Publications by authors named "G Brill"
Studies of hunter-gatherer locomotion inform a wide range of academic fields, from human behavioural ecology and hominin evolution to sports science and evolutionary health. Despite celebrated ethnographic examples of hunter-gatherer locomotor proficiency in running, climbing, swimming and diving, there has been limited systematic analysis of cross-cultural variation in hunter-gatherer locomotor versatility. We conducted a systematic cross-cultural analysis of hunter-gatherer locomotion, coding locomotor behaviour from over 900 ethnographic documents.
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- The study aimed to validate and improve a prognostic model for predicting clinical deterioration in COVID-19 patients, using recent data following vaccine availability.
- The researchers analyzed electronic health records of 8,185 patients to test the old model's effectiveness and retrain it by incorporating 38 predictors, including key biomarkers.
- The findings revealed that patient characteristics changed significantly over time, and the updated model showed better predictive performance, suggesting its utility for assessing rapid disease progression in hospitalized patients.
Objective: Before 2019, the Minimum Data Set (MDS) and Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) had incongruent response categories for rating cognitive impairment and activities of daily living (ADLs), hindering direct comparisons between nursing facilities and home health. We devised rule-based algorithms to compare cognitive impairment and ADL limitations between these 2 care settings among people with Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (ADRD).
Design: A retrospective cohort study.
Objectives: There is currently no reliable tool for classifying dementia severity level based on administrative claims data. We aimed to develop a claims-based model to identify patients with severe dementia among a cohort of patients with dementia.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
This paper presents the demographics, dynamics, and attitudes of dog ownership across three states in India. The background of this research is set against the increasing significance of pet ownership in urban Indian contexts, with a particular focus on understanding the variations in dog-ownership patterns and their implications for public health and animal welfare. We employed a survey-based approach, gathering quantitative survey data from dog owners ( = 563) and non-dog-owners ( = 9282) across different socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds in seven Indian settlements.
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