James Jackson

Dec 21, 2023 | significancemagazine.com | James Jackson

Capture-recapture (CR) – or multiple systems estimation, as it is now also commonly known – is a method for estimating the size of an unknown population. It is an area of statistics that spans all levels of the career ladder from school syllabuses to Royal Statistical Society discussion meetings1, 2. It has an incredibly rich history, too, dating back to the 19th centurywhen it was used to estimate fish populations3.

Jul 31, 2023 | msn.com | James Jackson

Sausages will double in price at a leading German supermarket, which is raising prices to show the so-called hidden health and environmental costs of food. Penny, which has about 2,150 stores throughout Germany, will temporarily raise the price of nine of its products to reflect the real cost of the staple items when their impact on public health and the environment are taken into account.

Feb 7, 2023 | scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Alessandro Morandi |Timothy D. Girard |Kristen Mirkle |James Jackson

AbstractPurposeWe undertook this pilot prospective cohort investigation to examine the feasibility of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) assessments in survivors of critical illness and to analyze potential associations between delirium and brain activation patterns observed during a working memory task (N-back) at hospital discharge and 3-month follow-up. Materials and methodsAt hospital discharge and 3 months later, fMRI assessed subjects' functional activity during an N-back task.