0415596882 ; 0203386175
    Database Former special subject collection: coastal and deep sea fishing

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  4. Book ; Online: Justice, Order and Anarchy

    Prichard, Alex

    The International Political Theory of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

    (New International Relations)

    2013  

    Abstract: This book provides a contextual account of the first anarchist theory of war and peace, and sheds new light on our contemporary understandings of anarchy in International Relations. Although anarchy is arguably the core concept of the discipline of ... ...

    Series title New International Relations
    Abstract This book provides a contextual account of the first anarchist theory of war and peace, and sheds new light on our contemporary understandings of anarchy in International Relations. Although anarchy is arguably the core concept of the discipline of international relations, scholarship has largely ignored the insights of the first anarchist, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. Proudhon's anarchism was a critique of the projects of national unification, universal dominion, republican statism and the providentialism at the heart of enlightenment social theory. While his break with the key tropes of modern
    Language English
    Size Online-Ressource (238 p)
    Publisher Taylor and Francis
    Publishing place Hoboken
    Document type Book ; Online
    Note Description based upon print version of record
    ISBN 9780415596886 ; 0415596882
    Database Library catalogue of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Hannover

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  5. Book ; Online: Justice, Order and Anarchy

    Prichard, Alex

    The International Political Theory of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

    (New International Relations)

    2013  

    Abstract: This book provides a contextual account of the first anarchist theory of war and peace, and sheds new light on our contemporary understandings of anarchy in International Relations. Although anarchy is arguably the core concept of the discipline of ... ...

    Series title New International Relations
    Abstract This book provides a contextual account of the first anarchist theory of war and peace, and sheds new light on our contemporary understandings of anarchy in International Relations. Although anarchy is arguably the core concept of the discipline of international relations, scholarship has largely ignored the insights of the first anarchist, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. Proudhon's anarchism was a critique of the projects of national unification, universal dominion, republican statism and the providentialism at the heart of enlightenment social theory. While his break with the key tropes of modern
    Language English
    Size Online-Ressource (238 p)
    Document type Book ; Online
    Note Description based upon print version of record
    ISBN 9780415596886 ; 0415596882
    Database ECONomics Information System

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  6. Book: Libertarian socialism

    Prichard, Alex

    politics in black and red

    2012  

    Abstract: The history of the left is usually told as one of factionalism and division. This collection of essays casts new light to show how the boundaries between Marxism and anarchism have been more porous and fruitful than is conventionally recognized. The ... ...

    Author's details ed. by Alex Prichard
    Abstract "The history of the left is usually told as one of factionalism and division. This collection of essays casts new light to show how the boundaries between Marxism and anarchism have been more porous and fruitful than is conventionally recognized. The volume includes ground-breaking pieces on the history of socialism in the twentieth-century."--Publisher's website
    Keywords Socialism/History
    Language English
    Size XI, 311 S, cm
    Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
    Publishing place Basingstoke, Hampshire u.a.
    Document type Book
    ISBN 0230280374 ; 9780230280373
    Database Former special subject collection: coastal and deep sea fishing

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  7. Article ; Online: Long: Influence of water masses on the summer structure of the seabird community in the northeastern Chukchi Sea.

    Gall, Adrian E / Prichard, Alexander K / Kuletz, Katherine J / Danielson, Seth L

    PloS one

    2022  Volume 17, Issue 4, Page(s) e0266182

    Abstract: We used data collected during a variety of research cruises in the northeastern Chukchi Sea and contributed to the Distributed Biological Observatory to explore the influence of the seasonal change in water masses on the development of the seabird ... ...

