cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
On bounds of some dynamic information divergence measures
Creators: name: SUNOJ, S. M.; Department Of Statistics-Cochin University Of Science And Technology   Cochin 682 022, Kerala
name: LINU, M. N.; Department Of Statistics-Cochin University Of Science And Technology   Cochin 682 022, Kerala
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: In this paper, we obtain certain bounds for some dynamic information divergences measures viz. Renyi’s divergence of order α and Kerridge’s inaccuracy, using likelihood ratio ordering. The results are also extended to weighted models and theoretical examples are given to supplement the results.
description: Statistica; Vol 72, No 1 (2012); 23-36
A statistical procedure for testing financial contagion
Creators: name: GARDINI, ATTILIO; Department Of Statistical Sciences-University Of Bologna
name: DE ANGELIS, LUCA; Department Of Statistical Sciences-University Of Bologna
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: The aim of the paper is to provide an analysis of contagion through the measurement of the risk premia disequilibria dynamics. In order to discriminate among several disequilibrium situations we propose to test contagion on the basis of a two-step procedure: in the first step we estimate the preference parameters of the consumption-based asset pricing model (CCAPM) to control for fundamentals and to measure the equilibrium risk premia in different countries; in the second step we measure the differences among empirical risk premia and equilibrium risk premia in order to test cross-country disequilibrium situations due to contagion. Disequilibrium risk premium measures are modelled by the multivariate DCC-GARCH model including a deterministic crisis variable. The model describes simultaneously the risk premia dynamics due to endogenous amplifications of volatility and to exogenous idiosyncratic shocks (contagion), having controlled for fundamentals effects in the first step. Our approach allows us to achieve two goals: (i) to identify the disequilibria generated by irrational behaviours of the agents, which cause increasing in volatility that is not explained by the economic fundamentals but is endogenous to financial markets, and (ii) to assess the existence of contagion effect defined by exogenous shift in cross-country return correlations during crisis periods. Our results show evidence of contagion from the United States to United Kingdom, Japan, France, and Italy during the financial crisis which started in 2007-08.
description: Statistica; Vol 72, No 1 (2012); 37-61
The case for place-based policy: economic divergence, governance integrity and climate change mitigation
Creators: name: Garcilazo, Enrique
name: McCann, Philip
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Plant Biology

description: This paper examines the contemporary case for, and nature of, place-based policies. Its aim is therefore to recast these discussions in the context of the current diverse Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)-wide spatial patterns of economic growth and to discuss the contemporary rationale for place-based policies across OECD countries on the basis of the experience of the last two decades. The paper surveys the shifting spatial patterns of economic growth across OECD regions and countries, and discusses the differing approaches and responses to these issues that have emerged in the United States and European Union.
On Neyman-Pearson Theory: Information Content of an Experiment and a Fancy Paradox
Creators: name: Frosini, B.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2007

description: Two topics, connected with Neyman-Pearson theory of testing hypotheses, are treated in this article. The first topic is related to the information content of an experiment; after a short outline of ordinal comparability of experiments, the two most popular informa-tion measures – by Fisher and by Kullback-Leibler – are considered. As far as we require a comparison of two experiments at a time, the superiority of the couple (a,b) of the two error probabilities in the Neyman-Pearson approach is easily established, owing to their clear operational meaning.
The second topic deals with the so called Jeffreys – or Lindley – paradox: it can be shown that, if we attach a positive probability to a point null hypothesis, some «paradoxical» posterior probabilities – in a Bayesian approach – result in sharp contrast with the error probabilities in the Neyman-Pearson approach. It is argued that such results are simply the outcomes of absurd assumptions, and it is shown that sensible assumptions about interval – not point – hypotheses can yield posterior probabilities perfectly compatible with the Neyman-Pearson approach (although one must be very careful in making such comparisons, as the two approaches are radically different both in assumptions and in purposes).
description: Statistica; Vol 64, No 2 (2004); 271-286
Approximating the exact value of an American option
Creators: name: Herzel, S.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2007

