cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Lifetime probabilities of multigenerational caregiving and labor force attachment in Australia
Creators: name: Bardoel, Elizabeth Anne
name: Drago, Robert
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: An aging population has increased the prevalence of multigenerational caregiving (MGC), defined as unpaid care for an adult while having a dependent child in the household. Policymakers are simultaneously promoting labor force attachment in response to population aging, which may conflict with MGC status. Objective: This research provides estimates of the probability of MGC status and its relationship to labor force attachment. Methods: A balanced panel of respondents from nine waves (2005−2013) of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey data has been used to estimate point-in-time and lifetime probabilities of MGC status for women and for men, and rates of labor force participation and part-time employment prior to, during, and after MGC status. Results: Few adult women (2.3%) and men (1.1%) report MGC status at any point in time. Estimated lifetime probabilities of MGC status are 57.1% for women and 34.6% for men, and rates are higher for women and men out of the labor force pre-MGC status. Comparing pre- and post-MGC periods, women's labor force participation rises by an estimated 9 percentage points, mainly due to an increase in part-time employment. Conclusions: A majority of Australian women and many Australian men can expect to take on multigenerational caregiving responsibilities during their lifetime. While long-term labor force participation is not reduced by these responsibilities, they may increase the concentration of women in part-time employment. Contribution: Prior studies capturing MGC status are limited by age, gender, or are not longitudinal and our research note attempts to broaden our understanding of the impact of carer status.
Bizarre stromal cells in an endometrial polyp
Creators: name: Barrett, Theodore
name: Heller, Debra
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Endometrium
Polyp
Stromal cells
Pathology

description: Bizarre stromal cells have been reported in vulvovaginal polyps, as well as in nongynecologic sites, with caution not to mistake them for malignancy. Similar atypical stromal cells have only rarely been reported in the endometrium. We present a case found incidentally in a postmenopausal female, and review the literature.
Supplementary Figure S1 from Biomechanical properties of a buzz-pollinated flower
Creators: name: Brito, Vinicius Lourenço Garcia
name: Nunes, Carlos Eduardo Pereira
name: Caique Rocha Resende
name: Montealegre-Zapata, Fernando
name: Vallejo-Marín, Mario
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 110601 Biomechanics
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Figure S1. Schematic view of flower and experimental setup to measure vibration transmission in Solanum rostratum (Solanaceae) through z-axis.
Load balancing and unbalancing for power and performance in cluster-based systems
Creators: name: Pinheiro, Eduardo
name: Bianchini, Ricardo
name: Carrera, Enrique V.
name: Heath, Taliver
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2001

description: In this paper we address power conservation for clusters of workstations or PCs, such as those that support a large number of research/teaching organizations and most Internet companies. Our approach is to develop systems that dynamically turn cluster nodes on – to be able to handle the load imposed on the system efficiently – and off – to save power underlighter load. The key componentof our systems is an algorithm that makes load balancing and unbalancing decisions by considering both the total load imposed on the cluster and the power and performance implications of turning nodes off. The algorithm is implemented in three different ways: (1) at the application level for a cluster-based, locality-conscious network server; (2) at the operating system level for an operating system for clustered cycle servers; and (3) by application/operating system negotiation, again using the cluster-oriented operating system and a negotiation API. Our experimental results are very favorable, showing that our systems conserve both power and energy in comparison to traditional systems, which do not adapt their configurations.
Supplementary Table S1 from Biomechanical properties of a buzz-pollinated flower
Creators: name: Brito, Vinicius Lourenço Garcia
name: Nunes, Carlos Eduardo Pereira
name: Caique Rocha Resende
name: Montealegre-Zapata, Fernando
name: Vallejo-Marín, Mario
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 110601 Biomechanics
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Table S1. Transmission of vibrations in buzz-pollinated flowers of Solanum rostratum (Solanaceae). Input vibrations were applied with a mechanical shaker at the base of the flower (receptacle), and measured at one of three floral structures: petals, feeding anthers or pollinating anthers. The vibrations were applied and measured along the same axis (x, y or z; see Figure 1). Input vibrations had a frequency of 300 Hz, and a RMS amplitude velocity (VRMS) of either 14, 18 or 57 mm s-1. The table shows the mean VRMS and the 95% confidence intervals (CI; in parenthesis) of measured floral vibrations in the flower's receptacle. Negative or positive values indicate damping or amplifying effects during vibration transmission, respectively. Sample size: 540 vibration measurements from 10 flowers.
On sorting networks
Creators: name: Paull, Marvin C.
name: Levy, Saul
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1972

