Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
27
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
ABSTRACT
Objective:
Tuberculosis
(TB)
is
the
second
most
deadly
infectious
disease
globally,
posing
a
significant
burden
in
Brazil
and
its
Amazonian
region.
This
study
focused
on
“riverine
municipalities”
hypothesizes
presence
of
TB
clusters
area.
We
also
aimed
to
train
machine
learning
model
differentiate
municipalities
classified
as
hot
spots
vs.
non-hot
using
surveillance
variables
predictors.
Methods:
Data
regarding
incidence
from
2019
2022
riverine
town
was
collected
Brazilian
Health
Ministry
Informatics
Department.
Moran’s
I
used
assess
global
spatial
autocorrelation,
while
Getis-Ord
GI*
method
employed
detect
high
low-incidence
clusters.
A
Random
Forest
machine-learning
trained
related
cases
predict
among
spot
municipalities.
Results:
Our
analysis
revealed
distinct
geographical
with
low
following
west-to-east
distribution
pattern.
The
Classification
utilizes
six
spots.
achieved
an
Area
Under
Receiver
Operator
Curve
(AUC-ROC)
0.81.
Conclusion:
Municipalities
higher
percentages
recurrent
cases,
deaths
due
TB,
antibiotic
regimen
changes,
percentage
new
smoking
history
were
best
predictors
prediction
can
be
leveraged
identify
at
highest
risk
being
for
disease,
aiding
policymakers
evidenced-based
tool
direct
resource
allocation
control
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(2), P. 500 - 500
Published: Jan. 10, 2025
The
energy
sector
plays
a
vital
role
in
driving
environmental
and
social
advancements.
Accurately
predicting
demand
across
various
time
frames
offers
numerous
benefits,
such
as
facilitating
sustainable
transition
planning
of
resources.
This
research
focuses
on
consumption
using
three
individual
models:
Prophet,
eXtreme
Gradient
Boosting
(XGBoost),
long
short-term
memory
(LSTM).
Additionally,
it
proposes
an
ensemble
model
that
combines
the
predictions
from
all
to
enhance
overall
accuracy.
approach
aims
leverage
strengths
each
for
better
prediction
performance.
We
examine
accuracy
Mean
Absolute
Error
(MAE),
Percentage
(MAPE),
Root
Square
(RMSE)
through
means
resource
allocation.
investigates
use
real
data
smart
meters
gathered
5567
London
residences
part
UK
Power
Networks-led
Low
Carbon
project
Datastore.
performance
was
recorded
follows:
62.96%
Prophet
model,
70.37%
LSTM,
66.66%
XGBoost.
In
contrast,
proposed
which
XGBoost,
achieved
impressive
81.48%,
surpassing
models.
findings
this
study
indicate
enhances
efficiency
supports
towards
future.
Consequently,
can
accurately
forecast
maximum
loads
distribution
networks
households.
addition,
work
contributes
improvement
load
forecasting
networks,
guide
higher
authorities
developing
plans.
Frontiers in Public Health,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
11
Published: June 20, 2023
Aim
To
perform
a
systematic
review
on
the
use
of
Artificial
Intelligence
(AI)
techniques
for
predicting
COVID-19
hospitalization
and
mortality
using
primary
secondary
data
sources.
Study
eligibility
criteria
Cohort,
clinical
trials,
meta-analyses,
observational
studies
investigating
or
artificial
intelligence
were
eligible.
Articles
without
full
text
available
in
English
language
excluded.
Data
sources
recorded
Ovid
MEDLINE
from
01/01/2019
to
22/08/2022
screened.
extraction
We
extracted
information
sources,
AI
models,
epidemiological
aspects
retrieved
studies.
Bias
assessment
A
bias
models
was
done
PROBAST.
Participants
Patients
tested
positive
COVID-19.
Results
included
39
related
AI-based
prediction
death
The
articles
published
period
2019-2022,
mostly
used
Random
Forest
as
model
with
best
performance.
trained
cohorts
individuals
sampled
populations
European
non-European
countries,
cohort
sample
size
<5,000.
collection
generally
demographics,
records,
laboratory
results,
pharmacological
treatments
(i.e.,
high-dimensional
datasets).