description: An American option is a derivative security that can be exercised at any time before expiration. Under standard hypotheses it can be shown that its arbitrage-free price is the solution of an optimal stopping problem. Usually, if the underlying asset follows a diffusion, the stopping time problem does not have a closed form solution. Therefore, discrete time models have been proposed to determine an approximated solution. I formulate some conditions on the discrete process to insure convergence of the approximations to the exact value. I also show how to apply such conditions to check the correctness of some of the most popular discretization schemes.
description: Statistica; Vol 64, No 2 (2004); 287-304
Additional file 1 of Respiratory support strategy in adults with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Creators: name: Okano, Hiromu
name: Sakuraya, Masaaki
name: Masuyama, Tomoyuki
name: Kimata, Shunsuke
name: Hokari, Satoshi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary e-Table 1. Search strategy. Supplementary e-Table 2. Risk of bias summary. Supplementary e-Table 3. Sensitivity analysis excluding studies with P/F ratio ≥ 200. Supplementary e-Table 4. Sensitivity analysis excluding studies with Type II respiratory failure. Supplementary e-Table 5. Sensitivity analysis for mortality excluding studies that reported long-term mortality. Supplementary e-Fig. 1. Forest plots for the pairwise comparison of short-term mortality. Supplementary e-Fig. 2. Forest plots for the pairwise comparison of endotracheal intubation. Supplementary e-Fig. 3. Forest plots for the pairwise comparison of ventilator associated lung injury. Supplementary e-Fig. 4. Funnel plots for each outcome.
On Amato Herzel’s perequation theorem
Creators: name: Landenna, G.
name: Marasini, D.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2007

description: The aim of this paper is to show the importance of Herzel’s perequation theorem in finite population sampling. We show that Rao-Blackwell’s theorem is a corollary of the above mentioned perequation theorem and we refer to it as a pseudo cluster sampling.
description: Statistica; Vol 64, No 2 (2004); 305-315
Influence of Heat Waves on Ischemic Heart Diseases in Germany
Creators: name: Zacharias, Stefan
name: Mücke, Hans-Guido
name: Koppe, Christina
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: Menschliche Gesundheit
Sterblichkeit
Bundesrepublik Deutschland

description: The impact of heat waves on ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality and morbidity in Germany during 2001-2010 is analyzed. Heat waves are defined as periods of at least three consecutive days with daily mean temperature above the 97.5th percentile of the temperature distribution. Daily excess mortality and morbidity rates are used. All calculations were performed separately for 19 regions to allow for the investigation of regional differences. The results show that IHD mortality during heat waves is significantly increased (+15.2% more deaths on heat wave days). In stark contrast, no heat wave influence on hospital admissions due to IHD could be observed. Regional differences in heat wave IHD mortality are present, with the strongest impact in Western Germany and weaker than average effects in the Southeastern and Northwestern regions. The increase in mortality during heat waves is generally stronger for females (+18.7%) than for males (+11.4%), and for chronic ischemic diseases (+18.4%) than for myocardial infarctions (+12.2%). Longer and more intense heat waves feature stronger effects on IHD mortality, while timing in season seems to be less important. Since climate change will most likely enhance the number and intensity of heat waves, the obtained results point to public adaptation strategies to reduce the future heat wave impact on mortality. Quelle: http://www.mdpi.com
The International Activities of Italian Statisticians Prior to the Second World War
Creators: name: Leti, G.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2007

description: Unlike the majority of great nations in Western Europe, Italy achieved its unity only in the second half of the nineteenth century. The Congresses for Scientists played their part in the unification of the country. But even before Italy was unified, Italian statisticians made a solid contribution to the development of statistics, among other things by taking an active part in international congresses on statistics and demography. Of particular importance was the contribution made by Italian statisticians to the foundation, inception and growth of the International Statistical Institute and Italian participation in the life of the Institute was extremely active, especially in its scientific sessions, prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. Considerable influence was exercised by Italian demographers in the creation and development of the International Union for the Scientific Investigation of Population Problems, which later became known as the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.
description: Statistica; Vol 64, No 2 (2004); 317-331
The control of statistical hypotheses: a comparison between theories
Creators: name: Monari, P.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2007

description: The paper presents some brief notes regarding the theory of hypothesis testing and the characteristics of inductive procedures of statistics by critically rethinking two basic themes: identifying false assumptions and selecting, amongst the likely assertions, those which are most consistent with a given system. The methodological demarcation between rejection of a statistical statement, because it is “false”, or its exclusion, because it is “less probable”, lies in the fundamental premises of inferential procedures. In the first class we find the methods proposed by Fisher and Neyman and Pearson; in the second one, the Bayesian techniques. Any particular solution has a limit of validity strictly bounded by the conventional procedural rules on which it is based. In this sense, different theories can be used for solving real inferential problems.
description: Statistica; Vol 64, No 2 (2004); 333-344
title: Motor styles in action: Developing a computational framework for operationalization of motor distances
Creators: name: Manuello, Jordi
name: Maronati, Camilla
name: Rocca, Matilde
name: Guidotti, Riccardo
name: Costa, Tommaso
name: Cavallo, Andrea
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Procrustes transformation
subject: Kinematics
subject: Motor distance
subject: 150 Psychologie

