Confidence intervals for extinction risk: Validating population viability analysis with limited data
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 17, Issue 6, Page 1837-1850, June 2026.Abstract The assessment of extinction risk remains a key component of IUCN and CITES evaluations. However, it has been argued that, under realistic data limitations, confidence intervals (CIs) for extinction probability often span the entire 0–1 range, rendering such assessments meaningless.
Hiroshi Hakoyama
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Obstacle Crossing Path Planning for a Wheel-Legged Robot Using an Improved A* Algorithm. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Lu J, Pi M, Zeng G.
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When machines invent: How AI shapes patent litigation outcomes
American Business Law Journal, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 177-187, Summer 2026.Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer merely a tool of invention. It has become an inventor. As AI systems increasingly contribute to the design and discovery of new technologies, their involvement raises novel challenges for patent law. This essay presents the first empirical test of whether jurors systematically perceive alleged patent ...
Joseph J. Avery, W. Michael Schuster
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Generalized Wardowski type contractive mappings in b-metric spaces and some fixed point results with applications in optimization problem and modeling biological ecosystem. [PDF]
PLoS OneIqbal M +3 more
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Coherent Forecasting of Ordinal Time Series With Application to Air‐Quality Data
Australian &New Zealand Journal of Statistics, Volume 68, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT Motivated by an application to air quality data, we provide a comprehensive investigation of coherent forecasting techniques for ordinal time series. Here, the coherency requirement expresses that the computed forecast values have to be consistent with the ordered qualitative range of the data‐generating process (DGP).
Christian H. Weiß +2 more
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European Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT This study examined how primary teachers' school culture, conceptualised as Academic Optimism (AO), relates to teachers' conceptions of assessment in Türkiye, where Assessment for Learning is promoted within an enduring testing culture. Using a cross‐sectional survey of 558 primary teachers, we validated measurement models for AO and Teachers'
Özgür Ercek, Coşkun Erdağ
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Two Views of Invalid Response Set and Malingering Attributions in Forensic Assessment: Credibility and Non-Credibility. [PDF]
Behav Sci LawYoung G, Erdodi LA, Giromini L.
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European Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT Hidden curriculum research has traditionally focused on schools, universities and professional training settings. Yet many contemporary workplaces also function as pedagogic environments in which tacit norms, evaluative standards and forms of accountability are learned through participation rather than explicit instruction. This paper proposes
Zhenhua Guo +3 more
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Legal Principles and Causal Inference Issues in Tobacco Litigation: Lessons from Korea. [PDF]
Asian Pac J Cancer PrevJung M.
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Closed‐Form Optimal Investment Under Generalized GARCH Models
European Financial Management, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 791-815, June 2026.ABSTRACT This paper introduces a new class of stochastic volatility models for asset prices, the generalized Heston Nandi GARCH (GHN‐GARCH), with the primary objective of optimal dynamic asset allocation under expected utility theory for constant relative risk aversion investors. We study some of its theoretical properties, and demonstrate that the GHN‐
Marcos Escobar‐Anel +2 more
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