cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Report on the Status of Women
Creators: name: Vasstrom, Alexys
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2006
Subjects: Research -- Periodicals.
Humanities -- Research -- Periodicals.
Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals.

description: From the Faculty Nominator: Alexys wrote this paper for a Peace Studies internship which she fulfilled in the San Francisco City mayor's office. She had done significant research for this paper over two semesters and in two different courses, one in philosophy and one in peace studies. The significance of her effort is evident in the paper - she was actually able to use her academic work to influence public policy on human trafficking in the United States.
description: I began studying human trafficking four years ago. I was disturbed that children were being brought into the United States for sex. When in South America, the tsunami of 2004 struck and I was terrified for the children who went undocumented for undetermined amounts of time. Traffickers are ready and waiting when children are rendered helpless. The profit made from the life of a human being is unthinkable, and there are many waiting to reap benefits. Because I had no idea how to go to the east and help, but knew I had to begin action, I submitted a letter and a series of academic reports I had written on the subject of human trafficking to the mayor of San Francisco, Mayor Gavin Newsom. San Francisco is a port of entry into the U.S. by many, including those who have business in the bodies of others. I appealed to him and asked for an internship so that I may raise awareness of the problem in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mayor Newsom called me personally and told me that trafficking was high on his radar and would gladly accept my enthusiastic desire to make a difference. This publication is the resulting analysis report of a summer spent interning in the Department on the Status of Women in the City and County of San Francisco. I would like to thank my supervisor Bernice Casey for her endless support and leadership, Executive Director Emily Murase, my human rights and peace studies advisor Professor Seble Dawit for her push and belief in my passion and my work, and Mayor Newsome for allotting me the opportunity to work in a government capacity and help me make a real difference. Thank you as well to my dad, Leif Vasstrom, without whom my papers and letters may have been lost in the load Mayor Newsom carries daily. Hopefully, one day, the buying and selling of bodies will finally be eradicated and all will receive the rights and protections they deserve.
description: Seble Dawit
description: http://blogs.goucher.edu/verge/verge3/
Method of Trend Extraction Using Singular Spectrum Analysis
Creators: name: Alexandrov, Theodore
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2009

description: The paper presents a new method of trend extraction in the framework of the Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA) approach. This method is easy to use, does not need specification of models of time series and trend, allows to extract trend in the presence of noise and oscillations and has only two parameters (besides basic SSA parameter called window length). One parameter manages scale of the extracted trend and another is a method specific threshold value. We propose procedures for the choice of the parameters. The presented method is evaluated on a simulated time series with a polynomial trend and an oscillating component with unknown period and on the seasonally adjusted monthly data of unemployment level in Alaska for the period 1976/01– 2006/09.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2009): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
The Effect of Reading Intervention on Middle School Students Reading Scores
Creators: name: Benshaw, Alexandria
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: To see paper in its entirety contact archives@goucher.edu or call (410)337-6075.
description: The impact of a reading intervention program, Performance and Reading (PAR), on seventh and
eighth grade students’ performance on the Gates-MacGinitie reading test (GMRT) and the
reading portion of the Maryland School Assessments (MSA) is the focus of this study. The
groups were made up of seventh and eighth grade students taking PAR reading intervention. The
students were from a public school and both groups received the same instruction. Data for the
research was collected over an entire school year. The results of the study showed PAR
intervention has a positive influence on eighth grade students’ MSA test results. Further
research could be conducted to explore if PAR intervention affects Gates-MacGinitie
assessments over a longer period of time.
Differentiated Instructional Techniques and their Effect on Student Reading Comprehension Achievement
Creators: name: Clauss, Molly
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: To see paper in its entirety contact archives@goucher.edu or call (410)337-6075.
description: The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of using a variety of differentiated instructional (DI) techniques to improve the reading comprehension scores of third grade students on the Anne Arundel County Public Schools Reading and Language Arts Benchmark exams. This study involved a control group and a treatment group of students enrolled in one third grade class. The study involved the use of a quasi-experimental design using a pre/posttest to compare data from October 2010 (before DI techniques were implemented) to May 2011 (after DI techniques were completed). The results of this study indicate that DI did have a significant impact on reading achievement from the first Benchmark exam to the third Benchmark exam. Research supports that differentiated instructional (DI) techniques should be used in classrooms to improve motivation during reading instruction and overall reading achievement. Further research is needed to determine if the differentiated instructional techniques would be more beneficial for students in other classes across grade levels.
The Effects of Individual Behavior Charting on Reducing Hallway Talking Infractions among First Graders
Creators: name: DeLuca, Keri Lyn Hughes
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: To see paper in its entirety contact archives@goucher.edu or call (410)337-6075.
description: The study used a quasi experimental design to examine the effects of individual behavior charts,
self-monitoring, and tangible rewards on the hallway behavior of a convenience sample of first
grade students who served as their own controls (n = 26). Baseline data of number of talking
infractions per student was recorded without student awareness over an eight day period. After
baseline data was collected, students were instructed as to appropriate hallway behavior and
given a behavior chart to record whether or not they committed talking infractions. Students
received material reinforcements for accumulation of points earned for no talking infractions.
The treatment lasted twenty four days. The mean number of talking infractions during the
intervention period and weighted baseline period was compared by a non-independent samples ttest.
The intervention was found to be successful. The children committed significantly less
hallway talking infractions during the intervention period (Mean = 3.19, SD = 2.30) than during
the (weighted) baseline period (Mean = 7.27. SD = 4.42) [t(25) = 4.64, p < .001]. Practical
implications and ideas for future research are discussed.
Optimal and Quasi-Optimal Designs
Creators: name: Martins, João Paulo
name: Mendonça, Sandra
name: Pestana, Dinis Duarte
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2008