description: Aside from some common movement regularities, significant inter-individual and inter-trial variation within the same individual exists in motor system output. However, there is still a lack of a robust and widely adopted solution for quantifying the degree of similarity between movements. We therefore developed an innovative approach based on the Procrustes transformation to compute 'motor distance' between pairs of kinematic data. As a proof of concept, we tested this on a dataset of reach-to-grasp movements performed by 16 participants while acting with the same confederate. Using the information of wrist velocity, acceleration, and jerk, the proposed technique was able to correctly estimate smaller distances between movements performed by the confederate compared with those of participants. Moreover, the reconstructed pattern of inter-subject distances was consistent when computed either on precision grip prehension or whole hand prehension, suggesting its suitability for the investigation of 'motor styles'. The definition of a solid approach to 'motor distance' computation, therefore, opens the way to new research lines in the field of movement kinematics.
The problem of statistical estimation from Herzel to Efron: the evolution of the sampling principle
Creators: name: Montanari, A.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2007

description: The paper recalls Herzel’s contributions to the development of statistical estimation theory and to the study of sampling distributions and recognizes in the path which starting from Herzel’s algorithmic developments brings to Efron’s bootstrap a continuum underlied by the sampling principle.
description: Statistica; Vol 64, No 2 (2004); 345-349
Cost effectiveness of Mohs micrographic surgery for non-melanoma skin cancer: a systematic review protocol
Creators: name: Jadotte, Yuri T.
name: Xue, Yifan
name: Cohen, Philip
name: Schwartz, Robert A.
name: Holly, Cheryl
name: Salmond, Susan W.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Mohs surgery
MMS
Skin--Cancer
Non-melanoma skin cancer
Mohs surgery--Cost effectiveness

description: Review question/objective The overall research question for this systematic review is: what is the cost effectiveness of Mohs micrographic surgery for non-melanoma skin cancer? More specifically, the objectives are to: Examine the evidence on the cost effectiveness, cost benefit, cost minimization, and cost utility of Mohs micrographic surgery, compared to other surgical/ablative interventions such as excisional surgery and radiation therapy, as well as non-surgical/chemotherapeutic interventions such as topical 5-fluorouracil and imiquimod immunotherapy, for non-melanoma skin cancer clinical care outcomes; Determine the cost effectiveness, cost benefit, cost minimization and cost utility of Mohs micrographic surgery from the patient, provider, healthcare system and societal perspectives in order to elucidate the economic and clinical benefits of the procedure at these various levels; Provide a comprehensive assessment of the relative economic and clinical effectiveness of this procedure for patients with non-melanoma skin cancer in different contexts globally. Inclusion criteria Types of participants This review will consider studies that include participants with an established diagnosis of non-melanoma skin cancer. For the purposes of this review, an established diagnosis of non-melanoma skin cancer will consist of either squamous cell carcinoma or basal cell carcinoma , confirmed histologically or clinically or both, by a healthcare provider trained to do so. Types of intervention(s)/phenomena of interest This review will consider studies that evaluate Mohs micrographic surgery as a treatment for non-melanoma skin cancer. Types of outcomes This review will consider studies that measured any clinical care outcomes related to non-melanoma skin cancer, including but not limited to mortality, quality of life, quality-adjusted life years , incidence and recurrence of non-melanoma skin cancer lesions, and frequency of adverse events. However, to be considered for inclusion, studies must also provide an economic evaluation of the relative costs of using Mohs micrographic surgery as a therapeutic modality when compared to other known treatment modalities.
Dryobotodes tenebrosa
Creators: name: Dobado, Pablo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Dryobotodes
Dryobotodes tenebrosa