In
most
studies,
internally
validated
cross-validation,
but
majority
lacked
external
validation
calibration.
Covariates
not
prioritized
ensemble
approaches
however,
still
showed
moderately
good
performances
Area
under
Receiver
operating
characteristic
Curve
(AUC)
values
>0.7.
According
PROBAST,
all
had
high
risk
and/or
concern
regarding
applicability.
Conclusions
broad
range
have
been
predict
mortality.
reported
performance
applicability
detected.
Electronics,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
12(3), P. 750 - 750
Published: Feb. 2, 2023
In
the
realm
of
emergence
and
spread
infectious
diseases
with
pandemic
potential
throughout
history,
plenty
pandemics
(and
epidemics),
from
plague
to
AIDS
(1981)
SARS
(in
2003)
bunch
COVID
variants,
have
tormented
mankind.
Though
technological
innovations
are
overwhelmingly
progressing
curb
them—a
significant
number
such
astounded
world,
impacting
billions
lives
posing
uncovered
challenges
healthcare
organizations
clinical
pathologists
globally.
view
addressing
these
limitations,
a
critically
exhaustive
review
is
performed
signify
prospective
role
advancements
highlight
implicit
problems
associated
rendering
best
quality
lifesaving
treatments
patient
community.
The
proposed
work
conducted
in
two
parts.
Part
1
essentially
focused
upon
discussion
advanced
technologies
akin
artificial
intelligence,
Big
Data,
block
chain
technology,
open-source
cloud
computing,
etc.
Research
works
governing
applicability
solving
many
issues
prominently
faced
by
doctors
surgeons
fields
cardiology,
medicine,
neurology,
orthopaedics,
paediatrics,
gynaecology,
psychiatry,
plastic
surgery,
etc.,
as
well
their
curtailing
numerous
infectious,
pathological,
neurotic
maladies
thrown
light
off.
Boundary
conditions
implicitly
substantiated
remedies
coupled
future
directions
presented
at
end.
Fractal and Fractional,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
9(4), P. 201 - 201
Published: March 25, 2025
Robust
epidemiological
models
are
essential
for
managing
COVID-19,
especially
in
diverse
urban
settings.
In
this
study,
we
present
a
fractional
advection–diffusion–reaction
model
to
analyze
COVID-19
spread
three
major
Turkish
cities:
Ankara,
Istanbul,
and
Izmir.
The
employs
Caputo-type
time-fractional
derivative,
with
its
order
dynamically
determined
by
the
Hurst
exponent,
capturing
memory
effects
of
disease
transmission.
A
nonlinear
reaction
term
self-reinforcing
viral
spread,
while
Gaussian
forcing
simulates
public
health
interventions
adjustable
spatial
temporal
parameters.
We
solve
resulting
PDE
using
an
implicit
finite
difference
scheme
that
ensures
numerical
stability.
Calibration
weekly
case
data
from
February
2021
March
2022
reveals
Ankara
has
exponent
0.4222,
Istanbul
0.1932,
Izmir
0.6085,
indicating
varied
persistence
characteristics.
Distribution
fitting
shows
Weibull
best
represents
whereas
two-component
normal
mixture
suits
Sensitivity
analysis
confirms
key
parameters,
including
duration,
critically
influence
outcomes.
These
findings
provide
valuable
insights
policy
planning,
offering
tailored
forecasting
tool
epidemic
management.
Healthcare,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13(8), P. 935 - 935
Published: April 18, 2025
Background:
Contact
tracing
(CT)
is
a
primary
means
of
controlling
infectious
diseases,
such
as
coronavirus
disease
2019
(COVID-19),
especially
in
the
early
months
pandemic.
Objectives:
This
work
systematic
review
mathematical
models
used
during
COVID-19
pandemic
that
explicitly
parameterise
CT
potential
mitigator
effects
Methods:
registered
PROSPERO.
A
comprehensive
literature
search
was
conducted
using
PubMed,
EMBASE,
Cochrane
Library,
CINAHL,
and
Scopus
databases.
Two
reviewers
independently
selected
title/abstract,
full
text,
data
extraction,
risk
bias.
Disagreements
were
resolved
through
discussion.
The
characteristics
studies
collected
from
each
study.