description: Optimal design theory deals with the choice of the allocation of the observations to accomplish the estimation of some linear combination of the coefficients in a regression model in an optimal way. Canonical moments provide an elegant framework to the theory of optimal designs. An optimal design for polynomial regression of a given degree r can be fatally inappropriate in case the polynomial degree should in fact be s, and hence when r is unknown it would be preferable to consider designs that show good performance for different values of the polynomial degree. Anderson’s (1962) pathbreaking solution of this multidecision problem has originated many developments, as optimal discriminant designs and optimal robust designs. But once again a design devised for a specific task can be grossly inefficient for a slightly different purpose. We introduce mixed designs; tables for regression of degrees r= 2,3,4 exhibiting the loss of efficiency when the optimal mixed design is used instead of the optimal discriminant or of the optimal robust design show that the loss of efficiency is at most 1% and 2%, respectively, while the loss of efficiency when using a discriminant design instead of a robust design or vice-versa can be as high as 10%. Using recursive relations we compute pseudo-canonical moments for measures with infinite support, showing that such pseudo-canonical moments do not share the good identifiability properties of canonical moments of measures whose support is a subset of a compact interval of the real line.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 6 No. 3 (2008): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Austism and Infant Attachment: A Review of the Literature
Creators: name: Rooney, Anna
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2006
Subjects: Research -- Periodicals.
Humanities -- Research -- Periodicals.
Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals.

description: While the research is in its beginnings, a diagnosis of autism does not necessarily equate
with an attachment-less life. Considering the possible adverse reaction of the parent, the
prevalence of symptoms that contribute to a lack of emotional reciprocity, and neurological
malfunctioning in areas critical in relationship formation it seems hopeless for a parent to attempt
to form a secure attachment with their autistic child. Yet, as Stephen Bohay demonstrates, a
parent should not desert their dreams of eventually forming a close, happy relationship with their
child. Autistic children can and do form attachments to their parents and these attachments are
just as likely to be secure as the attachments of normally developing children. However, these
attachments generally have a late onset due to an apparent need for higher mental
representational skills. But once these skills develop, it is quite possible that the parent of an
autistic child may be able to exclaim, “I really felt he loved me” (Holloway, 1981) also.
description: Jo Ellyn Pederson
description: http://blogs.goucher.edu/verge/verge3/
Estimation and Forecasting in Suinar(1) Model
Creators: name: Silva, Nélia
name: Pereira, Isabel
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2008