description: Dryobotodes tenebrosa (Esper, [1789])
  Citada de Sierra Morena: orugas sobre Q. ilex, de marzo a mayo (LUQUE MOHEDANO, 2002; EXTREMERA et al., 2004; PÉREZ GUERRERO et al., 2008; JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA, 2011a, d). Defoliador medianamente importante (NAVARRO CERRILLO & FERNÁNDEZ REBOLLO, 2000).
  * Trigonophora haasi (Staudinger, 1892)
 Nc: Zagrilla Baja (24-X-2003).
description: Published as part of Dobado, Pablo M., 2020, Lista provisional de los Noctuoidea de la provincia de Córdoba (sur de España): II. Noctuidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)., pp. 319-345 in Arquivos Entomolóxicos 22 on page 327, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244049
title: Taboo language across the globe: A multi-lab study
Creators: name: Sulpizio, Simone
name: Günther, Fritz
name: Badan, Linda
name: Basclain, Benjamin
name: Brysbaert, Marc
name: Chan, Yuen Lai
name: Ciaccio, Laura Anna
name: Dudschig, Carolin
name: Duñabeitia, Jon Andoni
name: Fasoli, Fabio
name: Ferrand, Ludovic
name: Filipović Đurđević, Dušica
name: Guerra, Ernesto
name: Hollis, Geoff
name: Job, Remo
name: Jornkokgoud, Khanitin
name: Kahraman, Hasibe
name: Kgolo-Lotshwao, Naledi
name: Kinoshita, Sachiko
name: Kos, Julija
name: Lee, Leslie
name: Lee, Nala H.
name: Mackenzie, Ian Grant
name: Manojlović, Milica
name: Manouilidou, Christina
name: Martinic, Mirko
name: Del Carmen Méndez, Maria
name: Mišić, Ksenija
name: Chiangmai, Natinee Na
name: Nikolaev, Alexandre
name: Oganyan, Marina
name: Rusconi, Patrice
name: Samo, Giuseppe
name: Tse, Chi-Shing
name: Westbury, Chris
name: Wongupparaj, Peera
name: Yap, Melvin J.
name: Marelli, Marco
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Taboo words
subject: Swearing
subject: Semantics
subject: Best–worst scaling
subject: Emotion
subject: 150 Psychologie

description: The use of taboo words represents one of the most common and arguably universal linguistic behaviors, fulfilling a wide range of psychological and social functions. However, in the scientific literature, taboo language is poorly characterized, and how it is realized in different languages and populations remains largely unexplored. Here we provide a database of taboo words, collected from different linguistic communities (Study 1, N = 1046), along with their speaker-centered semantic characterization (Study 2, N = 455 for each of six rating dimensions), covering 13 languages and 17 countries from all five permanently inhabited continents. Our results show that, in all languages, taboo words are mainly characterized by extremely low valence and high arousal, and very low written frequency. However, a significant amount of cross-country variability in words’ tabooness and offensiveness proves the importance of community-specific sociocultural knowledge in the study of taboo language.
Evaluation of health care providers’ use of the ‘Exercise and Depression Toolkit’: a case study
Creators: name: Glowacki, Krista
name: Zumrawi, Daniah
name: Michalak, Erin E.
name: Faulkner, Guy E. J., 1970-
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Background: Exercise is now recommended as a primary treatment for mild-moderate depression in Canada. The ‘Exercise and Depression Toolkit’ was developed to help health care providers (HCP) integrate these treatment guidelines into practice. The purpose of this study was to evaluate acceptability and perceived effectiveness of the toolkit in practice by HCPs working with individuals with depression. Methods: A case study design was utilized. The toolkit was given to 6 HCPs to use in practice for 4 weeks. Pre- and post-intervention phone interviews were conducted, and weekly logs were provided to track use and satisfaction of interactions with individuals with depression when using the toolkit. The study was conceptually guided by a hybrid theoretical approach using the Diffusion of Innovation Theory and the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability. Results: All HCPs used the toolkit at least once. Participants viewed their interactions when using the toolkit to be successful (considering individuals’ receptiveness, its usefulness and general satisfaction.) The average success score for all participants was 5.5/7. HCPs found the toolkit to be acceptable. All participants (n = 6) viewed the toolkit as having relative advantage in helping them to discuss exercise with individuals with depression, and as relatively simple and easy to use (not complex) and adaptable to their practice needs (having trialability). Participants liked the toolkit and had mostly positive things to say about it. Participants had mixed feelings about whether changes in the people they worked with (such as mood and activity levels) could be observed (observability) and whether the toolkit changed their belief in their ability to recommend or discuss exercise (self-efficacy). Recommended dissemination strategies were adopted in promoting the toolkit. Conclusions: Future work should address observability and the ability for health care providers to see other providers using it, as well as effectiveness considering outcomes for people with depression such as mood and activity changes. The results of this initial evaluation seem promising for uptake and future adoption of the toolkit by health care providers working with adults with depression in Canada.
The Identification of Risk Factors: the Control of the Significance Level in Multiple Comparisons
Creators: name: Naddeo, S.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2007

description: A common problem in statistical medical analyses is the identification of risk factors associated with a certain disease. The collected sampled data are used to assess simultaneously more hypotheses, each of which assesses the influence of one factor. It is well known that the simultaneous assessment of two or more hypotheses entails a rise in the probability of rejecting at least one of the true null partial hypotheses.
In this paper the rise in this probability is approximately evaluated for different levels of dependance between factors by means of a permutation-based procedure. The paper also proposes a procedure which computes an adjusted p-value for each test of the partial hypotheses in such a way that the global hypothesis that none of the factors have influence is assessed at a prefixed significance level. A simulation study is performed to check the power of the proposed procedure.
description: Statistica; Vol 64, No 2 (2004); 351-365
A comparison of methods for discrete L_1 curve-fitting
Creators: name: Anderson, D.
name: Steiger, William L.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1981
Subjects: Least absolute deviation
Curve-fitting
Linear Programming

