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Urban road segment level of service based on bicycle users’ perception under mixed traffic conditions

open access: yesJournal of Modern Transportation, 2017
During the past two decades, several methodologies are endorsed to assess the compatibility of roadways for bicycle use under homogeneous traffic conditions.
Sambit Kumar Beura   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does a rise in BMI cause an increased risk of diabetes?: Evidence from India.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundOvernutrition increases the risk of diabetes. Evidence on the causal impact of overnutrition on diabetes is scarce for India. Considering a representative sample from India, this study examines the causal effect of a rise in the Body Mass Index
Shivani Gupta, Sangeeta Bansal
doaj   +1 more source

Obtaining SF-6D utilities from FACT-H&N in thyroid carcinoma patients: development and results from a mapping study

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2023
ObjectiveThere is limited evidence for mapping clinical tools to preference-based generic tools in the Chinese thyroid cancer patient population. The current study aims to map the FACT-H&N (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Head and Neck Cancer)
Qing Yang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Regime in Developing Countries [PDF]

open access: yesجستارهای اقتصادی, 2022
The main purpose of this study is to investigate the extent and manner of the impact of political economy factors on the de facto exchange rate regime in developing countries and to extract implications for the political economy of the Iranian exchange ...
Ehsan Mousavi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bayesian analysis of a multivariate spatial ordered probit model

open access: yesCommunications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, 2021
Many phenomena are correlated and spatially dependent. In addition, some of them are ordinal discrete responses. Thus, a model is needed to capture the interactions of multivariate ordinal outcomes and spatial dependences. Following Smith and LeSage (2004) and Jeliazkov et al.
openaire   +2 more sources

Sovereign ratings: Determinants and policy implications for India

open access: yesIIMB Management Review, 2018
This paper studies sovereign rating models of Moody's, Standard & Poor's (S&P) and Fitch to identify important determinants of sovereign ratings. Ordered logit and probit are employed to check for robustness of empirical results.
Sanjay Sehgal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating ordered categorical variables using panel data: a generalized ordered probit model with an autofit procedure [PDF]

open access: yes
Estimation procedures for ordered categories usually assume that the estimated coefficients of independent variables do not vary between the categories (parallel-lines assumption).
Andreas Schmid   +2 more
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Investigating safety and liability of autonomous vehicles: Bayesian random parameter ordered probit model analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Purpose – This study aims to investigate the safety and liability of autonomous vehicles (AVs), and identify the contributing factors quantitatively so as to provide potential insights on safety and liability of AVs.
Xuecai Xu   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Exploring Driver Injury Severity at Intersection: An Ordered Probit Analysis

open access: yesAdvances in Mechanical Engineering, 2015
It is well known that intersections are the most hazardous locations; however, only little is known about driver injury severity in intersection crashes.
Yaping Zhang, Chuanyun Fu, Shaowu Cheng
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of adoption of multiple sustainable agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in Nigeria

open access: yesInternational Soil and Water Conservation Research, 2021
Despite the important roles of Sustainable Agricultural Practices (SAPs) in improving productivity, welfare, and food security of farming households, the adoption rates of SAPs have been perceived to be generally low, especially in developing countries ...
Zainab Oyetunde-Usman   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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