Our newest paper led by @suryapbhatt.bsky.social and @msafavi.bsky.social: At least 1 moderate or 1 severe exacerbation over the previous 2 years has the highest discrimination and clinical utility for predicting high #COPD exacerbation risk.
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5 Herby, Bright And Brilliant Recipes for Nowruz
Persian New Year, or Nowruz, arrives this weekend and is celebrated with meals full of freshness and comfort. Here are some standout options. nyti.ms/4sTwLzU
Thanks for promoting our work in #COPD
A new risk prediction tool tested by VCHRI scientist Dr. Mohsen Sadatsafavi identified a series of patient characteristics linked to severe COPD attacks, which could help physicians & patients make informed decisions about treatment & lifestyle changes: www.vchri.ca/stories/2026...
For the record, people are not stampeding. There is a lot of fight on open alleys etc but people are not trying to exit from narrow passages etc.
Canada announces a $1.7 billion program to recruit top H1B visa holders from America
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Social Determinants of Health and Racial Disparities in Lung Function
Environmental exposures explain a larger proportion of racial disparities in lung function than previously believed
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Our analysis shows that unfavourable social and environmental exposures
explain a much larger share of racial disparities in lung function than previously thought.
Details: doi.org/10.1164/rccm...
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Giving a talk today which anyone can watch online: 1pm - 2pm
"The Importance of Sample Size for the Development and Evaluation of Clinical Prediction Models"
- intended for a broad audience (anyone doing or using prediction model research)
imperial-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Certainly D (which also means mom's cooking!)
Please watch and share. Ukraine is winning
Ukraine Is Beating Russia: What Putin Doesn't Want You to Know
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Let's repeat: this is an attack on science and universities. Antisemitism is their current excuse. They will find other excuses if/when needed.
Motherfucking wind farms…
A big component of epidemiology is about reducing the risk to population and public health. Totalitarianism and fascism happen to be very bad for human health. So naturally...
I remember German media called out the Nazi solute what it was without hesitation. I bet this will not be too surprising to them.
Your paintings are beautiful and carry a sense of serenity with a soothing effect. I really enjoy seeing them in my timeline that is otherwise filled with doom and gloom!🎨
In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.
Never late. If people turn they should be welcome back. Remember, we are the kind party. The other guy thinks empathy is the worst thing happened to West!
An assessment of Hitler’s strategy, from the Winds of War:
“…the masses are “feminine”, acting on feeling and sentiment, and whatever you tell them must be addressed to the dullest ignoramus among them, in order to reach and convince the broadest possible audience”.
One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back. From Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Time for the US to open an embassy in Tehran. No DEI there. In fact the two governments are getting ideologically very aligned!
Neither do dopamine and acetylcholine molecules jumping from one neuron to another...
Several programs at UBC have opened their grad programs for 🇺🇸 citizens www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
Contact me if you are interested in 1) methodological research in clinical prediction modeling or decision analysis or 2) respiratory outcomes research. Check our lab: resp.core.ubc.ca #Episky
I am also giving a similar warning to my lab people. As sad as it feels, it seems prudent especially since yesterday. If a legal permanent resident can end up being stuck in a prison in El Salvador, anything can happen to an alien at the border or inside the country.
Real picture of trade policy economists enjoying the first truly randomized experiment in their field #trump #econsky
I wonder if economists can soon study the implications of trade policy changes in models that take disruptive changes purely at random, without having to control for any confounding. A rare luxury that hasn't been available up to this point.
TLDR: Now that he wants to rape you, you should consider marrying him. It is more civilized, and is actually good for you!
#Canada #Annexation #51st
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There are couple of litmus tests if the US left got what went wrong and can course correct and save the world: 1) Kamala lost because she didn't have enough time 2) Bill Maher has flopped and is not part of left anymore.
Sorry but as long as you believe the above we will keep losing. WAKE UP!
