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Effects of a Theory- and Evidence-Based, Motivational Interviewing-Oriented Artificial Intelligence Digital Assistant on Vaccine Attitudes: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal of medical Internet research
BACKGROUND: Attitude-targeted interventions are important approaches for promoting vaccination. Educational approaches alone cannot effectively cultivate positive vaccine attitudes. Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven chatbots and motivational interv...

Primary prevention cardiovascular disease risk prediction model for contemporary Chinese (1°P-CARDIAC): Model derivation and validation using a hybrid statistical and machine-learning approach.

PloS one
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in China and worldwide while we are lacking in validated primary prevention model specifically for Chinese. To identify CVD high-risk individuals for early inter...

Baltic dry index forecast using financial market data: Machine learning methods and SHAP explanations.

PloS one
The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is a critical benchmark for assessing freight rates and chartering activity in the global shipping market. This study forecasts the BDI using diverse financial data, including commodities, currencies, stock markets, and vol...

Association Between Comorbidity Clusters and Mortality in Patients With Cancer: Predictive Modeling Using Machine Learning Approaches of Data From the United States and Hong Kong.

JMIR cancer
BACKGROUND: Patients with cancer and cancer survivors often experience multiple chronic health conditions, which can impact symptom burden and treatment outcomes. Despite the high prevalence of multimorbidity, research on cancer prognosis has predomi...

Theory-based chatbot for promoting colorectal cancer screening in a community setting in Hong Kong: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial.

BMJ open
BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Despite the organised CRC screening programme, the uptake rate of the population-based CRC screening was still low. Thus, ...

Development and Validation of a Rule-Based Natural Language Processing Algorithm to Identify Falls in Inpatient Records of Older Adults: Retrospective Analysis.

JMIR aging
BACKGROUND: In order to address fall underestimation by the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) in clinical settings, information from clinical notes could be incorporated via natural language processing (NLP) as a possible solution. Howev...

Multi-kingdom microbiota analysis reveals bacteria-viral interplay in IBS with depression and anxiety.

NPJ biofilms and microbiomes
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal disorder frequently accompanied by psychological symptoms. Bacterial microbiota plays a critical role in mediating local and systemic immunity, and alterations in these microbial communities...

Practicing pharmacist education based on the experiences of medical support on the cruise ship Diamond Princess.

BMC medical education
BACKGROUND: Passengers on the cruise ship Diamond Princess (DP), which departed Yokohama on 20 January 2020, were found to be infected with the new coronavirus after arrival in Hong Kong. Passengers and crew were not allowed to disembark, instead bei...

Circulating fibroblast growth factor 21 is associated with blood pressure in the Chinese population: a community-based study.

Annals of medicine
BACKGROUND: Our research team previously found that fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 21, a circulating hormone, was significantly associated with atherosclerosis in human and animal models. The relationship between FGF21 and blood pressure (BP) is rare...

A study on factors influencing digital sports participation among Chinese secondary school students based on explainable machine learning.

Scientific reports
This study utilized data from 4,925 Hong Kong students in the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to investigate factors influencing secondary school students' use of digital devices for sports participation and their threshold...