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Estimation of an Exposure Effect on Outcome Rate of Change in Observational Study Settings
Mixed models for longitudinal analysis have several well-established benefits, including gaining information from unbalanced data and depending on less restrictive assumptions about missing data than other methods such as ... -
Estimation of an unobservable transition: from dependence to weaning in the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
For wild mammals, weaning begins the most vulnerable life-history period. Success during this transition hinges on an individual’s ability to elude predators while learning to handle and locate prey. In most mid-latitude ... -
Estimation of childhood vaccine scale-up rates by country and vaccine
Background The development and integration of new vaccines into national immunization schedules has dramatically reduced the number of children experiencing preventable morbidity and mortality. Introduction and scale-up ... -
Estimation of chronic hepatitis C and future burden using various treatment scenarios
Background Hepatitis C is considered a major public health threat.1,2 In 2016, the World Health Organization Global Health Sector Strategy (WHO-GHSS) adopted goals to eliminate hepatitis as a global health concern by 2030. ... -
Estimation of education quality: harmonization and analysis of inequalities
Background: Education is key social determinant of health, the effects of which are related to theattainment of subject-based skills and the application of these skills to improve the health and well-being of individuals ... -
Estimation of higher-order two-phase regression models
Two-phase regression models are a class of nonlinear regression models that are known for their flexibility and interpretability. An important feature of two-phase regression models is the existence of a threshold at which ... -
Estimation of inherent optical properties and phytoplankton community structure from hyperspectral in-water radiometry
(2013-07-25)Inverse algorithms are developed to retrieve hyperspectral absorption and backscattering coefficients from measurements of hyperspectral upwelling radiance and downwelling irradiance in vertically homogeneous waters. The ... -
Estimation of population receptive fields in human visual and auditory cortex
Topographical organization is a foundation principle of human sensory cortices where the sensory neurons encode information from the physical world into orderly representational maps along sensory-specific dimensions. The ... -
Estimation of Position and External Force of Cable Driven Surgical Robots
Positioning accuracy in cable driven mechanisms with motor position sensing is limited because the stiffness in these manipulators is less than rigid links. By applying Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) and considering system ... -
Estimators of Effect Modification of Cumulative Incidence: Aalen-Johansen and Targeted Minimum Loss-based Estimator
In time to event settings there are many occasions in which multiple events can occur. This competing risks phenomenon is often encountered in vaccine trials when interest is given to efficacy against a specific subtype ... -
ETG-ETL Portfolio Optimization
(2013-02-25)Modern Portfolio Theory dates back to 1950s, when Markowitz proposed mean-variance portfolio optimization to construct portfolios. It provided a systematic approach to determine portfolio allocation when one is facing ... -
Ethanol production from clean chips and whole-tree chips poplar feedstocks: effects of preprocessing on ethanol yield and process economics
Biomass feedstock represents up to 40% of the operating costs of ethanol production. The overarching goal of this work is to develop an economically viable process to convert poplar biomass to ethanol. Two different types ... -
Ethical Decision Making Among Social Work Students
(2012-09-13)ABSTRACT: While much literature exists on processes of social workers' ethical decision making, the literature lacks consideration of whether social workers or social work students are consistent with their ethical decisions ... -
Ethnic differences in alcohol outcome expectancies and drinking patterns
(1989)The beliefs and attitudes about the effect of alcohol consumption upon behavior were compared using self-report measures of alcohol outcome expectancy, attitude toward drinking, and level of drinking habit within four ... -
Ethnic Differences in Sudden Cardiac Arrest
University of Washington Abstract Ethnic Differences in Sudden Cardiac Arrest Joanna Ghobrial, MD Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Susan Heckbert, MD, PhD. Department of Epidemiology Background: Some studies suggest ... -
Ethnic History and Language Typology in Western China: The Cases of Xining, Daohua and Bai
The following dissertation examines the language history of areas historically lying along the China-Tibet frontier, namely Amdo, Kham and the Dali region of northwest Yunnan. It draws from a wide and diverse literature ... -
Ethnic Identity Formation in Adolescence: Impact of Teen Programs in Museums
(2013-07-25)While there is an emerging body of literature on teen programs in museums, research has not addressed how these programs affect adolescents' racial, cultural, or ethnic identities. This qualitative study explores how teen ... -
Ethno-ecotourism: a sustainable development tool to construct governance with the Wayuu people in La Guajira, Colombia
(2013-04-17)Sustainable develomment has become a mayor issue for coastal communities in developing countries where governments face great challenges to cope with environmental, economic and social changes. This thesis presents a case ... -
Ethnoforestry and adaptive management: generating new pathways to manage forests on the Olympic Peninsula, WA.
In the last century, there have been significant changes to forest management policies in the Pacific Northwest. In the mid 1990s, the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) was developed and implemented, in part, to prioritize the ... -
An ethnographic study of childbearing practices among a Coast Salish band of Indians in British Columbia
(1985)The purpose of this ethnographic study was to collect and analyse childbearing practices of a Coast Salish band of Native peoples by discovering their perspective of lifestyle behaviours within the context of childbearing ...