description: This work considers a generalization of the INAR(1) model to the panel data first order Seemingly Unrelated INteger AutoRegressive Poisson model, SUINAR(1). It presents Bayesian and classical methodologies to estimate the parameters of Poisson SUINAR(1) model and to forecast future observations of the process. In particular, prediction intervals for forecasts — classical approach — and HPD prediction intervals — Bayesian approach — are derived. A simulation study is provided to give additional insight into the finite sample behaviour of the parameter estimates and forecasts.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 6 No. 3 (2008): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Thinking Maps and Poetry Instruction and Their Impact on Sight Word Acquisition of Kindergarten Students
Creators: name: Georgopalis, Melanie
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: To see paper in its entirety contact archives@goucher.edu or call (410)337-6075.
description: The purpose of this study was to determine if the use of Thinking Maps or poetry instruction
would have an impact on a young child's sight word acquisition. Both the experimental group and the
control group were kindergarten students receiving the same curriculum instruction, with the exception
of the experimental group receiving sight word instruction using Thinking Maps during small group
instruction, while the comparison group received only poetry and hands-on activities for sight word
instruction. The study was conducted over a four-week period and occurred in a co-taught, open space
classroom. The results of this study show that there is no significant difference in a child's sight word
acquisition based upon the two types of instruction. Students did achieve slightly higher on a posttest,
the Dolch Word List, when using poetry and hands-on materials. The results of this study also showed
improvement with the experimental group indicating the positive effect of Thinking Maps when
segmenting nonsense words, however not when identifying sight words. Further research could be
conducted to determine the effects of Thinking Maps and poetry on the fluency rates of primary
students.
Post Enumeration Survey of the 2001 Portuguese Population and Housing Censuses
Creators: name: Simões Coelho, Pedro
name: Casimiro, Fernando
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2008

description: Within the framework of the quality control and evaluation program for the Portuguese 2001 Census, the Portuguese statistical office (INE) conducted a Post Enumeration Survey (PES) to measure quality. The main aims of the PES were to evaluate coverage errors and content errors for the target populations. The PES is a probabilistic sampling survey representative at NUTS II level. This paper describes the methodology for this survey. The paper includes a discussion of sample size and allocation resulting from the imposition of maximum coefficients of variation for a set of variables both at regional and national level. The methodology used to obtain predictions for resident populations and dwellings is also presented. These predictions are used in the definition of inclusion probabilities for the primary sampling units. The sampling design is finally compared with two alternative designs (with a smaller number of stages), concluding for the advantage of the proposed design in regard to the survey goals.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 6 No. 3 (2008): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Special Characterizations of Standard Discrete Models
Creators: name: De Bragança Pereira, Carlos Alberto
name: Stern, Julio Michael
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2008

description: This article presents important properties of standard discrete distributions and its conjugate densities. The Bernoulli and Poisson processes are described as generators of such discrete models. A characterization of distributions by mixtures is also introduced. This article adopts a novel singular notation and representation. Singular representations are unusual in statistical texts. Nevertheless, the singular notation makes it simpler to extend and generalize theoretical results and greatly facilitates numerical and computational implementation.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 6 No. 3 (2008): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Community-based Prevention of Substance Abuse in the Youth: A Case Study of Thubphueng, Sukhothai
Creators: name: Panuwat Panket
name: Narongsak Noosorn
Publisher: name: Department of Mental Health Thailand
Year: 2005
Subjects: promotion,prevention,community,substance abused,the youths

description: 3, 13, Journal of Mental Health of Thailand
Interval Estimators for a Binomial Proportion: Comparison of Twenty Methods
Creators: name: Pires, Ana M.
name: Amado, Conceição
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2008

description: In applied statistics it is often necessary to obtain an interval estimate for an unknown proportion (p) based on binomial sampling. This topic is considered in almost every introductory course. However, the usual approximation is known to be poor when the true p is close to zero or to one. To identify alternative procedures with better properties twenty non-iterative methods for computing a (central) two-sided interval estimate for p were selected and compared in terms of coverage probability and expected length. From this study a clear classification of those methods has emerged. An important conclusion is that the interval based on asymptotic normality, but after the arcsine transformation and a continuity correction, and the Add 4 method of Agresti and Coull (1998) yield very reliable results, the choice between the two depending on the desired degree of conservativeness.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 6 No. 2 (2008): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
โรคทางจิตเวชกับการให้ใบรับรองแพทย์เพื่อขอใบอนุญาตขับขี่
Creators: name: ก้องเกียรติ กูณฑ์กันทรากร
name: สมชัย บวรกิตติ
Publisher: name: Department of Mental Health Thailand
Year: 2548
Subjects: คณะแพทยศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์,ราชบัณฑิต สำนักวิทยาศาสตร์ ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน

description: 3, 13, Journal of Mental Health of Thailand
Additional file 1 of Applying therapist-guided digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in psychiatry: a mixed-methods process evaluation
Creators: name: Reesen, J. E.
name: van de Kamer, F. M.
name: van Keeken, A. E.
name: Ikelaar, S. L.C.
name: van Oppen, P.
name: Batelaan, N.
name: Lancee, J.
name: van Someren, E. J.W.
name: van Nassau, F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Cancer
Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1
Supplementary document for Circular nanocavity substrate assisted plasmonic tip for its enhancement in nanofocusing and optical trapping - 5508318.pdf
Creators: name: Lu, Fanfan
name: Zhang, Wending
name: Sun, Lixun
name: Mei, Ting
name: Yuan, Xiaocong
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Extremes of Randomly Sub-Sampled Time Series
Creators: name: Hall, Andreia
name: G. Scotto, Manuel
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2008

