BMJ Open

Optimising regional organisation of endovascular thrombectomy for ischaemic stroke reusing a simulation model

Objectives This study assessed whether a previously developed Monte Carlo simulation model can be reused for evaluating various strategies to minimise time-to-treatment in southwest Netherlands for ...
BMJ Open

Protocol for a cervical screening implementation trial comparing two approaches for delivering HPV self-collection in low-resource settings in India: a type 3 hybrid clust…

Background Although multiple studies have offered self-collection for human papillomavirus (HPV)-based cervical screening in ...
Tobacco Control

Examining the impact of England’s menthol cigarette ban on postban smoking cessation: longitudinal findings from the England arm of the 2020–2022 ITC Four Country Smoking ...

Background In May 2020, England banned menthol as a characterising flavour in cigarettes. However, the sale of menthol accessories (eg, filters, flavour cards) remains permitted. This study assessed ...
Tobacco Control

Nicotine and tobacco-specific nitrosamine exposure among youth in England who smoke cigarettes and/or vape

Significance Compared with adults who smoke cigarettes, adults who vape nicotine are exposed to similar levels of nicotine ...
Reuters

US canceling October's employment report after shutdown prevented data collection

WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Wednesday it would not be publishing the closely watched employment report for October, but will combine nonfarm payrolls for ...
Purdue University

Master of Science in Applied Statistics

Purdue University’s online Master's in Applied Statistics prepares students to advance theory, methods and computing for the purpose of meeting today’s emerging science and technology by including ...
CNN

Dept. of Labor launches investigation into data collection process at BLS

The Department of Labor is initiating an investigation into how the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects and reports “closely watched economic data,” according to a letter the department’s Assistant ...
The New York Times

Cuts to Data Collection May Erode Reliability of Economic Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is reducing or ending the collection of data that is used to calculate the Consumer Price Index. By Ben Casselman Federal Reserve policymakers have stressed that their ...
standardmedia.co.ke

State to amend Statistics Act in Sh19.1b data collection plan

From left: Peter Nelson of Statistics Sweden, European Development Fund Programme Manager Mshuka Kamwela and KNBS Chairman Daniel Amanja(Right), during the launch of a report on environment trends and ...
Reuters

US Labor Department reducing CPI collection sample amid hiring freeze

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department's economic statistics arm said on Wednesday it was reducing the Consumer Price Index collection sample in areas across the country due to ...
The New York Times

U.S. Is Trimming Back Its Collection of Consumer Price Data

The cutbacks would have “minimal impact,” the government said, but economists warned of reduced confidence in inflation data produced by a struggling statistical system. By Ben Casselman The Bureau of ...
Phys.org

Data-driven method reveals how (un)predictable complex systems can be

A research team has developed a novel method for estimating the predictability of complex dynamical systems. Their work, "Time-lagged recurrence: A data-driven method to estimate the predictability of ...