description: Comparator networks can model many algorithms for internal computer sorting. A comparator network is a (non feedback) switching network built of two-input by the two-output gates whose inputs are drawn from some completely ordered set (for convenience and with no loss of generality in our discussion we take that set to be the non-negative integers), and whose outputs correspond to the maximum of the two inputs on one lead and the minimum on the other. A network consisting exclusively of this type of element can, of course, represent only a subset of the comparator algorithms which could be carried out by a general purpose computer. It cannot, for example, describe algorithms where the comparison tree is altered and pruned as more information becomes available about the ordering of the inputs.
The most efficient linear combination of the Sign and the Maesono tests for p-normal distributions
Creators: name: BURGIO, GIUSEPPE; Department Of Methods And Models For  Economics, Territory And Finance-Sapienza University Of Rome
name: PATRÌ, STEFANO; Department Of Methods And Models For  Economics, Territory And Finance-Sapienza University Of Rome
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: This paper deals with the Pitman most efficient Gr linear combination of the Sign and the Maesono tests for parent distributions belonging to the p-normal family of densities.  The most efficient linear combinations G2 and G4 are obtained. It is also shown that G2 (for leptokurtic p-normal distributions) and G4 (for platikurtic p-normal distributions) are much more efficient than Student’s t, with a maximum loss of efficiency of about 3,1% in the near proximity of the normal distribution (p=2).
description: Statistica; Vol 71, No 4 (2011); 411-420
Additional file 1 of Unravelling the physiological roles of mazEF toxin–antitoxin system on clinical MRSA strain by CRISPR RNA-guided cytidine deaminase
Creators: name: Jain, Sonia
name: Bhowmick, Arghya
name: Jeong, Bohyun
name: Bae, Taeok
name: Ghosh, Abhrajyoti
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1. Table S1. List of bacterial strains, plasmids, and primers used in this present study; Table S2: Transcriptomics data showing a list of significant differentially expressed genes, for wildtype P-1780 vs mazE mutant strain, having p-value <=0.05; Figure S3. Melting curve analysis of the different genes validated by qPCR; Figure S4. Survival curve showing no significant difference in virulence of the generated mutant strains; Additional materials and methods.
Universal Probability Distribution for the Wave Function of a Quantum System Entangled with Its Environment
Creators: name: Goldstein, Sheldon
name: Lebowitz, Joel L.
name: Mastrodonato, Christian
name: Tumulka, Roderich
name: Zanghì, Nino
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2017
Subjects: Gaussian measures
Gaussian adjusted projected (GAP) measures
Scrooge measures
Haar measure on the unitary group
Thermodynamic limit
Canonical ensemble in quantum mechanics
Typicality theorems
Conditional wave function
Typical wave function
Wave functions

