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  2. Overconfidence effect - Wikipedia

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    The overconfidence effect is a well-established bias in which a person's subjective confidence in their judgments is reliably greater than the objective accuracy of those judgments, especially when confidence is relatively high. [1] [2] Overconfidence is one example of a miscalibration of subjective probabilities.

  3. Standardized uptake value - Wikipedia

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    3-dimensional [18 F]FDG-PET image with 3D ROI generated by a threshold based algorithm.The blue dot in the MIP image bottom right marks the maximum SUV within the ROI.. The standardized uptake value (SUV) is a nuclear medicine term, used in positron emission tomography (PET) as well as in modern calibrated single photon emission tomography (SPECT) imaging for a semiquantitative analysis. [1]

  4. Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia

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    Some researchers include a metacognitive component in their definition. In this view, the Dunning–Kruger effect is the thesis that those who are incompetent in a given area tend to be ignorant of their incompetence, i.e., they lack the metacognitive ability to become aware of their incompetence.

  5. Illusory superiority - Wikipedia

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    The phenomenon is also known as the above-average effect, the superiority bias, the leniency error, the sense of relative superiority, the primus inter pares effect, [1] and the Lake Wobegon effect, named after the fictional town where all the children are above average. [2]

  6. PET response criteria in solid tumors - Wikipedia

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    >30% increase in 18F-FDG SUL peak, with >0.8 SUL units increase in tumor SUV peak from the baseline scan in pattern typical of tumor and not of infection/treatment effect. or Visible increase in the extent of 18F-FDG tumor uptake. or New 18F-FDG avid lesions which are typical of cancer and not related to treatment effect or infection.

  7. Choice-supportive bias - Wikipedia

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    Choice-supportive bias or post-purchase rationalization is the tendency to retroactively ascribe positive attributes to an option one has selected and/or to demote the forgone options. [1]

  8. Utility vehicle - Wikipedia

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    Station wagons based on a car chassis, but built to resemble sport utility vehicles. They have limited off-road capability but sportier on-road behavior than SUVs. May also be referred to as a "Sports Activity Vehicle", as is the case with BMW's X-range of vehicles.

  9. Glossary of automotive terms - Wikipedia

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    The total mass of an unladen vehicle including standard equipment and all consumables necessary for operation, including water, motor oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid, coolant, etc., and (sometimes) a full tank of fuel, but excluding passengers and cargo. The precise definition varies by location. Compare gross vehicle weight. [1] keyless entry