Tanya Nguyen

3 weeks ago | wkrn.com | Tanya Nguyen |Michael Bartiromo |Colleen Guerry

AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN/NEXSTAR/WKRN) — Where can you find the best barbecue in the country? Yelp’s new ranking may steer you in the right direction. The platform recently ranked the “Top 10 Cities for BBQ in the USA,” and two cities from Texas — Austin and San Antonio — topped the list. Austin, coming in at No. 1 in Yelp’s ranking, scored high in metrics focusing on interest, availability and well-reviewed restaurants, according to the site’s analysts.

Nov 8, 2024 | everythinglubbock.com | Tanya Nguyen

OLTON, Texas— The City of Olton rescinded its Boil Water notice Friday morning. On Wednesday, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality required the City of Olton to issue a notice to inform customers on the conditions of its public water systems. The press release assured that necessary corrective actions have been taken to restore the quality of the water distributed by this public water system used for drinking water or human consumption.

Oct 12, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Ming Chen |Tanya Nguyen |Jinyuan Liu

AbstractIn causal mediation analyses, of interest are the direct or indirect pathways from exposure to an outcome variable. For observation studies, massive baseline characteristics are collected as potential confounders to mitigate selection bias, possibly approaching or exceeding the sample size. Accordingly, flexible machine learning approaches are promising in filtering a subset of relevant confounders, along with estimation using the efficient influence function to avoid overfitting.

Oct 12, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Ming Chen |Tanya Nguyen |Jinyuan Liu

AbstractIn causal mediation analyses, of interest are the direct or indirect pathways from exposure to an outcome variable. For observation studies, massive baseline characteristics are collected as potential confounders to mitigate selection bias, possibly approaching or exceeding the sample size. Accordingly, flexible machine learning approaches are promising in filtering a subset of relevant confounders, along with estimation using the efficient influence function to avoid overfitting.

May 20, 2024 | everythinglubbock.com | Tanya Nguyen

LUBBOCK, Texas — The City of Lubbock on Monday announced its offices will be closed on Monday in observance of Memorial Day. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, May 28. See the list of Lubbock offices closed below. Residential Trash CollectionThere will be no collection on Monday, May 27. Waste Collections from Monday and Tuesday will shift to Tuesday and Wednesday.