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Gender convergence in human survival and the postponement of death [PDF]
, 2012 It has been a long accepted demographic maxim that females outlive males. Using data for England and Wales, we show that life expectancy at age 30 is converging and continuation of this long-term trend suggests it could reach parity in 2030.
Mayhew, L., Smith, D.
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On the Modeling and Forecasting of Socioeconomic Mortality Differentials: An Application to Deprivation and Mortality in England [PDF]
, 2014 In any country, mortality rates and indices such as life expectancy usually differ across subpopulations, for example, defined by gender, geographic area, or socioeconomic variables (e.g., occupation, level of education, or income).
Haberman, S., Villegas, A.
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Factors Influencing the Stocking of Juvenile Pikeperch (Sander lucioperca)
Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Predator species of fish play crucial roles in ecosystem balance through top‐down control, a mechanism frequently exploited in biomanipulation to stock predator species. Juvenile pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) were stocked (n = 52,887) in spring 2023 and 2024 and autumn 2023 to compare stocking efficiency between Recirculation Aquaculture ...
Michaela Holubová +17 more
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Alcohol Availability and Violence: A Closer Look at Space and Time [PDF]
, 2017 Alcohol availability plays an important role in violence. Less is known about how spatiotemporal patterns of alcohol–violence association vary across time of day and across various crime types. This study examined whether and how the associations between
Snowden, Aleksandra J.
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Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Recent studies acknowledge that the contribution of female directors at the board may not be uniform but instead varies depending on their individual characteristics and board context. In this study we focus on a pivotal yet insufficiently explored facet of female directors – their affiliation with the business owning family – and assess its ...
Yuliya Ponomareva +3 more
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Reclaiming the Moral in the Dispositions Debate [PDF]
, 2007 This article addresses the current debates about the definition and assessment of dispositions in teacher education. Competing perspectives on the definitions and assessment of dispositions in teacher education are examined and critiqued, and a renewed ...
Burant, Terry J. +2 more
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, 2013 Primary grade teachers are challenged to establish firm learning foundations for all children, yet for many teachers cultural diversity makes this a complex pedagogical challenge.
DeCuir-Gunby, Jessica T., Ph.D. +2 more
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A Betrayal in the Family: An Inhibitor or Stimulus for Business Model Innovation?
Journal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Academic Summary Business‐focused betrayals perpetrated by family members in managerial and decision‐making positions can devastate family businesses, questioning their assumptions about trust and how they conduct the business. Such betrayals ignite tensions between family and business logics, potentially causing paralysis and protection of ...
Md Imtiaz Mostafiz +3 more
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Whither human survival and longevity or the shape of things to come [PDF]
, 2009 With the continuing increases in life expectancy, populations are ageing rapidly. Governments are concerned for the future of pensions and health care for which population forecasts are an important component for planning purposes. In this paper we focus
Mayhew, L., Smith, D.
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Stabilizing Inference in Dirichlet Regression via Ridge‐Penalized Model
Statistical Analysis and Data Mining: An ASA Data Science Journal, Volume 19, Issue 1, February 2026.ABSTRACT We propose a penalized Dirichlet regression framework for modeling compositional data, using a softmax link to ensure that the mean vector lies on the simplex and to avoid log‐ratio transformations or zero replacement. The model is formulated in a GLM‐like setting and incorporates an ℓ2$$ {\mathrm{\ell}}_2 $$ (ridge) penalty on the regression ...
Andrea Nigri
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