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Telegram re: naming of Amon Carter Field
, 1950 Telegram from Ruth Lee Sheila to Amon Carter referencing the naming of Amon Carter ...
Johnson, J. Lee, III +1 more
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although machine learning models have been successfully applied to estimate soil organic carbon (SOC), the lack of interpretability research has resulted in the absence of mechanistic explanations for these models. Therefore, in this study, we adopted the following workflow: first, we divided the whole study area into several subregions using ...
Wei Zhou +4 more
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A comparison of ten principal component methods for forecasting mortality rates [PDF]
Using the age- and sex-specific data of 14 developed countries, we compare the short- to medium-term accuracy of ten principal component methods for forecasting mortality rates and life expectancy. These ten methods include the Lee-Carter method and many
Heather Booth +2 more
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Beyond the Shelf: Navigating Scarcity in the Digital Age
Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Scarcity is a well‐established marketing tactic, yet its effects in digital retail environments remain less well understood. This research examines how different types of online scarcity cues influence consumer behavior and whether some cues may produce unintended responses.
Jennifer L. Stevens +2 more
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When AI Remembers: Investigating the Dual Role of Long‐Term Memory in Chatbots
Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research investigates the dual role of long‐term memory (LTM) in AI chatbots and its impact on customer outcomes. Drawing on Mind Perception Theory and Privacy Calculus Theory, we conceptualize LTM as a continuity‐based design capability that may be interpreted as a functional service feature, a privacy‐relevant cue, or a basis for ...
Maedeh Parvizian +4 more
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Robust forecasting of mortality and fertility rates: a functional data approach [PDF]
We propose a new method for forecasting age-specific mortality and fertility rates observed over time. Our approach allows for smooth functions of age, is robust for outlying years due to wars and epidemics, and provides a modelling framework that is ...
Rob J. Hyndman, Md. Shahid Ullah
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Business‐Like Narrative and Public Engagement: Evidence From TED Talks on Nonprofit Issues
Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While the trend of nonprofits adopting business‐like practices has been widely discussed, limited attention has been paid to how the broader public responds to this shift. One way to capture public reactions is by examining engagement with business‐like narratives in media.
Jun Zhang
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Research on time factor prediction in the Lee-Carter model—the combined model based on Lp-norm
Research in StatisticsFor longevity risk, this paper focuses on accurately predicting mortality rates and proposes an improved time-factor prediction model to enhance the accuracy of mortality rate forecasting.
Xueru Yang, Yue Hu, Wei Zhang, Kuan Xu
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Adoption of projected mortality table for the Slovenian market using the Poisson log-bilinear model to test the minimum standard for valuing life annuities [PDF]
Economic and Business Review, 2015 With the introduction of Solvency II a consistent market approach to the valuation of insurance assets and liabilities is required. For the best estimate of life annuity provisions one should estimate the longevity risk of the insured population in ...
Darko Medved +3 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Meat production has notable benefits for food security, nutrition and various production economies, but has elicited substantial negative environmental impacts. Recreational hunting provides an alternative to agricultural meat production for over 24 million hunters worldwide.
Shane P. Mahoney, Richard D. Honor
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