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The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)
No full textAlphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the convention in the economics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose last name initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been a first author more often than Professor Z, will have published more articles and experienced afaster growth rate over the course of her career as a result of reputation and visibility. Moreover, authors know that name ordering matters and indeed take ordering seriously: Several characteristics of an author group composition determine the decision to deviate from the default alphabetic name order to a significant extent.performance measurement, incentives, economists, name ordering
Cardiac services for care of suspected acute coronary syndromes in Australia and New Zealand hospitals
No full textAbstract 18319Isuru Ranasinghe, Carolyn Astley, Bernadette Aliprandi-Costa, Derek Chew, Christopher J Ellis, Christopher J Hammett, Tom G Briffa, Tegwen E Howell, Karen J Lintern, Hella Parker, Bridie Carr, Greg D Gamble, Rosanna Tavella, Julie Redfern, John French, David Briege
Graduate Sessions 2: Greg Lynn
No full textGreg Lynn is the principal of Greg Lynn FORM and has lectured and taught internationally, as Professor at the Universitat fur Angewandte Kunst in Vienna, as Davenport Professor at Yale, and as studio professor at UCLA. He curated the exhibitions Intricacy (2003) at the ICA in Philidelphia, and Intricate Surface (2003) at the MAK in Vienna. He is the editor of Folding in Architecture (Architectural Design, 1993), the author of Animate Form (Princeton Architectural Press, 1998), and Folds, Bodies, and Blobs: Collected Essays (La Lettre Vole, 1998)
Accuracy of Orbscan II slit-scanning elevation topography
No full textPurpose: To establish the accuracy of Orbscan II (Orbtek Inc.) slit-scanning elevation\ud
topography in analyzing the anterior surface of complex test objects.\ud
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Setting: Discipline of Ophthalmology, University of Auckland, Faculty of Medical\ud
and Health Sciences, Auckland, New Zealand.\ud
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Methods: Six test objects were created from 2 materials: standard calibration poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) (Orbtek Inc.) and a research PMMA material. The test objects were produced with spherical (radii of curvature 6.00 mm, 7.67 mm, and 8.88 mm), aspherical (apical radius 7.67, eccentricity 0.5, Q _0.25), and toroidal (7.67/7.92 mm radii of curvature) surfaces. The accuracy of the test surfaces was established by Form Talysurf Analysis. A single calibrated Orbscan II device was used to obtain 20 separate anterior elevation maps of each test object. The data obtained from Orbscan II, at 0.2 mm intervals along the chosen meridian, were directly compared with the Talysurf values for each test surface.\ud
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Results: Orbscan II measurements of all test objects were statistically significantly\ud
different from the Talysurf values (P _ .001). The test objects produced from standard calibration material were more accurately measured by Orbscan II than the objects produced from the research material. Data obtained by Orbscan II from the central 3.5 mm of all test objects were more accurate than peripheral data when compared with the Talysurf values (P _ .001).\ud
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Conclusions: Orbscan II anterior surface elevation measurements differed significantly\ud
from Form Talysurf Analysis of complex test surfaces. However, the magnitude of the errors in the measurement of standard test objects was small, less than 0.20 _m centrally and 0.70 _m peripherally. Clinically, if similar accuracy of measurement is confirmed in the human eye, anterior surface elevation maps can be considered accurate representations of corneal shape
Rounding, but not randomization method, non-normality, or correlation, affected baseline P-value distributions in randomized trials
No full textCorrigendum to Rounding, but not randomization method, non-normality, or correlation, affected baseline P-value distributions in randomized trials. J Clin Epidemiol 2019;110:50-62 (Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (2019) 110 (50–62), (S0895435618310321), (10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.03.001)) M. J. Bolland, G. D. Gamble, A. Avenell, A. Grey, 2020, vol. 126, p. 226. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology Corrigendum: The authors regret that during the final manuscript sub-mission we provided an incorrect high resolution version of Figure 7. We mistakenly provided a second copy of Appendix Figure 8 rather than the correct figure, which we have now provided. We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (2020) Acknowledgements: The authors acknowledge the contribution of Professor Thomas Lumley who provided expert guidance in using the area under the curve of the cumulative distribution function of the baseline p-values for these analyses No specific funding was received for this study. MB receives salary support from the Health Research Council of New Zealand. The Health Services Research Unit is funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates.The funders had no role in the study design; collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data; writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the paper for publicationPeer reviewe
