Confidence intervals are an established means of portraying uncertainty about inferred parameter and can be generated through the use confidence distributions. For a distribution to valid, it must maintain frequentist coverage true parameter. This represented for precise by adherence cumulative unit uniform distribution, comparison that is referred here as Singh plot. article extends this impre...

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Implementing public health measures with obvious benefits becomes a complex struggle when commercial interests are paramount T he evening of 25 March 2009 was cool for the community consultation — a necessary step before the implementation of fluoridation of the Cobram water supply. There were only a few people present in the Civic Centre, but they warmly applauded the initiative. None of the e...

Background & aim: Government of Ethiopia is promoting institutional delivery despite the fact that there are a high number of home deliveries in the country mainly in hard-to-reach areas. Choice of institutional delivery is vital for the reduction of maternal and neonatal mortalities. The present study aimed to investigate the determinants of institutional delivery in ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Acupuncture is a frequently used complementary treatment for ischemic stroke in China but the evidence available from previous randomized trials is inconclusive. The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in a more robustly designed larger scale trial. METHODS This is a multicenter, single-blinded, randomized controlled trial. Eight...

The article presents a theoretical model of the entrepreneur's capacities and their influence on business performance. Starting from traditional theory dynamic capacities, those related to entrepreneurship and/or that are identified, determining factors such as training, experience confidence. In addition, other environmental institutional environment have been taken into account they affect en...