cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Primality deterministic and primality probabilistic tests
Creators: name: Rizzi, Alfredo
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2007

description: In this paper the A. comments the importance of prime numbers in mathematics and in cryptography. He remembers the very important researches of Eulero, Fermat, Legen-re, Rieman and others scholarships. There are many expressions that give prime numbers. Between them Mersenne’s primes have interesting properties. There are also many conjectures that still have to be demonstrated or rejected.
The primality deterministic tests are the algorithms that permit to establish if a number is prime or not. There are not applicable in many practical situations, for instance in public key cryptography, because the computer time would be very long. The primality probabilistic tests consent to verify the null hypothesis: the number is prime. In the paper there are comments about the most important statistical tests.
description: Statistica; Vol 64, No 2 (2004); 387-399
Generalized Similarity Kernels for Efficient Sequence Classification
Creators: name: Kuksa, Pavel
name: Khan, Imdadullah
name: Pavlovic, Vladimir
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2011

description: String kernel-based machine learning methods have yielded great success in practical tasks of structured/sequential data analysis. In this paper we propose a novel computational framework that uses general similarity metrics and distance-preserving embeddings with string kernels to improve sequence classification. An embedding step, a distance-preserving bitstring mapping, is used to effectively capture similarity between otherwise symbolically different sequence elements. We show that it is possible to retain computational efficiency of string kernels while using this more “precise” measure of similarity. We then demonstrate that on a number of sequence classification tasks such as music, and biological sequence classification, the new method can substantially improve upon state-of-the-art string kernel baselines.
Additional file 1 of Worksite tobacco control – a qualitative study on perspectives from employers and employees at small worksites
Creators: name: Kava, Christine M.
name: Ruiz, Raymond A.
name: Harris, Jeffrey R.
name: Hannon, Peggy A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1. Interview Guide. Key informant interview guide.
Protection of privacy with objective prior distribution in randomized response
Creators: name: Ruiz Espejo, M.
name: Singh, H. P.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2007

description: Using objective Bayesian methodology and Hartley entropy, we analyse the method of randomized response with two questions, "intimate" and "alternative non intimate", whose probabilities of response (Yes or No) are "unknown" and "known" respectively. A maximization of conditioned entropy is the criterion for selecting the alternative question to protect the privacy of the interviewed people, for several given "non intimate" questions.
description: Statistica; Vol 63, No 4 (2003); 697-701
RoadSpeak: Enabling Voice Chat on Roadways using Vehicular Social Networks
Creators: name: Smaldone, Stephen
name: Han, Lu
name: Shankar, Pravin
name: Iftode, Liviu
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2008

description: A great number of people spend one or more hours each day driving between home and the office. These daily roadway commutes are highly predictable and regular, and provide a great opportunity to form virtual mobile communities. However, even though these commuters are already physically present in the same location, they are limited in their ability to communicate with each other. This paper presents a framework for building such communities, which we call Vehicular Social Networks (VSNs), to facilitate better communication between commuters driving on highways. As a proof of concept, we present the design of RoadSpeak, a VSN-based system which allows drivers to automatically join VSNs along popular highways and roadways, and communicate with each other by means of voice chat messages.
Marriage equality's secret weapon
Creators: name: Brent, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The same-sex marriage referendum caravan has meandered into the home straight and, barring a successful High Court challenge, Australian opinion pollsters will soon be grappling with estimating voter turnout by demographic, as overseas counterparts have for decades. The ballots will be sent out in early September and the final results announced in mid November. What started life as a stratagem to save prime minister Tony Abbott’s job has survived a change of prime minister and an election, its gratuitousness driving its dysfunction. Once conservative MPs began announcing that (a) it was imperative this plebiscite be held, yet (b) they personally wouldn’t be bound by the result in the subsequent parliamentary vote, it had devolved well into farce. Yes, this fiasco is a waste of money, but at an estimated $120 million it’s not expensive as far as political stunts go. No doubt nasty, hurtful things will be said and written (and already are) but that would be the case, albeit to a lesser extent, if we were instead having the parliamentary vote.
Favoriser le bien être scolaire des élèves autistes tunisiens au sein des écoles primaires ordinaires : conceptions et pratiques enseignantes plus inclusives
Creators: name: LAOUINI, GHOFRANE
name: BAROUNI, MANEL
Publisher: name: Mediterranean Journal of Education
Year: 2025
Subjects: Inclusive education, conceptions, inclusive teaching practices, school well-being, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Evidence-Based-Practices

