University rankings generally present users with the problem of placing the results given for an institution in context. Only a comparison with the performance of all other institutions makes it possible to say exactly where an institution stands. In order to interpret the results of the SCImago Institutions Ranking (based on Scopus data) and the Leiden Ranking (based on Web of Science data), i...

results high-ranking officials in our study had less work experience in their current jobs and smoked fewer pack-years of cigarette, but they had higher waist and hip circumference, higher triglyceride level, more stress from role overload and responsibility, and higher total stress score. our group of office workers had more occupational stress because of role ambiguity and insufficiency, but ...

systemic risk is the risk of collapse in the financial system. due to the financial crisis that hit the world economy in 2008, the study of systemic risk in the banking sector became more attractive for researchers. in this research we study systemic risk in the iranian banking sector by using a famous systemic risk measure, the ∆covar. to compute the measure, we employ dynamic conditional corr...

Many interval number ranking methods cannot representthe different attitudes of decision makers with different riskappetites. Therefore, interval numbers are expressed in the RectangularCoordinate System (RCS). After mining the interval numbers in the RCS,the Symmetry Axis Compensation Factor, which is known as (lambda),was introduced, and the Equivalent Function o...

Ranking the common causes of death among different age groups can be a useful tool in finding out the options to reduce cause-specific morbidity and mortality rates. It should be kept in mind that rankings, however, do not illustrate the mortality risk. The ranking of a specific cause as a reason for frequent deaths may change over time, even if the mortality rates have not changed. Similarly, ...

Objectives To examine how the selection of different risk adjustors and statistical approaches affect the profiles of physician groups on patient satisfaction. Data sources Mailed patient surveys. Patients with asthma were selected randomly from each of 20 California physician groups between July 1998 and February 1999. A total of 2,515 patients responded. Study design A cross-sectional study. ...

We present a systematic study of the bipartite ranking problem, with the aim of explicating its connections to the class-probability estimation problem. Our study focuses on the properties of the statistical risk for bipartite ranking with general losses, which is closely related to a generalised notion of the area under the ROC curve: we establish alternate representations of this risk, relate...