Results:
total
53
articles
out
2101
included.
modelling
main
objective
23
studies,
while
remaining
evaluated
forecast
transmission
COVID-19.
Most
compartmental
to
simulate
(26,
49.1%),
others
agent-based
(16,
34%),
branching
processes
(5,
9.4%),
or
other
(6).
applying
consider
separate
compartment.
Quarantine
basic
reproduction
numbers
also
considered
models.
quality
assessment
scores
ranged
13
26
28.
Conclusions:
Despite
significant
heterogeneity
assumptions
on
relevant
model
parameters,
this
provides
overview
proposed
evaluate
pandemic,
including
non-pharmaceutical
public
health
interventions
CT.
Prospero
Registration:
CRD42022359060.
Mathematics,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
11(6), P. 1279 - 1279
Published: March 7, 2023
Deep
learning
is
a
sub-discipline
of
artificial
intelligence
that
uses
neural
networks,
machine
technique,
to
extract
patterns
and
make
predictions
from
large
datasets.
In
recent
years,
it
has
achieved
rapid
development
widely
used
in
numerous
disciplines
with
fruitful
results.
Learning
valuable
information
complex,
high-dimensional,
heterogeneous
biomedical
data
key
challenge
transforming
healthcare.
this
review,
we
provide
an
overview
emerging
deep-learning
techniques,
COVID-19
research
involving
deep
learning,
concrete
examples
methods
diagnosis,
prognosis,
treatment
management.
can
process
medical
imaging
data,
laboratory
test
results,
other
relevant
diagnose
diseases
judge
disease
progression
even
recommend
plans
drug-use
strategies
accelerate
drug
improve
quality.
Furthermore,
help
governments
develop
proper
prevention
control
measures.
We
also
assess
the
current
limitations
challenges
therapy
precision
for
COVID-19,
including
lack
phenotypically
abundant
need
more
interpretable
models.
Finally,
discuss
how
barriers
be
overcome
enable
future
clinical
applications
learning.
Many
fields,
such
as
public
health,
employ
statistical
time
series
models
for
real-time
and
retrospective
forecasting
efforts.
However,
their
successful
implementation
often
requires
extensive
programming
knowledge.
This
paper
presents
StatModPredict,
a
user-friendly
R-Shiny
interface
fitting,
forecasting,
evaluating,
comparing
the
results
from
ARIMA,
GLM,
GAM,
Facebook's
Prophet
models.
Utilizing
any
data,
users
can
customize
model
parameters
to
obtain
fits,
forecasts,
evaluation
statistics
compare
"outside"
Therefore,
StatModPredict
facilitates
by
removing
all
requirements,
facilitating
timely
efficient
decisions
obtained
through
Journal of Information Systems Engineering and Business Intelligence,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(2), P. 290 - 301
Published: June 28, 2024
Background:
The
most
commonly
used
mathematical
model
for
analyzing
disease
spread
is
the
Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Recovered
(SEIR)
model.
Moreover,
dynamics
of
SEIR
depend
on
several
factors,
such
as
parameter
values.
Objective:
This
study
aimed
to
compare
two
optimization
methods,
namely
genetic
algorithm
(GA)
and
particle
swarm
(PSO),
in
estimating
values,
infection,
transition,
recovery,
death
rates.
Methods:
GA
PSO
algorithms
were
compared
estimate
values
fitness
value
was
calculated
from
error
between
actual
data
cumulative
positive
COVID-19
cases
numerical
solution
Furthermore,
using
fourth-order
Runge-Kutta
(RK-4),
while
obtained
dataset
province
Jakarta,
Indonesia.
Two
datasets
then
success
each
algorithm,
namely,
Dataset
1,
representing
initial
interval
COVID-19,
2,
an
where
there
a
high
increase
cases.
Results:
Four
parameters
estimated,
infection
rate,
transition
recovery
due
disease.
In
smallest
method,
8.9%,
occurred
when
,
7.5%.
31.21%,
3.46%.
Conclusion:
Based
estimation
results
Datasets
1
had
better
fitting
than
GA.
showed
more
robust
provided
could
adapt
trends
epidemic.
Keywords:
Genetic
Particle
optimization,
model,
Parameter
estimation.