    Abstract We used data collected during a variety of research cruises in the northeastern Chukchi Sea and contributed to the Distributed Biological Observatory to explore the influence of the seasonal change in water masses on the development of the seabird community during the summer. Surveys that included seabird observations and hydrographic sampling were conducted from Alaska's northwestern coast to ~220 km offshore during 2008-2018. Species composition varied geographically, shifting from a nearshore community that included short-tailed shearwaters, loons, and seaducks to an offshore community dominated by crested auklets. Crested auklets were remarkably consistent in their occupation of Hanna Shoal among years and remained in the area throughout the summer. Short-tailed shearwaters exhibited the greatest seasonal and interannual variation in abundance and distribution of the 35 species recorded. They were concentrated south of 71°N and within 50 km of shore in August and tended to spread throughout the region in September. Surface-feeding species like gulls, fulmars, and phalaropes were 1-2 orders of magnitude less abundant and had wider distributions than birds that feed by diving. Including information about hydrography improved the fit of models of seabird density. Seabirds, especially those that breed in the Bering Sea, generally were more abundant in areas dominated by moderate-salinity Bering Sea Water than nearshore in low-salinity Alaska Coastal Water. The distribution of seabirds across the northeastern Chukchi Sea reflected the heterogeneity of oceanic habitats and prey availability over the shallow shelf. Our results will inform efforts to develop ecosystem models that incorporate oceanographic conditions to predict ongoing consequences of climate change.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Birds ; Charadriiformes ; Ecosystem ; Oceans and Seas ; Seasons ; Water
    Chemical Substances Water (059QF0KO0R)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2267670-3
    ISSN 1932-6203 ; 1932-6203
    ISSN (online) 1932-6203
    ISSN 1932-6203
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0266182
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  8. Article ; Online: Variation in winter site fidelity within and among individuals influences movement behavior in a partially migratory ungulate.

    Fullman, Timothy J / Person, Brian T / Prichard, Alexander K / Parrett, Lincoln S

    PloS one

    2021  Volume 16, Issue 9, Page(s) e0258128

    Abstract: Many animals migrate to take advantage of temporal and spatial variability in resources. These benefits are offset with costs like increased energetic expenditure and travel through unfamiliar areas. Differences in the cost-benefit ratio for individuals ... ...

    Abstract Many animals migrate to take advantage of temporal and spatial variability in resources. These benefits are offset with costs like increased energetic expenditure and travel through unfamiliar areas. Differences in the cost-benefit ratio for individuals may lead to partial migration with one portion of a population migrating while another does not. We investigated migration dynamics and winter site fidelity for a long-distance partial migrant, barren ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) of the Teshekpuk Caribou Herd in northern Alaska. We used GPS telemetry for 76 female caribou over 164 annual movement trajectories to identify timing and location of migration and winter use, proportion of migrants, and fidelity to different herd wintering areas. We found within-individual variation in movement behavior and wintering area use by the Teshekpuk Caribou Herd, adding caribou to the growing list of ungulates that can exhibit migratory plasticity. Using a first passage time-net squared displacement approach, we classified 78.7% of annual movement paths as migration, 11.6% as residency, and 9.8% as another strategy. Timing and distance of migration varied by season and wintering area. Duration of migration was longer for fall migration than for spring, which may relate to the latter featuring more directed movement. Caribou utilized four wintering areas, with multiple areas used each year. This variation occurred not just among different individuals, but state sequence analyses indicated low fidelity of individuals to wintering areas among years. Variability in movement behavior can have fitness consequences. As caribou face the pressures of a rapidly warming Arctic and ongoing human development and activities, further research is needed to investigate what factors influence this diversity of behaviors in Alaska and across the circumpolar Arctic.
    MeSH term(s) Alaska ; Animal Migration/physiology ; Animals ; Ecosystem ; Female ; Movement ; Reindeer ; Seasons ; Telemetry
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-30
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 1932-6203
    ISSN (online) 1932-6203
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0258128
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  9. Article: Caribou Distribution and Movements in a Northern Alaska Oilfield

    Prichard, Alexander K. / Lawhead, Brian E. / Lenart, Elizabeth A. / Welch, Joseph H.

    journal of wildlife management. 2020 Nov., v. 84, no. 8

    2020  

    Abstract: As industrial development increases in the range of barren‐ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) across the warming Arctic, the need to understand the responses of caribou to development and to assess the effectiveness of mitigation measures increase ...

