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Abstract Hidden Markov diagnostic classification models capture how students' cognitive attributes evolve over time. This paper introduces a Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for diagnostic classification models that jointly estimates time‐varying Q matrices, latent attributes, item parameters, attribute class proportions and transition ...
Chen‐Wei Liu
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Abstract Do discriminatory attitudes held in the public influence public institutions? We study this question within the context of the criminal justice system of historical British Columbia (BC). During the late 1870s and early 1880s, an influx of Chinese immigrant workers employed in the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was the catalyst
Kris Inwood, Ian Keay, Blair Long
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Do government subsidies lead to TFP losses? A perspective on the formation of zombie firms. [PDF]
Chen R, Liu D, Wu L, Yu D.
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Correction to ‘An evaluation of multi‐species occupancy models with correlated species occurrences’
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
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Physical attractiveness, drug taking and gender differences
Abstract This study investigates the relationship between adolescent physical attractiveness and drug‐taking behaviour, emphasizing the human capital and “pretty girl” effects on the decision to use drugs. Through the human capital effect, physically attractive adolescents are better positioned to accumulate human capital at a young age compared to ...
Andy Chung, Junsen Zhang
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Analysing the impact of complex multimorbidity on health-related quality of life. [PDF]
Walsh S +9 more
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How much biotic nativeness matters across human demographic groups
Abstract Many central concepts of conservation biology—such as nativeness—are structured by ecological and social factors. However, the social consequences of using these concepts to make conservation decisions remain inadequately understood. Some researchers argue that nativeness, rather than acting as an objective proxy for important ecological ...
Harold N. Eyster, Rachelle K. Gould
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Care burden and outcomes in young carers during and after the COVID‑19 pandemic: psychological distress and cognitive-emotional aspects. [PDF]
Wang Z, Niu B.
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