description: We study discrete L_1, curve-fitting of n points in k dimensional space. Execution times for the algorithms of Barrodaie-Roberts (BR), Bartels-Conn-Sinclair (BCS), and Bloomfieid-Steiger (BS) - three of the best LAD curve-fitting procedures - are compared over a variety of deterministic and random curve-fitting problems. Analysis of the results allows us to make surprisingly precise statements about the computational complexity of these algorithms. In particular, BR is in a different complexity ciass than BCS and BS as the number of points,n, increases. All algorithms are linear in'the dimension, k, andBS is less complex than BCS.
Additional file 1 of Visual impairment as a predictor for deterioration in functioning: the Leiden 85-plus Study
Creators: name: Verbeek, ERJ
name: Drewes, YM
name: Gussekloo, J
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1.
Some hypothesis testing problems for categorical variables
Creators: name: Pesarin, F.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2007

description: This paper considers some testing problems for multivariate categorical variables within a conditional, or permutation, framework. The key idea is based on the decomposition of null and alternative hypotheses into a number of sub-hypotheses. For each sub-hypothesis it is assumed that a proper permutation partial test is available. Of course, these partial tests are assumed to be not independent. Then, the global testing solution is obtained by a nonparametric combination of resulting p-values. The theory of nonparametric combination and a computing algorithm to perform related calculations are outlined. As a particular result, a test analogous to Hotelling’s T2 for nominal and ordered categorical variables is obtained. Moreover, an analysis from the point of view of multiple testing is also outlined in order to inspect which variable or class or group is mostly responsible of a global significance.
description: Statistica; Vol 64, No 2 (2004); 367-386
Using fault injection to evaluate the performability of cluster-based services
Creators: name: Nagaraja, Kiran
name: Li, Xiaoyan
name: Zhang, Bin
name: Bianchini, Ricardo
name: Martin, Richard P.
name: Nguyen, Thu
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2002

description: We propose a two-phase methodology for quantifying the performability (performance + availability) of cluster-based Internet services. In the first phase, evaluators use a fault-injection infrastructure to measure the impact of faults on the server’s performance. In the second phase, evaluators use an analytical model to combine an expected fault load with measurements from the first phase to assess the server’s performability. Using this model, evaluators can study the server’s sensitivity to different design decisions, fault rates and other environmental factors. To demonstrate our methodology, we study the performability of 4 versions of the PRESS web server against 5 classes of faults. We use Mendosus, a new fault-injection and network emulation infrastructure, to effect phase 1 of our methodology. We then use our model to quantify the gain or loss in performability as PRESS was modified for increasing performance. We also use our model to study the impact of reducing live operator support and adding RAIDs on PRESS’s performability.
Simultaneous transformation into interval scales for a set of categorical variables
Creators: name: Zanella, A.
name: Cantaluppi, G.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2007

description: The paper – related to the problem of ordinal scale transformations, extensively dealt with by Amato Herzel – examines some implications and an extension of the method heuristically proposed by Jones (1986) to simultaneously transform a set of observed categorical ordinal variables into interval scales, under the assumption that there exists a normal latent random variable corresponding to each of the categorical variables. The article, on the one hand, presents and discusses the statistical-probabilistic model at the basis of Jones’ method and on the other hand proposes its extension to other families of latent variables, besides the Normal distribution, when their probability distributions can be reduced to a location-scale type. An example of application to the Logistic-Weibull family of distributions is also illustrated.
description: Statistica; Vol 64, No 2 (2004); 401-426
Wirtschaftliche Aspekte nichttechnischer Maßnahmen zur Emissionsminderung im Verkehr
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Soziale Kosten
subject: Klimaänderung
subject: Umwelt
subject: Sicherheit
subject: Gesundheit
subject: Personenverkehr
subject: Güterverkehr
subject: Öffentlicher Personennahverkehr
subject: CO2-Emissionsbegrenzung
subject: Radverkehr
subject: Rad fahren
subject: Radfahren
subject: Fahrrad
subject: Radeln
subject: Wirtschaftliche Aspekte
subject: Verkehr
subject: Transport

