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Modeling and Validation of the Hospital’s Ambulatory and Inpatients Operations Using a Non-Homogenous Discrete Time Markovian Chains

IEEE Access, 2021
Overcrowded hospitals in its different process’s levels is a very common issue all over the globe. Research through different works have studied this problem from different angles.
Kaouter Karboub, Mohamed Tabaa, Sofiene Dellagi, Fabrice Monteiro, Abbas Dandache, Fouad Moutaouakkil   +5 more
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Parameter Estimation of the Semicircular Lomax Distribution

Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Innovations in IT
This study aims to convert a traditional Lomax distribution into the Stereographically Projected Semicircular Lomax (SSL) distribution by making use of the inverse stereographic projection.
Zahraa Majeed, Wafaa Hussein
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The rich get richer and the poor get poorer - the Matthew mechanism as an approach to explain selection effects and the occurrence of multiple medalists in the "production" of international success in alpine ski racing

Current Issues in Sport Science, 2018
The study addresses two questions that are under debate in the literature and exemplifies their examination in alpine ski racing. Firstly, are successful athletes the product of a long-term continuous intervention and/or socialization process or do they ...
Michael Barth, Arne Güllich, Eike Emrich   +2 more
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Mathematical Properties of the Inverted Topp–Leone Family of Distributions

Mathematics
This article defines an inverted Topp–Leone distribution. Several mathematical properties and maximum likelihood estimation of parameters of this distribution are considered.
Daya K. Nagar, Edwin Zarrazola, Santiago Echeverri-Valencia   +2 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Odd Generalized Rayleigh- Exponential distribution Statistical Properties with Real Data Application [PDF]

Kirkuk Journal of Science
In this paper we offer a new distribution due to the most common problem for researchers is to determine a statistical model for analyzing lifetime data.
ِAli Monef
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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The time to degree or dropout amongst full-time master’s students at University of KwaZulu-Natal

South African Journal of Science, 2015
Universities around the world are grappling with strategies to increase throughput and minimise dropout rates of postgraduate students. This study focuses on students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and we attempt to estimate the time that it takes ...
Temesgen Zewotir, Delia North, Mike Murray   +2 more
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
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θ-Weighted mixture distribution: the Weibull-Lomax case

Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
IntroductionThis article introduces a new family of weighted mixture distributions, referred to as θ-WM. The θ-WM family is generated by combining two distributions weighted by a parameter θ, offering notable flexibility to model a wide range of complex ...
Cristian Carvajal-Muquillaza, Ronald Manríquez, Eduardo Cabrera   +2 more
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