Publications

Measurement Invariance, Factor Analysis and Factorial Invariance

Several concepts are introduced and defined: measurement invariance, structural bias, weak measurement invariance, strong factorial invariance, and strict factorial invariance. ...

Best Practices for Developing and Validating Scales for Health, Social, and Behavioral Research: A Primer

Scale development and validation are critical to much of the work in the health, social, and behavioral sciences. However, the constellation of techniques required for scale dev...

CutMix: Regularization Strategy to Train Strong Classifiers With Localizable Features

Regional dropout strategies have been proposed to enhance performance of convolutional neural network classifiers. They have proved to be effective for guiding the model to atte...

Sample sizes for saturation in qualitative research: A systematic review of empirical tests

To review empirical studies that assess saturation in qualitative research in order to identify sample sizes for saturation, strategies used to assess saturation, and guidance w...

High-Resolution Image Synthesis and Semantic Manipulation with Conditional GANs

We present a new method for synthesizing high-resolution photo-realistic images from semantic label maps using conditional generative adversarial networks (conditional GANs). Co...

Epidemiology of COVID-19 Among Children in China

OBJECTIVE: To identify the epidemiological characteristics and transmission patterns of pediatric patients with the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China. METHODS: ...

Emerging Properties in Self-Supervised Vision Transformers

In this paper, we question if self-supervised learning provides new properties to Vision Transformer (ViT) that stand out compared to convolutional networks (convnets). Beyond t...

A Survey of Convolutional Neural Networks: Analysis, Applications, and Prospects

A convolutional neural network (CNN) is one of the most significant networks in the deep learning field. Since CNN made impressive achievements in many areas, including but not ...

Empagliflozin in Heart Failure with a Preserved Ejection Fraction

Empagliflozin reduced the combined risk of cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure in patients with heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction, regardless...

Update on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B

Potential conflict of interest: Dr. Hwang received grants from Merck and Gilead. Dr. Chang advises Arbutus. Dr. Lok received grants from Gilead and Bristol‐Myers Squibb. Dr. Jon...

Systematic RNA interference reveals that oncogenic KRAS-driven cancers require TBK1

One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society

Introduction to the Second Edition Introduction to the First Edition The Paralysis of Criticism: Society Without Opposition ONE DIMEMSIONAL SOCIETY 1. The New forms of Control 2...