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Jian D. L. Yen, Josh Dorrough, Ian Oliver, Michael Somerville + 3 more
'Megan J. McNellie' 'Christopher J. Watson' 'Peter A. Vesk'] Title: Abstract Effective environmental assessment and management requires quantifiable biodiversity targets. Biodiversity benchmarks define these targets by focusing on specific biodiversity metrics, such as species richness. However, setting fixed targets…
Ruzhang Zhao, Jiuyao Lu, Yuzi Li, Weiqiang Zhou + 2 more
Selecting highly variable genes (HVGs) is a critical step in single-cell RNA sequencing data analysis. We benchmark 47 HVG selection methods across 19 datasets, 18 evaluation criteria, and 5,358 settings. Hybrid methods - mixtures of multiple baseline HVG approaches - robustly outperform individual methods. Based on…
Daniela Martini, Pasquale Strazzullo, Mauro Serafini, Marisa Porrini + 3 more
'Nicoletta Pellegrini' 'Donato Angelino' 'Pedro Moreira'] Reformulation of food products is one of the measures needed for reducing salt consumption. Accordingly, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently proposed global sodium benchmarks for different food categories to be used for setting national policies.…
Chen-Shan Chin, Justin Wagner, Qiandong Zeng, Erik Garrison + 22 more
Most human genomes are characterized by aligning individual reads to the reference genome, but accurate long reads and linked reads now enable us to construct accurate, phased de novo assemblies. We focus on a medically important, highly variable, 5 million base-pair (bp) region where diploid assembly is particularly…
Marcel André Schneider, Jeesun Kim, Felix Berlth, Yutaka Sugita + 9 more
In recent years there has been growing emphasis on the assessment of surgical outcomes to evaluate the quality of care provided by hospitals, departments, and individual surgeons. These data are often made public and used to compare the performance of different providers to improve transparency and patient autonomy33.…
Nicole Meier, Stefan Rabel, Annette Schmidt, Dale Wilson Chapman
In the trend sport CrossFit®, international competition is held at the CrossFit® Games, known worldwide as the definitive fitness test. Since American athletes are the best in the world regarding CrossFit®, there might be influencing factors on international competition performance. Here, we characterize the benchmark…
Juyoung Jung, Ariel M. Aloe
Meta-analyses often use standardized mean differences (SMDs), such as Cohen's d and Hedges' g, to compare treatment effects. However, these SMDs are highly sensitive to the within-study sample variability used for their standardization, potentially distorting individual effect size estimates and compromising overall…
Jake Cowin, Sophia Nimphius, James Fell, Peter Culhane + 1 more
'Matthew Schmidt'] Movement variability is defined as the normal variations in motor performance across multiple repetitions of a task. However, the term “movement variability” can mean different things depending on context, and when used by itself does not capture the specifics of what has been investigated. Within…
Clint R. Bellenger, Dean Miller, Shona L. Halson, Gregory D. Roach + 3 more
'Michael Maclennan' 'Charli Sargent' 'Yvonne Tran'] Heart rate (HR) and HR variability (HRV) can be used to infer readiness to perform exercise in athletic populations. Advancements in the photoplethysmography technology of wearable devices such as WHOOP allow for the frequent and convenient measurement of HR and HRV…
Leighton T. Izu, Tamás Bányász, Ye Chen-Izu, Roberto Andre Kraenkel
Variability is inherent in any population, regardless whether the population comprises humans, plants, biological cells, or manufactured parts. Is the variability beneficial, detrimental, or inconsequential? This question is of fundamental importance in manufacturing, agriculture, and bioengineering. This question has…
Carmen Ruano, Carla Caballero, Francisco J. Moreno, Andrew Lavender
There is a controversy about the benefits of variable practice on motor learning. This study aimed to analyze the effect of variable practice after the learner stabilized their performance. Thirty-two healthy adults performed a computer-simulated discrete accuracy task in which they had to release a virtual ball to try…
Yaron Ilan, Jacques Demongeot
Title: Simple Summary The Constrained Disorder Principle (CDP) helps us understand how biological systems manage noise to function well. This review looks at the connection between noise and biological systems at different levels, including genes, cells, and organs, and how this relationship can lead to problems when…
Max H. Andrews, Adam D. Gorman, Rian H. Crowther
Fast bowling in cricket involves a complex multiarticular action performed at high speed. Functional movement variability plays an important role in helping the performer to maintain the consistency of performance outcomes, although this has not previously been examined in cricket fast bowling in relation to…
A. Wind, W. H. van Harten
Background Although benchmarking may improve hospital processes, research on this subject is limited. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of publications on benchmarking in specialty hospitals and a description of study characteristics. Methods We searched PubMed and EMBASE for articles published in…
Yaron Ilan
The Constrained Disorder Principle (CDP) defines all systems in nature by their degree of inherent variability. Per the CDP, the intrinsic variability is mandatory for their proper function and is dynamically changed based on pressures. The CDP defines the boundaries of inherent variability as a mechanism for…