description: This research sheds light on teaching conceptions in a context of required change for Tunisian teachers confronted since 2008 with the reception of students with ASD. The current state of play sees this type of schooling as a major challenge for teachers, who are often stressed and at a loss when faced with the problems associated with this disorder. Although training courses on autism increase teachers' knowledge, they are still insufficient to change their practices. However, support for teachers can improve their inclusive practices, guaranteeing an educational environment that is inclusive, caring and conducive to their well-being.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Education, Vol. 5, N. 1 (2025)
Pratiques enseignantes et qualité de l'apprentissage au Collège Tunisien : Une enquête sur les représentations et pratiques en éducation nutritionnelle
Creators: name: ZID, ROMDHANE
name: HRAIRI, SAMEH
Publisher: name: Mediterranean Journal of Education
Year: 2025
Subjects: Teaching practice, nutritional education, Tunisian curriculum, learner, learning

description: This study aims to examine the impact of teaching practices on the quality of learning in Tunisian middle schools, using the example of nutrition education among 9th-grade students in basic education. The research seeks to explore how nutrition is introduced in educational institutions and to analyze the representations and practices of teachers. Teaching practice is a didactic action carried out jointly by the teacher and the students in the classroom. The methodology adopted is based on administering a questionnaire to 80 fully voluntary Tunisian teachers who teach life and earth sciences to 9th-grade students. The results obtained showed that the educational approach remains undervalued in favor of biological knowledge input, with a dominance of the biomedical health model. In conclusion, a new structuring of the educational approach to nutrition within the Tunisian curriculum, integrating both the food and health aspects, is necessary. Such a reform would aim to help students develop a reasoned opinion on nutrition-related issues, beyond a biomedical model of prevention/protection.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Education, Vol. 5, N. 1 (2025)
The impact of territorial factors on the total non-response error in the European Union – Survey on Income and Living Condition (EU-SILC)
Creators: name: CASTELLANO, ROSALIA; Department Of Statistics And Mathematics For Economic Research-University Of Naples “Parthenope”
name: PUNZO, GENNARO; Department Of Statistics And Mathematics For Economic Research-University Of Naples “Parthenope”
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: This paper discusses a framework for the evaluation of accuracy of the Italian section of EU-SILC data with focus on non-sampling errors related to several components of the total non-response at household level. Following a classical hierarchical approach, classes of quality indicators are obtained by aggregating some ad hoc basic quality rates. Subsequently, in order to investigate the territorial perspective and its effects on the total nonresponse, one-way random effects ANOVA model and a multinomial logistic regression model are estimated. In this light, the work aims at exploring the main demographic and socio-economic factors potentially correlated with the survey participation at a subnational level. The final goal is sketching a territorial quality profile to identify those crucial areas with a more difficulty to be interviewed in order to define some ad hoc corrective interventions.
description: Statistica; Vol 72, No 2 (2012); 211-233
Greenhouse gas emission distributions
Creators: name: Nascimento, Leonardo
name: Posada, Eduardo
name: Jeffery, Louise
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Klimarahmenkonvention
subject: Treibhausgasemission
subject: Klimaschutz
subject: Klimapolitik
subject: global stocktake
subject: Paris Agreement on Climate Change
subject: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
subject: greenhouse gas emission
subject: climate change mitigation
subject: climate policy
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Climate | Energy