description: In this paper, we investigate the extremal properties of randomly sub-sampled stationary sequences. Motivation comes from the need to account for the effect of missing values on the analysis of time series and the comparison of schemes for monitoring systems with breakdowns or systems with automatic replacement of devices in case of failures.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 6 No. 2 (2008): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Minimally Biased Nonparametric Regression and Autoregression
Creators: name: L. McMurry, Timothy
name: N. Politis, Dimitris
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2008

description: A nonparametric regression estimator is introduced which adapts to the smoothness of the unknown function being estimated. This property allows the new estimator to automatically achieve minimal bias over a large class of locally smooth functions without changing the rate at which the variance converges. Optimal convergence rates are shown to hold for both i.i.d. data and autoregressive processes satisfying strong mixing conditions.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 6 No. 2 (2008): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Class of Z+-Valued Autoregressive Moving Average (ARMA) Processes
Creators: name: A. A. Aly, Emad-Eldin
name: Bouzar, Nadjib
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2008

description: A convolution semigroup of probability generating functions and its related operator ⊙F are used to construct a class of stationary Z+-valued autoregressive moving average (ARMA) processes. Several distributional and regression properties are obtained. A number of ARMA processes with specific innovation sequences are presented.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 6 No. 2 (2008): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Testing Extreme Value Conditions — an Overview and Recent Approaches
Creators: name: Neves, Cláudia
name: Fraga Alves, M. Isabel
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2008

description: The aim of this paper is to give a brief overview about several tests published in the context of statistical choice of extreme value domains and for assessing extreme value conditions. Some of the most recent testing procedures encompassed in this framework will be illustrated using a teletraffic data set.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 6 No. 1 (2008): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Extreme Value Analysis of a Spatial Process
Creators: name: De Haan, Laurens
name: Zhou, Chen
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2008

description: One common way to deal with extreme value analysis in spatial statistics is by using the max-stable process. By employing a representation of simple max-stable processes in de Haan and Ferreira ([3]), we propose a stationary max-stable process as a model of the dependence structure in two-dimensional spatial problems. We calculate its two-dimensional marginal distributions, which creates the opportunity to estimate the dependence parameter. The model is used in Buishand, de Haan and Zhou ([1]) for a spatial rainfall problem.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 6 No. 1 (2008): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Linking Pareto-Tail Kernel Goodness-Offit Statistics with Tail Index at Optimal Threshold and Second Order Estimation
Creators: name: Goegebeur, Yuri
name: Beirlant, Jan
name: De Wet, Tertius
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2008

description: In this paper the relation between goodness-of-fit testing and the optimal selection of the sample fraction for tail estimation, for instance using Hill’s estimator, is examined. We consider this problem under a general kernel goodness-of-fit test statistic for assessing whether a sample is consistent with the Pareto-type model. The derivation of the class of kernel goodness-of-fit statistics is based on the close link between the strict Pareto and the exponential distribution, and puts some of the available goodness-offit procedures for the latter in a broader perspective. Two important special cases of the kernel statistic, the Jackson and the Lewis statistic, will be discussed in greater depth. The relationship between the limiting distribution of the Lewis statistic and the bias-component of the asymptotic mean squared error of the Hill estimator is exploited to construct a new tail sample fraction selection criterion for the latter. The methodology is illustrated on a case study.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 6 No. 1 (2008): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Improving Probability-Weighted Moment Methods for the Generalized Extreme Value Distribution
Creators: name: Diebolt, Jean
name: Guillou, Armelle
name: Naveau, Philippe
name: Ribereau, Pierre
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2008

