Multidimensional poverty measures have become a standard feature in assessments. A large and growing body of work uses endogenous (data driven) weights to compute multidimensional poverty. We demonstrate that broad classes violate key properties indices such as monotonicity subgroup consistency, without which evaluation policy targeting are seriously compromised. Using data from Ecuador Uganda ...

A statistical analysis on the compatibility of NDVI indices is presented, which is obtained with data collected by AVHRR and SEVIRI (METEOSAT Second Generation – MSG) sensors, directly received at the Satellite Receiving Station of Department of Electronics and Telecommunication (DET) University of Florence, located in Prato (Italy). The goal of this analysis is evaluation of the level of compa...

BACKGROUND In this paper, we investigate cross-sectional and prospective relationships between various socioeconomic indicators and different health behaviours among boys and girls at ages 13-21, and whether socioeconomic status (SES) is related to changes in health behaviour over time. METHODS The study is based on a 10-year, two-generation prospective cohort study of health and lifestyle fa...

Fluctuating asymmetry, the random deviation from perfect symmetry, is a widely used population-level index of developmental instability, developmental noise, and robustness. It reflects a population’s state of adaptation and genomic coadaptation. Here, we review the literature on fluctuating asymmetry of human populations. The most widely used bilateral traits include skeletal, dental, and faci...

the objective of the present study was to assess the combined effects of drought stress and foliar application of zinc and manganese on seed quality of red bean (naz variety) during the accelerated aging test. the experiment was carried out as split factorial in a randomized complete block design (rcbd) with three replications at the research farm of shahrekord university during 2010-2011. drou...

Composite index is a powerful and popularly used tool in providing an overall measure of subject by summarizing group measurements (component indices) different aspects the subject. It widely economics, finance, policy evaluation, performance ranking, many other fields. Effective construction composite has been studied extensively. The most approach to use linear combination component indices, ...

This paper features an application of Regular Vine copulas which are a novel and recently developed statistical and mathematical tool which can be applied in the assessment of composite financial risk. Copula-based dependence modelling is a popular tool in financial applications, but is usually applied to pairs of securities. By contrast, Vine copulas provide greater flexibility and permit the ...

PURPOSE This study compared the development of essential elements of narrative skill in children from African American English (AAE)- and general American English (GAE)-speaking communities using an innovative elicitation and evaluation protocol consisting of four key indices of narrative language: (a) reference contrasting, (b) temporal expressions, (c) mental state descriptions, and (d) under...