description: A quantum system (with Hilbert space H1) entangled with its environment (with Hilbert space H2) is usually not attributed a wave function but only a reduced density matrix ρ1. Nevertheless, there is a precise way of attributing to it a random wave function ψ1, called its conditional wave function, whose probability distribution μ1 depends on the entangled wave function ψ∈H1⊗H2 in the Hilbert space of system and environment together. It also depends on a choice of orthonormal basis of H2 but in relevant cases, as we show, not very much. We prove several universality (or typicality) results about μ1, e.g., that if the environment is sufficiently large then for every orthonormal basis of H2, most entangled states ψ with given reduced density matrix ρ1 are such that μ1 is close to one of the so-called GAP (Gaussian adjusted projected) measures, GAP(ρ1). We also show that, for most entangled states ψ from a microcanonical subspace (spanned by the eigenvectors of the Hamiltonian with energies in a narrow interval [E,E+δE]) and most orthonormal bases of H2, μ1 is close to GAP(tr2ρmc) with ρmc the normalized projection to the microcanonical subspace. In particular, if the coupling between the system and the environment is weak, then μ1 is close to GAP(ρβ) with ρβ the canonical density matrix on H1 at inverse temperature β=β(E). This provides the mathematical justification of our claim in [J. Statist. Phys. 125:1193 (2006), http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0309021] that GAP measures describe the thermal equilibrium distribution of the wave function.
Bayesian analysis for the Burr type XII distribution based on record values
Creators: name: NADAR, MUSTAFA; Department Of Mathematics-Gebze Institute Of Technology
name: PAPADOPOULOS, ALEXANDROS; Department Of Mathematics-Yeditepe University
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: In this paper we reviewed and extended some results that have been derived on record values from the two parameters Burr Type XII distribution. The two parameters were assumed to be random variables and Bayes estimates were derived on the basis of a linear exponential (LINEX) loss function. Estimates for future record values were derived using non Bayesian and Bayesian approaches. In the Bayesian approach we reviewed the estimators obtained by Ahmedi and Doostparast (2006) using the well known squared error loss (SEL) function and we derived estimate for the future record value under LINEX loss function. A numerical example with tables and figures illustrated the findings.
description: Statistica; Vol 71, No 4 (2011); 421-435
Canadian national electrophysiology ablation registry report 2011–2016
Creators: name: Kaoutskaia, Anna
name: Shurrab, Mohammed
name: Amit, Guy
name: Parkash, Ratika
name: Exner, Derek
name: Toal, Satish
name: Sterns, Laurence
name: Sarrazin, Jean-Francois
name: Chauhan, Vijay
name: Sultan, Omar
name: Nair, Girish
name: Deyell, Marc W.
name: Macle, Laurent
name: Klassen, Steve
name: Glover, Benedict
name: Crystal, Eugene
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Background/purpose: Interventional cardiac electrophysiology (EP) is a rapidly evolving field in Canada; a nationwide registry was established in 2011 to conduct a periodic review of resource allocation. Methods: The registry collects annual data on EP lab infrastructure, imaging, tools, human resources, procedural volumes, success rates, and wait times. Leading physicians from each EP lab were contacted electronically; participation was voluntary. Results: All Canadian EP centres were identified (n = 30); 50 and 45 % of active centres participated in the last 2 instalments of the registry. A mean of 508 ± 270 standard and complex catheter ablation procedures were reported annually for 2015–2016 by all responding centres. The most frequently performed ablation targets atrial fibrillation (PVI) arrhythmia accounting for 36 % of all procedures (mean = 164 ± 85). The number of full time physicians ranges between 1 and 7 per centre, (mean = 4). The mean wait time to see an electrophysiologist for an initial non-urgent consult is 23 weeks. The wait time between an EP consult and ablation date is 17.8 weeks for simple ablation, and 30.1 weeks for AF ablation. On average centres have 2 (range: 1–4) rooms equipped for ablations; each centre uses the EP lab an average of 7 shifts per week. While diagnostic studies and radiofrequency ablations are performed in all centres, point-by-point cryoablation is available in 85 % centres; 38 % of the respondents use circular ablation techniques. Conclusions: This initiative provides contemporary data on invasive electrophysiology lab practices. The EP registry provides activity benchmarks on national trends and practices.
Coordination Geometry and Oxidation State Requirements of Corner Sharing MnO6 Octahedra for Water Oxidation Catalysis: An Investigation of Manganite (γ-MnOOH)
Creators: name: Smith, Paul F.
name: Fabris, Laura
name: Li, Jing
name: Dismukes, G. Charles
name: Al-Sharab, Jafar F.
name: Garfunkel, Eric
name: Wang, Hao
name: Deibert, Benjamin J.
name: Kaushik, Shivam
name: Gardner, Graeme
name: Hwang, Shinjae
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Manganite
Oxidation
Catalytic activity

description: Surface-directed corner-sharing MnO¬6 octahedra within numerous manganese oxide compounds containing Mn3+ or Mn4+ oxidation states show strikingly different catalytic activities for water oxidation, paradoxically poorest for Mn4+ oxides, regardless of oxidation assay (photochemical and electrochemical). This is demonstrated herein by comparing crystalline oxides consisting of Mn3+ (manganite, γ-MnOOH and bixbyite, Mn2O3), Mn4+ (pyrolusite, β-MnO2) and multiple monophasic mixed-valence manganese oxides. Like all Mn4+ oxides, pure β-MnO2 has no detectable catalytic activity, while γ-MnOOH (tetragonally distorted Mn3+O6, D4h symmetry) is significantly more active, and Mn2O3 (trigonal antiprismatic Mn3+O6, D3d symmetry) is the most active. γ-MnOOH deactivates during catalytic turnover simultaneous with the disappearance of crystallographically defined corner-sharing Mn3+O6 and the appearance of Mn4+. Comparing 2D-layered crystalline birnessites (δ-MnO2), the monovalent Mn4+ form is catalytically inert, while the hexagonal polymorph, containing few out-of-layer corner-sharing Mn3+O6, has ~10-fold higher catalytic activity than the triclinic polymorph, containing in-plane edge-sharing Mn3+O6. These electronic and structural correlations point towards the more flexible (corner shared) Mn3+O6 sites, over more rigid (edge shared) sites as substantially more active catalytic centers. Electrochemical measurements show and ligand field theory predicts that among corner shared Mn3+O6 sites, those possessing D3d ligand field symmetry have stronger covalent Mn-O bonding to the six equivalent oxygen ligands, which we ascribe as responsible for more efficient and faster electrolytic water oxidation. By contrast, D4h Mn3+O6 sites have weaker Mn-O bonding to the two axial oxygen ligands, separated electrochemical oxidation waves for Mn and O, and are catalytically less efficient and exhibit slower catalytic turnover. By controlling the ligand field geometry and strength to oxygen ligands we have identified the key variables for tuning water oxidation activity by manganese oxides. We apply these findings to propose a mechanism for water oxidation by the CaMn4O5 catalytic site of natural photosynthesis.
ESM methods and figures;ESM data from Extensive geographical variation in testes size and ejaculate traits in a terrestrial-breeding frog
Creators: name: Rudin-Bitterli, Tabitha S.
name: Mitchell, Nicola J.
name: Evans, Jonathan P.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary Methods and Figures;Data file
Technologies de l’information et de la communication et égalité des chances d’accès aux apprentissages chez les élèves du collège moderne Abobo pk18, Abidjan-Côte d’Ivoire
Creators: name: HOLO, AMON KASSI
name: COULIBALY, DAOUDA
Publisher: name: Mediterranean Journal of Education
Year: 2024
Subjects: ICT, equality, opportunity, learning

