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Join the Leader, Imitate or Follow: Evolutionary Stable Strategies in the Commons

Schott, Stephan - 2010

"We develop an evolutionary game theory model for a limited access common pool resource. With full disclosure of … formation. As opposed to previous findings in the CPR literature we observe that full information disclosure significantly … changes individual behaviour and aggregate use of the common property. Groups that had complete information about other …

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Tuberculosis transmission patterns in a high-incidence area: A spatial analysis

Munch Z.; Van Lill S.W.P.; Booysen C.N.; Zietsman H.L.; … - 2003

information system (GIS). RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The 1128 bacteriologically-proven cases of tuberculosis studied over the period …

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Using the Net Benefit Regression Framework to Construct Cost-effectiveness Acceptability Curves: An Example Using Data from a Trial of External Loop Recorders versus Holter Monitor...

Hoch, Jeffrey S.; Rockx, Marie Antoinette; Krahn, Andrew D. - 2006

Background: Cost-effectiveness acceptability curves (CEACs) describe the probability that a new treatment or intervention is cost-effective. The net benefit regression framework (NBRF) allows cost-effectiveness analysis to be done in a simple regression framework. The objective of the paper is...

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Overweight and Obesity in Sexual-Minority Women: Evidence From Population-Based Data

Boehmer, Ulrike; Bowen, Deborah J.; Bauer, Greta R. - 2007

OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether lesbians have higher rates of overweight and obesity than women of other sexual orientations.METHODS: We compared population estimates of overweight and obesity across sexual orientation groups, using data from the 2002 National Survey of Family...

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Copula Based Prediction Models: An Application to an Aortic Regurgitation Study

Kumar, Pranesh; Shoukri, Mohamed M. - 2007

Background: An important issue in prediction modeling of multivariate data is the measure of dependence structure. The use of Pearson's correlation as a dependence measure has several pitfalls and hence application of regression prediction models based on this correlation may not be an...

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Interval Estimation and Optimal Design for the Within-subject Coefficient of Variation for Continuous and Binary Variables

Shoukri, Mohamed M.; Elkum, Nasser; Walter, Stephen D. - 2006

Background: In this paper we propose the use of the within-subject coefficient of variation as an index of a measurement's reliability. For continuous variables and based on its maximum likelihood estimation we derive a variance-stabilizing transformation and discuss confidence interval...

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Socio-economic mortality differentials in Sydney over a quarter of a century, 1970-94

Hayes, Lillian J.; Quine, Susan; Taylor, Richard; … - 2002

OBJECTIVE: To examine trends in socio-economic differentials in all-cause mortality in Sydney over a 25-year period (1970-94). METHODS: Five measures of single indicators (two for occupation, two for education and one for income) and a composite measure of socio-economic disadvantage based on...

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Workload capacity measures for estimating allied health staffing requirements

Schoo, A. M.; Boyce, R. A.; Ridoutt, L.; Santos, T. - 2008

Workforce planning methodologies for the allied health professions are acknowledged as rudimentary despite the increasing importance of these professions to health care across the spectrum of health services settings. The objectives of this study were to (i) identify workload capacity measures...

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Modeling mortality risk in hemodialysis patients using laboratory values as time-dependent covariates

Culp, Kennith R.; Flanigan, M.; Lowrie, E. G.; Lew, N.; … - 1996

Proportional hazards analyses assume that the magnitude of mortality risk for a predictor variable remains proportional over time. In a time-dependent model, the explanatory variable violates this assumption, and repeat observations are required to accommodate the change in risk that occurs over...

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Intervention research in highly unstable environments

Buckwalter, Kathleen; Grey, M.; Bowers, B.; McCarthy, … - 2009

This article highlights issues and presents strategies for conducting intervention research in highly unstable environments such as schools, critical care units, and long-term care facilities. The authors draw on their own experiences to discuss the challenges that may be encountered in highly...

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