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48 results for mRNA vaccines

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNA molecules composed of 19-22 nt, which play important regulatory roles in post-transcriptional gene regulation by inhibiting the translation of the mRNA into proteins or otherwise cleaving the target mRNA. Inferring miRNA targets provides useful information for understanding the roles of…

2012-10-12abs ↗pdf ↗

UK's rapid vaccine rollout linked to reduced COVID-19 mortality.

problem Assessing the impact of accelerated vaccine rollout on public health outcomes.
method Flexible probabilistic models combining interrupted time series analysis and synthetic control methods with multi-output Gaussian processes.
result Substantial reduction in COVID-19 mortality with little effect on transmission rates.

Background. In Italy, in recent years, vaccination coverage for key immunizations as MMR has been declining to worryingly low levels. In 2017, the Italian Gov't expanded the number of mandatory immunizations introducing penalties to unvaccinated children's families. During the 2018 general elections campaign, immunizat…

2019-12-31abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method improves estimation of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness.

problem Estimating vaccine effectiveness under the test-negative design.
method A doubly robust estimator (TNDDR) using cross-fitting and machine learning.
result The TNDDR estimator is n\sqrt{n}-consistent, asymptotically normal, and doubly robust.

Estimates vaccine effectiveness and immune correlates in TND studies with missing data.

problem Confounding and missing data in TND studies of vaccine effectiveness and immune correlates.
method Targeted maximum likelihood estimation using a semiparametric logistic regression model.
result Valid causal inference of vaccine effectiveness and immune correlates in TND studies with missing exposure data.

Study examines how COVID-19 vaccine companies' popularity affects their stock prices.

problem Impact of COVID-19 vaccine development and rollout on stock prices and company popularity.
method Used Python and various libraries to analyze Google Trends data and stock prices of five vaccine companies.
result Significant correlation between Google Trend data and stock prices, with post-rollout periods showing a slight negative correlation.

The study uses neural networks to classify and predict coronavirus data.

problem Classifying and predicting coronavirus data from input variables.
method Artificial neural networks with logcosh loss function to classify branches of set-valued mappings.
result Successfully classified and predicted coronavirus data for each German district.

Deep neural networks predict B-cell epitopes for SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2.

problem Accurate prediction of B-cell epitopes for vaccine design.
method Deep neural network model with regularization techniques and key features analysis.
result Overall accuracy of 82% in predicting COVID-19 cases.

Estimates the effect of time-varying treatments using machine learning.

problem Estimating the impact of time-varying treatments over multiple periods.
method Difference-in-Differences framework with double/debiased machine learning.
result Higher vaccination rates reduce COVID-19 mortality after several weeks.

Study relaxes identification assumptions for natural direct effects in non-randomized settings.

problem Identifying causal direct effects under unmeasured confounding.
method Developed relaxed conditions for identifying natural direct effects in non-randomized settings.
result Identified natural direct effect under unmeasured confounding conditions.

Personalized cancer vaccines are envisioned as the next generation rational cancer immunotherapy. The key step in developing personalized therapeutic cancer vaccines is to identify tumor-specific neoantigens that are on the surface of tumor cells. A promising method for this is through de novo peptide sequencing from m…

2019-04-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes PSCCA for estimating correlations and canonical correlations in sparse count data.

problem Estimating correlations and canonical correlations in sparse count data from next-generation sequencing.
method Probabilistic approach for sparse count data sets (PSCCA).
result PSCCA outperforms other methods in estimating true correlations and canonical correlations at the natural parameter level.

Omics-GAN uses GANs to generate synthetic multi-omics data for improved disease prediction.

problem Limited sample sizes, noise, and heterogeneity in multi-omics data reduce predictive power.
method Omics-GAN is a GAN-based framework that generates high-quality synthetic multi-omics profiles.
result Synthetic datasets consistently improved prediction accuracy compared to original omics profiles.

SnapMMD forecasts cell differentiation outcomes from snapshot data.

problem Forecasting cell differentiation outcomes from limited snapshot data.
method SnapMMD learns dynamics by directly fitting the joint distribution of state measurements and observation time with MMD loss, allowing for unknown and state-dependent volatilities.
result SnapMMD delivers accurate forecasts and an R2-style statistic for diagnosing fit.

Study assesses weakly-supervised methods for rare outcomes in medical records.

problem Identifying patients with specific medical conditions using electronic health records.
method Compared three methods (PheNorm, MAP, and sureLDA) in simulations with varying outcomes and silver labels.
result No single method consistently outperformed others, but sureLDA often did well.