description: Die Studie untersucht die Wirkungen ausgewählter Maßnahmen der Verkehrspolitik für Umwelt, Verkehrsteilnehmer und die Gesellschaft. Betrachtet werden vier Maßnahmen im Personenverkehr und eine Maßnahme im Güterverkehr. Aus Perspektive der Verkehrsteilnehmer werden private Kosten, Fahrzeit, Gesundheitseffekte, Schadstoff- und Treibhausgasemissionen, Lärm und Verkehrssicherheit bewertet.
Additional file 1 of Adolescent health outcomes: associations with child maltreatment and peer victimization
Creators: name: Salmon, Samantha
name: Garcés Dávila, Isabel
name: Taillieu, Tamara L.
name: Stewart-Tufescu, Ashley
name: Duncan, Laura
name: Fortier, Janique
name: Struck, Shannon
name: Georgiades, Katholiki
name: MacMillan, Harriet L.
name: Kimber, Melissa
name: Gonzalez, Andrea
name: Afifi, Tracie O.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Table 1.Coefficients and confidence intervals for the interaction between CM and PV on NSSI, suicidality, mental health disorders, and physical health conditions by sex and in the total sample (Model 4).
Recycling of surfactant template in mesoporous MCM-41 synthesis
Creators: name: Lai, J. Y.
name: Twaiq, F.
name: Ngu, L. H.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The recycling of surfactant template is investigated through the reuse of the surfactant template in the mesoporous MCM-41 synthesis process. In the synthesis of MCM-41, tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) solution in water was utilized as the silica source while hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) solution in ethyl alcohol was used as a surfactant template. The synthesized gel is formed thoroughly by mixing the two solutions under acid conditions with a pH value of 0.5 for 1 hour and kept for crystallization for 48 hours. The as-synthesized MCM-41 powder is recovered by filtration while the filtrate (mother liquor) was then reused for the second synthesis cycle. The synthesis procedure was repeated till no further solid product was formed. The synthesized gel was not produced in the unifying solution in the fifth cycle of MCM-41 synthesis. The quality of the calcined MCM-41 powder produced in each synthesis cycle was evaluated by calculating the amount of MCM-41 produced and the surface area of the powder product. The result showed that 1.28, 0.37, 1.64, 1.90 and 0.037 g were obtained in the 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th and 5 th synthesis cycle, respectively. The surface area of the powder produced was found to be 1170, 916, 728, and 508 m 2 /g for 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd and 4 th respectively. The concentration of the surfactant template has reached value lower than the critical micelle concentration (CMC) and remained constant after the 4 th cycle. There was no further formation of gel due to low availability in the interaction between silicate anions and surfactant cations when the amount of TEOS was fixed for every synthesis cycle.
Severe progressive brain atrophy in pediatric multiple sclerosis
Creators: name: Bhise, Vikram
name: Buyukturkoglu, Korhan
name: Matilde, Inglese
name: Wollack, Jan
name: Balashov, Konstantin
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Childhood
Multiple Sclerosis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neuropsychology

description: BACKGROUND: Multiple sclerosis is an immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system. Progressive brain atrophy is a known marker of patient disability and cognitive impairment in MS patient, but limited information is available about the clinical and cognitive consequences in the pediatric population. CASE REPORT: We present a case of aggressive pediatric-onset MS with severe rapidly progressive brain atrophy, neurological disability, and cognitive deterioration. Serial brain MRI studies demonstrate ongoing cerebral atrophy correlating with severe deficits on serial neuropsychological testing. CONCLUSIONS: A subset of pediatric MS patient may be vulnerable to severe cognitive deterioration associated with marked brain atrophy.
The Dagum model of human capital distribution
Creators: name: Costa, Michele
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2008

description: In this paper the estimation of human capital distribution is obtained by means of Dagum model. The analysis refers to Italian households human capital, measured by resorting to Wold’s latent variables method, on the basis of micro data provided by the Bank of Italy’s survey of household income and wealth. The Dagum model allows both to achieve parameters with a specific economic significance and to reconcile economic theory with empirical evidence.
description: Statistica; Vol 66, No 3 (2006); 313-324
Simulation of clinical trials: a review with emphasis on the design issues
Creators: name: GIOVAGNOLI, ALESSANDRA; Department Of Statistical Sciences -University Of Bologna
name: ZAGORAIOU, MAROUSSA; Department Of Statistical Sciences -University Of Bologna
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: Simulation is a widely used tool to investigate real-world systems in a large number of fields, including clinical trials for drug development, since real trials are costly, frequently fail and may lead to serious side effects. This paper is a survey of the statistical issues arising in these simulated trials, with particular emphasis on the design of such virtual experiments, stressing similarities and differences with the design of real trials. We discuss the aims and peculiarities of the simulation models used in this context, including a brief mention of metamodels, and different validating techniques. We illustrate each specific issue through one or more studies recently reported in the medical and/or pharmaceutical literature. We end the paper with some challenging questions on the scientific rigour, ethics and effectiveness of simulation in clinical research, and the interesting research problem of how to integrate virtual and physical experiments in a clinical context.
description: Statistica; Vol 72, No 1 (2012); 63-80
title: The influence of conversational context and the developing lexicon on the calculation of scalar implicatures: Insights from Spanish-English bilingual children
title: The influence of the developing lexicon on the calculation of scalar implicatures: Insights from Spanish-English bilingual children
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Germak, Christina
name: Lingwall, Anne
name: Syrett, Kristen
name: Austin, Jennifer
name: Sanchez, Liliana
name: Baker, Hannah
name: Perez-Cortes, Silvia
name: Arias-Amaya, Anthony
Publisher: name: John Benjamins
Year: 2016
Subjects: Scalar implicature
Bilingualism
Bilingual children
English language
Spanish language

