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Research Articles (Statistics): Recent submissions
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(Hindawi Publishing, 2018-12-09)Like HIV infection, smoking, which is common among HIV-infected persons, is associated with chronic, systemic inflammation. However, the possible augmentative effects of HIV infection and smoking and other types of tobacco ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-09-06)‘Being church’ in today’s world is frought with challenges to traditional practice and contemporaneous opportunities. These challenges, differences, dilemmas and paradoxes, when not handled effectively, have the propensity ...
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(PAGEpress, 2019)Infectious diseases transmitted by vectors/intermediate hosts constitute a major part of the economic burden related to public health in the endemic countries of the tropics, which challenges local welfare and hinders ...
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(Wiley, 2019-09)This study presents a method for estimating two area‐characteristic natural hazard recurrence parameters. The mean activity rate and the frequency–size power law exponent are estimated using Bayesian inference on combined ...
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(International Academic Press, 2018-09)Recent technological developments and the exponential increase in computational power provide researchers in statistics with endless possibilities for developing methodologies and applying new techniques. This special ...
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(International Academic Press, 2018-09)Many-multi parameter distributions have limit cases containing fewer parameters. This paper demonstrates that, when fitting distributions to data realized from a distribution resembling one of these limit cases, the ...
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(Springer, 2020-10)We use a system of first-order partial differential equations that characterize the moment generating function of the d-variate standard normal distribution to construct a class of affine invariant tests for normality in ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018)BACKGROUND : Amateur cyclists use a wide variety of supplements and nutritional substances to increase performance in addition to their training. OBJECTIVES : The intended nutritional supplement use, carbohydrate (CHO) ...
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(Elsevier, 2019-03)The main vectors of malaria in Africa, i.e. An. arabiensis, An. gambiae s.s. and An. funestus, are attracted by human foot odour and they tend to bite victims in the ankle area. Hence, affordable mosquito-repellent ...
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(Wiley, 2019-06)AIM : To adapt the Youth‐Friendly Health Services‐World Health Organization+ questionnaire to suit the health needs of youth in the South African context, and estimate its psychometric properties. BACKGROUND : Youth‐friendly ...
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(Wiley, 2019-03)Environmental information is acquired and assessed during the environmental impact assessment process for surface‐strip coal mine approval. However, integrating these data and quantifying rehabilitation risk using a holistic ...
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(MDPI Publishing, 2018)Images obtained from satellites are of an increasing resolution. In addition, the frequency of their observations is increasing, and is expected to continue to increase in the near future. Despite these rapid developments, ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2019-02-28)The incidence and types of catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries in Thoroughbreds that resulted in euthanasia on selected racetracks in South Africa between 1998 and 2012 were investigated by an observational retrospective ...
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(Springer, 2018-07)Root rot of citrus trees caused by Phytophthora nicotianae is responsible for severe economic losses in citriculture. Use of resistant rootstocks is an effective method of managing this problem, however, breeding and ...
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(Routledge, 2018)This article reports on the change in the career adaptability of participants exposed to an intervention programme characterized by career and selfconstruction principles compared to the change in participants who participated ...
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(Sage, 2018-03)Research findings are inconsistent regarding a positive association between the passage of state medical marijuana laws (MML) and the adolescent access and the use of marijuana. We utilized a novel analytical approach to ...
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(International Academic Press, 2018-09)In this paper a bivariate gamma type distribution, its noncentral counterpart, and a linked bivariate Weibullised gamma type distribution, following an elliptical assumption, are proposed and studied. The adaptability of ...
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(University of Chicago Press, 2017)OBJECTIVE : By presenting a simulation study that compares Bayesian and classical frequentist approaches to research design, this paper describes and demonstrates a Bayesian perspective on intervention research. METHOD ...
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(University of Chicago Press, 2017)OBJECTIVE : In intervention research, the decision to continue developing a new program or treatment is dependent on both the change-inducing potential of a new strategy (i.e., its effect size) and the methods used to ...
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(South African Statistical Association, 2018)An important question when modelling option prices is which of the multitude of option pricing models to use. In this paper, the calculation of barrier option prices is considered. These exotic options are found in many ...
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