description: This study focused on ICT and equal opportunities for access to learning for students at Collège Moderne Abobo Pk18. The aim was to show the contribution of ICT to equal access to learning for students. To this end, we conducted a survey of a sample of 100 students and 50 parents of students, using questionnaires. The results show that students from disadvantaged families have less chance of accessing better learning conditions. However, ICT is mainly used by these students to search for resources related to course content, group work and presentations, thus contributing to equal opportunities for access to learning.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Education, Vol. 4, N. 2 (2024)
Additional file 1 of Study protocol comparing the ethical, psychological and socio-economic impact of personalised breast cancer screening to that of standard screening in the “My Personal Breast Screening” (MyPeBS) randomised clinical trial
Creators: name: Roux, Alexandra
name: Cholerton, Rachel
name: Sicsic, Jonathan
name: Moumjid, Nora
name: French, David P.
name: Giorgi Rossi, Paolo
name: Balleyguier, Corinne
name: Guindy, Michal
name: Gilbert, Fiona J.
name: Burrion, Jean-Benoit
name: Castells, Xavier
name: Ritchie, David
name: Keatley, Debbie
name: Baron, Camille
name: Delaloge, Suzette
name: de Montgolfier, Sandrine
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. N°1 list of Ethical Committees involved in MyPeBS.
Influence of parental communication skills on in-school adolescents' deviant behaviour in Ilorin Metropolis
Creators: name: OKESINA, FALILAT ANIKE
Publisher: name: Mediterranean Journal of Education
Year: 2024
Subjects: Communication, parent, deviant, authoritarian, democratic

description: The role of parental communication skills on adolescent’s deviant behaviour cannot be over-emphasized. Hence, the study investigated the influence of parental communication skills on adolescents’ deviant behaviour Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consists of 47 public and 92 private secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara state while the target population for this study was senior secondary school students in year two in Ilorin Metropolis. Simple random sampling was used to select 30 secondary schools for the study. A questionnaire was used to collect relevant data. The questionnaire was validated while the reliability coefficient of the instrument was established at 0.83. The study found that parental communication skills negatively impact in-school adolescents' deviant behaviour in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State, despite engaging in communicative activities and discussing disciplinary cases. It was concluded that the weighted mean (2.35) which is the numeric indicator that the influence of parental communication skills on in-school adolescents’ deviant behaviour in Ilorin metropolis was negative. It was also recommended that non-governmental and government agencies should try to create more and make the existing guidance and counselling therapy function for some deviant behaviours exhibited by adolescents.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Education, Vol. 4, N. 2 (2024)
Leveraging partnerships to assess library impact on undergraduate student learning via a longitudinal study
Creators: name: Charles, Leslin H.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Information literacy
Assessment
Partnerships
Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program (U.S.)

description: Formative and summative assessment are traditional and effective methods of determining library impact on student learning, However, they are usually confined to a one-shot information literacy instruction (IL) session. One way to step out of the box and gain more information is to track students along their college career and into their graduate program to determine if they are retaining IL skills. The results of an ongoing longitudinal study of students will be presented in the form of a poster. McNair scholars are rising juniors and seniors who participate in library courses during the spring and summer. The author sought to find out 'Do McNair students retain research skills toward their ultimate goal of pursuing a doctoral degree?' In the second year of this 5 year study, 2 cohorts have been tracked through to their undergraduate courses and will continue into their graduate programs. This project is a part of the ACRL Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success program. It supports institutional goals of our University, particularly the priority to transform the student experience through technology and support using university resource, which will increase the scholarship and research at the university. Demonstrating library impact on undergraduate student learning by leveraging our partnerships can inform how our work is assessed in our library system and can provide rich data to influence our future instruction endeavors.
Pre-engineering skills are applied by preschoolers when they engage in engineering activities
Creators: name: ALPOCHORITI, MARIA
name: SISSAMPERI, NIKI
Publisher: name: Mediterranean Journal of Education
Year: 2024
Subjects: Pre-engineering skills, engineering activities, early childhood education

