University of Winnipeg

Reinforcement learning-based decision support for admission-time inpatient bed allocation

Hospital bed allocation affects patient waiting, bed turnover, discharge flow, and queue accumulation. First-come, first-served (FCFS) is transparent but does not account for congestion, queue composition, expected length of stay (LOS), or downstream turnover. This study develope...

The value of electronic tagging and tracking studies for understanding fish–hypoxia interactions

Abstract Objective Hypoxia (i.e., low dissolved oxygen availability) is a natural phenomenon but can also be induced by human activities (e.g., nutrient enrichment from runoff). Given that dissolved oxygen is essential for aquatic life, periods of hypoxia tend to have negative co...

Clinical Joint Tenderness in First-Nations First-Degree Relatives of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Examining Factors Associated with Functional Disability and Progression to RA

Objectives Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease affecting synovial joints. Prior to the clinical onset of arthritis, autoantibodies and non-specific joint symptoms often appear in the absence of joint swelling. We previously found that functional disability...