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Development of Machine Learning-Based Risk Prediction Models to Predict Rapid Weight Gain in Infants: Analysis of Seven Cohorts.

JMIR public health and surveillance
BACKGROUND: Rapid weight gain (RWG) during infancy, defined as an upward crossing of one centile line on a weight growth chart, is highly predictive of subsequent obesity risk. Identification of infant RWG could facilitate obesity risk assessment fro...

Learning to care, caring to learn: the evolving nature of medical education.

The New Zealand medical journal
As Otago Medical School marks its 150th anniversary, this paper reflects on what it means to train doctors for both today and the decades ahead. It traces the school's evolution from its nineteenth-century foundations through key innovations in curri...

Modelling and mapping of subsurface nitrate-attenuation index in agricultural landscapes.

Journal of environmental management
Environmental management of nutrient losses from agricultural lands is required to reduce their potential impacts on the quality of groundwater and eutrophication of surface waters in agricultural landscapes. However, accurate accounting and manageme...

Using machine learning to explore the efficacy of administrative variables in prediction of subjective-wellbeing outcomes in New Zealand.

Scientific reports
The growing acknowledgment of population wellbeing as a key indicator of societal prosperity has propelled governments worldwide to devise policies aimed at improving their citizens' overall wellbeing. In New Zealand, the General Social Survey provid...

Predicting the risk of diabetes complications using machine learning and social administrative data in a country with ethnic inequities in health: Aotearoa New Zealand.

BMC medical informatics and decision making
BACKGROUND: In the age of big data, linked social and administrative health data in combination with machine learning (ML) is being increasingly used to improve prediction in chronic disease, e.g., cardiovascular diseases (CVD). In this study we aime...

The future is bright: artificial intelligence for trainee medical officers in Australia and New Zealand.

Internal medicine journal
Given their frontline role in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ) healthcare, trainee medical officers (TMOs) will play a crucial role in the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) for clinical care, ongoing medical education and re...

DIGIPREDICT: physiological, behavioural and environmental predictors of asthma attacks-a prospective observational study using digital markers and artificial intelligence-study protocol.

BMJ open respiratory research
INTRODUCTION: Asthma attacks are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality but are preventable in most if detected and treated promptly. However, the changes that occur physiologically and behaviourally in the days and weeks preceding an attack are ...