description: Since engineering is considered an integrator factor of early STEM education, this study investigated preschoolers’ pre-engineering skills. Fifteen early education students participated in group activities designed to address a twofold research question. Qualitative data were collected through focus group interviews during students’ engagement in engineering activities. The analysis demonstrated that the kindergartners (a) followed most of the stages of engineering problem solving, and (b) applied the soft skills needed to solve engineering problems. However, they need support and prompting to interact with each other as they spontaneously tended to engage in activities more as individuals than as team members.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Education, Vol. 4, N. 2 (2024)
Innovation in Research Libraries: How Management and Technical Innovations Impact Organizational Effectiveness and Performance
Creators: name: Jantz, Ronald C.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2014
Subjects: Research libraries
Innovation
Management
Leadership

description: This presentation introduces the concepts of organizational innovation and types of innovations. Innovations are classified as either technical - new products or services delivered to the client or end user, or management - focused on how the work of the organization is conducted including strategy, administrative procedures, and structure. The results of an earlier study on technical innovations in research libraries by this author are briefly reviewed. In this study, it was found that factors such as the integration of the senior leadership team and the structure of the organization had a significant impact on the innovativeness of the library. An underlying premise of the research proposed here is that management innovation is even more important than technical innovation in order for the library to thrive in a rapidly changing external environment. To support this perspective, propositions are put forth regarding the impact of management innovations on the performance of the research library. The propositions are supported by theory and earlier studies and form the basis for a proposed empirical study of management innovation in research libraries. In concluding remarks, specific management innovations are suggested which have the potential to facilitate innovativeness in the research library.
Modelling comovements of economic time series: a selective survey
Creators: name: CENTONI, MARCO; LUMSA Università, Roma
name: CUBADDA, GIANLUCA; Dipartimento SEFEMEQ-Università Di Roma “Tor Vergata”
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: Modelling comovements amongst multiple economic variables takes up a relevant part of the literature in time series econometrics. Comovement can be defined as “move together”, that is as movement that several series have in common. The pattern of the series could be of different nature, such as trend, cycles, seasonality, being the results of different driving forces. As a results, series that comove share some common features. Common trends, common cycles, common seasonality are terms that are often found in the literature, different in scope but all aimed at modeling common behavior of the series. However, modeling comovements is not only a statistical matter, since in many cases common features are predicted by economic theory, resulting from the optimizing behavior of economic agents.
description: Statistica; Vol 71, No 2 (2011); 267-294
Learning when reformulation is appropriate for iterative design
Creators: name: Schwabacher, Mark
name: Richter, Gerard
name: Ellman, Thomas
name: Hirsh, Haym
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1995

description: It is well known that search-space reformulation can improve the speed and reliability of numerical optimization in engineering design. We argue that the best choice of reformulation depends on the design goal, and present a technique for automatically constructing rules that map the design goal into a reformulation chosen from a space of possible reformulations. We tested our technique in the domain of racing-yacht-hull design, where each reformulation corresponds to incorporating constraints into the search space. We applied a standard inductive-learning algorithm, C4.5, to a set of training data describing which constraints are active in the optimal design for each goal encountered in a previous design session. We then used these rules to choose an appropriate reformulation for each of a set of test cases. Our experimental results show that using these reformulations improves both the speed and the reliability of design optimization, outperforming competing methods and approaching the best performance possible.
Improving the estimation of multiple correlated dietary effects on colon-rectum cancer in multicentric studies:
Creators: name: ROLI, GIULIA; Department Of Statistical Sciences   University Of Bologna
name: MONARI, PAOLA; Department Of Statistical Sciences   University Of Bologna
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: The paper deals with the analysis of the effects of multiple exposures on the occurrenceof a disease in observational case-control studies. We consider the case of multilevel data, with subjects nested in spatial clusters. As a result, we often face problems of small and sparse data, along with correlations among the exposures and the observations, which both invalidate the results from the ordinary analyses. A hierarchical Bayesian model is here proposed to manage the within-cluster dependence and the correlation among the exposures. We assign prior distributions on the crucial parameters by exploiting additional information at different levels and by making suitable assumptions according to the problem at hand. The model is conceived to be applied to a real multi-centric study aiming at investigating the association of dietary exposures with colon-rectum cancer occurrence. Compared with results obtained with conventional regressions, the hierarchical Bayesian model is shown to yield great gains in terms of more consistent and less biased estimates. Thanks to its flexibility, this approach represents a powerful statistical tool to be adopted in a wide range of applications. Moreover, the specification of more realistic priors may facilitate and extend the use of Bayesian solutions in the epidemiological field.
description: Statistica; Vol 71, No 4 (2011); 437-452
Data privacy documentation concerning a research project on higher education workload determination
Creators: name: Impola, Jarkko
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 390303
subject: Higher education
classificationCode: 520102
subject: Educational psychology
classificationCode: 390201
subject: Education policy
classificationCode: 390403
subject: Educational administration, management and leadership