The case of Mobility as a Service: A critical reflection on challenges for urban transport and mobility governance
No full textThis chapter provides a reflective critique of Mobility as a Service (MaaS), an emerging development seeking a role within the Smart Mobility paradigm. We assess a range of its future implications for urban policymakers in terms of governance and sustainability (i.e., social and environmental impacts). We begin by describing the origins of the MaaS concept, along with the features of precursor technologies and current early examples. We then reflect on the marketing of MaaS and use it to consider how we might anticipate some potentially less desirable aspects of the promoted business models. Finally, we discuss the implications for governance.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Spatial Planning and StrategyTransport and Plannin
Calcium supplements and cancer risk : a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
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Molinist Gunslingers Redux: A Friendly Response to Greg Welty
No full textPhilosopher Greg Welty contributed a chapter entitled ‘Molinist Gunslingers: God and the Authorship of Sin’, to a book devoted to answering the charge that Calvinism makes God the author of sin (Calvinism and the Problem of Evil). Welty argues that Molinism has the same problems as Calvinism concerning God’s relationship to sin, regardless of what view of human freedom Molinism may affirm. The Molinist believes that God generally uses his knowledge of the possible choices of libertarianly free creatures in order to accomplish his will. (This knowledge is typically categorized as residing within God’s middle knowledge.) But affirming libertarian freedom for humans, he argues, does not help in dealing with the question of God’s relationship to evil. Therefore, Molinism is no better than Calvinism, at least concerning this issue. In response to Welty, (1) I agree with him that Molinism does not have a moral advantage over what he calls ‘mysterian, apophatic’ Calvinism, but Molinists don’t claim that it does, and (2) I argue that, contra Welty, Molinism indeed does have a moral advantage over the Calvinist versions that do employ causal determinism. Welty does not take ‘intentions’ into consideration in his argument, and this is a serious flaw. In the libertarian model of Molinism, intent originates in the doer of evil. However, in the compatibilist model of causal determinism, ultimately God implants intent. Thus, adherents of causal determinism have difficulty not laying responsibility at the feet of God
Author response: Systematic review and statistical analysis of the integrity of 33 randomized controlled trials
No full textPerceived alteration by the customer and consumer of the aroma profile in dry kibbled cat food using odor masking agents
No full textvi, 38 p.In the pet food industry, at times products are described as having a fishy or
intense aroma. To appeal to the pet owner, the customer, it is desirable to control aroma
in pet food products. In this study, three masking agents, compounds "a", "b" and "c"
were put in the digest (flavor and fat externally added to food) and coated on the kibble
during the enrobing process, as well as added to the internal fat in the extrusion process. With both processes a reduction in intensity of specific aroma compounds was detected by a Chern Sensor which utilizes mass spectrometry (MS) as a detector. All diet samples
were also evaluated by a human sensory panel and fed to nineteen cats in a palatability
test. The human sensory panel was unable to detect a significant difference. The cats
were unable to detect a difference between the samples with masking agents and the
control. Thus although compounds "a," "b," and "c" are able to alter the aroma profile of
dry cat food, it is not noticeable enough. Ultimately more research must be done to
determine if the masking agents could be used to create a product where a customer will
notice a difference in the odor without having the original product for comparison.Iams Company Research and Development. Proctor and Gamble Pet Health and Nutrition. Lewisburg, Ohio
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