    Abstract As industrial development increases in the range of barren‐ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) across the warming Arctic, the need to understand the responses of caribou to development and to assess the effectiveness of mitigation measures increase accordingly. The Central Arctic Herd (CAH) of caribou ranges across northern Alaska, USA, and the herd's summer range includes the Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk oilfields, where the herd has been exposed to oil development for >4 decades. We used location data from global positioning system (GPS) radio‐collars deployed on female CAH caribou for 106 collar‐years, recording locations every 2 hours during 2008–2019, to examine caribou distribution and movements during 7 different seasons of the year in relation to infrastructure in the Kuparuk oilfield, which is characterized by more design improvements and mitigation measures than the older Prudhoe Bay oilfield. We examined movement metrics in terms of distance to gravel infrastructure (roads and pads) and time before and after movements across infrastructure (crossings). We also employed integrated step‐selection analysis to compare caribou movements with random movements. Caribou distribution was influenced by insect activity, distance to coast, landcover, and terrain ruggedness, and we found large seasonal differences in caribou responses to infrastructure. Consistent with previous research findings, avoidance of areas near roads and pads was strongest during the calving season and some caribou used roads and pads as insect‐relief habitat when oestrid flies (warble fly [Hypoderma tarandi] and nose bot fly [Cephenemyia trompe]) were active. Caribou moved through the Kuparuk oilfield repeatedly during summer, averaging >2 road or pad crossings a day when harassment by mosquitoes (Aedes [Ochlerotatus] spp.) and oestrid flies were the predominant factors influencing caribou movements. Caribou moved faster while crossing roads and pads but showed little pattern in speed or turn angle with distance to roads and pads. These results demonstrate that the effects of petroleum development on a caribou herd with long‐term exposure to industrial activity vary widely by season. Maternal caribou avoid active roads and pads during calving, but the incorporation of appropriate mitigation measures in oilfield design allows caribou to move through the Kuparuk oilfield during other snow‐free seasons. © 2020 The Wildlife Society.
    Keywords Aedes ; Cephenemyia trompe ; Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis ; Hypoderma tarandi ; Ochlerotatus ; Rangifer tarandus granti ; chronic exposure ; coasts ; females ; gravel ; habitats ; herds ; industrialization ; insects ; land cover ; landscapes ; oil fields ; petroleum ; radio frequency identification ; summer ; wildlife management ; Alaska ; Arctic region
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2020-11
    Size p. 1483-1499.
    Publishing place John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
    Document type Article
    Note JOURNAL ARTICLE
    ZDB-ID 410712-3
    ISSN 0022-541X
    ISSN 0022-541X
    DOI 10.1002/jwmg.21932
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

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  10. Article ; Online: Long

    Adrian E Gall / Alexander K Prichard / Katherine J Kuletz / Seth L Danielson

    PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 4, p e

    Influence of water masses on the summer structure of the seabird community in the northeastern Chukchi Sea.

    2022  Volume 0266182

    Abstract: We used data collected during a variety of research cruises in the northeastern Chukchi Sea and contributed to the Distributed Biological Observatory to explore the influence of the seasonal change in water masses on the development of the seabird ... ...

    Abstract We used data collected during a variety of research cruises in the northeastern Chukchi Sea and contributed to the Distributed Biological Observatory to explore the influence of the seasonal change in water masses on the development of the seabird community during the summer. Surveys that included seabird observations and hydrographic sampling were conducted from Alaska's northwestern coast to ~220 km offshore during 2008-2018. Species composition varied geographically, shifting from a nearshore community that included short-tailed shearwaters, loons, and seaducks to an offshore community dominated by crested auklets. Crested auklets were remarkably consistent in their occupation of Hanna Shoal among years and remained in the area throughout the summer. Short-tailed shearwaters exhibited the greatest seasonal and interannual variation in abundance and distribution of the 35 species recorded. They were concentrated south of 71°N and within 50 km of shore in August and tended to spread throughout the region in September. Surface-feeding species like gulls, fulmars, and phalaropes were 1-2 orders of magnitude less abundant and had wider distributions than birds that feed by diving. Including information about hydrography improved the fit of models of seabird density. Seabirds, especially those that breed in the Bering Sea, generally were more abundant in areas dominated by moderate-salinity Bering Sea Water than nearshore in low-salinity Alaska Coastal Water. The distribution of seabirds across the northeastern Chukchi Sea reflected the heterogeneity of oceanic habitats and prey availability over the shallow shelf. Our results will inform efforts to develop ecosystem models that incorporate oceanographic conditions to predict ongoing consequences of climate change.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 333
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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