family cluster Epidemiology A grouping of disorders found in ≥ 2 members of a family McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visitthe webmaster...
epidemiology 1.The study of the distribution of disease and its impact upon a population, using such measures as incidence, prevalence, or mortality. 2.The study of the occurrence and causes of health effects in human populations. 3.The science of public health, which studies the frequency, di...
An outbreak refers to an epidemic in a more limited geographic area. A cluster refers to an aggregation of cases grouped in place and time that are suspected to be greater than the number expected, even if the expected number may not be known. You may also want to listen to the follo...
Ciampi, A., Schiffrin, A., Thiffault, J., Quintal, H., Weitzner, G., Poussier, P. and Lalla, D. (1990). Cluster Analysis of an Insuline-dependent Diabetic Cohort: Towards the Definition of Clinical Subtypes. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology , 43, 701 - 715....
‘Fish/Seafood’ dimension; bitter ale, lager, red wine, spirits, whisky, and white wine were clustered and assigned the dimension name ‘Alcohol’; extra virgin olive oil, mayonnaise, salad dressing, soy sauce, tomato ketchup, and vinegar formed another cluster, which we labelled as the ‘...
cluster analysis, in statistics, set of tools and algorithms that is used to classify different objects into groups in such a way that the similarity between two objects is maximal if they belong to the same group and minimal otherwise. In biology, cluster analysis is an essential tool for ...
Astronomers find galaxy cluster with bursting heart An international team of astronomers has discovered a gargantuan galaxy cluster with a core bursting with new stars - an incredibly rare find. The discovery, made with the help of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is the first to show that...
Raw data on the computer cluster is accessible only to study investigators. Plans for collection, laboratory evaluation, and storage of biological specimens for genetic or molecular analysis in this trial/future use {33} N/A. No biological specimens are collected in this study....
Examples of retrospective cohort studies Retrospective cohort studies are common in fields like medicine, epidemiology, and healthcare. Example: Chemical exposure retrospective cohort study You are examining the relationship between exposure to the organophosphates family of pesticides and the incidence of ...
A total of 694 highly conserved genes were includ- ed in a core-genome multilocus sequence typing scheme, and cluster analysis of the data enabled precise definition of globally distributed hypervirulent and multidrug-resistant CGs. In addition, we created a freely accessible da...