description: In 1985 Hosking et al. estimated with the so-called Probability-Weighted Moments (PWM) method the parameters of the Generalized Extreme Value (GEV) distribution, the latter being classically fitted to maxima of sequences of independent and identically distributed random variables. Their approach is still very popular in hydrology and climatology because of its conceptual simplicity, its easy implementation and its good performance for most distributions encountered in geosciences. Its main drawback resides in its limitations when applied to strong heavy-tailed densities. Whenever the GEV shape parameter is larger than 0.5, the asymptotic properties of the PWMs cannot be derived and consequently, asymptotic confidence intervals cannot be obtained. To broaden the validity domain of the PWM approach, we take advantage of a recent extension of PWM to a larger class of moments, called Generalized PWM (GPWM). This allows us to derive the asymptotic properties of our estimators for larger values of the shape parameter. The performance of our approach is illustrated by studying simulations of small, medium and large GEV samples. Comparisons with other GEV estimation techniques used in hydrology and climatology are performed.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 6 No. 1 (2008): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Supplementary document for Circular nanocavity substrate assisted plasmonic tip for its enhancement in nanofocusing and optical trapping - 5508318.pdf
Creators: name: Lu, Fanfan
name: Zhang, Wending
name: Sun, Lixun
name: Mei, Ting
name: Yuan, Xiaocong
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Geostatistical Exploratory Analysis of Precipitation Extremes in Southern Portugal
Creators: name: Costa, Ana Cristina
name: Durão, Rita
name: Soares, Amílcar
name: Pereira, Maria João
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2008

description: In Mediterranean climate regions, prolonged periods of unusually dry conditions reduce the availability of water resources and affect vegetation cover; while other areas can be affected by an increase in the number of heavy precipitation events, with an increase in the flood risk. Issues such as drought and erosive rainfall have been raising concern about the risks of land degradation and desertification. The main objective of this paper is to provide an insight of the geographic distribution of extreme precipitation events in the Southern region of continental Portugal, as a basis for a future study of the relationships between extreme rainfall patterns, both spatial and temporal, and desertification processes. The data used in this study are a set of 105 station records with daily precipitation observations for the period 1940–1999. This 60-year period was chosen to optimize data availability across the region, taking into consideration the quality control analysis performed. Among the numerous indices of extreme precipitation described in the literature, we selected three of them for an exploratory analysis: one index representing dry conditions, another one representing extremely heavy precipitation events and another index representing flood events. For each of these three indices, yearly trends and decadal space-time patterns are investigated. The results show no significant trends in the regional extreme indices. The geostatistical study concluded that the spatial patterns are more continuous in the last decade than the other ones before. The preliminary results of this study agree with other similar studies of the same region reported in the literature.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 6 No. 1 (2008): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Minimum-Variance Reduced-Bias Tail Index and High Quantile Estimation
Creators: name: Caeiro, Frederico
name: Gomes, M. Ivette
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2008

description: Heavy tailed-models are quite useful in many fields, like insurance, finance, telecommunications, internet traffic, among others, and it is often necessary to estimate a high quantile, i.e., a value that is exceeded with a probability p, small. The semiparametric estimation of this parameter relies essentially on the estimation of the tail index, the primary parameter in statistics of extremes. Classical semi-parametric estimators of extreme parameters show usually a severe bias and are known to be very sensitive to the number k of top order statistics used in the estimation. For k small they have a high variance, and for large k a high bias. Recently, new second-order “shape” and “scale” estimators allowed the development of second-order reduced-bias estimators, which are much less sensitive to the choice of k. Here we shall study, under a third order framework, minimum-variance reduced-bias (MVRB) tail index estimators, recently introduced in the literature, and dependent on an adequate estimation of second order parameters. The improvement comes from the asymptotic variance, which is kept equal to the asymptotic variance of the classical Hill estimator, provided that we estimate the second order parameters at a level of a larger order than the level used for the estimation of the first order parameter. The use of those MVRB tail index estimators enables us to introduce new classes of reduced-bias high quantile estimators. These new classes are compared among themselves and with previous ones through the use of a small-scale Monte Carlo simulation.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 6 No. 1 (2008): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Using discrete event simulation to evaluate the post-earthquake surge capacity in hospital emergency departments
Creators: name: Blowes, K.
name: Palomino Romani, G.
name: Molina Hutt, Carlos
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Damage to structural and nonstructural components of hospital buildings can limit emergency department functionality after a large seismic event. Integrating post-earthquake functionality assessments into emergency department simulations is therefore critical to understanding a hospital’s surge capacity. This paper presents a methodology to estimate the ratio of patient demand from casualties within a hospital catchment area to expected post-earthquake emergency department capacity, considering damage-induced loss of function. Discrete Event Simulation (DES) was used to simulate patient flow through a damaged emergency department and to quantify hospital performance by estimating patient wait time and length of stay. A case study hospital, constructed in the 1970s in Vancouver, Canada, was subjected to 30 Mw9.0 Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake simulations. DES results show the patient wait time limit of 2 hours was exceeded in 7 of the 30 scenarios. The mean patient length of stay for all 30 scenarios nearly doubled from 6.5 hours to 12.5 hours. The methodology developed supports planning efforts by enabling the simulation of emergency department operability in hospitals after an earthquake with explicit consideration of the impact of building damage on functionality. The results can be used as a decision support tool to improve healthcare disaster planning.
Note on Second Order Conditions in Extreme Value Theory: Linking General and Heavy Tail Conditions
Creators: name: Fraga Alves, M. Isabel
name: Gomes, M. Ivette
name: De Haan, Laurens
name: Neves, Cláudia
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2007

