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Hierarchical models for semi-competing risks data with application to quality of end-of-life care for pancreatic cancer

, 2015
Readmission following discharge from an initial hospitalization is a key marker of quality of health care in the United States. For the most part, readmission has been used to study quality of care for patients with acute health conditions, such as ...
Dominici, Francesca, Haneuse, Sebastien, Lee, Kyu Ha, Schrag, Deborah   +3 more
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The public agglomeration effect: Urban–rural divisions in government efficiency and political preferences

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
wiley   +1 more source

A new trigonometric-inspired probability distribution: A simulation study and applications in reliability and hydrology

Alexandria Engineering Journal
The importance of statistical distributions in accurately representing real-world scenarios and aiding in educated decision-making is well recognized. Nonetheless, it is also true that the limitations of these distributions can hinder optimal fitting in ...
Xiang Tu, Jiangwei Kong, Qing Fu, Sheng Chang, Kunfeng Zhang, Tmader Alballa, Haifa Alqahtani, Hamiden Abd El-Wahed Khalifa   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving fatigue resistance of translucent 4Y‐PSZ zirconia through glass gradation

European Journal of Oral Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract To evaluate the effect of graded glass infiltration on the fatigue behavior and mechanical reliability of translucent 4Y‐PSZ zirconia before and after hydrothermal aging, disc‐shaped specimens were fabricated by uniaxial pressing and divided into control and glass‐graded groups (n = 36/group).
Felipe Machado Souza, Larissa M. M. Alves, Edisa O. Sousa, Tiago Moreira Bastos Campos, Giovana Assis Marcolino, Mariana Miranda de Toledo Piza, Rainã S. Dias, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Petra C. Gierthmuehlen, Lukasz Witek, Paulo G. Coelho, Estevam A. Bonfante, Ernesto B. Benalcazar‐Jalkh   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inverse Odd Weibull Generated Family of Distribution

Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research, 2020
This work proposes an inverse odd Weibull (IOW) family of distributions for a lifetime distributions. Some mathematical properties of this family of distribution were derived. Survival, hazard, quantiles, reversed hazard, cumulative, odd functions, kurtosis, skewness, order statistics and entropies of this new family of distribution were examined.
Joseph Thomas Eghwerido, John David Ikwuoche, Obinna Damian Adubisi   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Optimal Hedging Strategies in the Low‐Sulphur Bunker Fuel Landscape

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The IMO2020 regulation for the green transition in shipping turned the industry into using two compliant bunker fuels: very low‐sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) and low‐sulphur marine gas oil (LSMGO). VLSFO futures contracts introduced in late 2019 and other energy‐related futures contracts indicate that the VLSFO contracts trading on the Singapore ...
Xiwen Bai, Manolis G. Kavussanos, Stergiani Moysiadou   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the implications of a new statistical model and machine learning algorithms in music engineering

Alexandria Engineering Journal
The significance of probability distributions in representing practical occurrences cannot be overstated. In particular, the two-parameter Weibull distribution and the inverse Weibull (I-Weibull) distribution have proven to be highly effective in various
Cui Tianmeng, Xintao Ma, Dongmei Wang, Omalsad Hamood Odhah, Mohammed A. Alshahrani   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Some Extended Classes of Distributions: Characterizations and Properties [PDF]

, 2017
Based on a simple relationship between two truncated moments and certain functions of the th order statistic, we characterize some extended classes of distributions recently proposed in the statistical literature, videlicet Beta-G, Gamma-G, Kumaraswamy-G
Cordeiro, Gauss M., Hamedani, Gholamhossein G., Lima, M. C.S., Nascimento, A. D.C.   +3 more
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Does Pay Transparency for Employees Affect Product Recalls?

Journal of Business Finance &Accounting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pay transparency can affect workers’ behavior and, consequently, firm outcomes. This study exploits the state‐level, staggered enactment of pay transparency laws to examine how pay transparency affects firms’ product recalls. We find that firms headquartered in pay‐transparency‐law states see an increase in product recalls.
Yangyang Chen, Jeffrey Ng, Emmanuel Ofosu, Xin Yang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A new trigonometric-based statistical model: Its empirical implementations in music education and reliability engineering

Alexandria Engineering Journal
The impact of statistical distributions in effectively representing practical scenarios and supporting informed decision-making is well acknowledged across various fields.
Linlin Wang, Haiying Zhang, Tmader Alballa, Alhanouf Alburaikan, Hamiden Abd El-Wahed Khalifa, Moodi Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Rajeh   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source