description: Finnish / EnglishTässä tutkimuksessa kerättiin aineistoa kahdesta suomalaisesta korkeakoulusta, yhdestä yliopistosta ja ammattikorkeakoulusta, vuonna 2024. Tutkimuksessa käytetyt kyselyt olivat osa Koneen säätiön tukemaa väitöskirjaprojektia (Päätös 202202974). Projekti koski korkeakouluopiskelijoiden ajankäyttöä ja kuormittuneisuutta opinnoissa, sekä opetushenkilöstön näkemyksiä opintojen mitoittamisesta opintojaksoillaan. Materiaali sisältää tutkimuksen tietosuojadokumentaation suomeksi ja englanniksi.This study collected data from two Finnish higher education institutions, including one university and a polytechnic institution, in 2024. The surveys used in the study were part of a doctoral thesis project supported by the Kone Foundation (Decision no 202202974). The project concerned higher education students' time use and workload in studies, as well as teaching staff's views on estimating workloads for their courses. The attached material includes the data privacy documentation of the study in Finnish and English.
Marshall-Olkin Generalized Asymmetric Laplace distributions and processes
Creators: name: KRISHNA, E.; Department Of Mathematics & Statistics-St. Joseph’s College For Women Alappuzha-Kerala
name: JOSE, K. K.; Department Of Statistics St. Thomas College Pala, Kottayam, Kerala
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: The Marshall-Olkin Generalised Asymmetric Laplace distribution is introduced and studied. An approximation is made and various properties including self decomposability, geometric infinite divisibility, limit properties etc.are established. Two autoregressive processes namely model I and model II are developed and studied. The sample path properties are explored for various parameter combinations. The distribution of sums, joint distribution of contiguous observations of the process, etc are obtained. The model is extended to kth order also.Parameters are estimated by the method of maximum likelihood and a real data on gold prices is fitted to the new model.
description: Statistica; Vol 71, No 4 (2011); 453-467
A method of moments to estimate bivariate survival functions: the copula approach
Creators: name: OSMETTI, SILVIA ANGELA; Department Of Statistical Science-Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore-Milan
name: CHIODINI, PAOLA MADDALENA; Department Of Statistics-Università Degli Studi Di Milano Bicocca
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: In this paper we discuss the problem on parametric and non parametric estimation of the distributions generated by the Marshall-Olkin copula. This copula comes from the Marshall-Olkin bivariate exponential distribution used in reliability analysis. We generalize this model by the copula and different marginal distributions to construct several bivariate survival functions. The cumulative distribution functions are not absolutely continuous and they unknown parameters are often not be obtained in explicit form. In order to estimate the parameters we propose an easy procedure based on the moments. This method consist in two steps: in the first step we estimate only the parameters of marginal distributions and in the second step we estimate only the copula parameter. This procedure can be used to estimate the parameters of complex survival functions in which it is difficult to find an explicit expression of the mixed moments. Moreover it is preferred to the maximum likelihood one for its simplex mathematic form; in particular for distributions whose maximum likelihood parameters estimators can not be obtained in explicit form.
description: Statistica; Vol 71, No 4 (2011); 469-488
Modeling and Simulation for Automated Yacht Design
Creators: name: Gelsey, Andrew
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1993

description: Computational simulation is an important tool for predicting the behavior of physical systems. Many powerful simulation programs exist today. However, using these programs to reliably analyze a physical situation requires considerable human effort and expertise to set up a simulation, determine whether the output makes sense, and repeatedly run the simulation with different inputs until a satisfactory result is achieved. Automating this process is not only of considerable practical importance but also raises significant AI research issues in the areas of spatial reasoning and modeling of physics and numerical methods. The application domain described in this paper is the design of racing yachts.
Modified intervened Poisson distribution
Creators: name: SATHEESH KUMAR, C.; Department Of Statistics-University Of Kerala
name: SHIBU, D S.; Department Of Statistics  University College, Trivandrum
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: In this paper, we develop modified intervened Poisson distribution (MIPD) and consider some of its properties. Some real life data sets are given here to illustrate MIPD is the best fit among intervened generalized Poisson distribution (IGPD), intervened Poisson distribution (IPD) and Positive Poisson distribution (PPD).
description: Statistica; Vol 71, No 4 (2011); 489-499
Supplementary Tables S1 and S2 from The role of female reproductive fluid in sperm competition
Creators: name: Gasparini, Clelia
name: Pilastro, Andrea
name: Evans, Jonathan P.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The role of non-gametic components of the ejaculate (seminal fluid) on fertility and sperm competitiveness is now well established. Surprisingly, however, we know far less about female reproductive fluid (FRF) in the context of sexual selection, and insights into male-FRF interactions in the context of sperm competition have only recently emerged. Despite this limited knowledge, evidence from taxonomically diverse species has revealed insights into the effects of FRF on sperm traits that have previously been implicated in studies of sperm competition. Specifically, through the differential effects of FRF on a range of sperm traits, including chemoattraction and alterations in sperm velocity, FRF has been shown to exert positive phenotypic effects on the sperm of males that are preferred as mating partners, or those from the most compatible or genetically diverse males. Despite these tantalizing insights into the putative sexually selected functions of FRF, we largely lack a mechanistic understanding of these processes. Taken together, the evidence presented here highlights the likely ubiquity of FRF-regulated biases in fertilization success across a diverse range of taxa, thus potentially elevating the importance of FRF to other non-gametic components that have so far been studied largely in males.This article is part of the theme issue ‘Fifty years of sperm competition'.
Dryobotodes roboris
Creators: name: Dobado, Pablo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Dryobotodes
Dryobotodes roboris