description: Die globale Bestandsaufnahme, eine Schlüsselkomponente für die Ambitionssteigerung unter dem Übereinkommen von Paris, bewertet alle fünf Jahre den globalen Fortschritt mit dem Ziel, den Ländern Informationen für ihre NDC-Aktualisierung zu liefern. In dieser Analyse zeigen wir, wie der globale Fortschritt bei einer Reihe von sektoralen Emissionsindikatoren mit Hilfe der Darstellung der Leistungsverteilung beurteilt werden kann. Dies ermöglicht eine detaillierte und nuancierte Analyse, ohne einzelne Länder herauszugreifen. Wir zeigen die möglichen Anwendungsfälle und einige erste Erkenntnisse anhand der Trends bei den sektoralen Treibhausgasemissionen pro Kopf. Die Darstellung der Leistungsverteilung kann verwendet werden, um die Streuung von Veränderungen in verschiedenen Ländern zu verstehen, um den Fortschritt im Laufe der Zeit zu untersuchen und um zu zeigen, welche Raten der Dekarbonisierung möglich sind. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: The Global Stocktake, a key component of the Paris Agreement's ratchet mechanism, assesses global progress every five years with the goal of informing countries' NDC updates. In this analysis, we demonstrate how global progress across a range of sectoral emission indicators can be assessed using performance distributions to allow for a detailed and nuanced analysis without singling out individual countries. We demonstrate the possible use cases, and present some initial insights, using trends in sectoral GHG emissions per capita. The display as a performance distribution can be used to understand the spread in changes across countries, to explore progress over time, and to demonstrate what rates of decarbonisation are possible. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: The Global Stocktake, a key component of the Paris Agreement’s ratchet mechanism, assesses global progress every five years with the goal of informing countries’ NDC updates. The analysis demonstrates how global progress across a range of sectoral emission indicators can be assessed using performance distributions to allow for a detailed and nuanced analysis without singling out individual countries. It demonstrates possible use cases, and present some initial insights, using trends in sectoral GHG emissions per capita. The display as a performance distribution can be used to understand the spread in changes across countries, to explore progress over time, and to demonstrate what rates of decarbonisation are possible.
Additional file 2 of Worksite tobacco control – a qualitative study on perspectives from employers and employees at small worksites
Creators: name: Kava, Christine M.
name: Ruiz, Raymond A.
name: Harris, Jeffrey R.
name: Hannon, Peggy A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 2. Focus Group Guide. Employee focus group questions.
The multivariate asymmetric slash Laplace distribution and its applications
Creators: name: PUNATHUMPARAMBATH, BINDU; Department Of Statistics, St. Thomas College, Pala, Kerela
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: We have introduced a multivariate asymmetric-slash Laplace distribution, a flexible distribution that can take skewness and heavy tails into account. This distribution is useful in simulation studies where it can introduce distributional challenges in order to evaluate a statistical procedure. It is also useful in analyzing data sets that do not follow the normal law. We have used the microarray data set for illustration. The asymmetric slash Laplace distribution provides the possibility of modelling impulsiveness and skewness required for gene expression data. Hence, the probability distribution presented in this paper will be very useful in estimation and detection problems involving gene expression data. The multivariate asymmetric-slash Laplace distribution introduced in this article is clearly an alternative to multivariate skew-slash distributions because it can model skewness, peakedness and heavy tails. One interesting advantage of the multivariate asymmetric slash Laplace distribution is that its moments can be computed analytically by taking advantage of the moments of the multivariate asymmetric Laplace distribution, see the discussion in Section 3. Another attractive feature is that simulations from the multivariate asymmetric-slash Laplace distribution are straightforward from softwares that permit simulations from the multivariate asymmetric Laplace or Laplace distribution. We believe that the new class will be useful for analyzing data sets having skewness and heavy tails. Heavy-tailed distributions are commonly found in complex multi-component systems like ecological systems, biometry, economics, sociology, internet traffic, finance, business etc.
description: Statistica; Vol 72, No 2 (2012); 235-249
A Computational Model of View Degeneracy and its Application to Active Focal Length Control
Creators: name: Wilkes, David
name: Dickinson, Sven J.
name: Tsotsos, John K.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1997

