With new tests being developed and marketed, the comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of two continuous-scale diagnostic tests are of great importance. Comparing the partial areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves (pAUC) is an effective method to evaluate the accuracy of two...

In diagnostic test studies, one crucial task is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a test. Currently, most studies focus on the Receiver Operating Characteristics Curve and the Area Under the Curve. On the other hand, the Youden index, widely applied in practice, is another comprehensive...

Different international plant protection organisations advocate different schemes for conducting pest risk assessments. Most of these schemes use structured questionnaire in which experts are asked to score several items using an ordinal scale. The scores are then combined using a range of...

In response to the financial crisis that began in 2008, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) launched a global registration system for legal entities. The initiative aimed to create a unique identifier – the LEI (Legal Entity Identifier) – for each of the entities operating in the financial...

Como respuesta a la crisis financiera iniciada en 2008, el Consejo de Estabilidad Financiera (FSB) puso en marcha un sistema mundial de registro de personas jurídicas. La iniciativa aspiraba a crear un código de identificación único para cada una de las entidades que operan en los mercados...