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Optimal subsampling for regression with mixed‐type predictors

Canadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract Subsampling has emerged as an appealing strategy to mitigate the computational and storage challenges imposed by large datasets. Recent subsampling techniques have shown notable computational gains for data dominated by numerical predictors. However, real‐world datasets frequently contain both numerical and categorical predictors.
Jiaqing Zhu, Lin Wang, Fasheng Sun
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Bioindicator Thais carinifera (mollusca, gastropoda): imposex response and consequences along the Pakistan coast during the period from 1993 to 2012

Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 2015
Endocrine mediated "imposex" phenomenon was investigated and recorded in the muricoid gastropod species Thais carinifera during the two decades from 1993 to 2012 at three (3) sites out of six (6) localities investigated along the Sindh and Balochistan ...
Nuzhat Afsar, Ghazala Siddiqui, Zarrien Ayub   +2 more
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Size, season and origin of gastropods matter in imposex assessments

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2018
Through controlled exposure to tributyltin (TBT), the effects of season, size, and population origin were evaluated on imposex incidence in Stramonita brasiliensis. Four experiments were carried out with organisms collected from three different sites on the Brazilian coast (Torres - Rio Grande do Sul, Farol de Santa Marta - Santa Catarina, and Aracruz -
Martina, Rossato, Mércia Barcelos, Costa, Ítalo Braga, de Castro, Grasiela Lopes Leães, Pinho   +3 more
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Drought Risk in Mango and Avocado Orchards: Insights Into Plant Water Relations and Irrigation‐Related Agronomic Solutions

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is making water availability more uncertain, with growing consequences for the productivity and long‐term sustainability of tropical and subtropical fruit orchards. Mangifera indica L. and Persea americana Mill. both require large amounts of water to sustain growth and productivity.
Eleonora Cataldo
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A Holistic Assessment of Water Footprint and Irrigation Performance Indicators With Respect to Agricultural Water Productivity

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global warming has intensified prolonged droughts in many regions, including Türkiye, resulting in growing pressure on already limited water resources. Agriculture, as the largest water‐consuming sector, faces critical challenges in sustaining productivity under increasing water scarcity. In this context, assessing water use efficiency through
Elifnaz Torun, Belgin Çakmak
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Revisiting the imposex queen conch Aliger gigas near Port Everglades, Florida: demographics, histopathology, and sediment contamination

Endangered Species Research
Port Everglades is an industrial seaport in South Florida that requires periodic maintenance dredging, suspending potentially contaminated sediments laden with metals and organotins.
JN Voss, NJ Brown-Peterson, GA Delgado
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Endocrine disruption in aquatic species of Chile

Gayana, 2021
Compounds called endocrine disrupters (EDs) interfere with the endocrine systems of aquatic animals such as fish, amphibians, and mollusks. EDs impact sexual development and other functions that can affect the fitness of individuals with potential ...
Carlos Valdovinos, Sandra Claros
doaj  

Boredom, despondency, and the scourge that lays waste at noon: an anthropology of acedia Ennui, abattement et le fléau qui frappe à midi : une anthropologie de l'acédie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
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Tax Payments in Loss Firms Paiements de l'impôt sur les sociétés affichant des pertes

Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In a broad sample of publicly traded firms, we observe that the share of firms annually reporting pre‐tax book losses increased from about 20% to 40% during 1988–2023. We also observe that 68% of those loss firms have positive cash tax payments (taxpaying loss firms).
Alexander Edwards, Adrian Kubata, Terry Shevlin   +2 more
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L'envolée épistémique de la recherche comptable en économie financière : une étude historique sur la conception de l'utilité de la comptabilité* The Epistemic Rise of Accounting Research in Financial Economics: A Historical Study on the Conception of the Usefulness of Accounting

Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
RÉSUMÉ L'étude publiée par Ball et Brown en 1968 (ci‐après « BB68 ») est principalement reconnue pour son affirmation selon laquelle la comptabilité de l'époque était utile pour les investisseurs, s'inscrivant alors en contradiction avec la littérature comptable normative faisant office d'autorité. Or, une telle affirmation n'allait pas de soi.
Pier‐Luc Lajoie, Yves Gendron
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