Occam’s razor need not apply: Advanced HIV infection presenting with five simultaneous opportunistic infections and central nervous system lymphoma
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DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00437
Abstract: Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are at risk for multiple infectious and oncologic complications. In such cases, Occam’s razor need not apply: multiple infections and malignancies are often… read more here.
Keywords: hiv infection; infection; occam razor; advanced hiv ... See more keywords
Occam’s Razor in Molecular and Systems Biology
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DOI: 10.1086/705474
Abstract: Occam’s razor refers to the idea that among competing explanations the simplest should be preferred. This principle has been understood and defended in different ways. Some systems biologists argue that traditional molecular biology is misguided… read more here.
Keywords: razor molecular; molecular systems; biology; occam razor ... See more keywords
Occam’s razor gets a new edge: the use of symmetries in model selection
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DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0324
Abstract: We demonstrate the power of using symmetries for model selection in the context of mechanistic modelling. We analyse two different models called the power law model (PLM) and the immunological model (IM) describing the increase… read more here.
Keywords: razor gets; model selection; symmetries model; occam razor ... See more keywords
Occam’s Razor and Managing Acute Thrombosis in the COVID-19 Era
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DOI: 10.1177/15385744211068325
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly influenced the practice of medicine in Australia over the last 24 months. Recently, the development of several vaccines to COVID-19 has been accompanied by reports of an associated rare syndrome… read more here.
Keywords: managing acute; thrombosis covid; acute thrombosis; razor managing ... See more keywords
Hickam’s dictum, Occam’s razor, and Crabtree’s bludgeon: a case of renal failure and a clavicular mass
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DOI: 10.1515/dx-2020-0149
Abstract: Abstract Objectives Our discussant’s thoughtful consideration of the patient’s case allows for review of three maxims of medicine: Occam’s razor (the simplest diagnosis is the most likely to be correct), Hickam’s dictum (multiple disease entities… read more here.
Keywords: renal failure; hickam dictum; occam razor; case ... See more keywords
Occam’s razor and Hickam’s dictum: a dermatologic perspective
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DOI: 10.1515/dx-2022-0093
Abstract: Abstract Diagnostic heuristics help ease the cognitive load in our day-to-day work. Occam’s razor or the rule of diagnostic parsimony is a diagnostic heuristic often applied in dermatology. Occam’s razor dictates that all things being… read more here.
Keywords: razor hickam; hickam dictum; occam razor;
Occam's Razor: From Ockham's via Moderna to Modern Data Science
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DOI: 10.3184/003685018x15295002645082
Abstract: The principle of parsimony, also known as ‘Occam's razor’, is a heuristic dictum that is thoroughly familiar to virtually all practitioners of science: Aristotle, Newton, and many others have enunciated it in some form or… read more here.
Keywords: razor; ockham via; razor ockham; data science ... See more keywords