description: We quantify the observation by Kender and Freudenstein [12] that degenerate views occupy a significant fraction of the viewing sphere surrounding an object. This demonstrates that systems for recognition must explicitly account for the possibility of view degeneracy. We show that view degeneracy cannot be detected from a single camera viewpoint. As a result, systems designed to recognize objects from a single arbitrary viewpoint must be able to function in spite of possible undetected degeneracies, or else operate with imaging parameters that cause acceptably low probabilities of degeneracy. To address this need, we give a prescription for active control of focal length that allows a principled tradeoff between the camera eld of view and probability of view degeneracy.
Neural modelling of ranking data with an application to stated preference data
Creators: name: KRIER, CATHERINE; OS Engineer, KPN Group
name: MOUCHART, MICHEL; CORE And ISBA, Université Catholique De Louvain
name: OULHAJ, ABDERRAHIM; DTU, Nuffield Department Of Clinical Medecine-University Of Oxford
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: Although neural networks are commonly encountered to solve classification problems, ranking data present specificities which require adapting the model. Based on a latent utility function defined on the characteristics of the objects to be ranked, the approach suggested in this paper leads to a perceptron-based algorithm for a highly non linear model. Data on stated preferences obtained through a survey by face-to-face interviews, in the field of freight transport, are used to illustrate the method. Numerical difficulties are pinpointed and a Pocket type algorithm is shown to provide an efficient heuristic to minimize the discrete error criterion. A substantial merit of this approach is to provide a workable estimation of contextually interpretable parameters along with a statistical evaluation of the goodness of fit.
description: Statistica; Vol 72, No 3 (2012); 255-269
Italian contributions on some recent research topics in cluster analysis
Creators: name: CALÒ, DANIELA GIOVANNA; Department Of Statistical Sciences   University Of Bologna
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: The paper presents a selective view of the issues that are attracting the interest of Italian statisticians working on clustering methods and applications. It does not aim at providing a comprehensive overview of the wealth of methods developed in Italy on the selected topics: indeed, it focuses on methods dealing with quantitative data and, in this context, only on the most recent literature. The fil rouge is given by the developments which have been inspired in quantitative data clustering by the complex nature of the data nowadays arising in a broad range of applications.
description: Statistica; Vol 72, No 3 (2012); 271-286
Short Communications TAPS V10 anonymised.docx
Creators: name: Kong, Juanita
name: Boon See Teo
name: Yueh Jia Lee
name: Pabba, Anu Bharath
name: Lee, Edmund Jon Deoon
name: Sng, Judy C. G.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 80111 Virtual Reality and Related Simulation
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: With the COVID-19 pandemic, Singapore underwent a national lockdown in which most organisations, including schools were closed. Halting face-to-face tutorials resulting in decreased clinical contact for medical students. Prior to the pandemic, we had developed the Virtual Integrated Patient (VIP). Equipped with conversational technology, it provides students online practice in various clinical skills such as history-taking, physical examination and investigations. The aim of this paper is to describe the supplementary use of VIP in the second-year class, a pilot study conducted.The VIP platform was introduced to the cohort and used to supplement the teaching of history-taking in the “Communication with Patients” (CWP) module for second-year students. Traditionally, CWP tutorials involve face-to-face history-taking from standardised patients (SPs). Students, who consented to participating in the trial, had additional 3 weeks’ access to VIP to practice their history-taking skills. They completed a survey on their user experience and satisfaction at the end of the three weeks.Out of the 106 participants, 87% strongly agreed or agreed that using VIP helped in remembering the content while 69% of them felt that VIP increased their confidence and competence in history-taking.VIP was well-received by students and showed promise as a tool to supplement history-taking tutorials, prior to students’ encounter with SPs and real patients. Hence, this trend showed its potential as an alternative when clinical rotations were delayed or cancelled. Further research can be done to evaluate its effectiveness in this context.
Additional file 1 of Efficiency of biofilm removal by combination of water jet and cold plasma: an in-vitro study
Creators: name: Matthes, Rutger
name: Jablonowski, Lukasz
name: Pitchika, Vinay
name: Holtfreter, Birte
name: Eberhard, Christian
name: Seifert, Leo
name: Gerling, Torsten
name: Vilardell Scholten, Laura
name: Schlüter, Rabea
name: Kocher, Thomas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Permission to use the devices on patients.
A ratio-cum-product estimator of population mean in stratified random sampling using two auxiliary variables
Creators: name: TAILOR, RJESH; School Of Studies In Statistics-Vikram University Ujjain
name: CHOUHAN, SUNIL; Department Of Statistics, Shri Vaishnav Institute Of Management
name: TAILOR, RITESH; Wood Properties And Uses Division, Institute Of Wood Science And Technology, Bangalore
name: GARG, NEHA; School Of Sciences-Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: This paper proposes a ratio-cum-product estimator of finite population mean in stratified random sampling using information on population means of two auxiliary variables. The bias and mean squared error expressions are derived under large sample approximations. Proposed estimator has been compared with usual unbiased estimator in stratified sampling, combined ratio estimator and combined product estimator theoretically as well as empirically.
description: Statistica; Vol 72, No 3 (2012); 287-297
Looking Inside the Black Box of "Attendance at Services": New Measures for Exploring an Old Dimension in Religion and Health Research
Creators: name: Contrada, Richard J.
name: Idler, Ellen L.
name: Boulifard, David A.
name: Labouvie, Erich W.
name: Chen, Yung
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2009
Subjects: Church attendance
Health--Religious aspects
Identification (Religion)
Psychology, Religious

