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Assessing the effectiveness of road safety measures in Barcelona (2013-2018)

Heliyon, 2023
Introduction: This article aims to determine the effectiveness and extent of measures taken to decrease the severity of traffic crashes in Barcelona from 2013 to 2018. This will be achieved through an analysis of the traffic crash data.
Lluís Bermúdez, Isabel Morillo
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Revolutionizing Climate Action: Achieving SDG 13 Through the Lens of the Rule of Law, Green Technology Innovation, Renewable Energy, and Trade Openness

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Union has adopted a broad climate policy framework under the European Green Deal to support progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 13). However, empirical evidence remains limited regarding how institutional quality, green technological innovation, renewable energy, and trade openness jointly influence CO2 emissions ...
Mu Qiao, Emma Serwaa Obobisa, Isaac Adjei Mensah, Chun‐lok Kris Li, Jianguang Deng   +4 more
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Changes of Microbial and Component Composition of Giraffe Milk During Mid‐ to Late Lactation

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
Giraffe milk – graphical abstract text, Giraffe: late lactation milk, Involution at approximately 15 months of lactation, Content of saccharides and fat decrease, Protein content increases, Content of minerals increase, Microbiological quality high ABSTRACT The proximate, mineral and microbiological composition of milk from five giraffes from mid ...
G. Osthoff, C. J Hugo, S Van der Merwe, A Hugo, F Deacon   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Criminal history's expiration date: Evidence of prediction decay

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Criminal history is a well‐established predictor of future offending, yet recidivism risk declines with time. Research has struggled to reconcile this tension as criminal history is often treated as a static indicator of risk, while desistance is commonly inferred rather than directly modeled.
Zachary Hamilton, Alex Kigerl, Jennifer J. Tostlebe, John Ursino   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Finance Education in Australia and New Zealand: A Contemporary Analysis of Undergraduate Finance Programs in Public Universities

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Finance has long been part of Australian and New Zealand tertiary education, although its long‐term presence has been offset by significant changes within the business education landscape. Employing an online content analysis approach, we provide an in‐depth analysis of the various forms of undergraduate finance education currently delivered ...
Scott J. Niblock, Michael B. Charles
wiley   +1 more source

Fractional Norms and Quasinorms Do Not Help to Overcome the Curse of Dimensionality

Entropy, 2020
The curse of dimensionality causes the well-known and widely discussed problems for machine learning methods. There is a hypothesis that using the Manhattan distance and even fractional lp quasinorms (for p less than 1) can help to overcome the curse of ...
Evgeny M. Mirkes, Jeza Allohibi, Alexander Gorban   +2 more
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Life Cycle Consumption and Portfolio Choice Under Real Interest Rate Risk

Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We set up a life cycle model with real interest rate risk to demonstrate that real interest rates have implications for optimal household consumption and investments. Lower interest rates lead to higher optimal stock investments and lower consumption.
Marcel Fischer, Natascha Jankowski
wiley   +1 more source

Goodness‐of‐Fit Tests for Positive Quadrant Dependence

International Statistical Review, EarlyView.
Summary When two random variables are positive quadrant dependent (PQD), they are more likely to assume small (or large) values simultaneously compared with when the random variables are independent. This dependence structure is of interest in many areas, including finance, actuarial science and engineering.
Chuan‐Fa Tang, Joshua M. Tebbs
wiley   +1 more source

Leptospirosis Dynamics With Misdiagnosis: A Review

Journal of Applied Mathematics
Leptospirosis is a zoonosis with global distribution, and a wide variety of clinical symptoms often lead to misclassification as other febrile conditions.
Japheth Musingila Mwongela, Caroline Kanyiri, Virginia Kitetu   +2 more
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Clustering All‐Cause Mortality Data: A Review

International Statistical Review, EarlyView.
Summary Mortality data are relevant to demography, public health and actuarial science; such data are high‐dimensional, making broad patterns difficult to identify. Clustering is increasingly used to reveal such patterns, yet a review of its application to all‐cause mortality with a focus on country‐level data is lacking.
Pedro Menezes de Araújo, Isobel Claire Gormley, Thomas Brendan Murphy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source