description: Although monolingual children do not generally calculate the upper-bounded scalar implicature (SI) associated with ‘some’ without additional support, monolingual Spanish-speaking children have been reported to do so with algunos (‘some’), and further distinguish algunos from unos. Given documented cross-linguistic influence in interface phenomena in bilinguals, we asked whether young Spanish-English bilinguals calculate SIs with algunos, or if there is an effect of acquiring languages with overlapping but diverging lexical entries. Two experiments reveal that not only do bilinguals inconsistently calculate SIs, Spanish monolinguals do not always either. In Experiment 1, bilinguals did not calculate the SI associated with algunos. However, in Experiment 2, which calls upon their awareness of speaker-hearer dynamics, they did. This research highlights the challenges arising from interpreting linguistic phenomena where lexical, semantic, and pragmatic information intersect, and is a call for further investigation with bilinguals in a rapidly growing area where bilingual research is lacking.
Aporophyla nigra
Creators: name: Dobado, Pablo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Aporophyla
Aporophyla nigra

description: Aporophyla nigra (Haworth, 1809)
  Citada de Bujalance: imagos en una generación de octubre a diciembre, medianamente abundantes (REDONDO & PÉREZ, 2001a; PÉREZ-GUERRERO et al., 2011).
 Nc: Casco urbano de Córdoba (23-XI-2012 / 16-XII-2018); santuario de Araceli (19-I-2020).
description: Published as part of Dobado, Pablo M., 2020, Lista provisional de los Noctuoidea de la provincia de Córdoba (sur de España): II. Noctuidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)., pp. 319-345 in Arquivos Entomolóxicos 22 on page 327, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244049
Factors affecting parental attitude towards sex education as perceived by married adults in Lagos State, Nigeria
Creators: name: ADEGBOYEGA, LATEEF OMOTOSHO
name: OKAFOR, IFEOMA P.
name: IYEKOLO, ALEXANDER OLUSHOLA
Publisher: name: Mediterranean Journal of Education
Year: 2025
Subjects: Factors, parental attitude, sex education, married adults

description: This study investigated factors affecting parental attitude towards sex education as perceived by married adults in Lagos state, Nigeria used a descriptive survey research design. A sample of 400 married adults participated in this study. A questionnaire tagged “Factors Affecting Parental Attitude towards Sex Education Questionnaire” (FAPSEQ) with a reliability of 0.72 was used to collect the data for this study. The data collected were analysed using mean and ranking order to answer the research question while t-test and ANOVA statistical methods were used to test the formulated hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. The findings of the study revealed that married adults in Lagos State perceived that discussing sex with children encouraged children to engage in sexual activity; they felt uncomfortable discussing sexual topics with their children; and discussing sex with children damaged parents-relationship as some of the factors affecting parental attitude towards sex education. Also, findings revealed that there were no significant differences in the factors affecting parental attitude towards sex education based on gender and age but significant differences were found based on occupation (F=3.05, p0.05) and tribe (F=12.38, p0.05). Based on the findings, it was recommended that counsellors provide married adults with appropriate resources, guidance, or support systems that could equip them with the knowledge and skills necessary to have open and productive conversations about sex with their children or traditional and religious roles could be in play.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Education, Vol. 5, N. 1 (2025)
Postmetaphysical Thinking
Creators: name: Yates, Melissa
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Postmetaphysical
Rational reconstruction
Weak transcendentalism
Habermas, Jürgen

