A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL OF FLUCONAZOLE AS EARLY EMPIRIC TREATMENT OF COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS PNEUMONIA (VALLEY FEVER) IN ADULTS PRESENTING WITH COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN ENDEMIC AREAS (FLEET-VALLEY FEVER)

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of fluconazole as early empiric treatment of coccidioidomycosis pneumonia (Valley Fever) in adults presenting with community-acquired pneumonia in endemic areas (FLEET-Valley Fever)

Introduction: Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection endemic in the southwestern United States (US).Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis (PPC) is a leading cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in this region, although its diagnosis is often delayed, leading to lag in antifungal treatment and subsequent morbidity.The impact of early empiric

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Wide range screening of algorithmic bias in word embedding models using large sentiment lexicons reveals underreported bias types.

Concerns about gender bias in word embedding models have captured substantial attention in the algorithmic bias research literature.Other bias types however have received lesser amounts of scrutiny.This work describes a large-scale analysis of sentiment associations in popular word embedding models along the lines of gender and ethnicity but also a

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