New method removes interference bias in causal models.

problem Interference bias impedes causal effect identification in real-world settings.
method Novel definition of causal models with local interference, semi-parametric assumptions.
result True Average Causal Effect can be identified in certain semi-parametric models with local interference.

The paper explores fairness, welfare, and equity in personalized pricing across various applications.

problem Interplay of fairness, welfare, and equity in personalized pricing based on customer features.
method Comprehensive literature review and observational metrics without underlying valuation distribution assumptions.
result Personalized pricing can expand access, improve welfare, and increase revenue or budget utilization.

With the wealth of high-throughput sequencing data generated by recent large-scale consortia, predictive gene expression modelling has become an important tool for integrative analysis of transcriptomic and epigenetic data. However, sequencing data-sets are characteristically large, and previously modelling frameworks …

2015-07-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Simulations of infectious disease spread have long been used to understand how epidemics evolve and how to effectively treat them. However, comparatively little attention has been paid to understanding the fairness implications of different treatment strategies -- that is, how might such strategies distribute the expec…

2019-11-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Estimates Mozambique's population using remote sensing and microcensus data.

problem Lack of frequent population estimation due to censuses lacking spatio-temporal resolution.
method Combines remote sensing, microcensus data, and transfer learning with publicly available datasets.
result Population predictions improve with footprint area estimation using transfer learning.

Many immunization strategies have been proposed to prevent infectious viruses from spreading through a network. In this study, we propose efficient immunization strategies to prevent a default contagion that might occur in a financial network. An essential difference from the previous studies on immunization strategy i…

2013-08-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved SBI with neural networks for complex models.

problem Accurate inference for complex models with intractable likelihood.
method Structured mixtures of probability distributions for likelihood and posterior approximation.
result Accurate posterior inference with smaller computational footprint.

Generalizes causal inference to high-dimensional outcomes.

problem Limited causal inference methods for multivariate outcomes.
method Formulates causal discrepancy tests for nominal variables, uses conditional independence tests.
result Causal CDcorr method improves finite sample validity and power.

Advances in molecular "omics'" technologies have motivated new methodology for the integration of multiple sources of high-content biomedical data. However, most statistical methods for integrating multiple data matrices only consider data shared vertically (one cohort on multiple platforms) or horizontally (different …

2019-06-09abs ↗pdf ↗

TensorShield defends images from adversarial attacks using tensor decomposition.

problem Adversarial attacks on images can fool deep neural networks.
method Tensor decomposition to find low-rank approximations of images, reducing high-frequency perturbations.
result TensorShield outperforms existing methods like SLQ by 14% against FGSM attacks.

AdvImmune improves certifiable robustness of GNNs against adversarial attacks.

problem Vulnerability of graph neural networks to adversarial attacks.
method Proposes AdvImmune, an algorithm that optimizes with meta-gradient to improve certifiable robustness.
result Remarkably improves the ratio of robust nodes by 12%, 42%, 65% with an affordable immune budget of only 5% edges.

MOTGNN integrates multi-omics data for disease classification with improved accuracy and interpretability.

problem Challenges in integrating multi-omics data due to high dimensionality, heterogeneity, and lack of reliable interaction networks.
method MOTGNN uses XGBoost for graph construction, modality-specific GNNs for representation learning, and a deep feedforward network for cross-omics integration.
result MOTGNN outperforms state-of-the-art baselines by 5-10% in accuracy, ROC-AUC, and F1-score across three real-world disease datasets.

A scalable Bayesian inference method for mixed-effects models in systems biology.

problem Scalable Bayesian inference for complex hierarchical mixed-effects models in systems biology.
method Constructing amortized approximations of likelihood and posterior distributions, refined for each individual dataset.
result Our method is both fast and competitive in statistical accuracy compared to exact pseudomarginal Bayesian inference.

EGR refines and assesses protein complex structures.

problem Improving the accuracy of protein complex 3D structures for drug discovery.
method E(3)-equivariant graph neural network (GNN) for multi-task refinement and assessment.
result EGR achieves state-of-the-art performance in refining and assessing protein complexes.

Heterophily affects GNN robustness; separating ego- and neighbor-embeddings improves defense.

problem The robustness of GNNs to adversarial attacks.
method Formalized relation between heterophily and GNN robustness; empirical analysis; design principles for improved robustness.
result Separating ego- and neighbor-embeddings increases GNN robustness.