description: Research in religion and health has spurred new interest in measuring religiousness. Measurement efforts have focused on subjective facets of religiousness such as spirituality and beliefs, and less attention has been paid to congregate aspects, beyond the single item measuring attendance at services. We evaluate some new measures for religious experiences occurring during congregational worship services. Respondents (N=576) were religiously-diverse community dwelling adults interviewed prior to cardiac surgery. Exploratory factor analysis of the new items with a pool of standard items yielded a readily interpretable solution, involving seven correlated but distinct factors and one index variable, with high levels of internal consistency. We describe religious affiliation and demographic differences in these measures. Attendance at religious services provides multifaceted physical, emotional, social, and spiritual experiences that may promote physical health through multiple pathways.
A spatial econometric approach to EU regional disparities between economic and geographical periphery
Creators: name: BRASILI, CRISTINA; Dipartimento Di Scienze Statistiche-Università Di Bologna
name: BRUNO, FRANCESCA; Dipartimento Di Scienze Statistiche-Università Di Bologna
name: SAGUATTI, ANNACHIARA; Dipartimento Di Scienze Statistiche-Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: A conditional β-convergence model and a distance-based weight matrix are used to analyse the economic convergence among European NUTS-2 regions over the period 1980-2006. A Spatial Autoregressive Model which identifies two spatial regimes and spatial dependence finds that the convergence process among EU regions is affected by polarization into two clusters defined both on a geographical and economic criterion, which converge at different rates towards different steady states. This result confirms the hypothesis that a methodology which uses spatial econometric techniques is needed to model spatial effects, and that otherwise the estimates are likely to be inefficient or even biased.
description: Statistica; Vol 72, No 3 (2012); 299-316
A product autoregressive model with log-Laplace marginal distribution
Creators: name: JOSE, K. K.; Department Of Statistics, St. Thomas College, Palai-Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
name: THOMAS, MANU MARIAM; Department Of Statistics, St. Thomas College, Palai-Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: The log-Laplace distribution and its properties are considered. Some important properties like multiplicative infinite divisibility, geometric multiplicative infinite divisibility and self-decomposability are discussed. A first order product autoregressive model with log-Laplace marginal distribution is developed. Simulation studies are conducted as well as sample path properties and estimation of parameters of the process are discussed. Further multivariate extensions are also considered.
description: Statistica; Vol 72, No 3 (2012); 317-336
Additional file 2 of Efficiency of biofilm removal by combination of water jet and cold plasma: an in-vitro study
Creators: name: Matthes, Rutger
name: Jablonowski, Lukasz
name: Pitchika, Vinay
name: Holtfreter, Birte
name: Eberhard, Christian
name: Seifert, Leo
name: Gerling, Torsten
name: Vilardell Scholten, Laura
name: Schlüter, Rabea
name: Kocher, Thomas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. Images of the water contact angle measurement.
Who benefits from outsourcing? A study of one italian region’s small firms
Creators: name: DRUDI, IGNAZIO; Department Of Statistics-University Of Bologna
name: PACEI, SILVIA; Department Of Statistics-University Of Bologna
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: This paper analyses the production outsourcing of Emilia-Romagna’s small clothing manufacturers, using a new rich firm-level dataset. This dataset has the considerable advantage of containing interesting information about the outsourcing of certain phases of the production process that no other data source offers. The production process of these firms, which may be of a totally integrated or more fragmented nature, is thus analysed, and the effects of outsourcing are investigated. Since the analysis of the impact of outsourcing at the firm level has always focused more on productivity than on profitability (Olsen 2006), we are going to study the impact of outsourcing decisions both on a firm’s value added and on its gross earnings, by estimating econometric models. These models allow us to incorporate a firm’s outsourcing propensity into the impact evaluation, by adjusting for possible selection bias (Amemija 1985; Schnedler 2005). Our findings show that outsourcing has a positive effect on both productivity and, in particular, on profitability, thus confirming that Italian small clothing businesses tend to place immediate profit before productivity and growth.
description: Statistica; Vol 72, No 3 (2012); 337-356
Program schemas with semantic restrictions
Creators: name: Weyuker, Elaine J.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1977

