AI ethics on Sunday, 1 December 2019

BACKGROUND: The assessment of calibration performance of risk prediction models based on regression or more flexible machine learning algorithms receives little attention. MAIN TEXT: Herein, we argue that this needs to change immediately because poorly calibrated algorithms can be misleading and potentially harmful for clinical decision-making. We summarize how to avoid poor calibration at algorithm development and how to assess calibration at algorithm validation, emphasizing balance between mo

Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) is a new paradigm that has changed the traditional way of living into a high tech life style. Smart city, smart homes, pollution control, energy saving, smart transportation, smart industries are such transformations due to IoT. A lot of crucial research studies and investigations have been done in order to enhance the technology through IoT. However, there are still a lot of challenges and issues that need to be addressed to achieve the full potential of IoT. T

BACKGROUND: Medical education must adapt to different health care contexts, including digitalized health care systems and a digital generation of students in a hyper-connected world. The aims of this study are to identify and synthesize the values that medical educators need to implement in the curricula and to introduce representative educational programs. METHODS: An integrative review was conducted to combine data from various research designs. We searched for articles on PubMed, Scopus, Web

This is the third in a series of reports on ongoing face recognition vendor tests (FRVT) executed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The first two reports cover, respectively, the performance of one-to-one face recognition algorithms used for verification of asserted identities, and performance of one-to-many face recognition algorithms used for identification of individuals in photo data bases. This document extends those evaluations to document accuracy variations ac

BACKGROUND: After the discovery of fluoride as a caries-preventing agent in the mid-twentieth century, fluoridation of community water has become a widespread intervention, sometimes hailed as a mainstay of modern public health. However, this practice results in elevated fluoride intake and has become controversial for two reasons. First, topical fluoride application in the oral cavity appears to be a more direct and appropriate means of preventing caries. Second, systemic fluoride uptake is sus