description: Dryobotodes roboris (Boisduval, [1828])
  Citada de Sierra Morena: orugas sobre Q. ilex, de marzo a mayo (EXTREMERA et al., 2004; PÉREZ GUERRERO et al., 2008). Defoliador poco importante (NAVARRO CERRILLO & FERNÁNDEZ REBOLLO, 2000).
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
Female reproductive fluid: an historical overview from The role of female reproductive fluid in sperm competition
Creators: name: Gasparini, Clelia
name: Pilastro, Andrea
name: Evans, Jonathan P.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The role of non-gametic components of the ejaculate (seminal fluid) on fertility and sperm competitiveness is now well established. Surprisingly, however, we know far less about female reproductive fluid (FRF) in the context of sexual selection, and insights into male-FRF interactions in the context of sperm competition have only recently emerged. Despite this limited knowledge, evidence from taxonomically diverse species has revealed insights into the effects of FRF on sperm traits that have previously been implicated in studies of sperm competition. Specifically, through the differential effects of FRF on a range of sperm traits, including chemoattraction and alterations in sperm velocity, FRF has been shown to exert positive phenotypic effects on the sperm of males that are preferred as mating partners, or those from the most compatible or genetically diverse males. Despite these tantalizing insights into the putative sexually selected functions of FRF, we largely lack a mechanistic understanding of these processes. Taken together, the evidence presented here highlights the likely ubiquity of FRF-regulated biases in fertilization success across a diverse range of taxa, thus potentially elevating the importance of FRF to other non-gametic components that have so far been studied largely in males.This article is part of the theme issue ‘Fifty years of sperm competition'.
title: Zero-waste prepreg production through the combination of automated fiber Placement and Online-Prepreg Technology
Creators: name: Dutta, G.
name: Feyrer, M.
name: Ziegmann, G.
name: Bauer, J.
name: Carosella, S.
name: Middendorf, P.
name: Oehl, G.
name: Guhathakurta, J.
Publisher: name: TU Clausthal
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: 620

description: In recent years, automation in the composites industry has transformed production, enabling precise, cost-effective lay-ups and expanding the applications of once-expensive high-performance materials. Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) is one such technology that uses dry spread tapes to customize fiber orientations and achieve exceptional mechanical performance while minimizing waste. However, conventional resin infusion methods face challenges with such preforms, prompting the exploration of alternatives such as online-prepreg (OPP) technology. OPP streamlines the automated production of prepreg semi-finished products from dry fiber textiles, reducing resin-contaminated waste and improving recyclability. This study proposes the combination of AFP and OPP to achieve near-zero waste pre-impregnated preforms. Dry preform lay-ups with different binder contents and fiber orientations were prepared using AFP before transfer to the OPP setup. Optimization of resin application ensured uniform distribution over the desired fiber volume content. The resulting prepregs were cured for subsequent analysis. Mechanical properties of the resulting samples were evaluated for interlaminar strength using both standard experimental and simulation methods, while optical microscopy was used to examine various laminate sections for entrapped air bubbles. CT scan models were examined for contamination and to determine the directionality of the fiber lay-ups. Finally, the environmental impact of such a manufacturing process was briefly discussed.
description: Tagungsband 6. Symposium Materialtechnik: 20. bis 21. Februar 2025
Participation in decision-making as correlates of teachers’ effectiveness in secondary school in Oyo State, Nigeria
Creators: name: YUSUF, MUSIBAU ADEOYE
name: ALEEM MUSLIM, OLANREWAJU
Publisher: name: Mediterranean Journal of Education
Year: 2024
Subjects: Participation, decision-making, effectiveness, teachers, Oyo State