description: Paterson introduced the notions of freedom and liberality as semantic restrictions on the class of schemas. He felt that such restricted Might have solvable decision problems, realistic models of what classes of schemas and also be would generally be considered "good" programs. With the latter viewpoint in mind, two new classes of schemas are introduced in this thesis: the reachable schemas and the semi free schemas. Several decision problems for these classes, and translatability between these classes and other semantically restricted schema classes are studied. Relationships between various classes of schemas are also considered. An investigation is made of the preservation of semantic properties by is morph SM, functional Similarity, strong equivalency and weak equivalence. This allows a distinction to be made between properties, which are inherent in the class of functions represented by a schema, regardless of the algorithm used to compute it, and those properties which are dependent upon the algorithm or its encoding. Two types of interpretations for schemas are defined: point wise interpretations and function interpretations. The relationships between these types of interpretations are studied. It is seen that corresponding to the set of all finite consistent paths of a schema executed under point wise interpretations, there is a single effectively constructible function interpretation of that schema which has the same set of finite consistent-paths. The equivalence of certain semantic properties of schemas follows from this result. This result also facilitates the consideration of the inheritance of schema properties by programs, and the inheritance of program properties by schemas. Finally, several classes of programs, which are the analogues of the schema classes, are introduced. A study is made of translatability and decidability questions for these classes of programs, and it is demonstrated that results similar to those for schemas hold in most cases.
An alternative hyper-Poisson distribution
Creators: name: SATHEESH KUMAR, C.; Department Of Statistics-University Of Kerala
name: UNNIKRISHNAN NAIR, B.; Department Of Statistics-University Of Kerala
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: An alternative form of hyper-Poisson distribution is introduced through its probability mass function and studies some of its important aspects such as mean, variance, expressions for its raw moments, factorial moments, probability generating function and recursion formulae for its probabilities, raw moments and factorial moments. The estimation of the parameters of the distribution by various methods are considered and illustrated using some real life data sets.
description: Statistica; Vol 72, No 3 (2012); 357-369
Additional file 3 of Efficiency of biofilm removal by combination of water jet and cold plasma: an in-vitro study
Creators: name: Matthes, Rutger
name: Jablonowski, Lukasz
name: Pitchika, Vinay
name: Holtfreter, Birte
name: Eberhard, Christian
name: Seifert, Leo
name: Gerling, Torsten
name: Vilardell Scholten, Laura
name: Schlüter, Rabea
name: Kocher, Thomas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3. Scanning electron micrograph of scratched titanium.
[Review of] Hither Shore: Jahrbuch der Deutschen Tolkien Gesellschaft. Special issue: Nature and Landscape in Tolkien. Ed. Thomas Fornet-Ponse et al. v. 11 (2014) ; Seven: An Anglo-American Literary Review. Ed. Marjorie Lamp Mead. v. 31 (2014) ; Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review. Ed. Michael D.C. Drout, Verlyn Flieger, and David Bratman. v. XII (2015)
Creators: name: Croft, Janet Brennan
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Fantasy literature
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973
Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963

description: Reviews of a special issue of Hither Shore: Jahrbuch der Deutschen Tolkien Gesellschaft, a volume of Seven: An Anglo-American Literary Review, and a volume of Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review.
Does the mid-Atlantic United States sea-level acceleration hot spot reflect ocean dynamic variability?
Creators: name: Kopp, Robert E.
Publisher: name: American Geophysical Union
Year: 2013
Subjects: Sea level
Climate
Middle Atlantic States

description: To test a hypothesized faster-than-global sea-level acceleration along the mid-Atlantic United States, I construct a Gaussian process model that decomposes tide gauge data into short-term variability and longer-term trends, and into globally-coherent, regionally-coherent and local components. While tide gauge records indicate a faster-than-global increase in the rate of mid-Atlantic U.S. sea-level rise beginning ~1975, this acceleration could reflect either the start of a long-term trend or ocean dynamic variability. The acceleration will need to continue for ~2 decades before the rate of increase of the sea-level difference between the mid- Atlantic and southeastern U.S. can be judged as very likely unprecedented by 20th century standards. However, the difference is correlated with the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, North Atlantic Oscillation, and Gulf Stream North Wall indices, all of which are currently within the range of past variability.
Reintroducing Bunky at 125: E.M. Jellinek’s life and contributions to Alcohol Studies
Creators: name: Babor, Thomas F.
name: Allred, Nicholas
name: Ward, Judit Hajnal
name: Bejarano, William
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Alcohol history
Jellinek, E. M. (Elvin Morton), 1890-1963
Yale Center of Alcohol Studies

