Month: June 2021

Twenty-year study links childhood depression to disrupted adult health and functioning

Depression in youth, between the ages of 10 and 24 years, is both a leading cause of stress and a possible risk factor for future diseases and impairment. Now, a study confirms that depression in childhood or adolescence is associated with higher levels of adult anxiety and substance use disorders, worse health and social functioning, […]

Published on June 21, 2021

Immunity to COVID-19 After Infection Varies, According to New Research

Researchers at Oxford University found significant differences in the levels of immune response among their healthcare workers who contracted COVID-19. They found that previous infection with the virus did not guarantee long-term protection in everyone. According to The… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the […]

Published on June 21, 2021

Accurate Prediction of Children’s ADHD Severity Using Family Burden Information: A Neural Lasso Approach

The deep lasso algorithm (dlasso) is introduced as a neural version of the statistical linear lasso algorithm that holds benefits from both methodologies: feature selection and automatic optimization of the parameters (including the regularization parameter). This last property makes dlasso particularly attractive for feature selection on small samples. In the two first conducted experiments, it […]

Published on June 21, 2021