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A Conversation With David Bellhouse

International Statistical Review, EarlyView.
Summary David Richard Bellhouse was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 19 July 1948. He studied actuarial mathematics and statistics at the University of Manitoba (BA, 1970; MA, 1972) and completed his PhD at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, in 1975. After being an Assistant Professor for 1 year at his alma mater, he joined the University of Western ...
Christian Genest
wiley   +1 more source

An approach to minimize inventory risk due to weather using buyback contract with weather rebate

International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper addresses the inventory risk owing to weather fluctuations faced by retail companies and designs a new class of contract incorporating financial risk hedging. The designed contract not only coordinates the supply chain as the buyback contract does but also improves the supply chain profit by considering the inventory risk due to ...
Piyal Sarkar, M. I. M. Wahab, Liping Fang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal pattern of questing ticks and prevalence of pathogenic Rickettsia and Anaplasmataceae in Khao Yai national park, Thailand

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Background: Tick-borne diseases (TBD) are considered neglected diseases in Thailand with disease burden likely underestimated. To assess risk for emerging TBD in Thailand, the seasonality of questing tick and pathogen prevalence were studied in Khao Yai ...
Suwanna Chaorattanakawee, Wirunya Tachavarong, Hathairad Hananantachai, Watanyu Bunsermyos, Nitima Chanarat, Sommai Promsathaporn, Bousaraporn Tippayachai, Jira Sakolvaree, Pannamthip Pitaksajjakul, Surachet Benjathummarak, Kanchit Srinoppawan, David Saunders, Erica J. Lindroth, Ratree Takhampunya   +13 more
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Vectors and Vector‐Borne Diseases: Biology, Epidemiology and Integrated Control Strategies

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vector‐Borne Diseases (VBDs), transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and sandflies, represent a significant threat to global health. These diseases can be caused by a variety of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and helminths.
Roberta Rinaldi, Carmen Scieuzo, Federica De Stefano, Luca Masucci, Patrizia Falabella   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monitoring questing winter tick abundance on traditional moose hunting lands

The Journal of Wildlife Management
AbstractAn important symbolic and subsistence animal for many Native American Tribes, the moose (Alces alces; mos in Algonquin, Penobscot language) has been under consistent threat in the northeastern United States because of winter tick (Dermacentor albipictus) parasitism over the past several decades, causing declines in moose populations throughout ...
Juliana A. Berube, Alexej P. K. Sirén, Benjamin D. Simpson, Kelly B. Klingler, Tammy L. Wilson   +4 more
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On the cognitive processes underlying the verbal overshadowing effect: Culprit descriptions reduce culprit‐presence detection and guessing‐based selection in eyewitness responses to lineups

Legal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Culprit descriptions by eyewitnesses and eyewitness responses to lineups are essential for criminal investigations—the former to locate possible suspects and the latter to provide information relevant to determining guilt or innocence.
Amelie Therre, Raoul Bell, Nicola Marie Menne, Carolin Mayer, Ulla Lichtenhagen, Axel Buchner   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical Cases of Tick-Borne Diseases in Dogs During the Autumn-Winter Season in Poland

Pathogens
Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) pose a growing threat to companion animals, especially dogs, due to the increasing abundance of tick populations in Europe, driven by climate change, urbanization, and the mobility of humans and animals.
Ismena Gałęcka, Zhuowei Ma, Xuenan Xuan, Remigiusz Gałęcki   +3 more
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White as a Ghost, Winter Ticks and Moose [PDF]

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2007
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Estimating the Effect of Positivity About Immigrants on Vote Choice in the 2020 US Presidential Election

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Much of the research that estimates how attitudes about immigrants affect outcomes uses a measure that ranges from a lack of negativity about immigrants to a high level of negativity about immigrants. But this overlooks the effect of positivity about immigrants.
L. J. Zigerell
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological overview of hard ticks (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in Nagasaki prefecture of western Japan during winter 2021–2022

Scientific Reports
In Japan, Japanese spotted fever, Lyme disease and severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome caused by Ixodidae species are endemic. To prevent and control the diseases, fundamental understandings in tick ecology are crucial. Hence, this study aimed to
Tomonori Hoshi, Erina Ishigaki, Thanawat Khongyot, Satoshi Kaneko   +3 more
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