description: Second order conditions ruling the rate of convergence in any first order condition involving regular variation and assuring a unified extreme value limiting distribution function for the sequence of maximum values, linearly normalized, have appeared in several contexts whenever researchers are working either with a general tail, i.e., γ ∈ R, or with heavy tails, with an extreme value index γ > 0. In this paper we shall clarify the link between the second order parameters, say ρ and ρe that have appeared in the two above mentioned set-ups, i.e., for a general tail and for heavy tails, respectively. We illustrate the theory with some examples and, for heavy tails, we provide a link with a third order framework.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 5 No. 3 (2007): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Measure of Departure from Extended Marginal Homogeneity for Square Contingency Tables with Ordered Categories
Creators: name: Yamamoto, Kouji
name: Yukari Furuya, Yukari Furuya
name: Tomizawa, Sadao
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2007

description: For the analysis of square contingency tables, Tomizawa and Makii (2001), and Tomizawa, Miyamoto and Ashihara (2003) considered the measures to represent the degree of departure from marginal homogeneity (MH). Tomizawa (1984) considered an extended marginal homogeneity (EMH) model for square tables with ordered categories. This paper proposes a measure to represent the degree of departure from EMH. The measure proposed is expressed by using the Cressie and Read’s (1984) power-divergence or Patil and Taillie’s (1982) diversity index. The measure would be useful for comparing the degree of departure from EMH in several tables. Examples are given.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 5 No. 3 (2007): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Effect of Play on Classroom Behavior
Creators: name: Abrams, Shanice
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: To see paper in its entirety contact archives@goucher.edu or call (410)337-6075.
description: This study was conducted by a Program Coordinator at an elementary school to
determine whether play can help decrease disruptive classroom behavior. As coordinator
of conflict management in the school, the researcher observes problems and issues that
teachers do not see; one of these issues is bullying. The researcher, who works with a
variety of teachers and students, has acquired new perspectives on student behavior, its
causes, and strategies for improving it. In particular, the researcher has noted a
correlation between the bullying behavior and the students’ declining focus during the
school day. Bullying is one of the issues that contribute to the negative classroom
behavior. The question at hand was this: If students are given a 45 minute period
throughout the day to release energy and as an incentive mechanism, will it promote
positive classroom behavior? In order to answer this question, the researcher kept a
record of daily officer referrals for each student prior to and during the experiment. The
positive classroom behavior immediately increased.
Large Deviations and Berry–Esseen Inequalities for Estimators in Nonlinear Nonhomogeneous Diffusions
Creators: name: P.N. Bishwal, Jaya
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2007

description: Bounds on the large deviations probability of the maximum likelihood estimator and regular Bayes estimators, and Berry–Esseen type bound for the suitably normalized maximum likelihood estimator of a parameter appearing nonlinearly in the nonhomogeneous drift coefficient of Itˆo stochastic differential equation are obtained under some regularity conditions. Berry–Esseen results are illustrated for nonhomogeneous Ornstein–Uhlebeck process.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 5 No. 3 (2007): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
The Discussion and Analysis of Carbohydrates in the Context of Athletes and Athletic Nutrition
Creators: name: Bakhshai, Justin
name: Herren, Emily
name: Long, Marisa
name: Lyman, Jaclyn
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2007
Subjects: Research -- Periodicals.
Humanities -- Research -- Periodicals.
Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals.

