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The Use of GAMLSS Framework for a Non-Stationary Frequency Analysis of Annual Runoff Data over a Mediterranean Area
2022
Climate change affects all the components of the hydrological cycle. Starting from precipitation distribution, climate alterations have direct effects on both surface water and groundwater in terms of their quantity and quality. These effects lead to modifications in water availability for agriculture, ecology and other social uses. Change in rainfall patterns also affects the runoff of natural rivers. For this reason, studying runoff data according to classical hydrological approaches, i.e., statistical inference methods that exploit stationary probability distributions, might result in missing important information relevant to climate change. From this point of view, a new approach has to…
A flexible approach for modelling a proportion response variable: Loss given default
2016
Loss given default (LGD) is a proportion of a credit exposure that is lost if the obligor defaults on a loan. Response variable LGD contains values between 0 and 1 including both 0 and 1, where 0 means that the balance is fully recovered while 1 means total loss of exposure at default. This article addresses two alternative semi parametric approaches for modelling loss given default, which is measured on the interval [0,1]. The class of models are very flexible and can accommodate skewness and bimodal characteristics of LGD data. The dependence of the predictors of each of the parameters (of the proposed model distribution for LGD) on explanatory variables can be additive P-splines, regress…
Using concept mapping in the development of the EU-PAD framework (EUropean-Physical Activity Determinants across the life course): a DEDIPAC-study
2016
International audience; Background: A large proportion of European children, adults and older adults do not engage in sufficient physical activity ( PA). Understanding individual and contextual factors associated with PA behaviours is essential for the identification and implementation of effective preventative environments, policies, and programmes that can promote an active lifestyle across life course and can potentially improve health. The current paper intends to provide 1) a multi-disciplinary, Pan-European and life course view of key determinants of PA behaviours and 2) a proposal of how these factors may cluster. Methods: After gathering a list of 183 potential PA behaviours-associa…
Imagination and Körperzustand: illusion and play in Moses Mendelssohn’s aesthetic reflection
2022
The aesthetic reflection in the eighteenth century is deeply traversed by an experience perceived as capable of disrupting the disciplinary and cognitive system of early modernity: To feel the “own body,” that is, to feel its state of well-being or discomfort means to somehow modify from the inside the anthropological project of the Century of Enlightenment and to create the space and the lexicon of a modality of relationship (play, aesthetic illusion) that redefines the relationship with oneself and the context of construction of a future community. Whereas “Knowledge” and “Will” articulate the same strategy based on the relationship between the spiritual activity of a subject and the semi…
Analys av översättning från svenska till finska : Berts dagbok av Sören Olsson och Anders Jacobsson
2000
Der Gerichtshof der reinen Vernunft
2021
Die verschiedenen Urteilsstufen des Gerichtshofes der reinen Vernunft bieten einen privilegierten Zugang zur Erfassung des kantischen Begriffs menschlicher Vernunft in seiner vollen Komplexität. Wenn „menschliche Vernunft“ einerseits ein Vermögen benennt, das zur Grundausstattung unserer Erkenntnisanlagen gehört und als solches „subjektiv als ein menschliches Erkenntnisvermögen“ angesehen wird, dann ist andererseits der Mensch aufgrund eines Besitzes der Vernunft Zeuge von Entwürfen und Ansprüchen, bei deren Entsprechung er angesichts seiner Natur und seiner spezifischen Fähigkeiten nicht entscheidend ist. Die Kritik erfüllt also ihre ureigenste Aufgabe. Und das nicht nur, weil sie den Legi…
Study of Toner Penetration in Papers by Laser Induced Plasma Spectroscopy and Optical Profilometry
2023
Four major toners are used in the printing industry, cyan, magenta, yellow and black (Key) for making color images on paper. Paper brands suitable for printing have thin mineral/latex coatings, and toners are applied on top of the coating in the printing process. Chemical compositions from toner to toner, as well as from coating to coating, vary according to the needs of the end user. Interactions between the toner and the coating define the final color formation of the images in printing. Hence, it is important to study characteristics and dynamics of toners on coated papers. In this paper, we have used laser-induced plasma spectroscopy (LIBS) to provide information on elemental distributi…
Uztura paradumu ietekme uz balss kvalitāti skolotājiem ar laringofaringeālo refluksu
2015
Uztura paradumu ietekme uz balss kvalitāti skolotājiem ar laringofaringeālo refluksu. Strazdiņa T., zinātniskais vadītājs Mg.sc.sal. Strautmane D., zinātniskais konsultants asoc.prof. Jākobsone I. Pētījums veikts ar mērķi noskaidrot vai pastāv saistība starp skolotāju balss kvalitāti un uztura paradumiem laringofaringeālā refluksa gadījumā. Lai sasniegtu mērķi, pielietoti vairāki instrumenti – Refluksa Simptomu Mērītājs, lai izvērtētu vai skolotājam ir palielināts laringofaringeālā refluksa risks, anketa Uztura paradumi ar mērķi noskaidrot skolotāju uztura paradumus; balss kvalitātes ierobežojuma rādītāja tests, lai izvērtētu skolotāju balss kvalitāti. LFR ir būtiska problēma skolotāju vidū…
Modelling a proportion response variable using generalised additive models for location scale and shape
2015
In this paper two alternative approaches are proposed to model a response variable Y measured on the interval from zero to one, including both zero and one. The first proposed model employs a flexible four parameter distribution for 0 < Y < 1, for example a logit skew exponential power distribution, inflated by including point probabilities at 0 and 1. The second proposed model is a generalised Tobit model, obtained from a flexible four parameter distribution on (-infinity;+infinity), for example the skew exponential power distribution, by censoring below 0 and above 1. The proposed models are applied to a real data set and compared with current popular models.
Biallelic pathogenic variants in the lanosterol synthase gene LSS involved in the cholesterol biosynthesis cause alopecia with intellectual disabilit…
2019
International audience; Purpose Lanosterol synthase (LSS) gene was initially described in families with extensive congenital cataracts. Recently, a study has highlighted LSS associated with hypotrichosis simplex. We expanded the phenotypic spectrum of LSS to a recessive neuroectodermal syndrome formerly named alopecia with mental retardation (APMR) syndrome. It is a rare autosomal recessive condition characterized by hypotrichosis and intellectual disability (ID) or developmental delay (DD), frequently associated with early-onset epilepsy and other dermatological features. Methods Through a multicenter international collaborative study, we identified LSS pathogenic variants in APMR individu…