description: The development of empirical research methods in both the social and the natural sciences has deeply impacted the self- conception of philosophy. Jürgen Habermas aims to strike a balance between two ways of understanding the relationship between philosophy and the sciences: between a conception of philosophy as an Archimedean point from which to view the human condition and a conception of philosophy as a mere artefact of Western culturally embedded assumptions. Against the first, Habermas aims to integrate the resources and methods of the social sciences into philosophy and to deny that philosophy can proceed outside of historical and social contexts. On his view, philosophical knowledge is produced communicatively, through socially embedded dialogue. Against the second, Habermas claims fundamental questions about the human condition cannot be answered by purely social or natural scientific approaches. His “postmetaphysical” methodology aims to integrate empirical resources into philosophy without losing sight of what is unique to philosophy: namely, its ability to step back from the empirical data in order to reconstruct in a systematic way underlying universal truths about us, our societies and our place in the world.
A continuous version of the negative binomial distribution
Creators: name: CHANDRA, NIMAI KUMAR; Department Of Statistics-University Of Kalyani
name: ROY, DILIP; Center For Management Studies-University Of Burdwan
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: While discretization of continuous distributions have been attempted for many life distributions the reverse has hardly been attempted. The present endeavor is to establish a reverse relationship by offering a continuous counter part of a discrete distribution namely negative binomial distribution. Different properties of this distribution have been established for a special choice of the parametric value covering class properties, ordering and mean residual life.
description: Statistica; Vol 72, No 1 (2012); 81-92
I-TCP: Indirect TCP for Mobile Hosts
Creators: name: Bakre, Ajay
name: Badrinath, B. R.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1994

description: IP-based solutions to accommodate mobile hosts within existing internetworks do not address the distinctive features of wireless mobile computing. IP-based transport protocols thus suffer from poor performance when a mobile host communicates with a host on the fixed network. This is caused by frequent disruptions in network layer connectivity due to — i) mobility and ii) unreliable nature of the wireless link. We describe the design and implementation of I-TCP, which is an indirect transport layer protocol for mobile hosts. I-TCP utilizes the resources of Mobility Support Routers (MSRs) to provide transport layer communication between mobile hosts and hosts on the fixed network. With I-TCP, the problems related to mobility and the unreliability of wireless link are handled entirely within the wireless link; the TCP/IP software on the fixed hosts is not modified. Using I-TCP on our testbed, the throughput between a fixed host and a mobile host improved substantially in comparison to regular TCP.
Porn and feminism: not strange bedfellows after all
Creators: name: Albury, Kath
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: I was recently approached by a young journalist, who asked for my comments on the Feminist Porn Awards. In the course of the interview, she asked if I thought feminists should watch porn. I replied that watching porn is, to my mind a personal choice, and "should" didn’t come into it.
Feminist responses to porn reflect the diversity of feminist responses to sexuality in general.
These include not just responses to the physical act of sex, but to representations of sex and sexuality in words and pictures. For all the self-identified feminists who reject pornography, there are plenty more who enjoy watching it. Some even make their own. Between 2001 and 2003 I worked with a team interviewing a range of Australian DIY, cottage industry and ‘hobbyist’ porn producers, as part of the Australian Research Council funded Understanding Pornography in Australia project. Most were women, and all of them were intensely aware of feminist debates around pornography.
Additional file 1 of The predictive performance of surgical treatment in upper molars with combined bony defect and furcation involvement: a retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Chiu, Meng-Yao
name: Lin, Cho-Ying
name: Kuo, Pe-Yi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1. Strengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement. Checklist of items that should be included in reports of cohort studies.
Inconsistencies in reported employment characteristics among employed stayers
Creators: name: BASSI, FRANCESCA; Department Of Statistics -University Of Padova
name: PADOAN, ALESSANDRA; Office Of Statistics, Regione Veneto
name: TRIVELLATO, UGO; Department Of Statistics-University Of Padova
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: The paper deals with measurement error, and its potentially distorting role, in information on industry and professional status collected by labour force surveys. The focus of our analyses is on inconsistent information on these employment characteristics resulting from yearly transition matrices for workers who were continuously employed over the year and who did not change job. As a case-study we use yearly panel data for the period from April 1993 to April 2003 collected by the Italian Quarterly Labour Force Survey. The analysis goes through four steps: (i) descriptive indicators of (dis)agreement; (ii) testing whether the consistency of repeated information significantly increases when the number of categories is collapsed; (iii) examination of the pattern of inconsistencies among response categories by means of Goodman’s quasi-independence model; (iv) comparisons of alternative classifications jointly by professional status and occupation. Results document sizable measurement error, which is only moderately reduced by more aggregated classifications. They suggest that even cross-section estimates of employment by industry and/or professional status are affected by non-random measurement error.
description: Statistica; Vol 72, No 1 (2012); 93-109