description: From the Faculty Nominator: Now more than ever, our world is being deeply influenced by constant breakthroughs in science and technology. Rapid rates of scientific discovery have allowed us to unlock the secrets of the human genome and develop new ways to treat disease. We have more insight into the causes of global warming and we understand a bit more about distant galaxies thanks to images from the Hubble telescope. Citizens of the world are being asked to make complex personal, economic and political decisions that are, in many cases, based upon scientific and technological issues. Yet, many of them do not have a level a scientific literacy that allows them to make the most informed decisions. While approaches to solving this problem are varied, one thing that can be done is to make sure that the current generation of scientists is able to provide clear and accurate scientific information to a lay audience. Justin Bakhshai, Emily Herren, Mark Hucks, Marisa Long, and Jaclyn Lyman were asked to complete this assignment for an upper level biochemistry course. Their task was to write an article on a topic in nutrition of their choosing and to connect it to the biochemical concepts they learned during the semester. The target audience for the article was to be classmates who were non-science majors. While it is easier to explain a difficult concept to a colleague who speaks and understands the specialized jargon of a given scientific field, it requires a great deal more thought, effort and skill to explain these same concepts so that they are clear to the non-scientist. The result of their efforts is a wonderfully accessible article about the role of dietary carbohydrates for the athlete.
description: In the context of science and nutrition, it is often desirable and, arguably, necessary to engage individuals in a discussion of health in a descriptive and objective manner. This paper allows for this discussion by presenting these facts within a biochemical framework. While there are a variety of scientific and technical terms present throughout, this article is more of an attempt to describe nutrition in a way that facilitates an increased general understanding of topics as important as athleticnutrition, with a specific emphasis on carbohydrates and their effect on said athletes
description: Lesley Brown
description: http://blogs.goucher.edu/verge/4-2/
Extremes for Solutions to Stochastic Difference Equations with Regularly Varying Tails
Creators: name: G. Scotto, Manuel
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2007

description: The main purpose of this paper is to look at the extremal properties of Xk = X∞ j=1 j Y−1 s=1 Ak−s ! Bk−j , k ∈ Z , where (Ak, Bk)k∈Z is a periodic sequence of independent R 2 +-valued random pairs. The so-called complete convergence theorem we prove enable us to give in detail the weak limiting behavior of various functional of the underlying process including the asymptotic distribution of upper and lower order statistics. In particular, we investigate the limiting distribution of the maximum and its corresponding extremal index. An application to a particular class of bilinear processes is included. These results generalize the ones obtained for the stationary case.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 5 No. 3 (2007): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Interfailure Data with Constant Hazard Function in the Presence of Change-Points
Creators: name: Achcar, Jorge Alberto
name: Loibel, Selene
name: G. Andrade, Marinho
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2007

description: Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods are used to perform a Bayesian analysis for interfailure data with constant hazard function in the presence of one or more change-points. We also present some Bayesian criteria to discriminate different models. The methodology is illustrated with a data set originally reported in Maguire, Pearson and Wynn [8].
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 5 No. 2 (2007): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
The Effects of Increased Physical Activity on Fifth Grade Males and Females Students
Creators: name: Trost, Jason D.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: To see paper in its entirety contact archives@goucher.edu or call (410)337-6075.
description: The purpose of this study was to determine if fifth grade male and female students would
achieve an increase in Body Mass Index and PACER scores with an increase in physical activity
into their everyday lives. The study utilized a quasi-experimental design of a pre-measure, then
treatment and post-measure. The study involved 25 African-American fifth grade students from
an urban elementary school. The measurement tool was the Fitnessgram PACER test. This study
involved the use of a pre-test/post-test design to compare data from February 2011, to data from
April 2011, after the intervention. Achievement gains were not significant, though the results
could be attributable to a number of intervening factors. The results of this study did not support
the hypothesis that increasing physical activities benefits an individual’s BMI and PACER
scores. Research in the area of childhood obesity should continue given the latest documentation
on the increase in the number of children that are considered overweight and obese for their age
in this country and the discussion as to what are the best practices to provide remediation and
deceleration to this growing epidemic.
Improving Second Order Reduced Bias Extreme Value Index Estimation
Creators: name: Gomes, M. Ivette
name: Martins, M. João
name: Neves, M. Manuela
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2007

