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The Pythagorean Won-Loss Formula and Hockey: A Statistical Justification for Using the Classic Baseball Formula as an Evaluative Tool in Hockey [PDF]
, 2013 Originally devised for baseball, the Pythagorean Won-Loss formula estimates the percentage of games a team should have won at a particular point in a season. For decades, this formula had no mathematical justification.
Dayaratna, Kevin D., Miller, Steven J.
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Nutrition in Clinical Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Background Diagnosing malnutrition in patients with pediatric cancer is challenging because tumor masses can interfere with anthropometric measurements. STRONGkids considers cancer a general risk factor, whereas Screening Tool for Childhood Cancer (SCAN) classifies patients as at risk or not, potentially missing those who need nutrition ...
Cristiane Ferreira Marçon +2 more
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Topical Imiquimod for Oral Cavity Leukoplakia and Dysplasia: A Scoping Review
Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Imiquimod, a toll‐like receptor 7 agonist, is currently FDA‐approved for treatment of actinic keratoses, superficial BCC, and external genital warts. It has also demonstrated promise in off‐label use in the treatment of oral cavity leukoplakia and dysplasia.
Megan K. Scharner +3 more
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A simple non-parametric goodness-of-fit test for elliptical copulas
Dependence Modeling, 2017 In this paper, we propose a simple non-parametric goodness-of-fit test for elliptical copulas of any dimension. It is based on the equality of Kendall’s tau and Blomqvist’s beta for all bivariate margins.
Jaser Miriam, Haug Stephan, Min Aleksey
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Graphing methods for Kendall's {\tau}
, 2023 Ranked data is commonly used in research across many fields of study including medicine, biology, psychology, and economics. One common statistic used for analyzing ranked data is Kendall's {\tau} coefficient, a non-parametric measure of rank correlation which describes the strength of the association between two monotonic continuous or ordinal ...
Edwards, Nicholas D. +2 more
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Convergence of rank based degree-degree correlations in random directed networks [PDF]
, 2014 We introduce, and analyze, three measures for degree-degree dependencies, also called degree assortativity, in directed random graphs, based on Spearman's rho and Kendall's tau.
Litvak, Nelly, van der Hoorn, Pim
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Linking differences in personality to demography in the wandering albatross
Oikos, EarlyView.Population dynamics are shaped by individual differences. With a good understanding of the relationships between individual differences and vital rates, population models can be improved to yield more realistic and detailed demographic projections. Personality is expected to shape individual differences in performance.
Joanie Van de Walle +7 more
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Probabilistic methods in the analysis of protein interaction networks [PDF]
, 2010 Imperial Users ...
Thorne, Thomas, Thorne, Thomas
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Oikos, EarlyView.By dispersing seeds, frugivorous animals affect spatial co‐occurrence of plants, ultimately influencing plant community dynamics. Frugivorous animals are intrinsically involved in plant community dynamics, by dispersing seeds of fleshy‐fruited plants and influencing their spatial co‐occurrence.
Antonio J. Perea +8 more
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Behavioural determinants of Foreign Direct Investment [PDF]
The paper presents a behavioural economics approach to foreign direct investment. Starting from the behavioural finance literature, it uses content analysis based on interviews and questionnaires covering 12% of the Portuguese firms with investments ...
Pinheiro-Alves, Ricardo
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