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THE BIVARIATE POWER-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

In this paper, the earlier work on so-called "power-normal distribution" is extended to a multivariate case, especially focusing on a bivariate one.
Hamasaki, Toshimitsu, 後藤, 昌司, 濱崎, 俊光, Goto, Masashi   +3 more
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Developing a social vulnerability index for antenatal care screening of risk for adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Social determinants of health influence maternal and perinatal outcomes, yet tools to operationalize these risks in clinical care remain scarce. We aimed to study social determinants in Brazilian pregnant women and develop a social vulnerability index (SVI) that could correlate with pregnancy and perinatal outcomes.
Gabriel Q. Rippel, Renato T. Souza, Jussara Mayrink, Maria J. Miele, Rafael B. Galvao, Maria L. Costa, Francisco E. Feitosa, Edilberto A. Rocha Filho, Debora F. Leite, Ricardo P. Tedesco, Danielly S. Santana, Karayna G. Fernandes, Janete Vettorazzi, Iracema M. Calderon, Jose G. Cecatti   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contamination of Hospital Inanimate Surfaces with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase producing bacteria at Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [PDF]

PLoS One
Valerian DM, Majigo M, Jonas N, Urio L, Magembe E, Abednego R, Benard M, Kallanga D, Mauki I, Joachim A.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Intertwin birth weight discordance, mode of delivery, and fetal and neonatal outcomes in twin pregnancies

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between intertwin birth weight discordance and fetal and neonatal outcomes in twin pregnancies, and to assess its relationship with mode of delivery. Methods This retrospective cohort study included twin pregnancies delivered at a tertiary referral center.
Ana Martínez‐Zarco, Javier Sánchez‐Romero, José Eliseo Blanco‐Carnero, Paz Crespo‐Bañón, Romina Sol Liandro, Miriam Pertegal‐Ruiz, Walter Plasencia‐Acevedo, Aníbal Nieto‐Díaz, Catalina de Paco‐Matallana   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial health inequities among older adults in Thailand: a composite vulnerability index and relationship with local development. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Treesak C, Saita S.
europepmc   +1 more source

A bivariate beta distribution

The Dirichlet distribution is often used as a prior distribution for the parameters of a multinomial distribution. Because this distribution has support on the simplex 0[less-than-or-equals, slant]xi[less-than-or-equals, slant]1, [summation operator]xi=1,
Olkin, Ingram, Liu, Ruixue
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The Protective Paradox: Can School Connectedness Buffer Socioeconomic Disparities in Adolescent Mental Health?

Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Socioeconomic status (SES) is a well‐established factor influencing adolescents’ mental health, as young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to experience stress, anxiety, and poorer overall wellbeing. One factor that may help protect students from these negative outcomes is school connectedness which is the ...
Esther Ariyo, Amurtiya Michael, Cindy Oreoluwa Ajala   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multivariate Birnbaum-Saunders accelerated lifetime regression model: estimation and residual analysis. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Oliveira MI, Cysneiros FJA, Barros M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Mapping the Adolescent Mind: Profiles of Reflective Functioning and Epistemic Trust in Adolescent Psychopathology

Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Adolescence is a period of heightened vulnerability to psychopathology, when capacities for mentalising and interpersonal trust develop rapidly. This study investigated how configurations of reflective functioning (RF) and epistemic trust (ET) differentiate patterns of internalizing and externalizing problems in youth.
Ilaria Maria Antonietta Benzi, Nick Midgley, Karin Ensink, Laura Parolin, Peter Fonagy, Francesca Locati   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling and Predicting Population-Level Growth With Individual-Level Information. [PDF]

Stat Med
Kauppala T, Susi T, Kulathinal S.
europepmc   +1 more source