description: The study examined the level of teachers’ participation in decision-making in Oyo State secondary schools. It assessed the level of teachers’ effectiveness and areas of teachers’ participation in decision-making in the schools. It also determined the relationship between the teachers’ participation in decision-making and teachers’ effectiveness in Oyo State secondary schools. The study adopted quantitative research design, using descriptive survey method. The population for this study comprised all the 642 public secondary schools and 12.985 teachers in Oyo State secondary schools during the period under investigation. The instruments titled “Teachers Effectiveness Questionnaire (TEQ) and Participation in Decision-making Questionnaire (PDMQ)” were used to collect data for the study. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to answer the research questions raised while Linear Regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis. The results of the study showed that the level of participation of the teachers in decision-making and level of teacher’s effectiveness in Oyo State secondary schools was moderate. The results further showed that there was a significant relationship between teachers’ participation in decision-making and teachers’ effectiveness in Oyo state schools. The study concluded that participation in decision-making by the teachers were effective in Oyo State secondary schools.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Education, Vol. 4, N. 2 (2024)
A count model based on Mittag-Leffler interarrival times
Creators: name: JOSE, KANICHUKATTU K.; Department Of Statistics, St. Thomas College, Pala, Arunapuram Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
name: ABRAHAM, BINDU; Department Of Statistics-Baselios Poulose II Catholicose College, Piravom Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: In this paper, a new generalized counting process with Mittag-Leffler inter-arrival time distribution is introduced. This new model is a generalization of the Poisson process. The computational intractability is overcome by deriving the Mittag-Leffler count model using polynomial expansion. The hazard function of this new model is a decreasing function of time, so that the distribution displays negative duration dependence. The model is applied to a data on interarrival times of customers in a bank counter. This new count model can be simulated by Markov Chain Monte-Carlo (MCMC) methods, using Metropolis- Hastings algorithm. Our new model has many nice features such as its closed form nature, computational simplicity, ability to nest Poisson, existence of moments and autocorrelation and can be used for both equi-dispersed and over-dispersed data.
description: Statistica; Vol 71, No 4 (2011); 501-514
Complete mitochondrial genome of the brain coral Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Creators: name: Chang, Xinyao
name: Chen, Xiaomei
name: Ke, Shaowen
name: Li, Xing
name: Chen, Kai
name: Li, Yuli
name: Bao, Lisui
name: Hu, Jingjie
name: Wang, Shi
name: Bao, Zhenmin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Platygyra daedalea Ellis & Solander, 1786, is a dominant species within the world’s warmest reefs, making it a critical model for investigating coral stress resistance and adaptive evolutionary mechanisms. This study presents the first sequenced and annotated mitogenome of the reef-building coral P. daedalea. The mitogenome is 16,363 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and two transfer RNA genes. The base composition is 24.8% adenine (A), 13% cytosine (C), 20.4% guanine (G), and 41.8% thymine (T), with a G-C content of 33.4%. We conducted a comparative analysis between P. daedalea and P. carnosa. Notably, genetic variations in the ND5 and COXI genes emerge as potential markers for distinguishing species within the Platygyra genus. Additionally, the protein-coding gene ND6 has been subjected to strong selective pressure. Phylogenetic analysis based on the complete mitogenome aligns with the internal clade structure of Scleractinia reported in previous studies, reinforcing the evolutionary insights provided by this dataset.
Additional file 1 of Evaluation of the European Health Information Training Programme (EHITP): results from InfAct Joint Action
Creators: name: Gómez, Verónica
name: Sousa-Uva, Mafalda
name: Roquette, Rita
name: Garcia, Ana Cristina
name: Matias Dias, Carlos
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
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: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1.
Realistic utility versus game utility: a proposal for dealing with the spread of uncertain prospects
Creators: name: FROSINI, BENITO VITTORIO; Dipartimento Di Scienze Statistiche-Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore Di Milano
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: The author develops the properties and implications of a proposal, concerning a summary statistic of the random prospect of utilities. Following a suggestion of Allais, such a statistic is increasing with expected utility, and decreasing – for most people, who are risk averse – with the mean absolute deviation of utilities; a parameter multiplying this disper sion measure allows for risk averse or risk prone behaviour, according to its sign, and also for more or less departure from a certain prospect. It is demonstrated that this statistic (a) satisfies the first stochastic dominance, (b) satisfies the independence condition, (c) satisfies the so called “problem of probabilistic insurance”, (d) resolves the paradoxes of Allais, Ellsberg and Kahneman-Tversky (paradox of the substitution axiom), (e) is compatible with Quiggin’s approach of rank-dependent expected utility models, (f) the mean absolute deviation cannot be replaced by the standard deviation
description: Statistica; Vol 72, No 1 (2012); 3-22