Essays about: "uppsala monitoring centre"

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  1. 1. Utilizing Transformers with Domain-Specific Pretraining and Active Learning to Enable Mining of Product Labels

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för beräkningsvetenskap

    Author : Erik Norén; [2023]
    Keywords : Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing; NLP; BERT; Active Learning; AL; Pharmacovigilance; UMC; Uppsala Monitoring Centre; Structured Product Label; SPL; Transformers; Domain-Specific Pretraining; NER; Named Entity Recognition; Adverse Drug Reaction; ADR;

    Abstract : Structured Product Labels (SPLs), the package inserts that accompany drugs governed by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), hold information about Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) that exists associated with drugs post-market. This information is valuable for actors working in the field of pharmacovigilance aiming to improve the safety of drugs. READ MORE

  3. 2. Quantifying household food waste : a comparison between methods

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Sophie Jakobsson; Amanda Sjölund; [2023]
    Keywords : Smart bins; questionnaire; waste composition analysis; sustainable food systems;

    Abstract : Having significant impacts on the environment, societies, and economies all over the world, the global food system is linked to many challenges related to sustainable development. Food waste constitutes one problem area within the food system where approximately one-third of all food produced gets lost or wasted along the supply chain. READ MORE

  4. 3. Free-text Informed Duplicate Detection of COVID-19 Vaccine Adverse Event Reports

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för systemteknik

    Author : Erik Turesson; [2022]
    Keywords : Duplicate detection; Deduplication; Record linkage; Adverse Event Reports; COVID-19 Vaccines; Uppsala Monitoring Centre; VigiBase; Machine Learning; Gradient Boosted Decision Trees; BERT; Natural Language Processing; Pharmacovigilance; Individual Case Safety Reports;

    Abstract : To increase medicine safety, researchers use adverse event reports to assess causal relationships between drugs and suspected adverse reactions. VigiBase, the world's largest database of such reports, collects data from numerous sources, introducing the risk of several records referring to the same case. READ MORE

  5. 4. PREDICTION OF DRUG INDICATION LIST BY MACHINE LEARNING

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Bolin Wu; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The motivation of this thesis originates from the cooperation with Uppsala Monitoring Centre, a WHO collaborating centre for international drug monitoring. The research question is how to give a good summary of the drug indication list. READ MORE

  6. 5. Can cormorants be used as indicators of local fish abundances? : A diet study of cormorants on Gotland

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Oliver Kai Hansen; [2021]
    Keywords : cormorants; Baltic; Gotland; human-wildlife conflict;

    Abstract : Human wildlife conflicts can represent missed opportunities for ecological monitoring, including tracking invasive species. The great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis is the centre such a conflict, where the lack of concrete scientific evidence is often replaced by anecdotal evidence, leading to the vilification of these birds. READ MORE