Time Capsule #113
Through the eye of the needle.
It’s not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
—René Descartes (1596-1650)
🇲🇦 Maroc
A voyage to the old world. The smell of etiquette and antiquity fills my nostrils with gratitude. There is nothing like this where I’m from. Kindness here flows from the fountains; everyone shares a calendar invite for the most important moments in life. It is a new way of living. There are many aspects which I admire, and some which would become tiresome with time. But in sum, this way is better. It is better to be frank with the world, and let them accept you for what you are. People appreciate honest connection, no matter the longitude or latitude. For a weekend, I was given a taste of what could have been — what can be — if I am willing to take the leap.
Misericordia Dei.
💡 Food for Thought
The key to everything is presence.
🧬 Paper of the Week — Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies Evaluating Diagnostic Test Accuracy: A Practical Review for Clinical Researchers-Part II. Statistical Methods of Meta-Analysis
Citation: Lee, J., Kim, K. W., Choi, S. H., Huh, J., & Park, S. H. (2015). Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies evaluating diagnostic test accuracy: a practical review for clinical researchers-part II. Statistical methods of meta-analysis. Korean journal of radiology, 16(6), 1188-1196.
Meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies differs from the usual meta-analysis of therapeutic/interventional studies in that, it is required to simultaneously analyze a pair of two outcome measures such as sensitivity and specificity, instead of a single outcome. Since sensitivity and specificity are generally inversely correlated and could be affected by a threshold effect, more sophisticated statistical methods are required for the meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy. Hierarchical models including the bivariate model and the hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristic model are increasingly being accepted as standard methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies. We provide a conceptual review of statistical methods currently used and recommended for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies. This article could serve as a methodological reference for those who perform systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies.
Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see: egoism, arrogance, conceit, selfishness, greed, lust, intolerance, anger, lying, cheating, gossiping and slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then you will be read to fight the enemy you can see.
—Al-Ghazzali (1058-1111)
Bisalama,
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