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Marginal Structural Models with Counterfactual Effect Modifiers [PDF]

The International Journal of Biostatistics, 2018
Abstract In health and social sciences, research questions often involve systematic assessment of the modification of treatment causal effect by patient characteristics. In longitudinal settings, time-varying or post-intervention effect modifiers are also of interest.
Zheng, Wenjing, Luo, Zhehui, Van der Laan, Mark J.   +2 more
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Heterogeneity and efficiency of food processing companies in the Czech Republic

Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2017
In the paper, the observed heterogeneity and technical efficiency of Czech food processing companies are investigated. Recent studies proved that food processing firms' heterogeneity can influence the result of the efficiency estimation.
Tamara RUDINSKAYA
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Identification of PIK3CA multigene mutation patterns associated with superior prognosis in stomach cancer

BMC Cancer, 2021
Background PIK3CA is the second most frequently mutated gene in cancers and is extensively studied for its role in promoting cancer cell resistance to chemotherapy or targeted therapy.
Yu Yu, Zhuoming Xie, Mingxin Zhao, Xiaohua Lian   +3 more
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A generalized linear mixed model for longitudinal binary data with a marginal logit link function [PDF]

, 2011
Longitudinal studies of a binary outcome are common in the health, social, and behavioral sciences. In general, a feature of random effects logistic regression models for longitudinal binary data is that the marginal functional form, when integrated over
Fitzmaurice, Garrett M., Ghosh, Souparno, Ibrahim, Joseph G., Lipsitz, Stuart, Mallick, Bani K., Parzen, Michael, Sinha, Debajyoti   +6 more
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Why would Romanian migrants from Western Europe return to their country of origin? [PDF]

Eastern Journal of European Studies, 2020
After conducting a survey among Romanian individuals left abroad, we analyze the particular influences relating to their intentions to return to their country of origin.
Aurelian-Petruş PLOPEANU, Daniel HOMOCIANU   +1 more
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Estimating marginal treatment effects under unobserved group heterogeneity

Journal of Causal Inference, 2022
This article studies the treatment effect models in which individuals are classified into unobserved groups based on heterogeneous treatment rules. By using a finite mixture approach, we propose a marginal treatment effect (MTE) framework in which the ...
Hoshino Tadao, Yanagi Takahide
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Do Family Physicians’ Recommendations for Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccines Impact the Elderly Aged ≥60 Years? A Cross-Sectional Study in Six Chinese Cities

Vaccines
Background: Influenza vaccine and pneumococcal vaccine are essential to protect the health of older adults. This study focuses on the impact of family physicians’ recommendations on influenza and pneumococcal vaccine uptake among urban Chinese older ...
Yuxing Wang, Jianing Dai, Shuai Yuan, Ying Chen, Zhujiazi Zhang, Ling Zhu, Gang Liu, Qiang Zeng, Qian Qiu, Chunyu Luo, Rendan Deng, Lili You   +11 more
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Climate change effects on marginal savannas from central-north Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022
This study estimated the potential effects of climate change on peripheral plant diversity by predicting the distribution of species from Cerrado of Northern Brazil.
JOXLEIDE M. DA COSTA-COUTINHO, MÁRIO AUGUSTO G. JARDIM, LEONARDO S. MIRANDA, ANTONIO ALBERTO JORGE F. CASTRO   +3 more
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Satisfacción laboral de los asalariados en España || Job Satisfaction of Employees in Spain [PDF]

Revista de Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y la Empresa, 2012
El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar los factores determinantes del nivel de satisfacción laboral de los asalariados en España, haciendo especial hincapié en las diferencias de género y de nacionalidad.
Rico Belda, Paz
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More is exponentially less: marginal utility in critical care research

Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 2022
BACKGROUND: Randomized clinical trials (RCT) in critical care mostly return negative results. The research community discusses strategies to improve RCTs design.
Rafael Olivé Leite
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