This paper presents a geostatistical approach to combine two geographical sets of area-based data into the mapping of disease risk, with an application to the rate of prostate cancer late-stage diagnosis in North Florida. This methodology is used to combine individual-level data assigned to census tracts for confidentiality reasons with individual-level data that were allocated to ZIP codes bec...

This paper deals with the classical problem of how to evaluate the joint rank statistics distributions for two independent i.i.d. samples from a common continuous distribution. It is pointed that these distributions rely on an underlying polynomial structure of negative binomial type. This property is exploited to obtain, in a systematic and unified way, various recursions, some well estabished...

In this study, new properties of Fibonacci numbers is given. Also, generalization of some properties of Fibonacci numbers is investigated with binomial coefficiations. Mathematics Subject Classification: 11B39, 11B65

This mini-review describes the evolution of different algorithms dedicated to the automated discovery of chemical fragments associated to (eco)toxicological endpoints. These structural alerts correspond to one of the most interesting approach of in silico toxicology due to their direct link with specific toxicological mechanisms. A number of expert systems are already available but, since the f...

ABSTRACT The spatial pattern of Sharka disease, caused by Plum pox virus (PPV) strain M, was investigated in 18 peach plots located in two areas of southern France. PPV infections were monitored visually for each individual tree during one to three consecutive years. Point pattern and correlation-type approaches were undertaken using the binary data directly or after parsing them in contiguous ...

BACKGROUND The p-chart is a user-friendly tool for monitoring adverse events. By converting data into knowledge, it is helpful in interpreting and reducing sources of variability in care. Certain basics for developing expertise to use p-charts correctly are necessary. PURPOSE This paper provides key elements on how to develop and interpret a p-chart for clinical practice, how to successfully ...

Objectives: Do Ontario unionized construction firms have lower workers’ compensation claims rates compared with nonunion firms? Methods: Building trade and construction trade association lists of union contractors were linked to Workplace Safety and Insurance Board claims data for 2006 to 2012. Data were pooled for 2006 to 2012, and negative binomial regressions conducted with adjustment to est...

This study estimates the value of farmers’ stated succession plans in predicting revealed succession decisions. The stated succession plan exists when a farmer answers in a survey questionnaire that the farm is going to be transferred to a new entrant within a five year period. The succession is revealed when the farm is transferred to a successor. The stated and revealed behaviour is estimated...

Optimal sex allocation theory is one of the most intricately developed areas of evolutionary ecology. Under a range of conditions, particularly under population sub-division, selection favours sex being allocated to offspring non-randomly, generating non-binomial variances of offspring group sex ratios. Detecting non-binomial sex allocation is complicated by stochastic developmental mortality, ...

One aspect of Fisher’s work which has puzzled a great many statisticians is the idea of Fiducial Inference. Using “pivotal” variables, Fisher moves from logical statements about restrictions of parameter spaces to probabilistic statements about parameters. The method works, but with a lot of caveats: the pivotal variables must be sufficient statistics, must be continuous, &c. Dempster’s explora...