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Edward Hughes

Staff Research Engineer, DeepMind
Verified email at google.com
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Research on the utilization of evaluations: A review and synthesis

LC Leviton, EFX Hughes - Evaluation review, 1981 - journals.sagepub.com
An area of concernfor evaluation research is the extent to which evaluations are utilized in
policy and program development and change. The current review critically discusses …

Ovulation suppression for endometriosis for women with subfertility

E Hughes, J Brown, JJ Collins… - Cochrane Database …, 2007 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Endometriosis is the presence of endometrial glands or stroma in sites other
than the uterine cavity and appears to be an oestrogen‐dependent condition. This …

Intra‐uterine insemination for unexplained subfertility

SM Veltman‐Verhulst, E Hughes… - Cochrane Database …, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Intra‐uterine insemination (IUI) is a widely used fertility treatment for couples
with unexplained subfertility. Although IUI is less invasive and less expensive thAppendixan …

[BOOK][B] Extended follow-up and spatial analysis of the American Cancer Society study linking particulate air pollution and mortality

D Krewski, M Jerrett, RT Burnett, R Ma, E Hughes… - 2009 - westrk.org
OBJECTIVES (i) An update of the national analysis a) to assess the confounding and
modifying effect of community and neighbourhood level ecological covariates on the air …

Long-term effects of traffic-related air pollution on mortality in a Dutch cohort (NLCS-AIR study)

R Beelen, G Hoek, PA van Den Brandt… - Environmental …, 2008 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Several studies have found an effect on mortality of between-city contrasts in
long-term exposure to air pollution. The effect of within-city contrasts is still poorly …

[HTML][HTML] The routine use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists prior to in vitro fertilization and gamete intrafallopian transfer: a meta-analysis of randomized …

EG Hughes, DM Fedorkow, S Daya, MA Sagle… - Fertility and sterility, 1992 - Elsevier
Objective To assess the efficacy of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRH-a)
used in ovulation induction for in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) and gamete …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution on respiratory and cardiovascular mortality in the Netherlands: the NLCS-AIR study.

B Brunekreef, RMJ Beelen, G Hoek… - … report (Health Effects …, 2009 - researchgate.net
7 found essentially no relation to exposure to NO2, black smoke, PM2. 5, SO2, or several
traffic indicators. Associations of overall air pollution concentrations and traffic indicator …

The effectiveness of ovulation induction and intrauterine insemination in the treatment of persistent infertility: a meta-analysis.

EG Hughes - Human reproduction (Oxford, England), 1997 - academic.oup.com
A systematic review was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of intrauterine insemination
(IUI) with or without ovarian stimulation using gonadotrophin in the treatment of persistent …

Assessing the impact of total quality management and organizational culture on multiple outcomes of care for coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients

SM Shortell, RH Jones, AW Rademaker, RR Gillies… - Medical care, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Objectives. To assess the impact of total quality management (TQM) and organizational
culture on a comprehensive set of endpoints of care for coronary artery bypass graft surgery …

Social influence as intrinsic motivation for multi-agent deep reinforcement learning

N Jaques, A Lazaridou, E Hughes… - International …, 2019 - proceedings.mlr.press
We propose a unified mechanism for achieving coordination and communication in Multi-
Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL), through rewarding agents for having causal …