description: Classical extreme value index estimators are known to be quite sensitive to the number k of top order statistics used in the estimation. The recently developed second order reduced-bias estimators show much less sensitivity to changes in k. Here, we are interested in the improvement of the performance of reduced-bias extreme value index estimators based on an exponential second order regression model applied to the scaled log-spacings of the top k order statistics. In order to achieve that improvement, the estimation of a “scale” and a “shape” second order parameters in the bias is performed at a level k1 of a larger order than that of the level k at which we compute the extreme value index estimators. This enables us to keep the asymptotic variance of the new estimators of a positive extreme value index γ equal to the asymptotic variance of the Hill estimator, the maximum likelihood estimator of γ, under a strict Pareto model. These new estimators are then alternatives to the classical estimators, not only around optimal and/or large levels k, but for other levels too. To enhance the interesting performance of this type of estimators, we also consider the estimation of the “scale” second order parameter only, at the same level k used for the extreme value index estimation. The asymptotic distributional properties of the proposed class of γ-estimators are derived and the estimators are compared with other similar alternative estimators of γ recently introduced in the literature, not only asymptotically, but also for finite samples through Monte Carlo techniques. Case-studies in the fields of finance and insurance will illustrate the performance of the new second order reduced-bias extreme value index estimators.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 5 No. 2 (2007): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
The Effects of Sight Word Instruction On Reading Fluency of Second Grade Students
Creators: name: Vesely, Alyse
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: To see paper in its entirety contact archives@goucher.edu or call (410)337-6075.
description: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of sight word instruction on the reading
fluency of second grade students that were reading below grade level. The participants in this
study were enrolled in second grade at an elementary school in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
in the 2010-2011 school year. All of the research subjects were divided into small groups during
their workshop period and were involved in guided reading lessons; the experimental group
received sight word instruction in addition to the guided reading. The experimental group
participated in twenty-five minute small group sessions with the first ten minutes devoted to
sight word instruction. The sight word instruction was a component of the reading period for the
experimental group five days a week for three months. While both the experimental and control
groups showed some improvement by their scores on the Oral Reading Fluency portion of their
January DIBELS assessment, the hypothesis that sight word instruction would improve reading
fluency was not supported upon data analysis. Research in this area should continue to determine
if increasing sight word instruction will improve oral reading fluency.
Decompositions of Marginal Homogeneity Model Using Cumulative Logistic Models for Multi-Way Contingency Tables
Creators: name: Tahata, Kouji
name: Katakura, Shingo
name: Tomizawa, Sadao
Publisher: name: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Year: 2007

description: For square contingency tables with ordered categories, Agresti (1984, 2002) considered the marginal cumulative logistic (ML) model, which is an extension of the marginal homogeneity (MH) model. Miyamoto, Niibe and Tomizawa (2005) proposed the conditional marginal cumulative logistic (CML) model which is defined off the main diagonal cells, and gave the decompositions of the MH model using the ML (CML) model. This paper (1) considers the ML and CML models for multi-way tables, and (2) gives the decompositions of the MH model into the ML (CML) model and the model of the equality of marginal means for multi-way tables. An example is given.
description: REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, Vol. 5 No. 2 (2007): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal
Athletes' Satisfaction with Coaching Style
Creators: name: Weisbrot, Mitchell
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: To see paper in its entirety contact archives@goucher.edu or call (410)337-6075.
description: The purpose of this study was to determine if athletes’ increased involvement in coaches
training decisions would increase the enjoyment of the athlete in their sport. This study utilized a
descriptive survey design that used a one-group post-test. The study included 90 male and female
student athletes of eleven different NCAA sanctioned sports. The hypothesis was that the more
involved the athlete is in the coaching decision-making process related to his or her sport, the higher
the athlete’s satisfaction will be with participation in the sport. Results from the study demonstrated a
positive relationship with the athletes’ satisfaction with their sport when the athletes were more
involved in the coaching decision-making process related to their sport. The results in this study show
coaches that athletes want to be a part of the decision-making process and when they feel they are more
involved in this process, they then have a higher level of satisfaction with their team and coaches
training.
Seismic assessment of pre-Northridge welded steel moment frame buildings and implications on community resilience
Creators: name: Galvis, F. A.
name: Deierlein, G. G.
name: Molina Hutt, Carlos
name: Issa, O.
name: Baker, J. W.
name: Zsarnóczay, A.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Many tall office buildings in high seismic areas along the west coast of the United States rely on older, seismically deficient, welded steel moment frames (WSMFs) of the kind that experienced sudden brittle fractures during the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Despite the known vulnerability of these buildings, policymakers lack robust and reliable metrics to quantify risk and support decision-making regarding mitigation actions. This paper summarizes a project that tackles impediments to robust quantification of risk and post-earthquake consequences in tall WSMFs. This project contributes by developing (1) a highfidelity model for fracture-critical connections, (2) a detailed database of tall WSMFs with their unique structural attributes, (3) an efficient damage indicator for post-earthquake re-occupancy decisions, and finally (4) an approach to quantify earthquake recovery time and economic loss for tall buildings and their neighboring structures.