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Nurses' Intention to Integrate AI Into Their Practice: Survey Study in Canada.

JMIR nursing
BACKGROUND: The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into health care is set to revolutionize the sector, offering opportunities to enhance diagnostic accuracy, personalize treatment, and improve patient outcomes. However, little is known abou...

Impact of dairy intake on circulating fatty acids and associations with blood pressure: A randomized crossover trial.

Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: This study aimed to investigate the effects of high and adequate dairy intake (>4, 2-3 serving/day, respectively) on circulating fatty acids (FAs) and their associations with blood pressure (BP).

Assessing foraging landscape quality in Quebec's commercial beekeeping through remote sensing, machine learning, and survival analysis.

Journal of environmental management
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) play an important role in our agricultural systems. In recent years, beekeepers have reported high colony mortality rates in several parts of the world. Inadequate foraging landscapes are often cited as a major factor dete...

Feasibility and Acceptance of a Remotely Supervised Home-Based Group Mobility Exercise for Older Adults Using a Mobile Robotic Telepresence: A Pilot Study.

Journal of aging and physical activity
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:  Mobile robotic telepresence could be used to remotely supervise physical activity programs. Our study aims to explore the feasibility, acceptance, and usability of a physical activity program offered synchronously via a mobile...

Traditional Methods Hold Their Ground Against Machine Learning in Predicting Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults.

Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
OBJECTIVES: Machine learning methods have gained much attention in health sciences for predicting various health outcomes but are scarcely used in pharmacoepidemiology. The ability to identify predictors of suboptimal medication use is essential for ...

Explainable artificial intelligence models for predicting risk of suicide using health administrative data in Quebec.

PloS one
Suicide is a complex, multidimensional event, and a significant challenge for prevention globally. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have emerged to harness large-scale datasets to enhance risk detection. In order to trust and ac...

Tree-Based Machine Learning to Identify Predictors of Psoriasis Incidence at the Neighborhood Level: A Populational Study from Quebec, Canada.

American journal of clinical dermatology
BACKGROUND: Psoriasis is a major global health burden affecting ~ 60 million people worldwide. Existing studies on psoriasis focused on individual-level health behaviors (e.g. diet, alcohol consumption, smoking, exercise) and characteristics as drive...

Explainable Machine Learning Model to Predict COVID-19 Severity Among Older Adults in the Province of Quebec.

Annals of family medicine
Context: Patients over the age of 65 years are more likely to experience higher severity and mortality rates than other populations from COVID-19. Clinicians need assistance in supporting their decisions regarding the management of these patients. Ar...

Exploring polypharmacy with artificial intelligence: data analysis protocol.

BMC medical informatics and decision making
BACKGROUND: Polypharmacy is common among older adults and it represents a public health concern, due to the negative health impacts potentially associated with the use of several medications. However, the large number of medication combinations and s...