description: Objective: Elvin Morton Jellinek (1890–1963) was one of the founders of modern addiction science. This overview is a brief survey of his life and achievements, intended to re-introduce alcohol scholars to his contributions (and possible failings) as well as stimulate interest and historical research in the field. Method: The article draws largely from the archival collection of the Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies (CAS) Library and the Jellinek memorial issue of the CAS Information Services Newsletter. Scholarly works and personal and institutional records by or about E. M. Jellinek were assembled and, when necessary, translated into English. Results: Born in 1890 in New York and raised in Hungary, Jellinek studied at several European universities and worked for various institutions and organizations in Budapest (1914–1920), Sierra Leone, Honduras, and at the Worcester State Hospital, in Massachusetts. In 1941 he became an associate professor of applied physiology at Yale University, where he directed the Yale Summer School of Alcohol Studies from 1941 to 1950. After more than a decade of work with the World Health Organization and several Canadian institutions, he taught and conducted research at the Institute for the Study of Human Problems at Stanford University until his death in 1963. Jellinek was a pioneer in research on the nature and causes of alcoholism and was an early proponent of the disease theory of alcoholism. Conclusions: With the help of E. M. Jellinek, the modern era of addiction science was launched with an international outlook that included critical attention to the physical infrastructure and intellectual capital needed to form an interdisciplinary field of basic research, applied science, and clinical practice.
How we can reduce dependency on opioid painkillers in rural and regional Australia
Creators: name: O'Mara, Ben
name: Sherker, Shauna
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Between 2008 and 2011, the rate of people treated for dependency on morphine in rural and regional Australia was roughly double that of their major city counterparts. Dependency on morphine, codeine, oxycodone and other opioid painkillers reflects what we already know about life in the small towns of Australia. Outside major cities, people tend to have poorer health and reduced life expectancy. Long travel times to health services, small health facilities and greater demand for doctors makes accessing support for improved health difficult. But living in country Australia doesn’t have to be a prescription for poor health.
Cross-sectional survey on physician burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic in Vancouver, Canada : the role of gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation
Creators: name: Khan, Nadia
name: Palepu, Anita
name: Dodek, Peter M.
name: Salmon, Amy
name: Leitch, Heather
name: Ruzycki, Shannon
name: Townson, Andrea
name: Lacaille, Diane
Publisher: name: BMJ
Year: 2021

description: Objective To determine the prevalence of physician burnout during the pandemic and differences by gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation. Design, setting and participants We conducted a cross-sectional survey (August–October in 2020) of internal medicine physicians at two academic hospitals in Vancouver, Canada. Primary and secondary outcomes Physician burnout and its components, emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and personal accomplishment were measured using the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Results The response rate was 38% (n=302/803 respondents, 49% women,). The prevalence of burnout was 68% (emotional exhaustion 63%, depersonalisation 39%) and feeling low personal accomplishment 22%. In addition, 21% reported that they were considering quitting the profession or had quit a position. Women were more likely to report emotional exhaustion (OR 2.00, 95% CI: 1.07 to 3.73, p=0.03) and feeling low personal accomplishment (OR 2.26, 95% CI: 1.09 to 4.70, p=0.03) than men. Visible ethnic minority physicians were more likely to report feeling lower personal accomplishment than white physicians (OR 1.81, 95% CI: 1.28 to 2.55, p=0.001). There was no difference in emotional exhaustion or depersonalisation by ethnicity or sexual orientation. Physicians who reported that COVID-19 affected their burnout were more likely to report any burnout (OR: 3.74, 95% CI: 1.99 to 7.01, p<0.001) and consideration of quitting or quit (OR: 3.20, 95% CI: 1.34 to 7.66, p=0.009). Conclusion Burnout affects 2 out of 3 internal medicine physicians during the pandemic. Women, ethnic minority physicians and those who feel that COVID-19 affects burnout were more likely to report components of burnout. Further understanding of factors driving feelings of low personal accomplishment in women and ethnic minority physicians is needed.
Some recent developments in the design of adaptive clinical trials
Creators: name: BALDI ANTOGNINI, ALESSANDRO; Department Of Statistical Sciences-University Of Bologna
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: For clinical trials that compare two or more competing treatments, the literature proposes several randomization rules that aim at favouring, at each stage of the trial, the treatment that appears to be best. In two papers the present authors have suggested criteria of optimal allocation that combine inferential precision and ethical gain by means of flexible weights, in order to achieve a good trade-off between efficiency and ethical concerns. The ensuing optimal allocation of the treatments can be targeted by a suitable response- adaptive randomization rule. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate and extend the results previously obtained by the authors to a wider range of statistical models for comparative trials. Methods for implementing these designs are given. Some numerical examples are included in order to enhance the applicability.
description: Statistica; Vol 72, No 4 (2012); 375-393
БАНКЛАРДА ЧАКАНА ТЎЛОВ ТИЗИМИ САМАРАДОРЛИГИНИ ОШИРИШ ЙЎЛЛАРИ
Creators: name: Номозов, Ровшан
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ўзбекистонда ҳам сўнгги йилларда банклараро тўлов тизими орқали амалга ошириладиган операциялар сони ва тузилмасига оид кўрсаткичларда ижобий ўзгаришлар кузатилмоқда, қуйидаги жадвалда банклараро тўлов тизими орқали амалга оширилган нақд-пулсиз ҳисоб-китоб ҳужжатлар ҳақида маълумотлар келтирилган.
Definition of a territorial tourist attractiveness index: a multivariate statistical approach
Creators: name: Gismondi, R.
name: Russo, M.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2007

