An Edited Textbook on Medicinal Properties of Bioactive Compounds in Functional Foods

by Dr.Poornima Jeyasekaran

2024 · Leilani Katie Publication

Dr.Poornima Jeyasekaran, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science & Nutrition, The American College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Machine Learning for Imbalanced Data

by Kumar Abhishek, Dr. Mounir Abdelaziz

2023 · Packt Publishing Ltd

Take your machine learning expertise to the next level with this essential guide, utilizing libraries like imbalanced-learn, PyTorch, scikit-learn, pandas, and NumPy to maximize model performance and tackle imbalanced data Key Features Understand how to use modern machine learning frameworks with detailed explanations, illustrations, and code samples Learn cutting-edge deep learning techniques to overcome data imbalance Explore different methods for dealing with skewed data in ML and DL applications Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format Book DescriptionAs machine learning practitioners, we often encounter imbalanced datasets in which one class has considerably fewer instances than the other. Many machine learning algorithms assume an equilibrium between majority and minority classes, leading to suboptimal performance on imbalanced data. This comprehensive guide helps you address this class imbalance to significantly improve model performance. Machine Learning for Imbalanced Data begins by introducing you to the challenges posed by imbalanced datasets and the importance of addressing these issues. It then guides you through techniques that enhance the performance of classical machine learning models when using imbalanced data, including various sampling and cost-sensitive learning methods. As you progress, you’ll delve into similar and more advanced techniques for deep learning models, employing PyTorch as the primary framework. Throughout the book, hands-on examples will provide working and reproducible code that’ll demonstrate the practical implementation of each technique. By the end of this book, you’ll be adept at identifying and addressing class imbalances and confidently applying various techniques, including sampling, cost-sensitive techniques, and threshold adjustment, while using traditional machine learning or deep learning models.What you will learn Use imbalanced data in your machine learning models effectively Explore the metrics used when classes are imbalanced Understand how and when to apply various sampling methods such as over-sampling and under-sampling Apply data-based, algorithm-based, and hybrid approaches to deal with class imbalance Combine and choose from various options for data balancing while avoiding common pitfalls Understand the concepts of model calibration and threshold adjustment in the context of dealing with imbalanced datasets Who this book is for This book is for machine learning practitioners who want to effectively address the challenges of imbalanced datasets in their projects. Data scientists, machine learning engineers/scientists, research scientists/engineers, and data scientists/engineers will find this book helpful. Though complete beginners are welcome to read this book, some familiarity with core machine learning concepts will help readers maximize the benefits and insights gained from this comprehensive resource.

Conceptions of Professionalism

by Dr Abdullahi D Ahmed, Dr Ken Bruce

2014 · Gower Publishing, Ltd.

In Conceptions of Professionalism, Ken Bruce and Abdullahi Ahmed present the results of research into understanding what professionalism means to individuals who are CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals and how they conceive of acting professionally. Financial planning is establishing itself as a relatively new, emerging profession and an understanding of how its members experience professionalism provides insights that will help those responsible across the international financial planning community to establish relevant, accurate and meaningful professional standards for financial planners. The authors employ the relatively new research methodology of phenomenography, which enables them to describe the qualitatively different ways in which people understand or experience a phenomenon. This particularly lends itself to the study of a concept such as professionalism. This study gives voice to the financial planners represented in the research and will inform standard setting bodies seeking to understand professionalism through the eyes of the professionals themselves. What the research reveals about the concept of professionalism itself will be of value to those whose interests lie beyond the world of financial planning, and the application of the methodology used in the study will inform researchers contemplating phenomenographical studies elsewhere.

A Headache in the Pelvis

by David Wise, PhD, Dr. Rodney Anderson

2018 · Hay House, Inc

'A Headache in the Pelvis is a lamp in the dark human suffering of chronic pelvic pain. This book is a precious document that will help many people.' Psychologist David Wise lived for 22 years with agonising chronic pelvic pain (also known as prostatitis/CPPS). There was seemingly no cure, until he began to make the connection between his anxiety and his physical pain. He enlisted renowned NeuroUrologist Dr Rodney Anderson from Stanford University to develop a revolutionary new method for muscle relaxation. Amazingly, a third of their patients were able to stop taking drugs within six months of beginning their new daily, holistic muscle relaxation treatment. Sufferers of chronic pelvic pain are living a life of quiet desperation. For the first time, there is a solution that is helping patients empower themselves in their own healing and gain control over their chronic pain. Patients and medical practitioners across the US and UK have called this method 'life-changing'. This book is for patients who have tried everything to cure themselves of chronic pelvic pain and for the clinicians who want to work with their patients towards a long-term solution.

Corona Virus

by Dr. André Hoffmann

2020 · AtheneMedia-Verlag

A new coronavirus is spreading. This handbook, compiled by an experienced physician, summarizes the current state of knowledge. Clear and concise you will learn everything about topics such as: transmission routes, symptoms and course of the disease, risk groups and severe courses, pregnancy, infectivity and its duration, incubation time, lethality, complications, their times and duration, asymptomatic or presymptomatic virus excretion and transmission, tenacity, resistance and inactivation on surfaces, social and individual prevention and protection for patients, for hospital visitors, for nursing, for home visitors, for parents, for home quarantine, for educational institutions, for travelers, for family, for animals, for sick persons, preventing the spread of coronavirus disease, cleaning and disinfection, manage anxiety and stress, diagnosis, diagnostics, treatment and therapy, prognosis ... An indispensable guide for all those who want to protect themselves and their fellow human beings from the Virus.