Estimation of capture probabilities using generalized estimating equations and mixed effects approaches [PDF]
, 2014 Modeling individual heterogeneity in capture probabilities has been one of the most challenging tasks in capture-recapture studies. Heterogeneity in capture probabilities can be modeled as a function of individual covariates, but correlation structure ...
Amstrup S. C. +9 more
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PLoS ONE, 2012 Road traffic injuries are a major cause of preventable death in sub-Saharan Africa. Accurate epidemiologic data are scarce and under-reporting from primary data sources is common.
Jonathan C Samuel +8 more
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Counting the homeless in Papua New Guinea 2024 population and housing census
Interdisciplinary Journal of Rural and Community Studies, 2023 The 2011 population census in Papua New Guinea (PNG) failed to generate reliable data due to logistical constraints and inadequate capacity. Addressing this, this conceptual communication analyses the benefits of using single contact census, capture ...
Olugbenga A IGE +2 more
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Rates and Causes of Death in Chiradzulu District, Malawi, 2008: A Key Informant Study [PDF]
, 2010 In September 2008, we measured all-cause mortality in Chiradzulu District, Malawi (population 291 000) over a 60-day retrospective period, using capture-recapture analysis of three lists of deaths provided by (i) key community informants, (ii) graveyard ...
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020 Background Adolescent pregnancy is an important health and social issue that affects both individual and social well-being. However, deriving a national estimate is challenging in a country with multiple incomplete national databases especially the ...
Bunyarit Sukrat +7 more
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Underreporting of meningococcal disease incidence in the Netherlands: results from a capture-recapture analysis based on three registration sources with correction for false positive diagnoses. [PDF]
, 2006 In order to come to a reliable evaluation of the effectiveness of the chosen vaccination policy regarding meningococcal disease, the completeness of registrations on meningococcal disease in the Netherlands was estimated with the capture-recapture method.
Dankert, Jacob +5 more
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2011 The mark-recapture method allows analysis on the variation in the abundance of bat ectoparasites at consecutive captures. The objectives of this study were to compare the pattern of Streblidae parasitism between capture and recapture of C. perspicillata;
Elizabete Captivo Lourenço +1 more
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Integrating dead recoveries in open‐population spatial capture–recapture models
Ecosphere, 2021 Integrating dead recoveries into capture–recapture models can improve inference on demographic parameters. But dead‐recovery data do not only inform on individual fates; they also contain information about individual locations.
P. Dupont +4 more
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Invasive meningococcal disease in the Veneto region of Italy: A capture-recapture analysis for assessing the effectiveness of an integrated surveillance system [PDF]
, 2017 open8noBACKGROUND: Epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis has been changing since the introduction of universal vaccination programmes against meningococcal serogroup C (MenC) and meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) has now become dominant.
Baldo, Vincenzo +7 more
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Recursive Estimation in Capture-Recapture Methods
Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 1998 An important problem in statistical ecology is how to determine the size of an animal population. The best known technique is the capture-recapture technique.
Lakhdar Aggoun, Robert J. Elliott
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