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Record W4414845418 · doi:10.1039/d5em00357a

Quantifying uncertainty in predicted chemical partition ratios required for chemical assessments

2025· article· en· W4414845418 on OpenAlexaff
Trevor N. Brown, Alessandro Sangion, Li Li, Jon A. Arnot

Bibliographic record

VenueEnvironmental Science Processes & Impacts · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEnvironmental Science
TopicPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
Canadian institutionsUniversity of TorontoThe Scarborough HospitalARC Resources (Canada)
FundersAmerican Chemistry Council
KeywordsApplicability domainQuantitative structure–activity relationshipPartition (number theory)SuitePartition coefficientExperimental dataInterval (graph theory)Software

Abstract

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) partition ratios. Upper and lower limits on PC property predictions are proposed based on theory, data, and applications of the properties in hazard screening and risk assessment. Validations of the uncertainty metrics of the QSPR packages are done for the PC properties using experimental data external to all training datasets. The IFSQSAR 95% prediction interval (PI95) calculated from root mean squared error of prediction (RMSEP) captures 90% of the external data, while OPERA and EPI Suite require a factor increase of at least 4 and 2 respectively for their PI95 to capture a similar 90% of the external experimental data. The assessment of QSPR consensus predictions identified future research and experimental testing to improve the predictive models for data-poor chemicals such as polyfluorinated or per-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), ionizable chemicals, and chemicals with complex and multifunctional structures.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.008
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.019
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.008
Threshold uncertainty score0.041

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0080.019
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0020.002
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.035
GPT teacher head0.354
Teacher spread0.320 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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