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Laura Derksen @lauraderksen.bsky.social · 25d

So proud to have @voxdev.bsky.social highlight our work on how EMRs have saved lives in Malawian HIV clinics -- efficiency improving measures are even more important given drastic funding cuts to foreign aid and HIV treatment

VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 25d

🆕 Electronic medical records save lives

Today on VoxDev, @lauraderksen.bsky.social (Frischsenteret), Anita McGahan (@utoronto.ca) & Leandro Pongeluppe (The Wharton School) discuss the impact of electronic medical record systems in Malawi: voxdev.org/topic/health...

Electronic medical records save lives

The implementation of an electronic medical records (EMR) system in Malawi’s HIV clinics has saved thousands of lives by improving clinic efficiency. EMRs help clinic staff trace lapsed patients and m...

voxdev.org

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · Jun 5

a friend of mine shared this ai-generated "emotion wheel" and unfortunately i have been laughing my ass off at it for like 15 minutes now. today i am feeling Fnliinneon

emotion wheel starting with "joy, fear, anger" in the center and then lapsing into gibberish

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Brent S. Sirota @brentsirota.bsky.social · May 8

Congratulations, Pope Leo!

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Laura Derksen @lauraderksen.bsky.social · Apr 29

I am hopeful it may even improve as his wife has worked a lot in international aid

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Laura Derksen @lauraderksen.bsky.social · Apr 29

Have to say I am pretty proud of Canada today. Looks like the right wing populist is going to lose in his own riding

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Apr 29

"I'm going to govern in econometrics" is a winning campaign slogan for the ages.

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Laura Derksen @lauraderksen.bsky.social · Apr 24

I will try!

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Laura Derksen @lauraderksen.bsky.social · Apr 24

No, but I mean old google translate worked just fine. Do I have to pay for something now? So far it seems like this problem happens with the gmail extension but not on the google translate webpage.

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Laura Derksen @lauraderksen.bsky.social · Apr 24

google translate has gotten so much worse lately, e.g. changing the meaning of emails to the point that I reply completely differently (and wrongly)... is this AI hallucinations? Anyone else seeing this?

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Laura Derksen @lauraderksen.bsky.social · Apr 9

😂

Laura Derksen @lauraderksen.bsky.social · Apr 9

So far Canadian and American maple syrup are still the same price (or maybe Canadian used to be cheaper?)

Laura Derksen @lauraderksen.bsky.social · Apr 9

Basic household items under lock and key at Target (America)

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · Apr 2

🆕 People think it’s easy to contract HIV. That might not be a good thing.

Today on VoxDev, @jkerwin.bsky.social (@uwnews.bsky.social) discusses how providing information on actual (often lower) HIV transmission rates helped curb risky sexual behaviours in Malawi: voxdev.org/topic/health...

People think it’s easy to contract HIV. That might not be a good thing.

Despite the high HIV prevalence in Malawi, individuals do not seem to adjust their behaviour to avoid infection—this may be due to the perceived transmission risk being so high that people become fata...

voxdev.org

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Matthew O. Jackson @jacksonmatthewo.bsky.social · Apr 3

Time to remind ourselves of some observations about how trade appears to help stabilize alliances and prevent international conflict www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/mat...

Matthew O. Jackson: Can Trade Prevent War?

www.gsb.stanford.edu

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Laura Derksen @lauraderksen.bsky.social · Apr 2

(this is my advice for every applied metrics class for every audience)

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Laura Derksen @lauraderksen.bsky.social · Apr 2

My advice is not that fun but I'd devote a decent amount of time to a recap of linear regression and interpreting coefficients and interactions etc.

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · Mar 27

Five years

3 million deaths

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Aid cuts predicted to cause 2.9 million more HIV-related deaths by 2030 – study

Reductions to overseas budgets by US, UK and EU countries will have ‘devastating consequences’, say researchers in modelling published in the Lancet HIV

www.theguardian.com

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Laura Derksen @lauraderksen.bsky.social · Mar 23

It worked bsky.app/profile/bara...

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Mar 23

Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.

With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.

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Laura Derksen @lauraderksen.bsky.social · Mar 21

First run of the spring and I was overtaken by a Norwegian dad with a kid in the stroller and another kid in a carrier on his back

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · Mar 15

"We can heal the sick and save children’s lives, all inexpensively... We properly honor a firefighter who saves a single child, but three cheers for us as taxpayers for rescuing millions of children around the world from AIDS, starvation and disease.

That is, until January."

-- Nick Kristof