description: Theoretical and effective tourist attractiveness should be evaluated at a very detailed territorial level. For this reason, we propose a selection of statistical variables measured at the municipality level, useful for the calculation of a tourist index on the basis of three compared statistical techniques. An empirical effort has been carried out on the 64 municipalities belonging to the Foggia province, with reference to year 2002. Finally, we have often stressed the operative usefulness of the final tourist indexes, both to correctly classify municipalities from a tourist point of view and to render easier the identification of the so called Sistemi Turistici Locali (STL).
description: Statistica; Vol 64, No 3 (2004); 545-571
Additional file 4 of Efficiency of biofilm removal by combination of water jet and cold plasma: an in-vitro study
Creators: name: Matthes, Rutger
name: Jablonowski, Lukasz
name: Pitchika, Vinay
name: Holtfreter, Birte
name: Eberhard, Christian
name: Seifert, Leo
name: Gerling, Torsten
name: Vilardell Scholten, Laura
name: Schlüter, Rabea
name: Kocher, Thomas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 4. Test controls of mechanical cleaning methods.
Testing and Understanding Error Recovery Code in Java Applications
Creators: name: Fu, Chen
name: Ryder, Barbara G.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2005

description: Server applications are expected to handle lower level faults and keep them from bringing down the whole system. Java provides a program-level exception handling mechanism in response to error conditions (that are translated into exceptions by Java VM). However, exception handling code is often widely scattered throughout an application and untested. This paper presents a program visualization tool ExTest that shows precisely all the handlers for exceptions triggered by certain kinds of operations, and for each of these handlers all the witness paths of how the operation would be triggered. Thus ExTest helps programmers understand the exception handling behavior of Java programs and also facilitates testing exception handling code.
On the covariance of residual lives
Creators: name: Unnikrishan Nair, N.
name: Asha, G.
name: Sankaran, P.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2007

description: Various properties of residual life such as mean, median, percentiles, variance etc have been discussed in literature on reliability and survival analysis. However a detailed study on covariance between residual lives in a two component system does not seem to have been undertaken. The present paper discusses various properties of product moment and covariance of residual lives. Relationships the product moment has with mean residual life and failure rate are studied and some characterizations are established.
description: Statistica; Vol 64, No 3 (2004); 573-585
Problems related to the development of integrated systems for economic and environmental accouning: a preliminary analysis of the economic-environmental impact of human activities on the marine pollution in the Basilicata region
Creators: name: Vannella, G.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2007

description: The efforts made during the last years to analyze the interrelations between economy and environment, suggest defining and constructing standardized integrated systems for national economic and environmental accounting. The methodologies that currently exist are not fully developed and involve numerous theoretical and applicative problems that limit, and delay considerably, the construction of such systems. In this article an alternative approach to the analysis is suggested, which aims to attribute environmental problems to the economic activities that generate them. In particular, a complex procedure of explanatory analysis carried out on a regional scale is suggested. Based on environmental measurements already performed all over the national territory, the procedure identifies territorial and environmental characteristics and latent variables, as well as the variety of the intricate phenomena in a way that is compatible with the requirements of the national schemes for economic an environmental accounting. References are given to environmental variables on a regional scale that have not been previously considered in ISTAT’s current NAMEA projects and that can be obtained faster.
description: Statistica; Vol 64, No 3 (2004); 587-598
The impact of technology, education and gender on conceptualizations and creation of home among immigrants and refugees
Creators: name: GIAKI, SPYRIDOULA
name: MCLOUGHLIN, SHIRLEY
name: ARVANITIS, EUGENIA
Publisher: name: Mediterranean Journal of Education
Year: 2025
Subjects: Home, refugees, immigrants, technology, education, gender

description: When considering the conceptualization and actual physicality of home as described and created by refugees and immigrants, many factors contribute to this critical component of their journeys. By examining specifics of the concept and creation of home, differences become apparent, impacted by various internal and external factors. Since multiple modes of technology have become more readily available and accessible to immigrants and refugees, technology has become a significant influence on creation and connections of home.  Similarly, regardless of cultural background, gender has a significant impact, both in the creation of a home space and in conceptualizations of home. This study examines the conceptualization and creation of home among a small group of immigrant teenagers in the United States and its importance in transitioning to a new country. In addition, the effect and interplay of education, gender and technology on the understanding of these concepts of home are explored.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Education, Vol. 5, N. 1 (2025)