#Measurement

I met Prof Fatimah Kari our UM poverty expert for the first time since COVID. She was practically in tears recounting the suffering she encountered on her humanitarian/research trips. Yet
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Why do freelancers have such a hard time explaining how they set their rates?Because there are so many "it depends" factors at play in every new project!Here's what you need
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As the First Minister sets out the measures now needed to suppress Coronavirus, @scotgov has today published an evidence paper laying out why action is needed.You can find it at:
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Can a #COVID19 infection during pregnancy lead to infection of the fetus?A mix of suspicious case reports and scientifically inaccurate articles have muddled this area.Actually, SARS-CoV-2 doesnโ€™t even need to
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Weeks in and I still see nearly anyone using data poorly. In the sake of the general interest here's a recap of all the common #loserthink I see regularly correct
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So about those EGT and boost sensors. I'll make it a post as it may benefit some, but as am lazy and want some twitter likes first I will post
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My partner and I traveled from London Heathrow to Beijing yesterday. Given the current #COVID19 situation, I thought that I would share my experience of what traveling to China is
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A (longish) post-publication review of the most recent observational study in COVID19 patients treated with (hydroxy)chloroquine.This is retrospective analysis of an international registry with >96,000 hospitalised patients in 6 continen
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Because this is a good use of time on Saturday night, I want to just pull out this 2016 post-mortem from the pollsters' professional org (full disclosure, I'm a member),
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Early writers approach online growth the wrong way. They publish aimlessly, with ego, and with faulty assumptions. But having tight, consistent feedback loops will accelerate your trajectory.And here's how you
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The Inspector General of the Intelligence Community might have access to when certain COVID-19 intelligence products were produced, for which customers, and when they were delivered.Just sayin'. Us, the USIC-IG
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THREAD!! Why @josimpson11โ€™s paper on intubation barrier devices (that is, aerosol boxes AND plastic drapes) is, by a good margin, the most important thing thatโ€™s been published on these devices.@Anaes_Journal
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Correct. And all of this goes back to how people were called cranks for correctly foretelling in the 1910s that ice cream parlors would be the decay and ruin of
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Weโ€™ve just published the coolest experiment Iโ€™ve done in years: https://doi.org/10.1177/1477153520958463Want to know why the brightness of this city is different in these two satellite images? Read the thread
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Claiming that biology has zero effect on the potential outcomes of an individual means you believe a turtle's brain put in a human body might become the next Elon Musk.Limiting
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Follow up thread on Russian force availability and long-term prospects. The Russian military has taken significant casualties. After redeploying, and pulling additional units from standing formations, it may be tapped
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