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Different approaches for estimating the shrinkage factor in ridge regression BLUP for genomic selection. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Sahebalam H, Gholizadeh M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Small area estimation: an empirical best linear unbiased prediction approach

, 2007
Huilin Li
openalex   +1 more source

Information flow and the adoption of soil‐improving and water conservation measures, and household welfare: Insights from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Extension services are designed to facilitate the flow of information from researchers to farmers. However, information failures continue to impede the diffusion of soil‐improving and water conservation technologies in Sub‐Saharan African countries. We use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of an extension‐based campaign
Esther Gloria Mbabazi, Awudu Abdulai, Enoch M. Kikulwe, Elisabetta Gotor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic prediction models for morpho-phenological traits in durum wheat based on Vrn, Ppd, and Rht alleles. [PDF]

Plant Genome
Puglisi D, Afshari-Behbahanizadeh S, Angione G, Colella I, Fania F, Spadanuda P, Esposito S, De Vita P.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Complementarity in alliances: How strategic compatibility and hierarchy promote efficient cooperation in international security

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract How can defense alliances reap the efficiency gains of working together when coordination and opportunism costs are high? Although specializing as part of a collective comes with economic and functional benefits, states must bargain over the distribution of those gains and ensure the costs of collective action are minimized.
J. Andrés Gannon
wiley   +1 more source

Unpacking the role of in‐group bias in US public opinion on human rights violations

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Which actor identities and social and political cleavages drive public opinion on human rights violations? While in‐group bias is known to influence public responses to government abuses, the relative impact of different identity characteristics has not been directly tested.
Rebecca Cordell
wiley   +1 more source

Prediction of Breast Radiation Absorbed Dose Chest CT Examinations Using Machine Learning Techniques. [PDF]

Tomography
Ünal S, Gürfidan R, Gürsoy Bulut M, Gelal MF.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Police department design, political pressure, and racial inequality in arrests

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper theorizes a source of bias in discretionary arrests: strategic limits on police officer learning. Officers have a variety of tactics at their disposal besides arrest that they use for less serious offenses when they judge the underlying behavior to be less severe. In departments led by a chief with special expertise in crime control,
Andrew J. McCall
wiley   +1 more source

Audit Committee Characteristics and Sustainability Performance: The Mediating Role of Sustainability Reporting Quality

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of audit committee characteristics, specifically independence and expertise, on sustainability performance. It also explores the mediating role of sustainability reporting quality in the relationship between audit committee characteristics and sustainability performance.
Rosalinda Santonastaso, Riccardo Macchioni, Claudia Zagaria   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating and Evaluating Counterfactual Prediction Models. [PDF]

Stat Med
Boyer CB, Dahabreh IJ, Steingrimsson JA.
europepmc   +1 more source