Generalization of stochastic mortality models to improve mortality prediction in life insurance and pension funds by Shirin Shoaee, Mohammad Mehdi Gholi Keshmarzi

“…The Bayesian information criterion also indicates that the use of generalized stochastic mortality models is justified.Originality/Value: In this study, stochastic mortality index models, which include Lee-Carter and Cairns-Blake-Dowd family models, are used and generalized by the CIR process. …”
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Railroad Vine (Ipomoea pes-caprae): Identification and Uses by Stephen Henry Brown, Marc S. Frank

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Railroad Vine (Ipomoea pes-caprae): Identification and Uses by Stephen Henry Brown, Marc S. Frank

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On Positive Radial Solutions for a Class of Elliptic Equations by Ying Wu, Guodong Han

“…Our conclusions are essential improvements of the results in Lan and Webb (1998), Lee (1997), Mao and Xue (2002), Stańczy (2000), and Han and Wang (2006).…”
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Intraoperative Pontine Infarction: A Hidden Challenge by Nicholas Marcanthony, Ehab Farag

“…In neurological intensive care units (NICUs), these respiratory and airway changes are not uncommon and have been well documented (Lee et al. 1976). These clinical changes are often associated with pontine trauma as it is the core pneumotaxic center in the brain stem. …”
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Unified Analysis of Viscoelasticity and Viscoplasticity Using the Onsager Variational Principle by Kwang Soo Cho

“…The conventional approaches assume Kröner–Lee decomposition, incompressible plastic deformation, flowing rule, stress equation and so on. …”
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The art of failure in translating a Navajo poem by Anthony K. Webster

“…This article engages John Ciardi’s famous dictum that translation is « the art of failure » by engaging in a thick translation and a creative transposition of a short poem in Navajo by Rex Lee Jim. I begin with reflections on recent discussions in anthropology on translation and voice – both of which will be relevant to the argument advanced in my discussion of Jim’s poem. …”
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Estimates of the Replacement Costs of Commercial and Backyard Avocado Trees in South Florida by Edward A. Evans, Jonathan H. Crane

“…Crane, estimates how much it would cost to replace all commercial and residential backyard avocado trees in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Lee Counties, in light of the recent discovery of the redbay-laurel wilt disease complex, which can destroy both commercial and backyard avocado trees. …”
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The jubilee XX All-Ukrainian scientific Taliyev readings – a meeting of like-minded people by N. V. Maksymenko

“…On October 25, 2024, the Karazin Educational and Research Institute of Ecology will host the jubi-lee XX All-Ukrainian Scientific Taliev Readings, organized by the Department of Environmental Monitor-ing and Nature Conservation. …”
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Sleep duration, sleep disturbances and skeletal muscle mass change over time: A population-based longitudinal analysis in Peru [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with... by Enrique S. Nuñez-del-Arco, Renzo A. Agurto-García, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, J. Jaime Miranda, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz

“…The outcome was SMM assessed using bioimpedance and the second version of the Lee’s formula. The exposures were baseline self-reported sleep duration (normal, short and long sleepers) and disturbances (sleep difficulties and awakening at nights). …”
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Learning by making – student-made models and creative projects for medical education: systematic review with qualitative synthesis by Tan Yong Yi, Panwar Shreyans, Ranganath Vallabhajosyula

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Sleep duration, sleep disturbances and skeletal muscle mass change over time: A population-based longitudinal analysis in Peru [version 4; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with... by Enrique S. Nuñez-del-Arco, Renzo A. Agurto-García, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, J. Jaime Miranda, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz

“…The outcome was SMM assessed using bioimpedance and the second version of the Lee’s formula. The exposures were baseline self-reported sleep duration (normal, short and long sleepers) and disturbances (sleep difficulties and awakening at nights). …”
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The impact of a water promotion and access intervention on elementary school students in the presence of food insecurity by Leslie Gerstenfeld, Lauren Blacker, Charles E McCulloch, Lorrene D Ritchie, Valeria M Ordonez, Laura Schmidt, Anisha I Patel

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Outcomes of total hip replacement in adults with septic arthritis of the native hip joint: A systematic review by Teddy Cheong, Surya Varma Selvakumar, Ryan Kwang Jin Goh, Ing How Moo

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Emancipación y diferencia de Ernesto Laclau by Felipe Burbano de Lara

“… Este libro de Ernesto Laclau reúne un conjunto de ensayos (“exploraciones provisorias” más que “productos teóricos acabados”, como se lee en la introducción escritos entre 1991-1995. …”
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EDWARD L. THORNDIKE : ÇAĞRIŞIMCILIK Tarihi Kökeni by Mustafa Özodaşık

“…Hatta, Freud'un teorisi bile çağrışımcılık içerisinde kökleşmiş faraziyeler üzerine kurulmuştur. Edward Lee Thorndike kendi araştırması için Bain'in fikirlerini başlangıç noktası olarak kabul etmiştir. …”
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Tomato Chlorotic Spot Virus by Jane E. Polston, Erin Wood, Aaron J. Palmateer, Shouan Zhang

“…TCSV was first reported in Florida in 2012 in tomato plants in Miami-Dade and Lee Counties, but it may have been in the state for several years. …”
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Presentación del número especial by Ricardo Chinchilla Arley

“… El equipo de e-Ciencias de la Información quiere rendir un pequeño homenaje a la carrera de bibliotecología y su trascendencia a nivel nacional durante estos primeros cincuenta años de figurar en el escenario de la educación universitaria costarricense; por ello pone a disposición esta sección especial titulada: “50 aniversario de la carrera de Bibliotecología en Costa Rica”, en la cual, quien lee encontrará la contribución de personas cercanas a la bibliotecología y quienes han tenido un papel protagónico en la evolución de la carrera a nivel nacional. …”
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Tomato Chlorotic Spot Virus by Jane E. Polston, Erin Wood, Aaron J. Palmateer, Shouan Zhang

“…TCSV was first reported in Florida in 2012 in tomato plants in Miami-Dade and Lee Counties, but it may have been in the state for several years. …”
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